List of tour places in Gilgit Baltistan

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  Rama Lake

  Lakes

  Rama Lake is located in Choungrah village in the Astore District in Gilgit-Baltistan at a distance of 122km from Gilgit city. It is one of the beautiful lakes in Pakistan with the wonderful beauty of greenery and snow-covered peaks around it. It is easily accessed from Rama Meadows in just a one and half hour trek. which a lush green meadow in the Astore valley.
  Visiting Locations in Rama Lake

• Rama Meadows

  Plateaus

  Rama Meadows is located at the distance of 13km from Rama Village in the Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan. Rama Meadows is a peaceful and calm place to enjoy the greenery in the Rama Valley within the attractive color structure of mountains. There are vast areas with lush green forests which makes oneself forget the tiredness of the long traveling to Rama Valley.
  Visiting Locations in Rama Meadows

• Satpara Lake

  Lakes

  Satpara Lake is one of the largest fresh water and natural lake located in Skardu, Gilgit Baltistan at a distance of 8 km from the Skardu main. A jeep can be hired from Skardu or you can enjoy the trek on foot. You can enjoy trout fishing and row boating there. It is the most charming lake and attracts a number of tourists every year. There is a picturesque island in the center of the lake. A short stay is possible there with a round trip on the boat.
  Visiting Locations in Satpara Lake

• Shandur Top

  Mountain Passes

  Shandur Top, flat plateau, is located in Ghizer district, Gilgit Baltistan, at an altitude of 12,200 feet at the distance of 212km from Gilgit via Shandur-Gilgit Road, or at the distance of 150km from Chitral via chital-Mastuj Road.
  Visiting Locations in Shandur Top

• Shangrila Lake

  Lakes

  Shangrila Lake, also known as Kachura Lake, is located at the distance of 27 km from Skardu main, in Kachura village, Skardu. It is one of the most attractive and beautiful lakes in Pakistan. Its beauty becomes more charming by the unique style of colorful restaurants around it. One of those restaurants is an aircraft, that had a crash landing near a riverbed in Skardu.
  Visiting Locations in Shangrila Lake

• Sheosar Lake

  Lakes

  Sheosar Lake is located in Deosai National Park at the elevation of 13,589 feet and at the distance of 16 km from Chillum from Astore District, whereas from the Skardu side, it is at the distance of 65 km. As Deosai is a peaceful place, so Sheosar Lake is also popular for a calm and peaceful atmosphere within the endless plains of colorful flowers. Wild animals and birds can also be observed there.
  Visiting Locations in Sheosar Lake

• Shimshal

  Hill Stations

  Shimshal is a largest village located in Hunza district in Gilgit-Baltistan on Pakistan China Border. It is the highest settlement in the Hunza district at the altitude of 10,170 feet above the sea level, and located at 210 KM from Gilgit City. Shimshal valley is scattered around the Shimshal River that is a tributary of the Hunza River.
  Visiting Locations in Shimshal

• Shukargah

  Hill Stations

  Shukargah is one of the beautiful valleys in Gizer near Chatorkhand in Ishkoman Valley. Along the Hayool Gol, there broader and deeper valley with lush green meadows and streams. There is also a number of beautiful and attractive lakes in this area.
  Visiting Locations in Shukargah

• Shukargah Lake

  Lakes

  Shukargah Lake is a beautiful lake in Shukargah Valley in Ishkoman near Chatorkhand on Hayool Gol. It is a very attractive place for a peaceful, calm, and romantic environment. From Chatorkhand, you have to turn on right along the Hayool Gol to access the lake.
  Visiting Locations in Shukargah Lake

• Sost

  Sea Ports

  Sost is the last town in Gojal, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan at the distance of 184 km from main Gilgit city on Karakoram Highway before China Border at Khunjerab Pass. It is the last town inside Pakistan on the Karakoram Highway before the Chinese border. Thi is the small market and Dry Port for the carge coming from China, so custom departments and immiration offices are also located in this town. In winter due to heavy snow, border crossing between China and Pakistan through Khunjerab Pass remains block.
  Visiting Locations in Sost

• Ultar Sur Peak

  Mountain Peaks

  Ultar Sur is located on the southeastern part of Batura Muztagh range of Karakoram. Hunza Peak and Ladyfinger Peak are located on southwest ridge of the Ultar Sar massif. It is located at the distance of 10 km from Karimabad.
  Visiting Locations in Ultar Sur Peak

• Yasin River

  Rivers

  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.
  Visiting Locations in Yasin River

• Yasin Valley

  Hill Stations

  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.
  Visiting Locations in Yasin Valley

• Yasin Village

  Hill Stations

  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.
  Visiting Locations in Yasin Village

Gilgit Baltistan is the fifth administrative part of Pakistan in its north side. Formaly it was part of Northern Areas, by the year 2009, it was granted limited autonomy under the Self-Governance Order of Government of Pakistan and renamed to Gilgit-Baltistan. Pakistan still not included it as a separate province due to Kashmir Movement in disputed Jammu and Kashmir held by India.

It has high mountainous landscape, it has five eight-thousanders peaks. It also has longest glaciers of the World outside the polar region.

There are number of rock carvings found in Gilgit-Baltistan in Passu village, which are the indications of human presence in 2000 BC. Bon and Buddhism were the first religions in this area. In 14th century, due to Sufi Muslim, Islam was introduced in Gilgit-Baltistan. In 1839, Gilgit-Baltistan was under the control of Sikhs and then after the First Anglo-Sikh War, it beame part of Jammu and Kashmir State in 1846. After First Kashmir War, Jammu and Kashmir State is divided among Pakistan and India by Line of Control by UN. After then, Gilgit-Baltistan is control by Federal Govenment of Pakistan as Northern Areas. By 2009, it was assigned a separate self-rule Gilgit-baltitan Legislative Assembly, so it became a de facto province without constitutionally part of Pakistan.

Gilgit-Baltistan is situated in the highest mountain ranges of the Karakoram, Himalayas and Hindukush. K2 and Nanga Parbat are one of the highest peaks in this area. The Biafo, the Baltoro, and the Batura Glaciers are the largest glaciers in this region. There are number of high altitude lakes such as Sheosar lake, Naltar lake, etc. The Deosai Plains are the second highest plateau in the world at the altitude of 14,500 feet.

The climate of Gilgit-Baltistan is depend upon the type of region, in some parts are hot in summers whereas others remained cool and pleasant in summers.