The excavated mud-brick streets of Mohenjo-daro at first light, stretching to a flat horizon under a huge pale sky.

Indus Heritage: Karachi, Mohenjo-daro, Multan & Lahore

Ten nights following the Indus through five thousand years

10 nightsNov–Febeasy

Up the Indus from the sea, through the Bronze Age city of Mohenjo-daro and the Sufi heartland of Sindh to Mughal Lahore. It is the winter trip, it is almost entirely unvisited by foreigners, and it is the most historically dense fortnight available in Pakistan.

Mohenjo-daro, 4,500 years old and effectively empty
Thursday-night dhamaal at Sehwan Sharif
The Makli necropolis at Thatta
Multan’s Sufi shrines and blue tilework
Three nights in Lahore to finish

About 27 hours on the road across 10 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.

Highest point: 217 m at Lahore, on day 8. Day numbers along the bottom.

Day by day

Met at the airport and taken to your hotel.

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

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