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 Passu
has two beautiful
glaciers, known as
Passu glacier and
Batura glacier,
these are the
longest glaciers in
Pakistan. It also
has very nice area
for Trekking. Passu,
provide comfortable
and safe camping
site to tourists.
Passu is roughly
halfway between
Hunza valley and the
border with China.
It is an excellent
place to stop by for
a while for shopping
and to make a short
hike. If you want to
cross the border to
China, you can't do
it in a day from
Karimabad anyway,
because the only bus
leaves to China that
is early in the
morning from the
border and you need
to get the tickets a
day in advance.
In 5 KM walk from
Passu, the sight
scenes are
breathtaking. There
is a bridge over
Hunza River that you
can cross to goto
the other side of
the river, but that
bridge is rather in
a bad shape. The
trail trek you find
that is easy, but
not very wide. If
you have fear of
heights and the
water flow in the
Hunza River is NOT
too high, you might
prefer walking in
the river bed to
cross it.
If you feel like
trekking you may
cross the Hunza
River and visit some
of the villages
located on the other
side of the river.
History
A fascinating land
with an amazing
diversity of places,
people and customs,
Passu is the mixing
bowl of ancient
civilization and
dream of nature
lovers, is well
known about its
extraordinary
contrast of
landscapes of the
world. Passu is one
of the most
beautiful village of
Pakistan . From
times, immemorial
the village has been
promising
Mountainous resort.
Situated in the
spectacular
karakoram Mountains
on the old silk
route 150 km from
Gilgit in the west
banks of Hunza River
and border on China
.
It has a unique
place on the World
map. With a rich
history and deep
rooted culture .It
invites to its
breath taking
surrounding many
adventurers,
eco-tourist,
historians and
nature lovers. This
famous village, its
towering peaks ever
flowing streams its
fascinating heritage
and above all its
hospitable People
make it a place
worth visiting.
Passu is considered
the worlds heights
landmass, where
there is nothing
below 2500 matters ,Passu
is surrounded by
some of the world
most famous peaks,
glaciers and lakes,
such as Passu peak
7284, Shisper peak
7611, Batura, 7785,
and the most
remarkable is Passu
cathedral peak 6500,
in the shadow of
lofty mountains are
the Passu glacier
with white skin and
Batura glacier with
both at the length
of 56km, which is
the fifth largest
glacier of the
world.
Human’s era passes
generation to
generation. Passu
village is
devastated four
times in the past.
Its first
 era of
human generation is
included 3000bc to
5000bc. we saw many
arts of ibex and
zebra in different
rocks. It shows that
people are started
to live here so early.After a few
decades this village
had destroyed by
flood, sliding and
erodes of rivers.
That’s why this
village had been
empty for a long
time.
Its second era was
pretty historical
coz Chinese people
lived here, who
followed Buddha.
Buddha religion came
through Gandahara,
Swat, Gilgit, Passu
and reached China .
Its great memory is
at karga Gilgit and
khuram Abed Passu.
Its third era is
called Islamic coz
there is QURANI AYAT
written on the
mountain. Islam came
here in 9th century
through Arabs
soldiers when Buddha
left.
Its fourth era also
called Islamic,
which had been
started from 18th
century at the time
there were 315
families. During
sliding the river
was blocked and
again this village
was destroyed by
natural disaster.
This time only few
families were safe.
Later on, again this
village was
destroyed by natural
disaster in 1964.
Now the population
is around 1000, most
of their economy
depends on
agriculture, tourism
and cattling. this
village is famous
for its high
literacy rate in the
region. Where you
can find hundred
percent educated. In
this village every
one wants to be
educated because the
environment can
change the peoples.
Now a day’s people
are doing their
education in
diffrent cities of
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