Adventurous Tour
The scenery changes northward from coastal beaches, lagoons and mangrove swamps in the south to sandy deserts, desolate plateaus, fertile plains, dissected upland in the middle and high mountains with beautiful valleys, snow-covered peaks and eternal glaciers in the north. The variety of landscape divides Pakistan into six major regions: the North High Mountainous Region, the Western Low Mountainous Region, the Balochistan Plateau, the Potohar Uplands, the Punjab and the Sindh Plains. Stretching in the North, from east to west, are a series of high mountain ranges which separate Pakistan from China, and Afghanistan. They include the Himalayas, the Karakoram and the Hindukush. The Himalayas spread in the north-east and the Karakoram rises on the north-west of the Himalayas and extends eastward up to Gilgit. The Hindu Kush Mountains lie to the north-west of the Karakoram, but extend eastward into Afghanistan. With the assemblage of 35 giant peaks of over 7,315 meters, the region is a climber’s paradise. Many summits are even higher than 7,925 meters and the highest K-2 (Mount Godwin Austin) is exceeded only by Mount Everest. The Karakoram Highway, which passes through the mountains, is the highest trade route in the world. The region abounds in vast…
