Arrive at Islamabad International Airport, Islamabad
F-6 Markaz - Your flights will normally arrive in Islamabad in the afternoon. Our guide(s) will receive you from the airport. Soon the participants will be transferred to hotels. This day the participants can relax and recover from the journey.
- Accommodations: All hotel stays in Pakistan (twin sharing), and trekking accommodation (twin sharing dome tent).
- Meals included: Daily breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks with dry fruits, tea/coffee during the trek.
- Support staff & insurance: Cook, assistants, porters for luggage and equipment, and insured guide and staff as per government protocols.
- Tours and permits: Islamabad and Skardu city tours with entry fees, trekking map, achievement certificate, and all necessary trekking permits.
- Transport services: All domestic flights and road transfers, including airport pickup and drop-off.
- Safety measures: Basic first aid kit, satellite phone for emergencies, and porter services for personal and mountaineering gear.
- Sustainable trekking: Central Karakoram National Park waste management fees, camping site and bridge fees.
- Hydration: Complimentary refills of boiled drinking water on the trek.
- Personal travel insurance
- Visa to Pakistan (five supporting documents will be offered)
- International airfare
- Personal equipment (e.g. trekking shoes, down jacket, walking sticks etc)
- Tips/gratuities for guides, porters, staff etc
- Miscellaneous (minibar, drinks, phone calls, laundry, souvenir etc)
- Extra nights in Islamabad (hotel check in/out is 12pm)
- Personal mountain equipment (crampon, mountaineering boot, ice axe, harness, two carabiners, helmet)
Embarking on the Biafo Hispar trek through snow lake, situated in Pakistan’s northern Karakoram mountain range, is a challenging and extended journey. The trek commences at Askole and involves traversing the lengths of the Biafo and Hispar glaciers before reaching the valleys of Nagar and Hunza. Standout sights include the snow lake and Hispar La pass (measuring 5,128 meters), which delineates the Hispar glacier (44km in length) and the Biafo glacier (stretching 63km). The Biafo glacier holds the title of being the world’s third largest glacier located outside of the polar region. The picturesque scenes along the trek are unparalleled.
If you cancel at least 7 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel between 3 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.