TOURISM IN PAKISTAN (Part 1)

Gilgit Baltistan

Is Home To Five of the “Eight-Thousanders “And To More than Fifty Peaks above 7,000 Meters (23,000 Ft). Gilgit And Sakardu Are The Two Main Hubs For Expeditions To Those Mountains. The Region Is Home To Some Of The World's Highest Mountain Ranges. The Main Ranges Are The Karakoram And The Western Himalayas. The Pamir Mountains Are To The North, And The Hindu Kush Lies To The West. Amongst The Highest Mountains Are K2 (Mount Godwin-Austen) and Nanga Parbat, the Latter Being One of the Most Feared Mountains in the World.

Three Of The World's Longest Glaciers Outside The Polar Regions Are Found In Gilgit-Baltistan The Biafo Galciers, The Baltoro Glaciers And The Batura Glaciers There Are, In Addition, Several High-Altitude Lakes In Gilgit-Baltistan.

Shangra Lake

Lower Kachura Lake, Also Known As Shangrila Lake Is Located In Kachura Village In Skardu City At A Height Of 2,500 Meters. The Lake Is Also Known As Shangrila Lake After A Resort Built On Its Bank In 1983.

Cold Desert

The Cold Desert, Also Known As The Katpana Desert Or Biama Nakpo, Is A High-Altitude Desert Located Near Skardu, Northern Gilgit-Baltistan Region Of Pakistan. The Desert Contains Expanses Of Large Sand Dunes That Are Sometimes Covered In Snow During Winter.

Hunza Lake

Attabad Lake Is A Lake In Gojal Valley, Hunza, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan The Lake Was Created In January 2010 As A Result Of The Attabad Disaster. Attabad Lake Has Become One of the Biggest Tourist Attractions In Gilgit-Baltistan Offering Activities Like Boating, Jet Skiing, Fishing And Other Recreational Activities.

K2 Second Highest Mountain In The World

K2, At 8,611 Meters Above Sea Level, Is The Second Highest Mountain In The World, After Mount Everest At 8,848 Meters. It Is Located On The China–Pakistan Border Between Baltistan In The Gilgit-Baltistan Region Of Northern Pakistan, And Dafdar Township In Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County Of Xinjiang, China.

Deosai National Park

The Deosai National Park Is A High-Altitude Alpine Plain And National Park In The Northern Gilgit-Baltistan Region Of Pakistan Deosai Plains Are Situated At An Average Elevation Of 4,114 Meters Above Sea Level And Considered As The Second Highest Plateaus In The World.

Katpana Desert The World's Highest Cold Desert

The Cold Desert, Also Known As The Katpana Desert Or Biama Nakpo, Is A High-Altitude Desert Located Near Skardu, Northern Gilgit-Baltistan Region Of Pakistan. The Desert Contains Expanses Of Large Sand Dunes That Are Sometimes Covered In Snow During Winter.

Nanga Parbat 
Nanga Parbat, Locally Known as Diamer, Is the Ninth Highest Mountain In The World At 8,126 Meters Above Sea Level. Located In The Diamer District Of Gilgit-Baltistan Region, Pakistan, Nanga Parbat Is The Western Anchor Of The Himalayas.

Rush Lake
Rush Lake Is A High Altitude Lake Located In Nagar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Near Rush Pari Peak. At 4,694 Meters, Rush Is One Of The Highest Alpine Lakes In The World. It Is Located About 15 Km North Of Miar Peak And Spantik, Which Are In The Nagar Valley.

Kachura Lake

The Kachura Lakes Are Two Lakes in the Skardu District of Gilgit-Baltistan, Northern Pakistan. The Lakes, At 2,500 Meters in Elevation, Are Upper Kachura Lake and Lower Kachura Lake. The Latter Is Also Known As Shangrila Lake And Is Within A Tourist Resort Named Shangrila Resort Outside The Town Of Skardu.

Rakaposhi Mountain

Rakaposhi Is A Mountain In The Karakoram Mountain Range In The Gilgit-Baltistan Territory Of Pakistan. It Is Situated In The Middle Of The Nagar And Bagrote Valleys And Danyor, Approximately 100 Km North Of The City Of Gilgit. Rakaposhi Means "Snow Covered" In The Local Language. Rakaposhi Is Also Known As Dumani.