HUNZA PARADISE

HUNZA TRAVELThe valley is popularly believed to be the inspiration for the mythical valley of Shangri-la in James Hilton’s 1933 novel Lost Horizon. As one travels up on the Karakoram Highway, the beautiful sceneries keep on revealing themselves. On the way one can witness the 65 km long ‘Batura’ glacier, the second longest in Pakistan, surround by Shishper, Batura and Kumpirdior peaks. On reaching Sost one can continue the journey up to...

LADY FINGERSlightly foreshortened view of Lady Finger (6000m, left) & Hunza Peak (6270m, right). These are among Hunza’s most famour peaks. The photo was taken from Ultar Meadow which is a couple of hours climb from Hunza’s capital, Karimabad. I took the photo mid-June. During July/August there is little snow on these faces. DIRAN PEAKDiran(7273m) also known as Minapin Peak is situated between Rakaposhi and Haramosh Massif of Karakoram...

Hunza is a fairy tale land and a lot of myth and reality has been associated to it. One thing is true of all that Hunza people are probably the most friendly people in the region. In the past it was quite common to see people crossing 100 and more years this indeed is true and can still be seen to some extent however the modern civilization has changed a lot in this valley of the longativity.The Hunza people, or Hunzakuts are people who...

Hunza, a remote mountain kingdom, may have been the inspiration behind James Hilton’s “Shangri-La.” The area opened up in the 1970s following the completion of the Karakoram Highway (KKH); an engineering marvel tracing the old silk route from Pakistan into China. The fair skinned and light-eyed Hunzakuts claim to be descendants of soldiers lost from Alexander’s army as he invaded India. Their language, Burushaski, provides linguists an...

HUNZA WATERThis Hunza water recipe using Karakorum & Himalayan rock salt comes from simple at-home and an easily obtained inexpensive gourmet ingredient. You and nature create this Hunza water. It’s inspired by research discovered from several longevity societies, not just the Hunza people. The term “Hunza water” popularized the idea of “live,” pristine and highly mineralized water enough to warrant its further study, so we’ll name...