Karakoram Explorer, Pakistan
Explore the three highest mountain ranges on earth, the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush, & the Karakoram in 12 days. If you want to experience a country that is sorely misunderstood, less travelled, and stunningly beautiful, with some of the best Adventure riding you could have, then you have to come to Pakistan.
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Get up close and personal to some of the highest mountains on earth, explore remote valleys that see very few travelers, and cross unique landscapes found nowhere else on earth.
Forget what you think you know, or have read about Pakistan, this is a country that always surprises with the friendliness of its people and the great riding opportunities it provides. Of the 14 mountains in the world that are over 8000m, five of them are in Northern Pakistan no wonder, this area of the country is called "The Land of Giants"
HIglights include
- Worlds Highest International Border Crossing
- Cross the Worlds Highest Cold Desert
- Cross the Worlds Second Highest Alpine Plateau
- Worlds Second most Dangerous Road (according to the WHO)
- Ride the best bits of the iconic Karakoram Highway, the bit the BBC calls the 8th World Wonder
- Have lunch on day 2 in the shadow of K1
- Views of 7,000m+ peaks almost every day
- Shitty sealed roads that turn to dirt when you least expect them
- Suicidal Bus Drivers
- Single Track Dirt Mountain Passes with no barriers and few passing places