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Tourism in Gilgit-Baltistan

Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) is a very sparsely populated high-mountain area in the north of Pakistan. Its natural environment is usually described with superlatives – the longest glaciers outside of the polar region, home of the world’s second highest peak (K2) and four more eight-thousands. GB is largely a high-mountain desert; geologically, it spreads over three high mountain systems: Himalaya, Karakorum and Hindukush. The society of GB is diverse in terms of language, religion and ethnicity. Gilgit famous Gilgit  Baltistan is the capital of tourism in Pakistan.  Gilgit  Baltistan is home to some of the highest peaks in the world, including K2 the second highest peak in the world.  Gilgit  Baltistan's landscape includes mountains, lakes, glaciers and valleys. Gilgit Baltistan  is home of world highest and  beautiful  valleys. These include Ghancha, Shiger, Astore Valley,  Gilgit , Ghizer Valley, Hunza Valley, Skardu and Nagar Valley.   Hunza...

The beautiful Astore valley

valley view Asotre: Astore is one of the ten districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The district contains the Astore Valley and is bounded to the west by Diamer District, to the north by Gilgit District, to the east by Skardu District and to the south by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Neelum District of Azad Kashmir. Astore Valley is renowned for its multifarious natural resplendency and access to a number of world’s unique mountain magnetizations. This resplendent mountain town is located at an altitude of 2600m with availability of fundamental essentialities, communication and routine spring session flower business facilities. The Shina is the prevalent language while Urdu is the second most frequently verbalized language in Astore and circumventions. Agriculture and livestock is the main source of income for locals while many of Astore men seek work in the major business cities of Pakistan. The best months to visit Astore emanate from June to September. The ingression of th...