Siskat Village, Hunza Valley, Northern Pakistan

Siskat Village, Hunza Valley, Northern Pakistan

Siskat village is the beautiful village at the edge of Attaabad lake in Hunza, most of the village was sink under the Attaabad lake in 2010. But the beauty of rest of the village is still intact.

This picture was taken in July 2016.

lonely Tree and the Mountain

Sultanabad Glacier:

Sultanabad is a village near Gilgit city in Northern Areas of Pakistan.The main source of water is from the Glacier. This is an extremely beautiful place to visit, but it takes a lot of time to walk there.
This photo was taken on 22 July 2012. We can clearly see a lonely tree in front of a lush green mountain peak with beautiful white snow patches.

Rahim Abad Village

Rahim Abad, Gilgit

Rahim Abad

Rahim Abad village is located on the KKH road, near Gilgit city. Most of the people migrated from Hunza and settle here permanently. They speak Burushaski and Shina (Hunza accent) languages.

There are some good spots for tourist. You can view the wonderful Karakoram Highway passing through the center of the village and the mighty Hunza river is flowing beneath the village.

Atta Abad Lake, Hunza

Atta Abad Lake (Photo By: Imran Khan)

Cars were carried on boats. 

Two boats going towards their destiny (Photo By: Imran Khan)

Boats were the only source to carry people to other areas of Hunza, which were cut of due to the lake.

Atta Abad Lake: 

Attabad Lake is a lake in Hunza(Northern Areas) created in January 2010 by a landslide (slipping down of a large mountain). 

The lake (a blue lagoon) was formed due to a massive landslide at Attabad village in Gilgit-Baltistan, 9 miles (14 km) upstream (east) of Karimabad that occurred on 4 January 2010.The landslide killed twenty people and blocked the flow of the Hunza River for five months. The lake flooding has displaced 6,000 people from upstream villages, stranded (from land transportation routes) a further 25,000, and inundated over 12 miles (19 km) of the Karakoram Highway. The lake reached 13 miles (21 km) long and over 100 meters (330 ft) in depth by the first week of June 2010 when it began flowing over the landslide dam, completely submerging lower Shishkat and partly flooding Gulmit. The subdivision of Hunza has the greatest number of flooded buildings, over 170 houses, and 120 shops. The residents also had shortages of food and other items due to the blockage of the Karakoram Highway. By 4 June water outflow from the lake had increased to 3,700 cu ft/s (100 m3/s).

Location:

 Hunza Valley, Northern Pakistan (With China Border).

Karim Abad Hunza

Karimabad - Hunza Valley Northern Pakistan

INTRODUCTION:

Karimabad (Urdu: كريم آباد‎) is the capital of Hunza Valley in Gilgit-Baltistan, northern Pakistan. Baltit is the old name of Karimabad. It is named after Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual head of Shia Ismaili Nizari community. People still refer to Karimabad as Baltit. The Guardian ranked it as one of the five "Best Tourist Sites" in Pakistan. Both Baltit Fort and Karimabad village received the World Award of Tourism in 2000 when Indonesia, Australia, India and Britain and other countries competed.
Karimabad town, located on the west bank of the Hunza River, is in the Northern Areas of the Pakistani-administered part of the Kashmir region, in a valley which is at 8,200 feet (2,500 m) elevation. The town is made up of stone walled steep sloping large terraces. The town was a caravan halting place for people who were traveling through the Hindu Kush mountains to the Vale of Kashmir. It is set amidst snow clad mountain peaks of Rakaposhi (altitude of about 25,000 feet (7,600 m)), and glaciers like the Ulter Nala as a backdrop, and deep gorges. Access is by hill road from Gilgit.
The floral vegetation in the wild consist of roses, pansies, lilies, zinnias, and cosmos, along with trees such as apple, apricot, walnut, mulberry, willow, fir, and poplar trees.The fauna recorded in the village consist of ibex (Capra (genus), duck, red-striped fox, snow leopard (Panthera uncia syn. Uncia uncia), markhor (Capra falconeri) (wild goat), Marco Polo sheep, and yak 

Karimabad Hunza

SHORT HISTORY

Karimabad, then known as Baltit, was originally under the monarchic rulership of the Mir of Hunza. The Baltit Fort was built at that time to function as a palace. The locality was known for its slave trade and as a caravan resting stop. Baltit served as the capital of Hunza valley for over 750 years, until the middle of the 20th century. After Pakistan became an independent country in 1947, the Hunza province controlled by Mir joined Pakistan.Earlier, the capital had been shifted from Balit to the lower part of the hills to Karimabad where new buildings were erected and it became the new capital. The town has developed into a tourist place, following the development of the Karakoram Highway, with a number of shopping complexes dealing in handicrafts, hotels, restaurants, and travel agencies.