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Bird Watching
Tour Packages >> Bird Watching along The Karakoram Highway
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Duration: 20 Days
Best Time: May - September
Difficulty Level: Easy
Destinations: Rawalpindi | Taxila | Dunga Gali | Abbottabad | Chilas | Gilgit | Gulmit | Skardu | Khaplu | Rawalpindi

Sample Itinerary

Day 01
Arrival in Rawalpindi, check in hotel. Afternoon city tour (in case of morning arrival).

Day 02
Early morning trip of Margalla hills to see Goral, Barking Deer, Kalij Pheasant and other birds. Trip to Faisal Mosque. After lunch trip to Taxila and bird watching, evening back to hotel.

Day 03
Check out of hotel, visit Shakarparian, Islamabad and Lok Virsa Museum, and drive to Murree, bird watching on the way. Check in hotel. Lunch. After lunch trip to Bhurban.

Day 04
Early morning drive to Dunga Gali. Bird watching on pipeline trek. After lunch bird watching on Mushkpuri Hill (2970 meters) Evening at Nathiagali, after dinner flying Squirrel watching and back to hotel.

Day 05
Check out from hotel and drive to Abbottabad, on the way birding. After lunch drive to Besham. Overnight at Besham.

Day 06
Drive along KKH to Gilgit. On the way visit to Shatial land Chilas to see rock carvings. Check in at Gilgit.

Day 07
Trip to Naltar Lake. Trout fishing and look out for Markhors on vertical cliff.

Day 08
Drive to Phandar Lake, while birding on the way.

Day 09
Full day trout fishing and birding.

Day 10
Drive back to Gilgit.

Day 11
Drive to Gulmit. Overnight stay.

Day 12
Trip to Khunjerab Pass 4848 meters. Marco-Polo sheep likely to be seen. Golden Eagles, Alpine Choughs and Marmots are common. On way back visit to Batura Glacier to see marmots, eagles, pikas etc. Overnight at Karimabad.

Day 13
Drive to Skardu (6 hours), on way birding and stopping over at Kachura Lake. Overnight at Skardu.

Day 14
Trip to Shyoke river valley and overnight at Khaplu.

Day 15
Drive to Skardu for overnight stay.

Day 16
Drive to Satpara lake enroute to Deosai plains, 4242 meters. Brown Bears are likely to be seen apart from Golden Eagles and several other high altitude species. Overnight camp site.

Day 17
Bird watching.

Day 18
Drive to Skardu.

Day 19
Flight to Rawalpindi.

Day 20
Flight (homewards).