Nanga Parbat Base Camp Trek

Nanga Parbat Base Camp Trek

Undoubtedly, the Nanga Parbat Base Camp Trek is among the world’s most breathtaking treks. After K2, Nanga Parbat is the second-highest mountain in Pakistan and the ninth-highest mountain in the world. It is situated in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan’s Diamer district. The Himalaya’s western anchor is Nanga Parbat. The vast Indus River divides it from the Karakoram Range. Straight out of the Indus Valley, it rises.

The Nanga Parbat base camp trek is one of the most amazing treks in the world because of the breathtaking scenery of the majestic fairy Meadow and traveling along the well-known Karakoram Highway. You will visit a waterfall and the verdant, steep hillside of the western Himalayas during this trek.

Nanga Parbat is not a single peak but consists of a 20 km-long series of peaks and ridges culminating in an ice crest of (8,125 m). One of the world’s deepest gorges is formed by the North Face, also known as Raikot Face, which plunges over 7,000 meters from the summit to the Indus. The South Face is known as Rupal Face, standing at 5,000 meters. 1953 saw the first ascent of it by a combined German and Austrian expedition.

Hermann Buhl, in a torturous 41-hour solo ordeal without oxygen, completed the final ascent. In 1970, Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner descended via the Diamir face after ascending the south face (Rupal Face) with his brother Gunther. The south face, which stretches more than four kilometers above base camp, is the biggest in the world. There are only five ascents from the south to date.

At the Islamabad International Airport, a member of our staff will meet and greet you. After that, you’ll be taken to the group hotel in Islamabad to relax. We will get together once more in the afternoon to receive an update on the Nanga Parbat Base Camp Trek. You’ll stay the night in Islamabad before taking the Karakoram Highway to Chillas.

Six hours of driving and hiking will take you through peaceful, richly forested scenery as you wind up along the side of a gorge. There is nothing particularly impressive to see, just a lush, leafy region of steep hillsides and waterfalls. As you round a corner and the valley opens up in front of you, the sheer magnificence of that enormous face of ice-hung precipices and soaring ridges—16 thousand feet from top to bottom, filling a whole quarter of the heavens at a distance of only twelve miles—will nearly take your breath away. That’s the formidable Nanga Parbat, the planet’s most stunning and difficult peak.

After spending a night at the fairy meadow, you will hike to Nanga Parbat’s base camp. At the base camp, enjoy the thin air while spending the night in your tent beneath the stars.

You will return to the magical meadows after seeing the formidable Nanga Parbat, where you will spend the night in the cozy cottages. Tonight, you might have a bonfire and BBQ. The next day, you will hike for two hours before spending the night in Islamabad in a Jeep. You will stay one night in Islamabad, then we will transfer you to Islamabad airport for your trip back home. This is when the journey comes to an end. Remember to book your return flight on the last day of our schedule.

Detailed Trip Itinerary

Day 01 (Islamabad Arrival)

• Greetings from Pakistan. You’re going to the Islamabad International Airport today.
• After a friendly greeting at the airport, our representative will transport you to your Islamabad hotel.
• As a welcome beverage, the hotel will serve you tea or coffee. Take this chance to socialize with other trekkers.
• Take a nap to recuperate from your lengthy flight after the drink. We will get together over dinner to go over specifics regarding your trek to Nanga Parbat Base Camp.
• Transfer to hotel for overnight stay

Day 02 (Islamabad – Chilas) (09 Hours’ Drive)

• Breakfast early in the morning
• Today, you will depart from the strategically planned Capital City of Islamabad and embark on an amazing adventure as you travel north along the renowned Karakoram Highway in private transprt.
• To reach Chilas Town, you will travel through a number of verdant valleys and tiny settlements. Take a night trip to Chilas.
• Chilas is a little town that serves as a vacation to the fairy meadows and Nanga Parbat.
• Reaches Chilas
• Transfer to hotel for overnight stay

Day 03 (Chilas – Fairy Meadows) (3,300m) (06 Hours)

• We carry on traveling in the direction of Fairy Meadows after breakfast.
• In 4×4 Jeeps, we make our way to the final village in the valley. To get to Fairy Meadows, you will need to hike for two to three hours after the Jeep ride.
• When we get to The Fairy Meadow, we’ll stay the night in cozy log cabins or tents heated by wood burners. The glacier that snakes down the valley below, the majestic Nanga Parbat, and the cool forests around our log cabins are all great places to explore and unwind at Fairy Meadows.
• From Fairy Meadow, you can see the most picturesque peak in Pakistan and the ninth-highest mountain in the world, Nanga Parbat.

