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The Karakoram range, high glaciated peaks above a trekking valley
Karakoram · Himalaya · Hindu Kush

Treks, expeditions and journeys across Pakistan

One contract from the visa file to the farewell handshake.

How booking works

Every step below is owned by one named person inside this company. Nothing in this chain is subcontracted.

  1. 4 hours

    A named person replies

    Not a queue and not a template. The first reply answers the question you actually asked.

  2. 24 hours

    A quote with the figures in it

    The departure price or the party-size table, the full inclusions, and what is not in it. Never a figure without a breakdown.

  3. 48 hours

    Visa file goes in

    Sponsor letter filed after your deposit. Processing takes roughly four weeks.

  4. Arrival

    Met inside the terminal

    Briefing, SIM, cash and a same-day gear check, then a buffer day before the Skardu flight.

Why book the whole chain with one company

Nothing subcontracted, nothing improvised. What breaks a trip is rarely the mountain — it is the paperwork, the connection into Skardu, and the silence when something goes wrong.

Our guides, on our payroll

Year round, not hired per trip, with a wilderness first responder on every departure. A guide who expects to work next season makes the conservative call.

Our vehicles, on our plates

4×4s and drivers for the Skardu–Askole road and the Deosai tracks, with our own spares. A breakdown becomes our problem, not your wait.

Standards you can read first

Guide ratios, medical inventory, acclimatisation profile, evacuation plan and cancellation terms are documents on this site, not promises in an email.

One guest, one named owner

The person who answers your first email still owns your booking on day nine of the Baltoro, and answers the phone then too.

Tell us the route and the dates. You will have a full quote within a day.

Or ask to speak to the guide who would lead your departure first. Most people who book have done that call.