Home Stays and Hospility tours
In authentic trips you will able to see traditional lifestyles and begin to comprehend how the joint family system interacts in remote parts of Karakuram and Hindukush. More intriguingly you will get a chance to meet some local story tellers. The accommodation will be basic and in some places, we may camp in village people’s gardens. Little hikes involve passing through villages with an opportunity to meet, to talk and to enjoy the villagers’ hospitality. In this trip you will visit several remote regions of district Ghizer in Ishkoman, Yasin and Phander. Some evenings will be richly entertaining.
Best time to visit March to Nov
Max altitude 2800m
Trip duration 15 nights /16 days (8 home stays 5 hotel nights and 2 Guesthouse stay)
Transport Car, Jeep, Land Cruiser or Van
Trek standard Easy walking in the villages with local community
Mountain range Karakuram, Hindukush and Hindu Raj
Itinerary
Day 01 – Arrival to Islamabad. Hotel
Day 02 – Drive to Chilas. Hotel
Day 03- Drive to Hunza. Visit Altit and Baltit Forts. Hotel
Day 04 – Drive to Chatorkahnd, Guesthouse
Day 05 – walk up to Ghochar water fall and meeting local community on the way.GH
Day 06 -Visit some village elders in Chatokhand and Pakora. homestay
Day 07 – Drive to Immit .Homestay
Day 08 – Drive to Yasin. Homestay
Day 09 -Explore around. Homestay
Day 10 – Visit to Darkot. Homestay
Day 11 – Visit to Thui village. Homestay
Day 12 – Visit to Phander. Homestay
Day 13. Visit to upper Gajkuch . Homestay
Day 14 – Drive to Chilas. Hotel
Day 15 – explore around Islamabad. Hotel
Day 15 – transfer to the airport
MYSTERIES AND FAIRY-TALE TRIP
Another interesting trip where you will get a chance to meet some local story tellers and mysterious people the mountain people who still believe in fairies.In Nagar region you will meet some mountain community who practice Shamanism, locally called Dayalism. Little is known about this ancient spiritual practice to the outside world.
The practitioners, called Dayals, inhale the smoke of burning juniper branches, dance to a special music, enter into ecstatic trances, drink blood from a freshly severed goat’s head and converse with ‘spirits’ to find solution to the problems of the people who come to seek their help, according to anthropologists.
On this trip a few days stay in hotels but mostly with local village people. The accommodation will be basic and in some places, we may camp in village people’s gardens. Little hikes involve passing through villages with an opportunity to meet, to talk and to enjoy the villagers’ hospitality. In this trip you will visit several remote regions of district Ghizer in Ishkoman, Yasin and Phander. Some evenings will be richly entertaining.
Best time to visit March to Nov
Max altitude 2800m
Trip duration 15 nights /16 days (8 home stays & Camping 5 hotel nights 2 guesthous)
Transport Car, Jeep, Land Cruiser or Van
Itinerary
Day 01 – Arrival to Islamabad. Hotel
Day 02 – Drive to Chilas. Hotel
Day 03- Drive to Hunza. Visit Altit and Baltit Forts. Hotel
Day 04 – Drive to Chatorkhand, Guesthouse
Day 05 – walk up to Ghochar water fall and meeting local community on the way.GH
Day 06 -Visit some village elders in Chatokhand and Pakora. homestay
Day 07 – Drive to Immit .Homestay
Day 08 – Drive to Yasin. Homestay
Day 09 -Explore around. Homestay
Day 10 – Visit to Darkot. Homestay
Day 11 – Visit upper Gahkuch Valley. Homestay
Day 12 – Visit to Nagar valley.. Homestay
Day 13. In Nagar region to meet more Dayals around. Homestay
Day 14 – Drive to Chilas. Hotel
Day 15 – explore around Islamabad. Hotel
Day 15 – transfer to the airport
Day 13. Visit to upper Gajkuch . Homestay
Day 14 – Drive to Chilas. Hotel
Day 15 – explore around Islamabad. Hotel
Day 15 – transfer to the airport
Story Teller Tours
This can be an interesting trip to visit the remote part of GB and to meet with those people who are good in story telling . Stories about local history, different mountain tribes of Hindukush and Karakoram and about fairies etc