Day 04 (Fairy Meadows – Nanga Parbat Base Camp) (3,500m) (06 Hours Trek)

• Enjoy a stunning sunrise vista over Nanga Parbat.
• After breakfast, hike to the base camp of Nanga Parbat.
• You will reach Beyal Campsite, which is considerably quieter and offers an even better view of Nanga Parbat than the previous camp, after walking for a few kilometers following Fairy Meadows. The trail becomes more difficult but also more rewarding after Beyal. The path emerges from an alpine forest onto an impressively dry scene encircled by slabs of snow and ice.
• Spend the night in Beyal Camp.

Day 05 (Nanga Parbat Base Camp – Fairy Meadows) (3,300m) (06 Hours Trek)

• Breakfast early in the morning
• We will trek back to Fairy Meadows from the Nanga Parbat Base Camp after spending the night there.
• You can write in your notebooks, paint, sketch, rest, or snap pictures of the gorgeous mountain at various times of the day at Fairy Meadows. In fairy meadows, full moons, sunsets, and sunrises are breathtaking.

Day 06 (Fairy Meadows – Chilas/Naran) (09 Hours)

• Breakfast early in the morning
• We will return to Raikot Bridge after leaving The Fairy Meadows and Nanga Parbat behind with so many wonderful memories
• There, we will stop for lunch before resuming our drive to Naran by rejoining the Karakoram Highway.
• We travel the Karakoram Highway along the Indus River, passing via the well-known Babusar Pass, en route to Naran.
• Nice little town for tourists, Naran has good motels. A warm shower and a real bed for tonight’s sleep.

Day 07 (Chilas/Naran – Islamabad) (08 Hours)

• Breakfast early in the morning
• We are going to be traveling to Islamabad today. Other historically significant and culturally rich towns that we will pass through are Abbot Abad, Hassan Abdal, Haripur, and Taxila.
• A significant ancient Indian archeological site, Taxila is located roughly 32 km to the northwest of Islamabad. The city of Taxila dates its founding to approximately 1000 BCE.
• Some ruins at Taxila date to the time of the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BCE.
• Reaches Islamabad
• Transfer to hotel for overnight stay

Day 08 (Spare Day in Islamabad)

• Breakfast at early in the morning
• You have the entire day to explore the green capital city of Islamabad.
• See the Islamabad Monument, Parliament Square, and the Faisal Mosque before traveling to the nearby city of Rawalpindi.
• The historical and traditional city of Rawalpindi will introduce you to the flavors of southern Pakistan. Situated on the Pothohar Plateau, which is well-known for its long history of Buddhism, particularly in the nearby town of Taxila.
• Enjoy a local Pakistani curry at the Magnificent Food Streets for your final meal in Pakistan after a full day of sightseeing.
• Transfer to hotel for overnight stay

Day 09 (Departure | Fly Back Home)

• Breakfast at early in the morning
• You will be taken to Islamabad International Airport for your flight home after breakfast “Nanga Parbat Base Camp Trek ” has ended.

Services Included

• All internal (Domestic) air tickets and related airport transfers
• English-speaking guide
• Private transport with driver
• Accommodations (Hotels and Camps)
• All Meal (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
• All camping ground fees, Mess tents, sleeping tents, Kitchen tents with chairs,
• All fees associated with trekking permits, royalty, toll taxes, entry tickets, parking fees etc.
• Every piece of kitchenware, including cutlery, crockery, fuel, and other associated
• All Wages and basic kits of guide, sirdar, Porter’s cook and assistants
• Insurance for crew members such as porters and guides (except helicopter rescue)
• Satellite phones
• Solar Panel or generator

Service not included

• International Flight tickets
• Travel Insurance
• Pakistan Visa Fee
• Photography & Videography
• Personal Nature Expense
• Items which are not mentioned in “Services Include”

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PYARA SKARDU ADVENTURE CLUB & TRAVEL AGENCY