Saturday, March 20, 2010

Hunza Valley;


Hunza is a mountainous valley in GILGIT in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of the Northern areas of Pakistan. The Hunza valley is situated at an elevation of 2,438 metres (7,999 feet).

The territory of Hunza is about 7,900 km² {3,050 mi²). Karim abad (formally called BALTIT) is the main town which is also a very popular tourist destination because of the spectacular scenery of the surrounding mountains like ULTAR SAR, RAKAPOSHI PEAK, HOWN PEAK, GOLDEN PEAK and BUBULIMO TING (LADY-FINGER PEAK), all 19,685 ft or higher.

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