Some weeks in the north are unrepeatable — spring in the Kalash valleys, polo at Shandur, blossom in Hunza. These departures are timed to the day.
From US$ 1,650 /person
Four days in the Kalash valleys for Chilam Joshi, the spring festival — walnut branches, milk poured over thresholds, and dancing that goes on until the light fails. Nine days from Islamabad, with two full days in the valleys.
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From US$ 1,880 /person
The world's highest polo ground at 3,743 metres, and the one week a year it is used. Gilgit against Chitral, no umpire worth the name, and ten thousand people camped on a pass with no village on it.
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From US$ 1,180 /person
Ten days through Hunza and Nagar in the two weeks the valley turns white and pink — apricot first, then cherry, moving up the valley with the altitude. Karimabad, Duikar and the Khunjerab Pass.
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From US$ 1,650 /person
The Kalasha harvest festival in late August — the herds come down from the high pastures, the wheat is in, and the valleys dance for three days with almost nobody watching. The quiet one.
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From US$ 1,280 /person
The five weeks when Hunza's poplars go gold and the apricot orchards turn red, the air clears and Rakaposhi comes out from behind the summer haze. Ten days through Nagar, Karimabad and Gojal.
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