Hi,
I am planning a family road trip in my car from Karachi to Gilgit Baltistan in 1st or 2nd week of May (16 / 17 days total). I have researched most of the items from existing threads and wanted to share my final plan with you guys to get an honest feedback.
I will be traveling with my wife, parents, and a 4 months old son. And I will be the only one driving all along (I have estimated everything keeping this in mind). I will be traveling in my 1986 Corolla (well maintained).
Things related to car:
- Replaced old spark plugs
- Replaced timing belt, power steering belt, AC belt
- Will get brakes' service /repair
- Will get wheel balanced and aligned
- will keep tow cables, jumper cables, air pump, spare tyre tubes, screwdrivers set in car
- will keep extra container of engine oil, and brake oil.
- will keep two 10 litres fuel containers
- will keep car registration papers, drivers license, tax receipt, from where can I get NHA rule book?
Do you guys have anything in mind that I should keep or do before leaving?
Here is my detailed itinerary:
Day 1: Karachi -> Rahim Yar Khan (Bismillah Restaurant & Guest House)
Day 2: Rahim Yar Khan -> Rawalpindi
Day 3: Rawalpindi -> Besham City (PTDC Besham - 0996-400301 Tel: 051-9208949, 9203223 Fax: 9218233)
Day 4: Besham City -> Chilas
Day 5: Chilas -> Naltar Valley, Bashkiri lake, Naltar Lake (Naltar Continental Hotel)
Day 6: Naltar Valley -> Rakaposhi view point (Nagar Valley) -> Diran Guest House
Day 7: Diran Guest House -> Hoppar Valley (Glacier) -> Karimabad -> Baltit Fort , Altit Fort, Ganesh, Eagles Nest Hotel, Sight seeing and Karimabad Bazaar -> Night stay at Karimabad
Day 8: Karimabad -> Attabad Lake -> Borith Lake -> Passu lake? -> Night stay at Passu OR Sost
Day 9: Sost -> Khunjerab Pass -> Night stay at Karimabad
Day 10: Karimabad -> Gupis -> Khalti lake
Day 11: Gupis -> Phander valley -> Shandur -> Gupis
Day 12: Gupis-> Chilas
Day 13: Chilas -> Besham
Day 14: Besham -> Abbottabad
Day 15: Abbottabad -> Multan
Day 16: Multan -> Sukkur
Day 17: Sukkur -> Karachi
QUESTIONS
- Are traveling times okay?
- Best hotels to stay at these places?
- Gas station points at KKH? Is there a need to keep extra fuel container in car?
- Contact numbers to call for help at KKH?
- What documents and tools to keep in the car?
- Can my car go to ALL of these places? Naltar? Gupis? Phander? Khunjerab? Hoppar?
I will be following N5 after Hyderabad all the way till Okara. I will take M4 from Gojra to get to Abbottabad. I have only traveled till Sukkur in my car and that was 8 years ago. Please guys help me out here. @xoofi , @libra , @asifcae , @wanderlust , @awtkhan