Itinerary
Day 01 – Arrival to Islamabad. Hotel
Day 02 – Drive to Chilas. Hotel
Day 03- Drive to Hunza. Visit Altit and Baltit Forts. Hotel
Day 04 – Visit of some village old people to learn story from them.Hotel
Day 05 – Drive to Minapin Nagar valley to see some old people to have listen story. Hotel
Day 06 – Drive to Gilgit and onward to Immit Ishkomen. Homestay
Day 07 – Visit some wakhi elders to learn some old stories. Homestay
Day 08 – Drive to Chatorkhand on the way visit some story tellers in Shonas and Pakora. G H
Day 09 – Walk up to Ghochar waterfall. On the way meet local community to enjoy their hospitality. Guesthouse
Day 10 – Drive to Yasin on the way meet some story tellers . Homestay
Day 11 – Visit Sandi village to see some story tellers. Homestay
Day 12 – Drive to Chilas. Hotel
Day 13 – Drive to Islamabad. Hotel
Day 14 – Explore around Islamabad. Hotel
Day 15 – Transfer to the airport
Horseback Tours
Horseback trips are great fun.HK tours & treks got good experience about horse trips. There are some easy treks you can do on horseback like Chumarkhan Pass 4300m 2 days trek between Barsat Ghizer to chapali of Yarkhun Chitral and Asumbar Pass 4410m 3 to 4 days between Asumbar Ishkomen to Sandi Yasin. Apart of trekking it is really enjoyable going on horseback through the lush beautiful villages of Ishkomen,Yasin and Phander. We can make itinerary according your wishes but below itinerary is a common one.
Itinerary
Day 01 – Arrival to Islamabad. Hotel
Day 02 -Drive to Chilas. Hotel
Day 03 – Drive to Chatorkhand. Guesthouse.
Day 04 – On horseback to Ghochar waterfall and back. Guesthouse
Day 05 – Horseback to Immit going through beautiful villages of Kochdeh,Chatorkhand,Pakora,shonas,Bargangle, Ghishgish. Guesthouse or homestay
Day 06 – Horseback trip to Qurumbar glacier and back to Immit. Guesthouse or homestay
Day 07 – Drive to Yasin valley. Guesthouse or homestay
Day 08 – On horseback via Sandi to Hundur village and come back via Barkolti and Barundass to Thous .Guesthouse or homestay
Day 09 – Drive to Phander fishing around. Hotel or Camping
Day 10 – Short drive to Matuti Brige from where rough road start. Horseback through Gologh Muli,Gologh Tori,Teru ,Barsat and Lanager to Shandur Pass. Camping
Day 11 – Drive to Chilas. Hotel
Day 12 – Drive over Babusar pass to Islamabad. Hotel
Day 13 – explore around Islamabad. Hotel
Day 14 – Transfer to the airport
Free Style Polo Matches And Music Tours
Gilgit Baltistan Music is known as Hareep and musicians are called Ustadi in Shina and Ustadan in Khowar. Every place in the world has its own rituals, culture, beliefs and music. Likewise, Gilgit Baltistan has unique colourful and sound music which is beyond imagination. The singers, musicians and artists are naturally talented without attended music academies. Hareep is traditional music of Gilgit-Baltistan:
The folk music and instruments commonly used in Gilgit Baltistan are Dadang (drum), Damal (percussion), Suranaye big pipe (kind of flute), Duff (a circle framed drum), Taruy (flute), Sitar and Rubab are popular and essential instruments. BUJAYOT Ustat’s of Yasin Valley are very famous in Gilgit and Ghizer Valleys.
There is a large village of musicians in Yasin Valley called Bujayot Deh. The talent is passed down the family. This is an unique trip where you can meet different musicians of the area and enjoy the local folk music and dance from different parts of Gilgit-Ba;tistan like Hunza, Gilgit and Ghizer. In some places we can arrange a special polo match for you accompanied with hareep music by a local band.
Best time to visit March to November
Max altitude 2800m
Trip duration 15 nights /9 home stays (6 camping & 6 hotel nights)
Transport Car, Jeep, land cruiser or van
Trek standard Easy walking in the villages with local community Region Karakuram and Hindukus