Credits
Photos of our own trips belong to The Venture Tours and our travellers. Destination landscapes are by independent photographers on Wikimedia Commons, used under the Creative Commons licences listed below.
| Photo | Photographer | Licence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A car driving through the Lowari Tunnel towards Chitral | Ihsan Farid | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Lowari Tunnel,1.jpg |
| A colourful boat on Lake Saiful Muluk | Syednoorhussain | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Boat in Saif ul Maluk Lake.jpg |
| A public park | Kskhh | CC BY-SA 4.0 | City Park Gilgit.jpg |
| A resort on the shore of Banjosa Lake | Obaid-ur-Rehman | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Resort at Banjosa Lake.jpg |
| A traditional Kalasha house built into the hillside | Shah Tahsin Anwar | CC BY-SA 4.0 | A typical house in Kalash Valley.jpg |
| A turquoise lake among rocky slopes | Thealimir | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Blue Lake 2, Naltar, Gilgit Baltistan.jpg |
| Altit Fort above Hunza's autumn poplars and apricot orchards | Usmanmiski | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Altit Fort, Hunza.jpg |
| Arang Kel village and meadows above Kel, Neelum Valley | Fobak | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Arang Kel Neelum.jpg |
| Astore Valley landscape in Gilgit-Baltistan | Jim qara | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Astore12.jpg |
| Autumn colours around Upper Kachura Lake, Skardu | mhtoori | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Autumn in Upper Kachora Lake.jpg |
| Babusar Valley on the descent towards Chilas | Sheikh Danish Ejaz | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Babusar Valley – Chilas.jpg |
| Baltit Fort in Karimabad, Hunza, | Fassifarooq | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Baltit Fort, Karimabad, Hunza, Gilgit Baltistan.jpg |
| Bara Pani stream crossing the Deosai Plains | Akbar Khan Niazi | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Deosai – Bara Pani.jpg |
| Borith Lake near Hussaini in Upper Hunza | Amalooloo | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Borith Lake in Hunza.jpg |
| Bumburet in the Kalasha valleys | Akhtar Hassan | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Kalasha Valleys Pakistan.jpg |
| Chaqchan Mosque in Khaplu, Ghanche | Muhammad Ashar | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Side view of Chaqchan Mosque.jpg |
| Chitral town spread along the valley below Hindu Kush ridges | Shah Tahsin Anwar | CC BY-SA 4.0 | City of Chitral.jpg |
| Deosai Plateau carpeted | Farhan Rehman | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Deosai "The Land of Giants".jpg |
| Dudipatsar Lake | Hamzaniazii | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Dudipatsar Lake.jpg |
| Fields and peaks at Gulmit | Taseer Beyg | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Gulmit Gojal Hunza, GB.jpg |
| Fires and torches at the Chaumos winter festival | Laurariis | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Chowmos celebration.jpg |
| Forested ridges above Ayubia | Talhaumar10 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Ayubia, Pakistan.jpg |
| Green meadows and snowy peaks | Haris akhon | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Kumrat valley.jpg |
| Green meadows and snowy peaks in Kalam Valley, Swat | Umairkhanaks | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Kalam in Swat Pakistan G.jpg |
| Holy Trinity Church in Murree at sunset | Usamashahid433 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Sunset in hills – Holy Trinity Church, Murree.jpg |
| Hotels and forest at Shogran | Almazi at en.wikipedia | Public domain | Shogran,Naran Valley.jpg |
| Hunza Valley | FaizanAhmad | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Hunza Valley HDR.jpg |
| Jeeps on the mountain road to Lake Saiful Muluk | irfan muhammad | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Saif ul Malook Lake road.JPG |
| K2, the second-highest mountain | Zacharie Grossen | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Chogori.jpg |
| Kalasha women celebrating the Chilam Joshi spring festival | Tariqsulemani | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Chilam Gosh Festival, Chitral, Pakistan.jpg |
| Karakoram mountains rising above Skardu | Zafaryaab | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Karakurom Mountains in Skardu 01.jpg |
| Katpana cold desert dunes near Skardu | Qammer Wazir | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Katpana Skardu.jpg |
| Kundol Lake above Utror in Kalam, Swat | Adilswati | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Kundol lake, Utror kalam swat.jpg |
| Lake Saiful Muluk in summer | Daud Ahmad99 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Saif ul malook lake-01.jpg |
| Lake Saiful Muluk reflecting snow peaks near Naran | Hammad.gujar36 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Saif ul Malook, House of Fairies.jpg |
| Lulusar Lake on the road between Naran and Babusar Top | irfan muhammad | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Lulusar Lake, Naran, KPK, Pakistan.JPG |
| Lush meadows below Babusar Top in the Kaghan Valley | The47man | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Gittidas – Lush meadows as seen from Babusar Top.jpg |
| Mahodand Lake | Xain | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Mahodand Lake in Oshu Valley.JPG |
| Meadow and pond on Mushkpuri Top above Nathia Gali | Arslan70 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Mushkpuri Top 1.jpg |
| Miranjani peak seen from Nathia Gali | Khalid Mahmood | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Miranjani from Nathiagali.JPG |
| Mountains reflected | Qammer Wazir | CC BY-SA 3.0 | "Jarbaso".jpg |
| Muzaffarabad spread along the river | Fiaz3300 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.jpg |
| Naltar Lake mirroring autumn trees | Tipuabdul | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Naltar lake in Autumn, Gilgit.JPG |
