Shimshal Pass Trek
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- Trekking
- Shimshal Pass
- Khunjerap River
Shimshal is the remotest area of the Hunza Valley, near the Chinese border, the remotest valley in the entire Karakoram, located on three hours driving distance from the Karakoram Highway 53km at Passu. It is only accessible through a narrow, barrow gorge across the Passu area and Hunza River. Shimshal covers the largest territory of the Gojal of the Hunza. From its western reaches border by the Hunza River, its area extends as far as Baltistan to the East, and its northern Khunjerap River demarcates the frontier with China.
Trekking to Shimshal's broad Pamir highlands takes you to top the Shimshali’s favorite place, where lakes sparkle on the Central Asian watershed and herds call melodiously across the hills. Yaks and several thousand sheep and goats graze in the Shimshal Pamir, an extensive alpine grassland above 4500m. In late May, women and children leave Shimshal village for Shuizherav (pastureland). In June, they move to Shuwerth, the main summer settlement just beyond the Shimshal Pass. In early September, they move back to Shuizherav, and in early October, they return to Shimshal village.Itinerary
Day 1
Arrival to Islamabad /hotel
Day 2
Fly to Gilgit or drive to Chilas
Day 3
Drive to Karimabad (Hunza)
Day 4
Shimshal village 2880m/hotel
Day 5
Wuch Furzeen (3365m)/camp
Day 6
Trek to Shuizherav (4350m)
Day 7
Trek to Shimshal Pass (4735m)
Day 8
Day free for climbing Manglik Sar
Day 9
Trek back to Purien – e- Ben
Day 10
Trek to Zardgarben (4075m)
Day 11
Trek to Shimshal village/hotel
Day 12
Drive to Karimabad
Day 13
Continue to Chilas/hotel
Day 14
Islamabad via Babu Sar Pass
Day 15
Departure.