(video) Can you find the Snow Leopard? Sighted at Morkhun Village
This video shows when we had a sighting of a Snow Leopard in Morkhun Village. The locals were telling us “It’s right…
Kashmir Markhor (Tooshi-Shasha Conservancy)
The Markhor belongs to the genus Capra, (pronounced mārkhor) and is the world’s tallest goat family in the genus. The male markhor…
Petroglyphs of Shatial (Karakoram Highway)
Please visit our latest blog about Shatial Petroglyphs with more detail(2023) Heading north on the Karakoram Highway as you enter Gilgit-Baltistan, the…
Red-billed Chough ( Upper Hunza)
In the mountainous areas of northern Pakistan, there are “red billed crows” and “yellow billed crows.” Strictly speaking, they are classified into…
Pakistan International Airlines, take off from Skardu! The full picture of Nanga Parbat!
This is a description of my flight from Skardu to Islamabad using Pakistan International Airlines. The Gilgit flight is usually very early…
The Khyber Pass 2019
One of the places where it is very difficult to get an entry permit is the Khyber Pass. It is right on…
Bazaar of Landi Kotal
Landi Kotal is a small town, found on the way from Peshawar to the Afghanistan border town of Torkham. Located in the…
Lahore’s Old City Walk
Lahore Walled City Bazaar Our friends from Switzerland and Mexico went for a stroll through the Old City of Lahore. The…
Best Views of Nanga Parbat! PIA Pakistan International Airlines ★ Skardu Flight
A panoramic view of the Nanga Parbat massif from a flight from Islamabad to Skardu These mountain flights in northern Pakistan are…
(video) Lahore Fort – History by Night
History by Night at Lahore Fort on the weekend evening. Although held in Urdu for the general public in Pakistan, this is…
The Truckers of the Indus Highway: It’s Harvest Season!
November, Sindh Province when wheat and millet harvest season begins. We regularly saw these trucks, filled beyond capacity with wheat, along the…
(Video) The curious tailed sheep that I met in the Swat Valley
This is a video taken in the Swat Valley of the sheep living there. While traveling the Valley by car, one after…
Crossing the Gondogolo La Pass from the Baltoro Glacier
The quiet peak of Karakorum before dawn seen from Gondogolo La (pass). From the left, K2, Broad Peak, G4, G3, G2, G1….
(Video) Crossing the Indus river by Pakistan Railways
Pakistan’s railways are less developed compared to India’s. However, it retained the original railway system and station buildings, as they were, created…
The Fusion of Eastern and Western Civilizations in Gandhara (Peshawar Museum Exhibitions)
Gandhara’s art is strongly influenced by many civilizations and art influences such as Greece, West Asia, Persia (Iran), India, and more. The…
Peshawar Museum
The Peshawar Museum has the best collection of Gandhara historical artifacts. Most of the exhibits are about Gandhara art and there are…
(Drone Footage) Sirkap City Ruins, Taxila
This is the aerial view of the Taxila City Ruins Sirkap. You can see the whole Ruins by aerial photography, where the…
(Drone Footage) Dharmarajika Stupa, Taxila
This is drone footage of the Dharmarajika Stupa. Built in the 3rd century BC, it is one of the two stupas created…
Lahore Museum
Dating back since 1865, the Lahore Museum has a very long history. Opened in its current position in 1894, it is arguably…
Taxila Museum
The Taxila Museum is where the artifacts from the archeological sites around the area are displayed. It is a very old museum…
Takht-i-Bahi, Ghandara’s Buddhist Monastery
The ruins of Gandhara include city ruins like Taxila’s Sirkap and Buddhist temples secluded deep in the mountains. Takht-i-Bahi is a typical…
Taxila – Mohra Moradu
This is Mohra Muradu, one of Taxila’s historic Buddhist ruins. It’s actually a mysterious sounding name, but the ruins of Gandhara’s monastery…
Dharmarajika – Taxila
In the 3rd Century BC, there were 2 stupas built by the Mauryan Empire King Ashoka in the Ghandara region. One is…
Sirkap – Taxila
About 30km northwest of Islamabad, the Taxila ruins are located at the eastern edge of an area that once flourished in Ghandara…
(Vlog) Safe? Discovering the heart of Pakistan!Is it Safe? Discovering the heart of Pakistan! (including an insightful Travel Vlog shared by our customer)
This February, we traveled the heart of Pakistan with a Swiss and Mexican couple, Lucas and Patricia. Indus Caravan lead the trip…
”Kuch”, a summer in Shimshal Pamir
In northern Pakistan, near the border with China, we spent time with the women of Shimshal village as they take their livestock…
Shimshal Pamir : Getting Over the Shopodin Pass(5,346m)with 52 Yaks and 61 People
This entry is about the the Shimshal Pamir journey in June 2011. In this trip, I was focused on the ‘yak route’….
(Vlog) Adventures Exploring the Impressive Mud Volcanoes in Balochistan (including an insightful Travel Vlog shared by our customer)
In February of this year, we visited Balochistan with a Swiss-Mexican couple, Lucas and Patricia, and photographer Toshiki Nakanishi. Patricia made a…
”The King’s Road” Traveling to the end of Grand Trunk Road
When driving from the capital city of Islamabad to Peshawar, you might be asked “Will you take the motorway? Or the GT…
Shimshal Pamir: Will you try the Kuch? I did!
Shimshal Pamir’s summer KUCH, a Summer migration If you know anything about summer in Shimshal, then you know there is a big…