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Events / March 21-23
Gilgit-Baltistan
Persian new year across the northern valleys, spring cleaning, feasts, and the first outdoor gatherings after winter.
Nowruz marks the equinox in Hunza, Nagar, Skardu, and Ghizer with communal meals, music, and the symbolic start of the travel season before high passes fully open.
Unlike the plains, mountain Nowruz is tied to the thaw, families share dried fruit, walnut bread, and the first hopeful walks in orchards still bare before April blossom.
Pair Nowruz week with the Spring Blossom Festival route through Hunza and Nagar, GreenPak Hotel Hunza is the natural base.

Winter
High-altitude winter motorsport, jeeps on a snow-cross course beneath Saran Pir Chanasi.

March - April
The first-sowing spring festival of Hunza, Nagar, and the Baltistan valleys, ritual seeding, music, and shared meals.

March - April
Apricot and cherry blossoms wake the orchards of Hunza and Skardu, the first sign of mountain spring.