| Nanga Parbat from the Rupal side | Muhammad Ashar | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Nanga Parbat Rupal Base camp, Gilgit Baltistan.JPG |
| Nanga Parbat reflected in a pond at Fairy Meadows | Usmanbukhari3362 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Fairy Meadows GB Pakistan.jpg |
| Nanga Parbat rising above the pine forest at Fairy Meadows | M.Awais | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Fairy Meadows, Pakistan.jpg |
| Nanga Parbat seen from the Karakoram Highway | Akbar Khan Niazi | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Nanga Parbat From KKH.jpg |
| Nanga Parbat's Rakhiot face seen from Fairy Meadows | Zaki Khan89 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Nanga Parbat (Fairy Meadows).jpg |
| Neelum River winding between forested mountains in Azad Kashmir | Umar Jamshaid 03457611024 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Neelum Valley, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan.jpg |
| Passenger aircraft on the apron at Skardu airport | Maria Ly from San Francisco, USA; modification by Diaa abdelmoneim | CC BY 2.0 | PIA rendezvous-edit.jpg |
| Passu Glacier flowing towards the Karakoram Highway | Akbar Khan Niazi | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Passu Glacier.jpg |
| Pine forest around Kewai in the lower Kaghan Valley | Adeel ur Rehman Mughal | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Kewai, Kaghan Valley.jpg |
| Pine-covered hills of the Galyat | Hamza Bin Asim | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Galyat.jpg |
| Pine-covered slopes at Malam Jabba | Mehlab Jameel | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Malam Jaba, Swat, Pakistan.JPG |
| Rakaposhi above golden poplars | mhtoori | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Rakaposhi & Autumn.jpg |
| Rakaposhi seen across the Hunza valley | Akbar Khan Niazi | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Rakaposhi – View from across the valley.jpg |
| Rama Valley above Astore | Obaid Hassan Qureshi | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Astore Rama Valley.jpg |
| Ratti Gali Lake reflecting snow slopes above the Neelum Valley | Shahzeb Baig | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Ratti Gali Lake .jpg |
| Shahi Mosque in Chitral | Fassifarooq | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Shahi Mosque, Chitral.jpg |
| Shandur Lake and the high plateau of Shandur Pass | Mudassir Ahmed | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Shandur Top & Shandur Lake.jpg |
| Shangrila resort pagoda reflected in Lower Kachura Lake, Skardu | Hasanijaz | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Shangrila, Lower Kachura Lake.jpg |
| Sheosar Lake on the Deosai Plateau | Jehan Sher | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Sheoser lake deosai national park.jpg |
| Shigar Fort, a restored Balti palace in Shigar Valley | ZILL NIAZI | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Shigar Fort by ZILL NIAZI 22.jpg |
| Siri Paye meadows above Shogran in the Kaghan Valley | Adeel ur Rehman Mughal | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Siri Paye, Shogran, Kaghan Valley.jpg |
| Snow on the slopes of Mushkpuri | Maaz bin Shaukat | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Snowy Mountains of Mukshpuri – Nathia gali.jpg |
| Swat River flowing through forested slopes near Kalam | Muhammad Akram Attari | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Kalam, Swat (Pakistan).jpg |
| The forested road to Nathia Gali | Zafaryaab | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Abbotabad Nathiagali road.jpg |
| The Gilgit River flowing past Gilgit city | Ahmed Zohair | CC BY-SA 3.0 | River Gilgit and the Gilgit City.jpg |
| The Haldi Cones above Khaplu | Wazir Qammer Abbas | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Haldi Cones, Khaplu.jpg |
| The Hunza River | Ghazi Ghulamraza | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Hunza River near Gulmit Hunza.jpg |
| The Indus River | Ahmedomair | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Indus River near Chilas in Gilgit-Baltistan.jpg |
| The jagged Passu Cones rising above Gojal in Upper Hunza | Mehrunisa Reimoo | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Pasu cones.jpg |
| The Pakistan–China border gate at Khunjerab Pass | Nain Malik | CC BY-SA 4.0 | China Border, Pakistan.jpg |
| The paved road climbing to Khunjerab Pass | Muneeb Qazi | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Khunjerab Pass Road.jpg |
| The Pipeline Track through forest | Kamranki | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Ayubia National Park Pipeline Track 02.jpg |
| The shrine at Pir Chinasi above Muzaffarabad | Furqanlw | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Pir Chinasi (Pir Shah Hussain Bukhari's shrine) Muzafarabad, Azad Kashmir.jpg |
| The Swat Museum | Imranrashid26 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Swat Museum in Mingora city.jpg |
| The Swat River and hotels at Kalam | Saud Khan 302 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Swat River and Honeymoon Hotel in Kalam, near Mingora, Swat, KPK.jpg |
| Turquoise water of Attabad Lake between steep Karakoram cliffs | Peracha1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Attabad.jpg |
| Upper Kachura Lake near Skardu | Uzair889 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Upper kachura lake, skardu, baltistan.jpg |
| View across the hills from Murree towards Kashmir | King Eliot | CC BY-SA 4.0 | View of Kashmir from Murree.jpg |
| View over Sharda in the Neelum Valley | Umar Jamshaid 03457611024 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | View From Sharda Fort, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan.jpg |
| Wooden houses scattered across the meadows of Arang Kel | ShahidKhanBanusi | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Charming Arang kel Valley,Kel Azad Jammu & Kashmir Pakistan.jpg |
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