KKH Silk Route South Bound

KKH Silk Route South Bound

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Overview

  • Duration:9 days 8 nights
  • Travelers:2 - 12 guests
  • Tour Type:Guided tour
  • Language:English, Mandarin
Join us on an adventure on the modern-day Silk Road through the Karakoram Highway considered to be the highest paved road in the world.
After you enter Pakistan from Tashkurgan, China, we will travel south through awe inspiring mountain ranges and pristine natural beauty, witnessing ancient cultures and world heritage sites that had flourished on the caravan route that links Central and South Asia.

Designed for travelers crossing into Pakistan by land, this adventure offers the opportunity to explore the country from north to south, with the option to continue onward to India by land or other destinations by air.
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Highlights

  • An adventure on the modern-day Silk Road through the Karakoram Highway
  • Ancient cultures and world heritage sites that had flourished on the caravan route that links Central and South Asia
  • Witness mighty mountain ranges and pristine natural beauty
  • Opportunity to explore the country from north to south, with the option to continue onward to India

Includes/Excludes

  • Neat and clean hotel/guesthouse/wooden huts accommodations as available in the region
  • All land transportation (mini-bus, Landcruiser/jeep, car)
  • Domestic flights and hotel transfers within the itinerary
  • Professional licensed guide
  • Three meals and drinking water
  • Admission tickets to historical sites within the itinerary
  • Toll fee
  • Taxes
  • International airfare
  • Travel insurance
  • Pakistani visa (we can provide assistance with the required documents for application)
  • Tips for the guides and drivers

Itinerary

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Starting at

ExploreKashgar old market, drive (5hrs) to Tashkurgan.

Day 2

Drive (5-6hrs) with stopovers via Khunjerab Border to Sost, overnight in Sost.

Day 3

Excursion of Passu cones, Gulmit village, Attabad lake, Baltit fort overnight in Aliabad or Karimabad.

Day 4

Visit Altit fort, Kargah nala Buddha, lunch in Gilgit city, overnight in Chilas.

Day 5

Drive (7hrs) to Swat.

Day 6

Visits of Buddhist pilgrimage in Swat, overnight in Peshawar.

Day 7

Visit the Gandharan Buddist sites Taxila, overnight in Islamabad.

Day 8

Drive to Lahore, visit Lahore fort.

Finishing at

Visit India Pakistan Border, Wazir Khan mosque, see off at Lahore airport.

Extra Services

Airport transfers

Airport transfers

Magpie offers Airport transfer services to make your journey easy and accessible

$30.00/person

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