Tour Packages
>> Bird Watching
along The Karakoram
Highway
Quick Facts
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.