Gilgit-Baltistan, the jewel of Pakistan

The kingdom

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more. Oscar Wilde

Dangerous road, Skardu road

Dried apricots

Dried apricots are a type of traditional dried fruit of Hunza Valley. When treated with sulphur dioxide, the colour is vivid orange but without sulphur, it use to be more delicious to eat. Organic fruit not treated with sulphur vapour is darker in colour and has a coarser texture.

Literate Hunza Valley

"With reportedly the highest GDP per capita and a literacy rate of above 80pc, the Hunza valley, originally famous for its natural beauty and high life expectancy rates, has been dubbed as a successful model of development within Pakistan and abroad"

Boating at Kachura1 Shangri La Resort

To The Khunjerab - Hunza Valley, Pakistan - Part 5

Attabad Lake Hunza Valley By Jalal Marwat

Boating at Kachura1