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An
interesting 10 days open zone trek
This trek could be started from
either sides from Yasin or Rich from Chitral. The drive from Gilgit to Yasin to the starting point of Thui pass takes 4 hours and from Chitral to Rich takes 6
hours along the beautiful villages of Chitral and Yasin valleys with
spectacular views and stopping points on the way to eat and take rest.
This is an easy interesting trek of 8 to 10 days in the Hindu
Kush range. The best season to go on it from June to October, enjoy the
landscape and meeting local communities along the way and Explore about their
ways of living, culture, and traditions. These experiences add to the joys of
your holidays as I have experienced during my guiding. The people are friendly
and helpful always. It gives amazing scenery of the snow-capped mountains all
along the way welcoming the climbers to Explore them and be the first ones most
of them are unclimbed yet.
The treks takes a week time from Islamabad to Islamabad.
The trek starts from Nalti
Thoi a village at the altitude of 2600 meters with 150 houses holding eight
members in average in every household.
Nalti to Lasht 3 to 4 hours.
The walking starts on jeep road up to one
hour and then on clear path along the Thoi River with amazing scenery ahead
with the views of Thoi 1 6600 meters. After a 3 hours walk you will reach to
summer village lasht with clear spring water and soft grassy campsite. Your
porters will celebrate the evening with camp fire singing songs. you will have
great stay night here.
Lasht to Sholtalling 3 to 4 hours t ice and some parts on the rocky
moraines of the glacier your guide will take care of you of the crossing some
of the wide crevasses on the glacier.Soon after crossing the glacier you will
be in the campsite of Gashuchi a nice camp site with mountain onions around the
campsite as the name of the place Ghashu for onions in the local language
Brushaski which is spoken by the people of Yasin and Hunza. The campsite is at
the altitude of 4100 meters you may feel a bit cold after the sun set and
before the sun rise in the morning.I hope you will enjoy the scenery of the
valley which gives amazing views backwards the valley you come up.
Gashuchi to Golpigal 6 to 7 hours
The most interesting day of trek
that you are going to cross the Thui Pass 4999 meters and get into another
region Yarkhun Valley an amazing valley of Chitral district KPK(N.W.F.P).
This day will be little hard
for you until to reach the pass you have to climb about 500 meters from the
campsite on a steep way along the grassy path in the first two hours with
superb views of the white peaks of the both sides of the pass and the on the
rocky path close to the. \\\if you are lucky to have clear weather for the
views from the pass is incredible. From the pass you are descending to the
campsite of Golpigal which is wonderful campsite with clear spring water to drink
and wash. dYou will have comfortable stay night after long day walk as I
experienced in the past.
Golpigal to Gazin or directly to Chitral 3
to 8 hour
This is the last day of your
wonderful trek you can stay in Gazin after 3 hours smooth walk or either can
continue to Mastuj or Chitral town from Golpigal you have options here to enjoy
more of you holidays in the Yarkhun valley or in the historical city of
Chitral. There many amazing trekking and climbing opportunities you can enjoy.
You can also go to Gilgit by Shandur Pass on a bus with your special transport
or drive to Peshawar over Laworri Pass/t annul. If you wish fly from Chitral
and lucky enough with the weather you can do it.
This day gives immense joy to the
nature lover to walk along the river which is called Mushibar River is the name
of the valley, it flows down from Keronbar to the east and Qalandargum and
Gashuchi glaciers you will have gigantic views of the both of the glaciers next
day of your trek. The path is smooth along the juniper and birch trees and with
grea.t views of snow-capped peaks ahead the valley. You will reach to the
campsite Sholtalling a place with stone shelter and grassy campsite with superb
views of the valley that adds to the joy of your holidays.
Day-6 Gazin to Yashkist:
An easy walk of four to five hours
on jeep road along the Yarkhun River takes you to the village of Yashkhist the
camp site for your trek Shah Janali Pass. The villagers are unbelievable
hospitable. Many people will gather around you and help you for setting up your
camp pitching the tents and invite you to their traditional homes and offer the
local dishes you must taste them to encourage their hospitality. The view from
here towards the Kurumbar and Darkot Pass is heart touching. You will camp at
3,100 meters.
Day-7 Yashkist to Ishperu Dok:
There are six to seven hours walk
ascending up to the campsite about 800 meters along the Ishperu Dok stream
flows down from the hills above. There are superb views up and back the
villages of Yarhkun from all along the way and snow-capped white towering peaks
of Hindukush. You will cross the stream on bridges and reach to wide flat
meadow with spring water campsite at 3,900 meters. Ishperu Dok (means white
hillside) is a large summer settlement of the Yarkhun and there are about ten
to twelve huts where the women stay with their herds of goats and sheep. The
men guard the herds and women milk mornings and evening, making butter inside
the huts. You will be welcome by the shepherds on your arrival and offer you yogurt
milk and butter. You can visit inside the huts and experience the living
standard of the people on such places for long summer months in a very simple
ways, it is an amazing experience for the people who live in the towns of
Pakistan and foreigners who have luxurious living standard. You will enjoy the
camp here.
Day-8 Ishperu Dok to Janali Gari crossing the pass:
Five to six hours exciting day of
your trek. You will start your day climbing up towards the pass with
spectacular views and flowers along the way on white sandy ridge with views to
north of granite spires of Chapkar peak (5,804 meters) a mountain scarred by
black rubble strewn glacier running of it. The surrounding hillsides are
overgrazed pastures and countered by goat paths, the herds of horses, cattle,
goat and sheep are here from Yarkhun Valley. You will reach the pass a green
flat gentle area polo ground of the king that gives the name of the pass (
4,259 meters) with several lakes around. You can enjoy the views from here the
white towering mountains of Hindu Kush, if you are lucky having good weather on
this day and worth to spend more time, I usually stop for lunch here during my
trek. It is paradise on earth the most beautiful spot in Pakistan as I have
seen other parts of the country.
From the pass, it is gentle descending towards the camp of
Janali Gari, a deserted shepherds’ settlement with three stone circle beside a
clear stream fringed by few willow bushes, you camp here and enjoy the night at
3,700 meters.
Day-9 Janali Gari to
Dhershal:
Four to five hours trek, this is a
beautiful walk through knee-high grass and flowers and across plenty of side
streams surrounded by groves of willows with the Shah Janali River well below
on your right, you will reach in a summer settlement people from Rich village
stay here in the month of June and move up in July. There are some shepherds’
huts sat in a flat pasture surrounded by birch trees at 3,350 meters, a
wonderful camp site it is worth to have a rest day if you have time to be relaxed.
There are fine views down to the valley.
Day-10 Dhershal to
Rua
Five to six hours trek of the last of your trek. The walk is
along the south of Shah Janali River in the juniper bushes, steadily goes down.
While going if there is a clear weather this will be hot day because the land
here barren, across stones and scree along the west bank of the Rich River
about two hour the village Rua. On the way there are views ahead to the North
is mountain wall of 6,000 meters high, blocking the way to Afghanistan.
Rua is the last village of Rich valley it takes six to seven
hours by jeeps to Chitral. There is good camping site with clear water and your
jeeps will arrive by the evening of your arrival either you can manage to leave
to Chitral by the same day if you have already planned it. Mostly we use to
stay the night here and move to our next destination by the next morning. The
travelling from here to Chitral is amazing passing through different villages
of Rich Valley with distinctive cultures and traditions.
I hope you will enjoy
reading about this wonderful trek, if you wish to visit here you can contact on
my mail and enjoy going on this trip.
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