Beautiful Mountain Passes in Pakistan
Hilly areas is normally composed of number of famous and World's highest mountains. Due to varying height above the sea level, the weather and temperature normally varies in these mountains and hilly areas, as well as the landscape and structure of the hilly area depicts variety of beautiful views that would never be forgotten from your memory. Some of these hilly areas also receive snowfall in winter season which attract number of visitors from all over the World.
Hilly areas which received snowfall in winter are normally known as hill station and there are famous hill stations in Pakistan which attract tourists from all over the World. Weather conditions of these hill stations are normally pleasant in the summer season. These are the most frequent tour places specially for family tours.
Here, you may explore an inclusive collections of beautiful pictures of Mountain Passes in Pakistan.
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Main Category: Hilly Areas
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Babusar Pass
Babusar Pass, the highest mountain pass in Kaghan Valley, is located at a distance of 66km from Naran. It is very cold even in the summer. It connects Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with Chilas, Gilgit Baltistan with Korakuram Highway.
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Bolan pass
Bolan Pass connects Central Asia and South Asia. It has a historical background, it was the main gateway to cross the region for invaders, traders, and nomadic tribes. It is located in Toba Kakar Range in Balochistan between Quetta and Sibi, mountains are dry and barren. Traveling through the pass is the real adventure of crossing dry and dusty mountains through a number of narrow gorges of 89 km in length. Traveling through rail is more interesting while crossing Bolan Pass.
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Chaman
Chaman is situated in Balochistan with Kandahar, a city of Afghanistan, at the distance of 128 km from Quetta on National Highway N-25. It is the most important border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, and most of the trade is conducted through it.
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Khunjerab Pass
Khunjerab Pass is a gateway between Pakistan and China, at an elevation of 15,397 feet in the Karakoram Range in Nagar, Gilgit. It is the highest border crossing in the World and is located at a distance of 270km from Gilgit main city.
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Malakand
Malakand is located at a distance of 86 km from Peshawar via Mardan on Malankand-Mardan Road. It has very important strategic location as a gateway to Bajaur, Swat, Buner, and Lower Dir. It is surrounded by barren mountains, where Malakand Pass connects Mardan to Swat and to Dir near Dargai.
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Shandur Top
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. It is surrounded by high altitude snow-capped mountains covered with snow all over the year. It is a major connection point between Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa.
Visiting Locations in Shandur Top