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DayDestination / DrivetimeAccommodation Details Activities & Highlights Optional ExperiencesPlus Our Top Tips!Visual Reflection2 Karimabad – Central Hunza(2 ½ hour drive)Hunza Baltit Inn(Full board) – Standard RoomClick here for more informationSupplement:Upgrade yourself to a deluxe roomor really spoil yourself and take oneof the three luxury tents.Journey along the famous Karakoram Highway (KKH)with its breathtaking scenery. As you travel you will followthe path of the ancient southern Silk Road and learn abouthigh mountain agriculture?60km from Gilgit you will pass the point at Chalt wheretwo continental plates collide! The Indian Subcontinentplate collides with the Asian Plate.Soak up the magnificent valley of Karimabad over adelicious lunch of local delicacies at the Baltit Inn cafe.Be transformed back 700 years and explore the royal seatof the ruler of Hunza – the Tibetan influenced UNESCOaward winning Baltit FortWalk the cobbled streets of the old settlement of Baltit. Bewelcomed by local Hunza hospitality (something they arefamous for) in some of the oldest homes in Hunza. Heartales of life prior to the opening of the KarakoramHighway.Top Tip #3: Request room number 301 &302 (they are the bigger ones) or alternativelyrequest one of the luxury tents – they havefantastic views & offer more privacy!Top Tip #4: Learn a few words of the localCentral Hunza language Burushashki. Thelocals will really appreciate it.HelloAssalamu AlikumGoodbye Khuda Say HawalaHow are you? Bey Hall bi laThank you Ju NaHow much is it? Goosai baroomar biTop Tip #5: Support local Hunzaenterprises and purchase local dried fruit &nuts, honey, handicrafts, carpets and a wholelot more.Incredible vistas along the KKHTraverse the old Silk Road!SOME OF OUR FAVOURITE BOOKS TO READ BEFORE OR DURING YOUR TRIP:üüüüüüüüüüüLanguage Hunting in the Karakoram by E.O LorimerKarakoram in Transition: Culture, Development , and Ecology in the Hunza Valley by Hermann KreutzmannThe Making of a Frontier: Five Years' Experiences and Adventures in Gilgit, Hunza, Nagar, Chitral, and the Eastern Hindu-Kush by George AlgernonCooking in Hunza by Marta Luchsinger, Julie Flowerday, Mareille Paley & Matthieu Paley. The book is available at the Gilgit Serena Hotel, Hunza Baltit Inn, Altit FortThe Great Game by Peter HopkirkPakistan Trekking Guide: Himalaya, Karakoram and Hindu Kush by Isobel ShawEmpires of the Indus by Alice Albinia,Where the Indus is Young: Midwinter in Baltistan by Dervla MurphyA taste of Baltistan: Famous for Balti-Style Cooking by Sabiha KhokharA History of Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan by Parvez DewanThe Big Game of Baltistan and Ladakh: A Summer in High Asia by Frederick Edward Shafto Adair and Stuart Hill GodfreyExperience Serena Hotels. Experience Gilgit-Baltistan. | Capturing the culture, history & natural beauty of Beautiful Gilgit-Baltistan – 13 days | 2012 | Page 4 of 11
DayDestination / DrivetimeAccommodation Details Activities & Highlights Optional ExperiencesPlus Our Top Tips!Visual Reflection3 Central Hunza Hunza Baltit Inn(Full board) – Standard RoomClick here for more informationSupplement:Upgrade yourself to a deluxe roomor really spoil yourself and take oneof the three luxury tents.Visit the oldest settlement in the Hunza valley –Ganish. Some 1000 years old and the recipient of manyUNESCO awards for the superb heritage conservation& development work completed by the Aga KhanTrust for Culture through their Historic CitiesProgramme.The Sacred Rocks of Hunza – famous archeologicalsite recording 2000 years of travels along the Silk Roadto and from China. The inscriptions are in Kharaoshti,Brahmi, Gupta, Sogdian & Tibetan and depict many anIbex.Explore the very first fort and birthplace of the HunzaKingdom - Altit Fort and its surrounding settlement ofAltit Khun. Another award winning heritage asset thathas been restored with thanks to the Aga Khan CulturalServices, Pakistan.Enjoy traditional Hunza food in Altit Fort’s ancientKha Basi garden café - abundant with apricot trees.Head to the charming hamlet of Duikar – watch thesunset over Rakaposhi, Golden Peak, Diran, LadyFinger & Ultar peaks.Pre breakfast walk to Queen Victoria’smonument – 2 hours return.Top Tip #6: In Ganish ask about the ancientrefrigeration system that preserves one theirmost precious food stuffs – butter!Top Tip #7: Order a local dish called Baling-edecherum(Crushed walnut pancakes with freshlyground walnuts and cooked on the fire!)Top Tip #8: Whilst on a tour of Altit Fortenquire about the Hunza Women’s SocialEnterprise (WSE). A direct outcome of therestoration and rehabilitation of Altit Khun &Altit Fort. WSE – known as ‘CIQAM’ meaninggreen in Burushaski stands for progress andprosperity, employs over 90 under privilegedwomen who have been trained in 7 different skillareas including carpentry, masonry,electrification, plumbing, surveying & furnituredesign.For the more energetic you can hike up toDuikar from Altit Fort. (1 ½ hours walk)Traditional Hunza Food - apricots,walnuts & buckwheat are keyingredientsMusicians from Hunza playing theSurnai.After dinner talk on the history of music in Hunza &the music community of Mominabad.To be followed by a local classical music performance.Hear some of the local folk stories under the stars!A female carpenter from the Women’sSocial Enterprise supported by the AgaKhan Cultural Services, PakistanExperience Serena Hotels. Experience Gilgit-Baltistan. | Capturing the culture, history & natural beauty of Beautiful Gilgit-Baltistan – 13 days | 2012 | Page 5 of 11
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