There are hundreds of trekking/backpacking options in northern Pakistan. We Nanga Parbat On Trek From Tarashing To Rupal Face Base Camphave listed  some of my personal favorites and have chosen them on the basis of easy logistics, safety, and views.

The majority of these treks can be done in a day granted you have trained and are acclimatized with basic glacier travel skills.

We will be glad to arrange logistics for you, so please let us know if anything catches your eye.

Nanga Parbat (26,660 feet) is usually climbed from 3 base camps: Raikot (akaRupal Village Fairy Meadows), Diamir and Rupal. Fairy Meadows was the traditional German base camp pre-1953. Details on getting to this base-camp can be found here. Today, most mountaineers will approach Nanga Parbat from the Diamir base-camp. Although the Diamir Face is the easiest way to the summit, the base camp is the most logistically difficult to get to. The Rupal Face is not only Nangacamping at fairy meadows Parbat’s most technical face, it is the largest rock-face in the world. Sixty eight degrees at its base and 85 degrees near the top, it rises about 5 kilometers vertically from the Tap Alp Meadows to the summit. Unlike the Fairy Meadows base-camp, which has become increasingly commercialized, you probably won’t see anyone but locals on this trek.

Duration: 5-10 days

Tentative Itinerary:

Day 1. Flight from Islamabad to Gilgit – Jeep to Astor

Day 2. Jeep from Astor to Tarshing – this jeep ride is my personal favorite out of all the Karakoram approaches.

Day 3. Hike from Tarshing to Rupal Village – The only tricky part is a glacier crossing.

Day 4. Hike from Rupal Village to base camp – make sure you have waterproof shoes since the approach to and from Rupal Village is littered with horse and donkey manure and piss.

Day 5. Rest and exploration around basecamp – take a look at the picture, need I say more?

Day 6. Hike back to Tarshing

Day 7. Tarshing to Astor and Gilgit

Day 8. Flight back to Islamabad

In most books they extend this trip by adding 2 more days to reach Latobo. This involved crossing the Bazhin Glacier, which in 2009 surged and can no longer be crossed.