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The Hunza beyond Karimabad – Pictorial
Many tourists, after visiting Karimabad, seem to think that they have visited the Hunza Valley. Their exciting posts here and there about ‘being there’ fall short of reality; what they have seen is maybe 10 percent of Hunza, or even less. The bigger Hunza is beyond Karimabad, stretching up to the Chinese border and also touching Afghanistan’s Wakhan region in the North-West, and Skardu district of Baltistan.
So, you may ask, what is it beyond Karimabad that one would like to see?
The answer to that will be simple, The Gojal Valley; the region that accounts for more than 80 percent of Hunza district’s total area, and where you can see a delicate and harmonious blend of the Wakhi and Burushaski cultures.
Here is what you can see in the Gojal Valley, Upper Hunza.
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The Pakistan-China Friendship Tunnel
The Dammed Hunza River – Attabad Lake
Bautra Glacier
Shimshal Valley
Sost Valley
Chipursan Valley
Borith Lake
Batura Lake
Ghulkin Glacier
Boiber Valley
Mintika Pass – Misgar
Kalandarchi Fort (Misgar)
Ondra Ruins (Gulmit)
Shutubar Glacier (Gulmit Tower)
Passu Glacier
Shimshal Lake
Mount Tupopdon (Passu)
Khunjerav Pass
There is literally nothing to be seen there at Karimabad except for the Baltit fort. Apart from that there is no such thing as “natural beauty” around Karimabad. Gojal is indeed a very beautiful place with beautiful people.
Are you kidding me??
your are man full of fanaticism…. Karimabad gojal you should consider as whole Hunza….
Entire GB is very much beautiful, as far as Karimabad and upper Hunza is concerned both places have its own beauties, Karimabad give the look of ceneral Hunza and Nager and some unforgetting views of some of the beautiful mountain peaks of the world. Our Gojal, upper HUNZA has its own attractions many peaks and long treks for explorers.
There is no question of one less and another more beautiful but different aspects of beauties…as it is said beauty is in the eyes of the looking person.