N Pakistan Attabad Lake

In January 2010, a massive landslide blocked the flow of River Hunza, creating a natural dam and burying 20 people beneath it. The rising water displaced thousands of residents and submerged countless villages, fields, orchards a well as a 19-kilometre stretch of the Karakoram Highway (KKH).

Until the highway connection was restored, the only way to reach the villages of Shishkat, Gulmit, Passu and places onward to the Chinese border was to cross the beautiful, blue lake by boat. Boats ferried people, their belongings and small vehicles from one side to the other, all through the day. This video shows the journey just before the new tunnels opened in September 2015.

Our holiday was booked in the UK with Travelpak UK and operated by Karakorum Nature and Discovery Pakistan.

Northern Pakistan offers:
- extraordinary mountain scenery and landscapes;
- a plethora of cultures;
- surprisingly good food; and
- quality accommodation in Chitral, Skardu, Khaplu, Gilgit and Hunza, sometimes converted from historic palaces and forts.

Above all, the extraordinary friendship and hospitality of the Pakistani people will stay with you for a very long time after your visit.

http://www.travelpak.co.uk
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Видео N Pakistan Attabad Lake канала Stephen Wolstenholme