
5 Days Hunza Valley Tour from Islamabad
Two full days in the valley, with Attabad, Passu and the Karimabad forts.
Karimabad, Attabad Lake, Passu Cones and the road to China
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Every trip that visits Hunza, whatever its length or style.

Two full days in the valley, with Attabad, Passu and the Karimabad forts.

The complete Hunza trip — the valley, the border pass and Naltar's coloured lakes.

Private vehicle, valley-view rooms and nobody else on the itinerary.

The full Karakoram circuit — both great valleys and the plateau between them.
Hunza is the valley most people picture when they say they want to see the north, and it earns that. From Karimabad you look straight across at Rakaposhi at 7,788 m and up at Ultar Sar, with the Hunza river a thousand metres below you. The Karakoram Highway runs through the whole valley, which means the drive itself is half the trip.
Almost every Hunza itinerary is built from the same pieces: Attabad Lake, the Hussaini suspension bridge, the Passu Cones, Baltit and Altit forts in Karimabad, sunrise from Duikar, and — if the pass is open — the run up to Khunjerab at 4,693 m. What changes between packages is how many of those you get, and how many hours you spend in the vehicle to get them.
Our honest view after running this route since 2018: five days is the minimum that still feels like a holiday, six is comfortable, and seven lets you add Naltar Valley without rushing. Anything shorter than five days from Islamabad is mostly road.
Five days from Islamabad is the realistic minimum and covers the valley itself. Six days adds Khunjerab Pass comfortably. Seven days adds Naltar Valley. Three-day Hunza trips exist and we do not sell them — you would spend roughly 36 of those 72 hours in a vehicle.
Cherry blossom is late March to mid-April and is the most photogenic two weeks of the year. May to September is the reliable season with the passes open. Late October brings the golden poplars, which is our own favourite. December to February is beautiful and very cold, with Khunjerab closed.
Yes. It is a maintained two-lane highway and our drivers run it weekly. We do not drive the mountain sections after dark, and we build the itinerary so nobody is on the road at night.
Jazz and Zong work patchily as far as Chilas. Inside Gilgit-Baltistan only SCOM works reliably. Hotels in Karimabad have wifi. If you need to stay reachable, buy a SCOM SIM in Gilgit.
There are ATMs in Gilgit and Aliabad but they run out of cash, especially at weekends and in peak season. Carry enough for the whole trip.
No permit for Pakistani nationals. You pass through a Khunjerab National Park checkpoint where a park fee applies, and you need your CNIC. Foreign nationals should carry their passport.