North Pakistan

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North Pakistan

Every visitor of North Pakistan is enchanted by wild and sublime mountains of Hindukush and Karakoram. Karakoram Highway connecting Pakistan with China and reaching an altitude of 4700 m was built on the former silk road on which Marco Polo once travelled.

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Karakoram Highway is cyclist's dream.

Wild nature along the Karakoram Highway
near the chinese border.

A glacier near Pasu reaches nearly to the road.

Hunza valley is the tourist centre of the
Karakoram region.

The fort in Karimabad dating from the 13th
century was the residence of local rulers.

Suspension bridge at Gulmit.

Ismaili Muslim women wear
traditional costumes.

Ismaili Muslim in Karimabad.

Mountains of in Hindukush.

Langar valley in Hindukush in the altitude of
3300m is a good place to pitch a tent.

Men at Chitral repair an irrigation ditch
destroyed by a landslide.

Mosque in Chitral, in the background Tirich Mir
(7690m) on the afghan border.

Kalash people living near Chitral are an ancient
nation with polytheistic religion. Women including
small girls wear a colourful traditional costume.

Street in Peshawar.

Karakoram Highway is cyclist's dream.	Wild nature along the Karakoram Highway near the chinese border.
A glacier near Pasu reaches nearly to the road.	Hunza valley is the tourist centre of the Karakoram region.
The fort in Karimabad dating from the 13th century was the residence of local rulers.	Suspension bridge at Gulmit.
Ismaili Muslim women wear traditional costumes.	Ismaili Muslim in Karimabad.
Mountains of in Hindukush.	Langar valley in Hindukush in the altitude of 3300m is a good place to pitch a tent.
Men at Chitral repair an irrigation ditch destroyed by a landslide.	Mosque in Chitral, in the background Tirich Mir (7690m) on the afghan border.
Kalash people living near Chitral are an ancient nation with polytheistic religion. Women including small girls wear a colourful traditional costume.	Street in Peshawar.