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Stay, dining & experiences

What is included, and what is waiting outside

Dining

A taste of Hunza

Breakfast is complimentary with every stay and it is genuinely local: Hunza bread baked that morning, homemade apricot jam from the orchard below the hotel, organic mountain tea, and whatever fruit the season is giving — mulberries in June, apricots in July, apples and walnuts by September.

For lunch and dinner we work with restaurants we actually eat at ourselves, a few minutes away, serving traditional Hunza dishes alongside familiar Pakistani cooking.

In every room

Shared amenities

Complimentary breakfast
Finest linens & towels
Wi-Fi throughout
Television
Hot water, all day
Daily housekeeping
Extra mattress on request
Free on-site parking
Booking direct

Three steps, no booking fee

01

Enquire

Send your dates, group size and room preference through the form or on WhatsApp. Any question is fair game.

02

Confirm dates

We reply with what is available and what it costs. Once you say yes, the room is yours — no card details needed to hold it.

03

Arrive & relax

We will send directions from the Karakoram Highway. Tea is waiting when you get here.

Experiences

Discover Hunza, write your tale

Six places worth the drive. We arrange the jeep, the guide and the timing — the light is better at some hours than others, and we know which.

10 minutes away

Baltit & Altit Forts

Seven hundred years of Hunza’s rulers, restored and open to walk through.

45 minutes away

Attabad Lake

A landslide made this lake in 2010. The colour has to be seen to be believed.

1 hour away

Passu Cones

The most photographed skyline in Pakistan, and it earns it.

Full day

Khunjerab Pass

4,693 m at the Chinese border – the highest paved border crossing on earth.

1 hour away

Hussaini Bridge

Slatted planks over the Hunza river. Not for everyone, unforgettable for the rest.

1 hour away

Hopper Glacier

Cross into Nagar Valley and walk out onto a glacier that moves while you watch.

Before you come

Questions we are asked most

Check-in from 2:00 pm, check-out by 11:00 am. Arriving on the night bus from Islamabad? Tell us and we will have a room ready early at no extra cost, subject to availability.

7:30 am to 10:30 am on the terrace, included with every room. If you are leaving before dawn for Khunjerab, we will pack it to take with you.

Yes, and most guests do. Message +92 355 5972684 with your dates and group size. You will get a reply from the family, usually within a few hours.

Gilgit Airport is roughly two and a half hours by road. Skardu is a longer alternative. Most guests drive up the Karakoram Highway from Islamabad – about 14 to 16 hours, and a beautiful drive in daylight.

April for blossom, May to October for clear mountain weather and open passes, and late October for the autumn colour. Winters are quiet, cold and startlingly clear.

Free parking on site, and the link road up from the Karakoram Highway is paved the whole way. A normal car is fine.

Experiences

Plan your adventure with us

Tell us how many days you have and we will build the route around the weather.