Salam! this is my first post on PW. Hope it will help me a lot.
We-a group of three university students(freshmen)- are planning to visit north from 4th Aug to 14 Aug. We certainly need your help very much. Kindly help!
Our plan is to vist Hunza(must), skardu, deosai, rama, astore. we have like 10 days, 2 of which will be wholly spent in travelling from Islamabad to north.
Budget= 50-55,000
This is the itinerary I have planned in a rough manner. Kindly give your suggestions to make it a better one.
Day 1: Isb to Hunza- leave around 3 to 5pm
day 2: Reach Hunza- Night stay at haider inn
Day 3: explore Hunza - Night stay
Day 4: leave for Diran vally- night stay at hotel ot camp
day 5: leave for sakardu visiting kachura lake on the way- stay at GB continental
Day 6: explore skardu in 4 hours as much as we can and then leave for deosai- Camp at bara pani
Day 7: enjoy deosai and camp at night
Day 8: leave for Rama and a night stay there- hotel or Camp
Day 9: leave for Islamabad
Questions:
1) Can we cover all these places in this budget?
2) Is taking our own camping equipment with us a fine idea? Is the whole camping idea OK? as this will be our first time camping experience.
3) how should we travel to all these places? We can take NATCO for isb-hunza and back; but what about transport for travelling from hunza to sakardu to deosai to Rama, as well as inside these areas? ( hiring a jeep would be too costly)
4) Also suggest modifications/changings in the itinerary.
5) Also share the timings and fares of NATCO If somebody knows about it.