30 places to discover, across five regions
From the peaks of the Karakoram to the Makran coast — history, sights and practical tips for every destination we travel to.
Northern Areas
Karakoram, Himalaya & Hindukush
Where three of the world’s great ranges meet — home to K-2, Nanga Parbat and more peaks over 7,000 m than anywhere else. Fertile valleys, ancient forts and the Karakoram Highway make it Pakistan’s trekking and mountaineering heartland. Best from April to October.
Skardu Valley
Capital of Baltistan — “Little Tibet” — set against the great peaks of the Karakoram.
Explore →Gilgit Valley
A town of spectacular scenery, trout streams and free-style polo at the heart of the Northern Areas.
Explore →Hunza Valley
Poplar-lined fields and fairy-tale forts beneath the snows of Rakaposhi.
Explore →Karakoram Highway
The “Eighth Wonder of the World” — 805 km from the plains to the Chinese frontier.
Explore →Indus & Karakoram Highway
Along the great river that gave the subcontinent its name — and much of its history.
Explore →Kaghan Valley
A pristine Himalayan hideaway of lakes, waterfalls and glaciers, rising to the Babusar Pass.
Explore →NWFP
Valleys, passes & the Kalash
The frontier province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — from the old bazaars of Peshawar and the historic Khyber Pass to the green valleys of Swat and the Kalash people of Chitral, beneath the peaks of the Hindukush.
Peshawar
The “city of flowers” — a frontier town on the crossroads of history.
Explore →Khyber Pass
The legendary gateway through the Sulaiman Hills to Afghanistan.
Explore →Swat Valley
The ancient “garden” — rushing rivers, orchards and the cradle of Gandhara Buddhism.
Explore →Chitral – Kafir Kalash
Beneath Tirich Mir, the valleys of the Kalash people and their ancient traditions.
Explore →Punjab
Historic cities & the Cholistan desert
The land of five rivers and Pakistan’s cultural heart — Mughal Lahore, the Sufi shrines of Multan, the palaces of Bahawalpur and the forts of the Cholistan desert, along with busy craft and industrial cities. Best from October to March.
Lahore
The Mughal “show-window” of Pakistan and its cultural heart.
Explore →Multan
The city of saints — shrines, blue tile work and 2,500 years of history.
Explore →Bahawalpur
The former princely state of the Abbasi Nawabs, on the edge of the Cholistan desert.
Explore →Cholistan
The “Rohi” — a vast desert of dunes and forts, best explored by camel.
Explore →Sialkot
The city known worldwide for sports goods and surgical instruments.
Explore →Faisalabad
The “Manchester of Pakistan”, center of the textile industry.
Explore →Gujranwala
An industrial city on the historic Grand Trunk Road.
Explore →Chiniot
Famous for its master woodcarvers and furniture makers.
Explore →Sindh
The Indus civilization & the Thar
The lower Indus valley, cradle of one of the world’s first urban civilizations at Moenjodaro — with the port city of Karachi, the barrages and shrines of Sukkur and Rohri, and the colourful villages of the Thar desert. Visit in the cooler months, November to February.
Karachi
Pakistan’s largest city and port — beaches, bazaars and a colorful mix of old and new.
Explore →Hyderabad
Former capital of Sindh and one of the oldest cities of the subcontinent.
Explore →Moenjodaro
The “Mound of the Dead” — one of the world’s earliest and greatest cities.
Explore →Sukkur
The river port of upper Sindh, twinned with Rohri across the Indus.
Explore →Thar
A desert of distinctive folklore, crafts, flora and fauna.
Explore →Rohri
An old town on the Indus, opposite Sukkur, near the ruins of ancient Aror.
Explore →Baluchistan
Mountain passes & the Makran coast
Pakistan’s largest and least visited province — a land of high plateaus, juniper forests and historic passes, from Quetta and Ziarat to 9,000-year-old Mehrgarh and the wild beaches of the Makran coast.
Quetta
The fruit basket of Pakistan, ringed by mountains at the mouth of the Bolan Pass.
Explore →Ziarat
A hill resort amid one of the oldest juniper forests in the world.
Explore →Bolan Pass
The ancient gateway from Central Asia to the plains of the subcontinent.
Explore →Sibi
Gateway to 9,000-year-old Mehrgarh and home of the famous February festival.
Explore →Taftan
The long desert road from Quetta to the Iranian border.
Explore →The Makran Coast
Balochistan’s 754 km southern shore of sandy beaches, cliffs and tidal creeks.
Explore →Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Skardu and the Indus in autumn — Vasiq Eqbal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Gilgit river and Gilgit city — Ahmed Zohair, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Hunza valley — FaizanAhmad, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Karakoram Highway — Saadzafar91, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Indus near Chilas — Ahmedomair, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lulusar Lake, near Naran — irfan muhammad, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Old houses in Qissa Khwani Bazaar — franek2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bab-e-Khyber, gateway to the Khyber Pass — Muhammad Imran Saeed, CC BY 2.5 · Kalam, Swat in winter — M. Hamza Shahab, CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Kalash valleys — Akhtar Hassan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Badshahi Mosque — Fassifarooq, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam — Junaidali88z, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Noor Mahal — Noman Ilahi, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Derawar Fort — Fassifarooq, CC BY-SA 4.0 · The clock tower — PakGuru99, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The clock tower at night — Usman Nadeem, CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Baradari, Sheranwala Bagh — Noorrathore, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Inside the Shahi Masjid — Murtaza Syed, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mazar-e-Quaid — MunawarAhmed7, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hyderabad Fort (Pacco Qillo) — MUrad Ali Shah Bukerai, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The stupa mound — Saqib Qayyum, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sukkur along the Indus — Nomi887, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Herders in Tharparkar — Baig Aamir, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Rohri from Bukkur island — Ayaz Ali Laghari, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hanna Lake — Aysafaran, CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Ziarat valley — Faiqah Abdul Jabbar, CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Bolan river — Najamuddin Shahwani, CC BY 3.0 · Mehrgarh, near Sibi — mhtoori, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Saindak Lake, Chagai District — laibaimran003, CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Makran Coastal Highway — Furqanlw, CC BY-SA 4.0
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