Group Tour
Skardu, Shigar & Kachura 7-Day Tour
Baltistan at a comfortable pace: the cold desert, both Kachura lakes, Kharpocho Fort and a night inside Shigar Fort.
PKR 61,000PKR 52,000$186 · per person
ExpeditionPopular
K2 Base Camp & Concordia Trek
- Duration
- 21 days / 20 nights
- Group size
- 4–10 people
- Difficulty
- Extreme
- Max altitude
- 5,150 m
- From
- PKR 620,000 per person
About this tour
Twenty-one days up the Baltoro glacier to Concordia and the Gilkey Memorial below K2. The big one.
- K2 (8,611 m) from the Gilkey Memorial at 5,150 m
- Concordia — four eight-thousanders in one panorama
- Trango Towers and Cathedral Peak from Urdukas
- 62 km of the Baltoro glacier
- Askole, the last village in the Karakoram
Want the background on where this goes? Read our Concordia & K2 Base Camp guide
Day by day
Briefing, kit check, permit paperwork.
Fly if the weather allows, otherwise begin the road journey.
Final provisioning, porter arrangements, rest day.
Seven hours by jeep up the Shigar and Braldu valleys.
First trekking day along the Braldu gorge.
Up to the snout of the Baltoro.
Acclimatisation and porter rest day.
Onto the glacier proper.
Trango Towers and Cathedral in view all day.
Long day on moraine, Masherbrum ahead.
Arrive at the glacier junction. K2 in front of you.
To the Gilkey Memorial at 5,150 m and back.
Second base camp day, or a rest day if needed.
Begin the return.
Back down the glacier.
Off the ice.
Down the gorge.
Final trekking morning, then jeeps out.
Contingency and rest day.
Fly or drive out.
Transfer to the airport.
What’s included
Included
- All transport including Skardu–Askole jeeps
- 5 nights hotel + 15 nights full-service expedition camping
- Licensed high-altitude guide, cook, kitchen crew and porters
- All trekking permits, CKNP fees and government paperwork
- All meals from Askole to Askole
- Satellite phone and comprehensive first-aid kit in camp
Not included
- International and domestic airfare
- Personal trekking and climbing equipment
- Sleeping bag rated to -20°C
- Helicopter evacuation (insurance mandatory)
- Personal porter beyond the standard allowance
- Tips for guide, cook and porters
Departure dates
The next dates for this tour are being set. Tell us when you would like to go and we will arrange it.
Dates not working? Any tour here runs as a private departure for four or more travellers, on dates you choose. Ask us.
Booking questions
Message us on WhatsApp or use the booking form. A 25% advance confirms your seat; the balance is due seven days before departure. We send a written confirmation with the full itinerary and the vehicle details.
Full refund if you cancel more than 21 days before departure. 50% between 21 and 7 days. Inside 7 days the advance is non-refundable because hotels and jeeps are already paid. If we cancel a departure, you get everything back or a free transfer to another date.
No. All prices are by road from Islamabad. Islamabad–Gilgit and Islamabad–Skardu flights can be added at cost — around PKR 28,000–35,000 return depending on the season. PIA cancels these flights readily for weather, so every fly-in trip is planned with a road contingency.
Not for Hunza, Skardu, Gilgit, Astore or the standard tourist areas — a passport and visa are enough. An NOC is required for restricted zones near the Line of Control and for some trekking areas. We arrange it as part of the booking where it applies.
Group departures run 6 to 16 people depending on the trip. Anything smaller runs as a private tour. If you are four or more, a private departure on your own dates usually costs about the same per head.
The valley tours — Hunza, Skardu, Naltar, Phander — are fine for children and for parents. Fairy Meadows involves a three-hour walk, and Deosai means altitude and camping. The trekking and expedition trips are for experienced walkers only.
We run mixed groups with female travellers on most departures and can arrange female-only room sharing. Tell us at the time of booking and we will confirm who else is on that date.
April and May for blossom, June to September for the high passes and Deosai, October for autumn colour, and December to February if you want Hunza in the snow. Deosai and Shandur are only open roughly July to September.
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