Seven regions
Pakistan is not one landscape. These are the places where its tourism is being shaped, region by region, and where future nominees are already at work.
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Gilgit-Baltistan
The Karakoram, the western Himalaya and the Hindu Kush meet here, around valleys such as Hunza and Skardu.
Where the Karakoram opens.
Hunza
A valley of orchards, old forts and a turquoise lake, held between peaks that rise above seven thousand metres.
The mountain that needs no introduction.
K2
At 8,611 metres, the second-highest mountain on Earth, reached on foot along the Baltoro Glacier to Concordia.
Gateway to giants.
Skardu
Where the Indus meets the Shyok: alpine lakes, a cold desert and the road to the great Karakoram peaks.
Beneath Nanga Parbat.
Fairy Meadows
An alpine meadow at 3,300 metres, and the classic gateway to the north face of Nanga Parbat.
A wall of the Himalaya.
Nanga Parbat
The western anchor of the Himalaya at 8,126 metres, and the ninth-highest mountain in the world.
The plains above the clouds.
Deosai
A national park on a plateau averaging 4,114 metres: open grassland, wildflowers and the Himalayan brown bear.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Forested valleys, Gandharan heritage and the Hindu Kush, from Swat and Kaghan to Chitral.
Mountains in green.
Swat
A river valley of pine forest and cold, clear water, running north to Kalam, Ushu and Mahodand Lake.
Living traditions among mountains.
Chitral & Kalash
The Hindu Kush at its highest, and three valleys where the Kalasha keep a culture entirely their own.
Where the Swat valley climbs.
Kalam
The upper Swat base for forest walks, river camps and the road to Ushu and Mahodand.
The valley of the Kunhar.
Naran & Kaghan
A long river valley of deodar and pine, climbing past high lakes toward the Babusar road.
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Punjab
Mughal Lahore, the ruins of Taxila, shrine cities and the desert forts of Cholistan.
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Sindh
The Indus civilisation at Mohenjo-daro, the necropolis of Makli and the port city of Karachi.
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Balochistan
A long Arabian Sea coastline, Hingol National Park and high desert plateaus.
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Azad Jammu & Kashmir
River valleys, pine forest and mountain villages along the Neelum and Jhelum.
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Islamabad Capital Territory
A planned capital beneath the Margalla Hills, with trails that begin at the city's edge.
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