Fairy Meadows & Nanga Parbat Base Camp
Six nights, two of them in a wooden hut at 3,300 metres
Short, and the most concentrated dose of the Karakoram available in under a week. A jeep up the Raikot road, a walk to the meadow, and two nights looking straight at the ninth-highest mountain on earth — with a full day’s hike to the Nanga Parbat base camp viewpoint.
- Nanga Parbat at 8,126 metres, from a meadow at 3,300
- The day hike to Beyal and the base camp viewpoint
- The Raikot jeep track, which is an experience in itself
- No electricity, no signal, and a sky you will not forget
About 25 hours on the road across 6 nights. Northern Pakistan is big and the roads are mountain roads. We show the driving day by day below rather than burying it, because the commonest complaint in this business is a transfer nobody was warned about.
Elevation across the trip
Altitude is the thing that most often spoils a trip up here. This is the profile we actually follow, with the acclimatisation nights built in.
Day by day
Met at the airport, briefed on the trip that evening.
What’s included
- All accommodation on a twin-share basis, in the tier shown
- Private vehicle with an experienced driver for the whole trip
- 4x4 jeeps where the road requires one
- An English-speaking guide throughout
- All meals — breakfast, lunch and dinner
- All entry tickets and site fees
- Airport transfers on arrival and departure
- Bottled water in the vehicle
- Restricted-zone permits and NOC paperwork where needed
- Visa invitation letter and hotel confirmations for your e-visa application
What’s not
- International flights
- Pakistan e-visa fee (typically USD 35–60, higher for some nationalities)
- Travel insurance — mandatory, and it must cover the altitudes on your itinerary
- Domestic flights unless listed in the itinerary
- Tips for your guide and driver (guidance provided, never expected)
- Personal expenses, laundry and telephone
- Anything not listed under what is included
Fitness and difficulty
You need to be able to walk uphill for two hours with a daypack, and to manage a seven-hour day at 3,300 to 3,900 metres. The base camp walk is not technical but it is long. If you have not walked further than a mile in the last year, tell us and we will adjust the plan rather than let you find out on the hill.
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Fairy Meadows & Nanga Parbat Base Camp
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