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Hunza Valley has a diverse religious history with it being home to several historic religious sites like the ancient watchtowers in Ganish village, Baltit Fort on top of karimabad which was built by the Mirs about 800 years ago , which is a historic landmark for hunza and Altit Fort (at the bottom of the valley). In the 8th century AD, a huge ...
Hussaini Suspension Bridge (Urdu: حسینی سسپنشن پل) is a pedestrian hanging bridge over the Hunza River in Gilgit Baltistan's Karakoram range. It was originally built for local access but has become a popular tourist attraction due to its striking structure and dramatic location.
The Sacred Rocks (Haldeikish) are situated between the Hunza River and the Karakorum Highway and a five minutes drive from the UNESCO enlisted village of Ganish, near the town of Karimabad in Hunza Valley. [2] The rock is 180 metres in length and 9 metres at their highest point.
The popularity of the Hunza Valley and the amount of tourism there is due in part to its relative accessibility and proximity to the Karakoram Highway. [8] Major tourist attractions in Hunza are: Attabad Lake - A major lake of Hunza Valley. It was created following a landslide at Hunza River near Attabad village on 4 January 2010.
Avgarch is one a tourist attraction with a 1.5 hour hike from the KKH, She offers beautiful pastures and hamlets, glaciers and peaks, Yosinband, Old graves of Kirghiz, the oldest Juniper tree of Hunza the Baltar Yarz, Boibar valley, Priyar and the famous Qorun pass. Exotic animals like snow leopards, Himalayan ibex, Golden eagle and many more ...
It is located 90 km away from Gilgit city in further west and about 7 km away from the headquarters of Hunza District, Aliabad in west. The main tourist town of the Hunza valley, Karimabad is 2 km away to the north. The Altit is 15 km to the north-east. In the south lies the confluence of the Hunza river and the Nagar river.
Baltit Fort (Urdu: قلعہ بلتت) is a fort in the Hunza valley, near the town of Karimabad, in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan. Founded in the 8th century CE, it has been on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative list since 2004. [1] The Mirs of Hunza abandoned the fort in 1945, and moved to a new palace down the hill. The ...
Borith Lake (Urdu: بوریت) is a lake in the Hunza Valley in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of northern Pakistan. [1] Borith lies about 2,600 metres (8,500 ft) above sea level. [ 2 ]