The Silk Way
to Skardu.
Luxury Skardu tours, Hunza journeys and the trek to K2 Base Camp, private and unhurried, run from Skardu by people who live here.
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Skardu & Hunza tour packages, built above the market.
Standard Skardu tour packages run PKR 75,000–170,000 with shared vans. Ours begin at PKR 195,000 and travel differently: fort residencies, private convoys, photographers, weather-protected rebooking.
Islamabad to Skardu, Lahore to Skardu, Karachi to Skardu — every corridor, mapped.
Flight fares, bus operators, distances and the road's real condition — 42 route guides maintained by the desk that drives them weekly.
Skardu, Hunza Valley, Fairy Meadows, Deosai — valley by valley.
K2 Base Camp trek to full summit expedition — one desk, every answer.
The world's second-highest mountain stands 120 km from our office. Costs, routes, training, permits and departures — written by the house whose porters come from Hushe.
Performance as Luxury.
Routes built around Skardu's morning flight windows, so a lost slot costs hours instead of a day.
Jet and helicopter sectors on the Islamabad–Skardu run, with our convoy already at the apron.
Morning weather and road checks, and a Skardu team you can reach on WhatsApp throughout your trip.
Road conditions
Seasonal guide- Karakoram Highway
- Open all year
- Landslides can close sections for hours after heavy rain.
- Skardu → Askole jeep road
- Best May–October
- Rough mountain road; rockfall can stop traffic for a few hours.
- Babusar Pass
- Usually June–October
- Closed by snow in winter; check before planning the Naran route.
- Deosai Plateau
- Usually mid-June–September
- Snowbound the rest of the year; daylight crossings only.
We don't rent cars. We run GB's own ride network.
Name your fare and local drivers bid — live tracking, in-app chat and jeep charters across Skardu, Gilgit and Hunza.
Skardu & Hunza hotels, reviewed by the desk that books them.
Skardu weather, seasons and the questions that matter.
Five of the world's fourteen 8,000-metre peaks. The second-highest plateau on earth. A cold desert that wears snow. Two royal fort residences, one turquoise accident of a lake — and a travel house born here, running it all from Skardu.
SafarGB operates luxury tours across Gilgit-Baltistan — Skardu, Hunza, Gilgit, Khaplu, Fairy Meadows and Deosai National Park — with K2 Base Camp treks, K2 summit expedition logistics, helicopter flights over Concordia and private jet charters on the Islamabad–Skardu sector. Built on our own ride network, with porter crews from Hushe and Askole, local drivers, and daily weather and road checks from our team in Skardu.
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Questions, answered
How much does a Skardu tour package cost in 2026?
Standard Skardu tour packages run PKR 75,000–170,000 per person by air (less by road) with shared vans and ordinary hotels. SafarGB's luxury tier runs PKR 195,000–495,000: fort residencies like Serena Shigar Fort, private Land Cruisers, left-side window seats requested for the Nanga Parbat view, and weather rebooking on every departure.
How do I get from Islamabad to Skardu?
Fly (about 1 hour, PKR 23,000–35,000 one-way, daily PIA plus seasonal AirSial/Serene) or drive about 630 km via Naran and the 4,173 m Babusar Pass in 12–13 hours (mid-May to late October), or 14–16 hours all-year via the Karakoram Highway at Besham. Our route desk covers every corridor city by city.
What is the best time to visit Skardu and Hunza?
April for cherry blossom, June–August for full access (Deosai and Khunjerab open, all treks running), the first week of October for autumn gold with no crowds, and December–February for snow on the Katpana cold desert with flights still operating. Each season is a different valley.
How much does the K2 Base Camp trek cost?
Group departures from local operators run about $1,790–2,620 per person and solo private trips about $4,200–4,500; Western companies charge roughly £2,700–3,700 land-only. SafarGB runs the Classic at $3,450 all-in (groups of 8, permits included) and the Luxury departure at $5,450 with 1:2 guiding, a dedicated chef, a heated dining tent and hot showers.
Can you arrange helicopters and private jets in Pakistan?
Yes. Helicopter safaris over the Baltoro and K2 are flown by a licensed Pakistani operator (75 minutes, PKR 2,650,000 for up to 4 guests), and the Islamabad–Skardu sector charters privately on Pilatus PC-12 from $7,900 and Phenom 300 from $10,500 — with our convoy waiting at the Skardu apron.
What makes SafarGB different from other tour operators?
We are based in Skardu and run Gilgit-Baltistan's homegrown ride network, so our guides, drivers and porter crews are local, and weather and road calls are made by people on the ground. Most operators visit these valleys; we live in them.