Everyone visiting the Attabad lake in Hunza valley is awestruck by its beauty, but only a few are actually aware of how the lake came into being. Attabad Lake was the result of a massive landslide in 2010 which blocked the flow of the Hunza River, creating a new natural lake. Five months after the...Read More

Baltit Fort is situated in Karimabad, which was once the capital of Hunza. The fort is strategically built on an artificially flattened spur below the Ulter Glacier, providing the whole view of the Hunza valley and its inhabitants. Baltit Fort was the result of a conflict between the two sons of the Sultan, Shah Abbas...Read More

Would you dare venture across the highest border crossing in the world? Khunjerab Pass is the highest border crossing in the world and also the highest point on the Karakoram Highway. It serves as a strategic border between Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan-Hunza-Nagar District and China’s Xinjiang region at an altitude of 4,733m above sea level. The name...Read More