5 Days Private Honeymoon Tour To Skardu by Air (Deluxe)

Skardu is a town and capital of Skardu District, in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan. Skardu is in the 10 kilometres (6 miles) wide by 40 kilometres (25 miles) long Skardu Valley, at the confluence of the Indus and the Shigar River. Skardu is at an altitude of nearly 2,500 m (8,200 ft). The town is surrounded by grey-brown coloured mountains, which hide the 8,000 metre peaks of the nearby Karakoram range. There are three lakes in the vicinity: Upper Kachura lake, Lower Kachura Lake, and Sadpara Lake.

Shangrila Lake is also known as Lower Kachura Lake. It is a popular tourist destination, and has a unique restaurant that is built on the fuselage of an aircraft that had crashed nearby. This resort is so beautiful, and tranquil that you wouldn’t want to miss the beauty around it.

The Shigar Valley is a valley in Baltistan in northern Pakistan that is watered by the Shigar River. The valley stretches about 170 km from Skardu to Askole and is the gateway to the high mountains of the Karakoram. The town of Shigar is the largest settlement in valley. Even though the Shigar Valley is a remote and largely inaccessible place, there are several villages in the valley. Askole is the last settlement in the Shigar Valley, which is still far from the high mountains. Shigar was formerly an administrative sub-division of Skardu District, but is now a district in its own right.

Khaplu (Urdu and Balti:خپلو), also spelt Khapalu,is a town that serves as the administrative capital of the Ghanche District of Gilgit-Baltistan, in northern Pakistan.Lying 103 km (64 mi) east of the town of Skardu, it was the second-largest kingdom in old Baltistan of the Yabgo dynasty. It guarded the trade route to Ladakh along the Shyok River.

The Khaplu Valley is almost 110 kilometres from Skarduand two hours by jeep. It is a sprawling village located at the confluence of the Indus and the Shyok River in Pakistan.