Help For Travellers of Gilgit Baltistan

[ali_77]

Thanks bro.
Few more questions:
1 - Is hoper accessible only from Ganesh side, or we can go from Minapin/ Murtazabad side too?
2 - Is Naltar still jeepable or can be reached by car (with better ground clearance)? If only jeepable, then can we park car at Nomal, and take jeep from there?

[burhanahmed1]

2 - Is Naltar still jeepable or can be reached by car (with better ground clearance)?

Don't even try this on your car

[nagar1]

Hoper has only one way...you turn left towards nagar after ganish bridge
Naltar can only be done on jeep..yes park ur car at nomal and hire jeep from there

[ali_77]

Thanks bro.
I will keep on bothering you for further guidance & fine tuning of plan. Thanks in advance.

[nagar1]

No issues bro...always happy to help

[khurram.mumtaz133]

Yes you are right, "Hunza has marketed itself very well". Even Darkut village & thaos village in Yaseen Valley in Ghizer are much beautifull but they are very less represented on our tour maps. That places have even more greenery and streams of fresh water but tourism is not promoted much in that area.

[nagar1]

[sajidahmed]

@Nagar1. Kindly suggest Skardu and karimabad hotel for family stay, should be with good view and clean
Thanks

[nagar1]

Karimabad and skardu both have a lot of options..no issues of advance booking in both areas.
Skardu tibet motel shangrilla 05815458414
Tibet motel is across shangrilla facing the lake

[sajidahmed]

@nagar1 ….Thanks, so you are suggesting I can book once I reach there, I am planning on eid 3rd day 23rd July

One more query, what if we come on 19 or 20 so what will be situation of tourism on eid days?

[mustafasethi]

My friend visited Naran during Bakra Eid (first day). There was nobody there. He performed the Namaz and total there were around 25 persons in the Mosque. So for bakra eid people usually go back to their villages / cities from where they are so as to perform the sacrifice.

i think that it is the best time to visit the northern areas during this time period. Why? low rates of hotels and good service.

Can't speak about Skardu because i have never been there and do not have any program also in the future for visiting Skardu. However I have a program of visiting Hunza in August or september this year allah willing

In the future i may visit Skardu but only if I get the information that the road has been repaired and not otherwise

[mustafasethi]

yes the further you go down the road , the more hotels will be available. I stayed in september 2019 in Tiger Hills and payed 3,500 per night. But going further down the road you can find hotels in the 1000 plus range also . My friend stayed a bit further (from the small road to Baltit) and he payed 1,500 per night in end August.

There is a small chabra / very small restaurant run by a woman by the name of Shehzadi , and she makes very tasty dowdy soup, pancakes and chapshooro as compared to the other hotels . you can ask anyone about her place or check her up on the internet also

[mustafasethi]

As I said a small restaurant.

But try it . its on the way to baltit fort

by the way i have just now searched and taken the pictures from the internet. these pictures do not belong to me

https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g7349278-d11873484-i403049627-Hunza_Food-Karimabad_Gilgit_Baltistan.html

If there is any problem here then Admins please inform me

[mustafasethi]

Do these areas have hotels and restaurants ?

[sajidahmed]

Thanks for info, the sad part could not found any suitable flights on my dates, so now we have to shift our tour in September

[nagar1]

You can book in advance as well as do it upon reaching. On first day many people try to be at their homes . Many people start on 2nd 3rd day

[nagar1]

Try a travel agent.he may arrange

[nagar1]

Gahkuch (ghizer district head quarter) has good hotels...very near to gupis yasin

[kmq007]

Boss, Most probably you won't be able to travel during these eid holidays as Govt will be imposing a lock-down at all hill stations/tourist spots to curtail COVID...

So do plan accordingly; additionally effective 1st July vaccination certificates/Negative PCR reports are compulsory for hotel bookings/stay as per NCOC instructions... how stringently its being implemented ... don't know... but for sure you cant travel during a lock down.

Our daily positivity ratio is increasing and a 4th wave is sadly on the board. Over last 7 days there has been a 41% increase in number of cases.

[khurram.mumtaz133]

yes there are hotels in all over Ghizar district including Yaseen valley, Gupis, & phandar valley.