Tuesday 1 December 2009

Welcome to Gilgit Baltistan

Dear All,
After years of working for well reputable company like Hindukush Trails in Gilgit-Baltistan & Chitral Pakistan, We have finally decided to launch our own tourism business by the name of Hindukush Karakoram tours & treks.HKTT is one of its own kind business that specialises in strict rules of devoting to one client or group at one time so that we can concentrate on our clients properly and devote full attention so that they can get the best out of what they have paid.

Tuesday 24 November 2009

Hindu Kush Mountains

The Hindu Kush (or Hindukush) is the main mountain range in Afghanistan. It is the westernmost extension of the Pamir Mountains, the Karakoram Range, and the Himalayas.
The origin of the term Hindu Kush (which translates as "Indian Killer") is a point of contention. Four possibilities have been put forward:
that the name refers to the last great 'killer' mountains to cross when moving between the Afghan plateau and the Indian subcontinent, named after the toll it took on anyone crossing them;
that the name is a corruption of Hindu Koh, from the Iranian word Koh, meaning mountain;
that the mountains memorialize the Indian captives who perished in the mountains while being transported to Central Asian slave markets;
that the name is a posited Avestan appellation meaning "water mountains."
The mountain peaks in the eastern part of Afghanistan reach more than 7,000 meters. The highest of these is Tirich mir 7,011 m.The Pamir mountains, which Afghans refer to as the "Roof of the World", extend into Tajikistan, China and Kashmir.
Eastern Hindu Kush.
The Eastern Hindu Kush range, also known as the High Hindu Kush range, is mostly in northern Pakistan and the Nuristan and Badakhshan.
Badakhshan
Badakhshan is a region comprising parts of northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan. Badakhshan Province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan.
Chitral District.
Chitral is a Districts of Pakistan in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan that contains the town of Chitral. It has an area of 14,850 km? and a population of 318,689 at the 1998 Census, which had subsequently risen to about 378,000 people by 2004.
Tirich Mir
Tirich Mir is the highest mountain in the Hindu Kush region of northern Pakistan, and the highest mountain indisputably in Pakistan .The mountain was first climbed in 1950 by a Norway expedition.
Noshaq
Noshaq is the highest mountain in Afghanistan and the second highest independent peak of the Hindu Kush after Tirich Mir . Noshaq is located in the northeastern corner of the country along the Durand line which marks the border with Pakistan.
The range also extends into Ghizar, Yasin Valley.
Yasin Valley
Yasin Valley is a high mountain valley in the Hindu Kush mountains, in the northwest region of Gilgit District in Pakistan.
Ishkoman
Ishkoman is a high mountain valley in the Hindukush and Karakorum mountains, in the northwest region of Gilgit District.
Chitral.
Chitral is considered to be the pinnacle of the Hindu Kush region. The highest peaks, as well as countless passes and massive glaciers, are located in this region. The Chiantar, Kurambar, and Terich glacierGlacier
A glacier is a large, slow-moving mass of ice, formed from compacted layers of snow, that slowly deforms and flows in response to gravity and high pressure....
s are amongst the most extensive in the Hindu Kush and the meltwater from these glaciers form the Kunar RiverKunar River
The Kunar River is about 480 km long, located in eastern Afghanistan and north-western Pakistan. The Kunar river system is fed from melting glaciers and snow of the Hindu Kush mountains.
which eventually flows south into Afghanistan and joins the Bashgal, Panjsher, and eventually the much smaller Kabul RiverKabul River
Kabul River , classically called the Cophes , is a river that rises in the Sanglakh Range in Afghanistan, separated from the watershed of the Helmand River by the Unai Pass.

The jazz musician Katie MeluaKatie Melua
Ketevan "Katie" Melua is a Georgian people/United Kingdom singer, songwriter and musician. She was born in Georgia , but moved to Northern Ireland at the age of eight and then relocated to England at the age of 14....
wrote a song called "Halfway Up the Hindu Kush", probably because in the 1960s and 70s Afghanistan was depicted in the media as the romantic haven of nomads and a resort for hashish-smoking hippies.

The Korakoram Range

Karakorum or Karakoram, mountain range, extending 480-kms, between the Indus and Yarkant rivers, North Kashmir, South central Asia; South Easy extension of the Hindu Kush mountain range. It covers disputed territory, held by China on the north, India on the east, and Pakistan on the west. Karakorum's main range has some of the world's highest peaks, including K2 called Mt. Godwin-Austen, the second highest peak in the world.

K2
Location :
Korakoram Range, Pakistan - China Border
Altitude :
8,611m (28,251 ft)
Imporance :
2nd Highest Mountain In The World.
Best Trek Season :
May To October
K2 peak, locally known by the name of “Chogo Ri”, which means "The Great Mountain", 8,611m, is the 2nd highest mountain in the world. K2 is placed on the Pakistan - China border in the mighty Karakoram range. With no simple routes, K2 is known as the finest and most dangerous mountain in the world. This is because of the massiveness in the size of this mountain and the numerous unsuccessful attempts made on it by various expeditions, which include mostly American expeditions.
K2 was firstly discovered and measured by the Survey of India in 1856, and first named for English topographer Henry Godwin - Austen, who explored and surveyed the region. K2 is taken from the first letter of Karakorum, and the number indicates that it was the second peak in the range to be measured. K2 was firstly climbed on July,31 1954 by Italian climbers team lead by Ardito Desio and accompanying him were Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni. A March 1987 measurement of K2 indicated that it might be higher than Everest, but later that year, Everest was re-measured by a similar method and found to indeed be 778 ft (237m) taller.

Monday 16 November 2009

Dear All,

After years of working for well reputable company like Hindukush Trails in Gilgit-Baltistan & Chitral Pakistan, We have finally decided to launch our own tourism business by the name of Hindukush Karakoram tours & treks.HKTT is one of its own kind business that specialises in strict rules of devoting to one client or group at one time so that we can concentrate on our clients properly and devote full attention so that they can get the best out of what they have paid.

Saturday 14 November 2009

World Travel Market London 2009

My 3rd day at WTM was as interesting as last two days.Today was last day of WTM.There for lots of fun was going on around the stalls.


World Travel Market London 2009

Hi,
I am in London to attend WTM.It has been a great experience.















Friday 13 November 2009

Welcome to Gilgit Baltistan

Asalam.O.Alaikum

Welcome to Hindukush Karakoram Tours & Treks Website. We are small but highly exclusive and adventurous company therefore we treat our guests with utmost exclusivity. We would like to give a brief info about our services:

Background:
Ayub Khan and Murad Khan started as young guides in 1993 and after years of traveling experience, they gathered information of secret and exotic places where one could only dream of going there. After years of commercial driven trips we finally realised thatthere was a need of a company that could make their clients feel at home like a family and community therefore after careful consideration we have formed Hindukush Karakoram Tours & Treks for all the people out there who want to really know the Gilgit Baltistan and Chitral.

SERVICES:

Treking
Jeep Safari
Cultural Trips
Community based Trips
Home stay Trips
Horse Back Trips
Fishing
Hunting
Eco Tourism
Bike Trips
Mountain Climbing

ATTRACTIONS:

K2 base camp
Ghondoghoro La
Snow lake
Nanga Parbat
Rakaposhi
Tirich Mir
Shandur Pass Polo
Babusa Pass Polo
Khunjerab Pass
Broughil Pass
Karambar Pass
Chillinji Pass
Darkot Pass
Naltar pass
Asumber Pass
Kalash Valley
Hunza
Ghizer
Skardu
Gilgit
Astor and many other.

For further details about booking your trip please email:
hktours.treks@gmail.com