Explore Pakistan
Our Tours
Small group cultural and adventure tours led by expert English speaking local guides
Hunza Valley Trip
Fly from Islamabad towards the Karakoram mountains, and you will be greeted with views of Nanga Parbat, right from your window seat. Roam the cobblestone streets of Karimabad, Hunza's capital (formerly Baltit), climbing upto the 700-year-old Baltit Fort. Visit the even older Altit Fort, a masterpiece of Tibetan and Balti craftsmenship, with its restored royal garden overlooking the river of Hunza. We will get on a boat and sail into turquoise waters of Attabad Lake, a glacial lake created after a landslide blocked the river. Walk on the "Most Dangerous Bridge in the World", the famous Hussaini Suspension Bridge, and watch the sunset from your hotel on the jagged Passu Cones and Rakaposhi. Upon your return to Islamabad, visit the 2,500 year old ruins of the Gandharan Buddhist capital of Taxila, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where Buddhist monks once studied philosophy and medicine along the ancient Gandhara trade routes.
South Pakistan: Indus Valley Civilization
A road trip from Karachi to Islamabad, studying the Empires along the Indus river. You will get a guided tour of Mohenjo Daro by on-site archeologist Mr Javed Sindhi. The cities of ancient Indus Valley are among of the world's earliest planned cities where a sophisticated drainage system and public baths were common 4,000 years ago. Drive to Kot Diji and find ancient pottery in the pottery workshop from ancient times. Tour Kot Diji Fort, which predates even Mohenjo Daro, and the royal Khairpur Palace with its blend of Rajasthani and British architecure. Drive along the 40 bastions of Derawar Fort rising from the desert. In Multan, take a pottery workshop, the city's centuries-old blue pottery tradition and visit the Shrine of Rukn-e-Alam, a symmetrical, masterpiece of pre-Mughal architecture. Stop at the ruins of Harappa before arriving in Lahore, where the Director Mr. Tipu Sultan will give you a tour. Continue to Mughal-era Lahore Fort the Badshahi Mosque, and the Samadhi of Maharaja Ranjit (all these sites are in one historical complex). End your tour in Islamabad with a visit to the ancient Hindu temples of Katas Raj along the way.
K2 Base Camp Trek
Follow in the footsteps of legendary mountaineers along the Baltoro glacier on a trek to the base of K2, the world's second highest peak at 8,611 meters. The journey begins in Skardu, the base to the Karakoram mountain expeditions, and takes you through the Baltoro Glacier, among the longest glaciers outside the polar caps. Trek past Concordia, which will give you a panaromic view of four of the world's fourteen 8,000 meter mountains: K2, Broad Peak, mount Gasherbrum 1, Gasherbrum 2 . There are no tea houses, so we will camp! K2 Base Camp Trek requires high fitness levels as it is quite a strenous trek, but the reward is worth it.
Kalash Valley
We drive to visit the only surviving pagan people of Pakistan: The Kalash people (Kalasha) in the hidden valleys of Chitral. The Kalash follow an ancient polytheistic religion is hundreds of years older than Islam and is its rituals and way of life has crafted its indigenous mountain culture. They likely survived various invasions of the subcontinent because of their remote geography. Their wooden villages are terraced to steep hillsides above icy rivers, decorated with carved walnut wood effigies and open air altars. Chilam Joshi, the spring festival in May, consists of many days of music, dancing, and celebration as the community welcomes the new season. The Kalasha people spill milk in fields. Meet Kalash elders who still craft make own wine (wine tasting is included) from dark grapes and women who wear the distinctive colorful headdresses and jewelry with beads that define Kalash identity.