KALASH FESTIVAL CHITRAL(KPK)
Kalasha people celebrate their festival with reunions, feast, ceremonies singing and dancing. Kalash Festivals are very famous in Pakistan and cross country. Kalasha tribe celebrates many festivals around the year. The four main Kalash Festivals are ChilimJust or Joshi (spring festival), Utchal (summer festival) Phool late September (walnut and grape harvest) Chaumos (winter festival)
ITINERARY
Day 01 – Arrival to Islamabad. Hotel
Day 02 – fly or drive to Chitral. Hotel
Day 03. Drive to Rumbur/Bumburate/Birir. Hotel
Day 04. At festival. Hotel
Day 05. At festival. Hotel
Day 06 .Last day of festival. Hotel
Day 07. Drive to Mastuj. Hotel
Day 08 . Driver over Shandur Pass 3734m to Phander. Hotel
Day 09 . Drive to Ishkomen valley. Guesthouse
Day 10 . Drive to Hunza. Hotel
Day 11 .Day visit to Khunjerab Pass 4675m. Hotel
Day 12 – Drive to Chilas. Hotel
Day 13- Drive to Islamabad. Hotel
Day 14 – explore around Islamabad. Hotel
Day 15 – Transfer to the airport
Shandur Polo Festival
Shandur Polo Festival is a very popular free style polo festival in Pakistan especially in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral. Shandur invites visitors to experience a traditional free style polo tournament between teams of Gilgit and Chitral on the highest polo ground in the world (3734m) also known as POLO ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD. It is a three days festival when thousands of spectators not only from Gilgit and Chitral but from all four corners of Pakistan and beyond come to enjoy the polo and camp at Shandur Pass. This festival is held every year on July 7th 8th and 9th.
Chumarkhan Pass (4330m) is a two days’ gentle and pleasant trek distance of 29 km from Barsat Ghizer to Chapali Yarkhun Valley of Chitral. This beautiful easy trek goes amid meadows and streams and ideal to ride over the pass.
This trip is combined with cultural exploration of the Kalash tribe in Chitral. Kalasha people are Dardic indigenous people living in three different remote valleys of Chitral: Rumbur, Bumburet and Birir.
Festival dates July 7-9 every year
Max altitude 3734m /4330m
Trip duration 11 nights /12 days (5 camping & 6 hotel nights)
Trek standard Easy
Mountain range Karakuram, Hindukush and Hinduraj
ITINERARY
Day 01 – Arrival to Islamabad. Hotel
Day 02 – Drive over Babusar Pass 4100m to Chilas. Hotel
Day 03 – Drive to Ishkomen. Hotel
Day 04 – Drive to Shandur Pass 3734m. Camping
Day 05 -Polo match. Camping
Day 06 – Polo finial match between Chitral A team and Gilgit A team. After drive to Barsat. Camping
Day 07 – Trek to below Chumarkhan Pass . Camping
Day 08 -Trek over the pass 4330m to Chapali village. Camping
Day 09 – Drive to Chitral. Hotel
Day 10 – Visit to Kelash valley. Hotel
Day 11 – Drive to Islamabad. Hotel
Day 12 -Transfer to airport
YASIN SPRING FESTIVAL
This Magnificent tour will start from Lahore or Islamabad visit Mughal city attractions in Lahore then Rohtas Fort, Taxila, and by flight or via KKH to Gilgit Hunza to see spring blossom and enjoy the unique ancient spring festival of Yasin which is called locally as BEE GHANIK.It can be flexible either we can visit North first and then Lahore.The purpose of this spring festival is to celebrate the arrival of spring and the bounties it comes with. The people of Yasin still celebrate this traditionally ancient one thousand years old festival. It is a two days’ festival which starts with homes decorated with flour and special dishes prepared. Local people gather at village Raja’s house and then set off with him towards the one thousand years old traditional house called Takto Khatan where their ancestors used to celebrate this festival, here music and dancing is enjoyed following AJARO and ploughing. This festival ends following the first polo match of the season at Yasin polo ground where the village chief on horseback gallops from one end to the other end waving the CHABUK. According to their belief he eradicates the evil spirit from the valley and the harvesting commences.
Best time to visit 1st. March to 15th March Yasin festival date Varies between first and second week of March
Max altitude 2900m
Trip duration 14 nights / 15 days
Transport Car, Jeep or Land Cruiser
ITINERARY
Day 01 Arrival to Islamabad. Hotel
Day 02 Drive to Chilas. Hotel
Day 03 Drive to Chatorkhand Ishkomen. Guesthouse
Day 04 Drive to Yasin. First day of Festival. Homestay or hotel
Day 05 In Yasin. 2nd last day of festival. Homestay or Hotel
Day 06 Visit Phander and by evening return to Gahkuch .Hotel
Day 07 Drive to Karimabad Hunza. Visit Altit and Baltit Forts. Hotel
Day 08 Drive to Chilas or Besham. Hotel
Day 09 Drive to Islamabad On the way visit txila. Hotel
Day 10 Drive to Lahore. Hotel
Day 11 Visit of Lahore fort and old city. Hotel
Day 12 Visit of Shalimar Garden and Jahangir Tomb. Hotel
Day 13 Visit of Lahore Museum, Old Anar kali and Al Hamra art council. Hotel
Day 14 Drive back to Islamaabd on the way visit to Rohtas Fort. Hotel
Day 15 Transfer to the airport