Hunza Travel Forum

I need to seek advice and comments from those of you who have been to Hunza by road.

I am planning to go to Hunza from Lahore with my family by car on Karakoram Highway on 2nd june inshallah.Since no night time driving is in our plan, our first night stop shall be at Besham where we expect to reach in 10 hours...leaving Lahore by 7 am and travelling on M2, reaching Islamabad interchange within four hours, Abottabad in another three hours and then Besham (three hours more) before sunset inshallah.
My original plan was to spend the second night at Chilas but I have learned that Chilas is 5 hours from Besham and Gilgit is another three hours from Chilas.So now I assume we can reach Gilgit from Besham before sunset even if we don't stop at Chilas and after spending the second night at Gilgit, we can drive to Karimabad the next day inshalah.Does it sound workable?

How is KKH in the month of June...landslides?
I have learned there are bandits robbing cars and other private vehices in Kohistan region...any idea of current state of affairs regarding that?

It is not possible to drive our cars in to China but can we drive past Sost and upto Khunjerab Pass? Or we cannot drive beyond the customs check post at Sost?

Any hotel recommendations in Karimabad?---neither the budget class nor a five star...just a good, moderate one.

We plan to leave our car at some place in Gilgit and fly to Skardu and back.Any comments?

Flying to Gilgit from Islamabad and back could be less time consuming but that way we won't be able to experience KKH.

I will be grateful for any guidance that anyone can provide from their first hand experience.

hello, i am planing to drive from finnland to india by van, becouse i gonna travel with my dog. how is the roads,i drive so south than possible , becouse i want to swin there.. what the borders think about by dog? i come from iran. anyway, is it safety? what kind of broblems i gonna find there?

My husband is planning to go on trekking to northern region of pakistan.Is it safe for me to take my five month old baby on trekking with us??
please reply soon....the trek is taking place this april the 17th 2005..

I hope you can help me. I am travelling to Pakistan and will eb cycling in the northernareas. What woudl you advise I wear? Do I have to keep my legs completely covered? I wondered about gettig some loose trousers that unzip at the calf, unzipping and zipping back up as I entered populated areas.
Glad of any ideas.