Northern Pakistan

Trip Start May 01, 1977

Trip End Oct 13, 2006

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Friday, May 21, 1993

In August of 1993 my wife Marjorie and I signed up for a mountain biking expedition in northern Pakistan. The trip would run along the Karakoram Highway mostly, from the Kunjarab Pass at the Chinese border, down through Hunza, and all the way to Gilgit. Our story appeared in the October 1994 issue of Mountain Bike Magazine.

I also traveled through Pakistan on two other occassions, in 1978 and 1981. I visited Chitral and the Kafir Valleys as well as Hunza and Gilgit. A wrote a feature story on the Kafir Kalash which appeared in Great Expeditions Magazine.

These photographs are from those trips.

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01 Map Of Hunza and Northern Pakistan	02 Marjorie Giving Cycling Lessons In Gilgit	03 On the Karakoram Highway near Passu	04 Passu, Pakistan and the Passu Glacier
05 The Hunza River Valley at Passu	06 Girls Along The Karakoram Highway	07 The Karakorams Near The Town of Gulmit	08 Young Woman at Gulmit
10 The terraced fields at Altit	11 Baltit Fort	12 Ali Majid	13 Baltit Fort Above Karimabad
14 Altit Bridge	15 A young Woman In Altit	16 Sunrise On Rakaposhi	17 View Up The Hopar Valley
18 The Road To Hopar	19 Treking Across The Baltur Glacier	20 Riding Into The Glacier	21 The Baltar Glacier and Disteghil Sar
22 Hopar Campsite	23 A Young Ismaeli Boy At Camp	24 Hopar Valley	25 Marjorie Biking Above The Baltar Glacier
26 Biking At Baltar	27 Rakaposhi From Near Chalt	28 Chalt To Homal	29 Biking Over The Hunza River
30 Marjorie Crossing The Raging Hunza	31 Moonset At Sunrise On Rakaposhi	32 The Kafir Valleys	33 Kafir Boy; Bumbaret, Pakistan
34 Kafir Girl: Bumbaret, Pakistan	35 Kafir Woman Sewing; Kafir Valleys, Pakistan	36 Afghan Refugee: Peshawar, Pakistan	37 Mujahadeen; Peshawar, Pakistan
41 Mujahadeen Fighter; Peshawar, Pakistan	42 Mujahadeen: Darra, Pakistan	43 Afghan Refugee; Peshawar, Pakistan	44 Afghan Refugee; Peshawar, Pakistan
45 Afghan Refugee; Peshawar, Pakistan	46 Chitral Fort; Pakistan	47 Boy With Rose; Chitral, Pakistan	48 Afghan Refugee; Chitral, Pakistan
49 Breadmaker; Skardu, Pakistan

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activetourspak on May 11, 2007 at 11:49AM

Shandur Polo Festival/Tournament
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 13 day(s)
Group Size: 1 - 18 people
Destination(s): Pakistan
Specialty Categories: Festival Tours Camping
Season: July
Tour Customizable: Yes

Polo is known as the King of the games. Gilgit is the home of this spirited game where the British rediscovered and promoted it. Today polo is played in Gilgit and Chitral enthusiastically in its original trilling form. For the last few years, a polo tournament is organized between the traditional rival polo teams of Gilgit Region and Chitral at the high plateau of Shandur Pass (3734 m) every year in summer. This week long festival coupled with folk music and dance at the height of 3700 meters in the back drop of Hindukush mountains, is an event not to be missed.

Your Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival at Rawalpindi.(D)

Day 2: Fly to Gilgit.(B) (L) (D)

Day 3: Sightseeing of Gilgit.(B) (L) (D)

Day 4:Jeep to Phander Lake. (B) (L) (D)

Day 5:Jeep to Shandur Pass.(B) (L) (D)

Day 6:Participate in the thrilling Polo games,dancing and singing festival.(B) (L) (D)

Day 7: Participate in the thrilling Polo games, dancing and singing festival.(B) (L) (D)

Day 8:Participate in the thrilling Polo games, dancing and singing festival.(B) (L) (D)

Day 9:Participate in the thrilling Polo games, dancing and singing festival.(B) (L) (D)

Day 10:Back to Gilgit or drive onward to Chitral.(B) (L) (D)

Day 11:Back to Gilgit or drive onward to Chitral.(B) (L) (D)

Day 12:Transfer to Rawalpindi.(B) (L) (D)

Day 13:Embark home bond flight(B)

For more information please contact
ACTIVE TOURS PAKISTAN
WEB: http://www.visitatp.com