Amazing Shandur Polo Festival

See Chitral key spots with our knowledgeable local guides

• Local Experience
• Balanced
• Some walking
• Sightseeing

Shandur invites visitors to experience a traditional Polo tournament that since 1936 has been held annually in the first week of July between Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral. The tournament is held on Shandur Top, the highest polo ground globally at 3,700 meters (the pass itself is at 3,800 meters). The festival also includes Folk music, dancing, and a camping village is set up. The polo tournament is featured in the first episode of Himalaya with Michael Palin. Various teams of Gilgit, Baltistan, and Chitral have always played polo games closest to their original form. In the past, the British Rulers were the patrons of the game.

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