No of days: 20
Trekking Days: 11
Range: Karakoram
Grade: Moderate
Best Season: May to Oct
Maxamum Elevation: 3657 meters

Sixty Five kilometers long Batura Glacier is the second longest glacier after Siachen.Most of the trek is an easy stroll along the Batura Glacier walking through the flowers and green patches. The only difficult part to negotiate is the crossing of the glacier. On the trek we have an opportunity to meet with nomadic Wakhi people who graze their cattle in green meadows and pastures. You may find several yaks while trekking as they usually move to higher areas during summer season.

We depart from Islamabad and arrive at Besham crossing the famous towns of Abbottabad and Mansehra. Later on ffollowing the upstream course of River Indus, we will make photo stops at Shatial rocks with ancient graffiti's on it. After a long day aboard, we arrive at Chilas and transfer to hotel for overnight.

Some interesting carvings can be seen on the rocks at Chilas, even from the window of your vehicle and next to Chilas is the Nanga Parbat viewpoint offering breathtaking views. The next stop will be at the unique point where three mountain ranges, Karakoram, Himalayas and Hindu Kush meet, near the confluence of Indus and Gilgit Rivers. We bye passes the Gilgit Town and continue our drive on KKH. En route, we cross several villages of Hunza & Nagar valleys and make a photo stop at Rakaposhi view point. Driving past Karimabad, we go straight to Gulmit, a quite and serene village in upper Hunza region and stay for overnight.

Today we will make an excursion to the Sino-Pak border at Khunjerab, crossing the villages of Passu and Sost en route. Khunjerab is the highest point on KKH at 4734 meters and considered as the highest trade route in the world. In the evening we will return to Gulmit.

We will drive by jeeps to Borit Lake to start trekking and cross a dry ridge of Passu Glacier to arrive at Passughar.

We will cross the Passu glacier with our experienced guide and arrive at Luzdhar across the glacier which is a deserted shepherd settlement and pastures.

After a steep but moderate grade climb, we cross the ridge between Passu and Batura glaciers. A trek leads to the base camp of Passu Peak from here. We arrive at Patundas for overnight stay in tents.

This is a steep descent to Mulunghil on Batura Glacier; however the scenery en route is superb and rewarding which compensates the hardships of the route.

Today we will cross the Batura glacier and this traverse is quite demanding. Our campsite is Yashprit which means a pasture of horses. Yashprit offers spectacular views of Batura Glacier lying down the valley.

Following the shepherd's trail, we reach at Putmahal or Fatimahil later proceed to Kukhil, a small summer settlement with a few huts of shepherds.

Guchisham, the last summer settlement of Batura Glacier has several shepherds' huts. A walk to lateral moraine to find superb views of Batura and Passu massifs is rewarding.

Today, we will enjoy a free day at Guchisham for photography and to enjoy the beauty of surrounding peaks. An optional walk to Lupdor through flower filled path is recommended.

We start our return trek and retracing the footmarks, we arrive at Putmahal for overnight stay.

Crossing Yokprit ( meaning a yak pasture ) we trek to Yunzbin. It is a green and cool place before descending to KKH.

Walk down to KKH and mount on the vehicles for Karimabad, the capital of Hunza Valley. Rest of the day is free to take shower and enjoy the beauty of surrounding mountains.

Ultar, Hunza Dome, Bublimating, Spantik and Diran are famous peaks surrounds us at Karimabad, while Rakaposhi at 7788m dominates the whole panorama. At Karimabad, we visit Baltit Fort Museum and Altit Fort. Rest of the day is free for walking around villages and famous terraced fields of Hunza.

We will drive back to Gilgit, where we enjoy a free time to explore bazaar and town. Gilgit River flowing through the town offers superb views and walk along its banks is rewarding.

Fly to Islamabad