Borith Lake

Borith Lake is located in Borith village at an altitude of 8,530 feet, near Husseini village in Gojal Upper Hunza on the Karakorum Highway. The Passu Glacier is the main source of its water. It is a small, high-altitude saline reservoir of water above the Husseini village.

The lake is easily accessible by paved road from the KKH near Husseini village adjacent to Gulmit village. At the end of the road, a short and moderate level hiking is required get the first view of the lake. It takes hardly thirty to forty minutes hide along the loose and rough rock moraine passage used to climb toward the ridge lines to reach there. Shoes with proper grip must be recommended for this hike. The beautiful view of massive crevasses of the Passu Glacier touching the one side of the lake water. You can also hear the deep echo of the shifting ice cracking below it. On the lakeside, temporary tea shops are available to have a hot cup of tea. For night stay, there some huts are available as well as tourists can do camping near the lake.

If you want to hire jeeps, these are available from Passu town. They normally charge for 5,000 to 7,000 rupee per jeep. If you have your own vehicle, then you can easily drive to the end of the paved road from where you can start hiking.

Alternate trail to access the lake is directly from Gulmit village at the end of the Ghulkin Glacier. It is 2-3 hour trekking route to access different views of Ghulkin Glacier in the trek.

Lake is home land of migratory birds, so tourists can enjoy natural views of those birds in the lake. The significant view of the lake is the watching of migratory birds. It is rest stop for thousands of these birds including ducks, swans, and geese moving from Central Asia to southern Pakistan. For this purpose, you need come at the lake early in the morning with a good pair of binoculars and watch the trails along the ridges.

In the winter season, the saline water shrinks due to low temperature and becomes completely frozen as a stark and solid sheet of ice.

After you have finished trekking across the moraines, enjoy the legendary yak burger in Passu Village.

About Hunza

Hunza, a mountainous valley in Gilgit Baltistan, is situated at a distance of 98 km from Gilgit city. There are several high peaks above 20,000 feet in Hunza Valley and provides a splendid view of many high mountains such Rakaposhi (25,551 ft), Bojahagur Duanasir II (24,045 ft), Ghenta Sar (19, 980 ft), and Hunza Peak (20, 571 ft).