Yasin Valley
Yasin Valley, Babaye-e-Yasen, is a valley in Hindu Kush Range at an average altitude of 26,00 meters, in Gupis-Yasin district, Baltistan, at the distance of 128 km from Gilgit main city and accessible through Chitral Road from Gilgit along the Gilgit River. From Gupis town, turn right on Yasin Valley Road along the Yasin River to access it.
The lower part of Yasin valley is wider and flat, so it gives vast beauty of lush green meadows in the high mountains. Due to the availability of water in the form of several streams, it provides a full layered irrigation system along the Yasin River. You can see layers of fields along the Yasin River as well as along the streams coming toward the Yasin River.
Yasin Valley is important for number of high mountain passes, those are normally covered with snow all over the year. These passes are short-cut routes to access the adjoining areas such as Chitral, Ishkoman, as well as Turkmenistan crossing the narrow strip of Wakan Corridor in Afganistan. The most important of those passes are Darkut, Buroghil, Assumbur, Thoi, Naz Bar, etc.
Yasin Valley provides the pure traditional culture of Gilgit region. People of the Yasin Valley are polite and cooperative. They welcome tourists with open-handed and guide them to explore the valley. The locals love to live on simple food by cultivate their own small vegetable garden. There are numerous orchids of fruits including cherry, almonds, apple, apricot, etc. These fruit tree are also available along the roads and treks, so you can enjoy these natural fruits free of cost.
As various superstitions are common in most of the hilly areas, such type of superstitions are common in the Yasin Valley too. Most of the people in this area, believes to scarify a hen before marriage near Damalgan in beginning of the Yasin Valley, to avoid bad fairies in bridle or expected death of one of the bridle or groom. They also avoid to cultivate onion or garlic in specific areas in the Yasin Valley, otherwise there will be bleeding hand instead of bulb of onion or garlic on pulling it out. They have the belief of some spiritual creatures in the valley do not like the smell of onion and garlic
Yasin Valley Travel Guide
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Yasin Valley is just one of the beautiful attractions of the region. To get complete guidelines, full list of hotels, local restaurants, and other useful travel information, check out our complete Gupis Yasin Travel Guide.
List of Visiting Sites in Yasin Valley
Tourist can explore various tourist attractions in Yasin Valley while going to plan a tour there. Yasin Valley is famous for attractive and charming visiting places to spend the valuable days of one's life.
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Darkut Village
Darkut is the most beautiful and remote village in the Yasin Valley, located at the distance of 40 km from Yasin town. It is the last village of Pakistan in the Gilgit Baltistan in Gupis-Yasin district at the altitude of 8500 feet on the foot of Ghamubar Zom mountain. There are around 2000 people living in this village. It is a center point for number of important places such as Darkut Pass, Ghamubar Lake, Ghamubar Zom Glacier, etc.
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Ghamubar Lake
Ghamubar Lake is a fresh water glacier lake at the elevation of 8900 feet in Darkut. After crossing the bridge over the Darkut River, a thirty minutes trek leads toward the lake on the left side. It is formed due retreating of the Ghamubar Glacier due to climate change in the area. The most of the area of glacier is completely vanished and converted into a vast bed of rocks and pebbles that was once a part of the giant Ghamubar Glacier.
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Ghamubar Zom
Ghamubar Zom is mountain located in Hindu-Raj Range, a mountain range between Hindu Kush and the Karakoram ranges, at the elevation of 6,518 meters in the Darkut town in the Yasin Valley Gilgit-Baltistan. Its summit is entirely visible from Darkut and Rawat village, that is summer village for the Darkut people.
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Makuli Meadows
Makuli Meadows is another beautiful and lush green meadows among the snow-capped mountains. From the main Yasin Road, turn right along the Qorqolti Bar Nala near Shahman town after crossing Shuhda-e-Yasin tomb. Beginning part of the road is good for vehicle, then two hours trek is used to access the Makuli meadows. Most parts of the trek are full of lush green fields and fruit gardens. One can enjoy the magical sounds of Qorqolti Bar Nala along enjoying the fresh fruits from fruits on the trek.
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Naz Bar Nala
Naz Bar Nala trek is a fantastic hikking trek toward Naz Bar Pass and Yarkun Valley in the Chitral district. It is a jeep trek along the Naz Bar Nala and gives you one of more pictureous beauty along the stream moving two rows of mountains. From Thawoos on Yasin Road, turn left for it. Few kilometers of the trek is metallic road, then it is a totally jeep trek, otherwise it takes four to five hours by foot.
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Yasin River
The Yasin River flows throughout the Yasin Valley, orignated from the border between Chitral district and Gupis-Yasin district, from the glaciers of the Koyo Zom, that is the highest mountain in the Gupis-Yasin district. River flows from the narrow line between the mountains near Rawat and Darkut village, and then most of the areas in the Yasin Valley, it flows in wider channel. Finally it ends in the Gilgit River near Gupis town.
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Yasin Village
Yasin Village, a romance of beauty, is located in Yasin Valley in Gupis-Yasin district at the distance of 42 km from Gupis town in the region of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It is surrounded by the high-altitude mountains of the Hindu Kush mountain range. It has an strategic importance due to having access to a high mountain pass toward the Yarkhun Valley and the Broghil Pass in the Upper Chitral district, which connect with the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan.
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