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Rich guides for areas with layered detail, festivals, field guides, stays, and curated journeys in one place.
Khyber PakhtunkhwaKalasha Valleys
Indigenous culture, three valleys, five festivals
Islamabad Capital TerritoryIslamabad
Capital monuments, Margalla trails, and Gandhara day trips
Gilgit-BaltistanHunza Valley
Orchards, Attabad Lake, and the Karakoram Highway
Gilgit-BaltistanSkardu
Indus confluence, Deosai gateway, and K2 country
Khyber PakhtunkhwaKaghan Valley
Alpine lakes, the Kaghan road, and the Babusar crossing
Khyber PakhtunkhwaSwat Valley
The “Switzerland of Pakistan”, forests, rivers, and Gandhara
Azad Jammu and KashmirNeelum Valley
A green river corridor of villages, alpine lakes, and meadows
PunjabLahore
Mughal grandeur, walled-city food, and spring festivals
Gilgit-BaltistanGilgit & Naltar
The north's hub town, and the pine valley above it
Gilgit-BaltistanFairy Meadows & Nanga Parbat
A high meadow beneath the ninth-highest mountain on Earth
Gilgit-BaltistanGhizer Valleys
Phandar, Yasin and Ishkoman, west of Gilgit
Gilgit-BaltistanKhaplu & Ghanche
Baltistan's old royal valley, east of Skardu
Khyber PakhtunkhwaChitral
The Hindu Kush frontier town beneath Tirich Mir
Khyber PakhtunkhwaPeshawar
Old city bazaars at the foot of the Khyber Pass
Khyber PakhtunkhwaGaliyat & Murree
Pine-forest hill stations an hour or two from Islamabad
PunjabSalt Range & Katas Raj
Temples, salt mines and lakes off the M2 motorway
PunjabNankana Sahib
The birthplace of Guru Nanak and its gurdwaras
PunjabFort Munro
South Punjab's hill station in the Sulaiman range
PunjabMultan
The City of Saints, on the Chenab
PunjabBahawalpur & Cholistan
Nawabs' palaces, desert forts and the tombs of Uch
SindhKarachi
Colonial halls, bazaars and the sea, in Pakistan's largest city
SindhThatta, Makli & Keenjhar
Sindh's medieval capital and its city of tombs
SindhLarkana & Mohenjo-daro
One of the world's earliest cities, on the Indus
SindhTharparkar & Nagarparkar
Jain temples and granite hills where the Thar ends
BalochistanMakran Coast
Hingol, Kund Malir, Ormara and Gwadar on the coastal highway
BalochistanGadani & Sonmiani
Beaches and a mangrove lagoon, an hour or two from Karachi
BalochistanQuetta & Ziarat
Balochistan's highland capital and its juniper hills
Azad Jammu and KashmirMuzaffarabad & Leepa
AJK's capital, the Jhelum Valley and the rice terraces of Leepa
Azad Jammu and KashmirRawalakot & Poonch
Banjosa Lake, Toli Pir and the Pearl Valley hills