| Hunza, a remote mountain kingdom, may have been the inspiration behind James Hilton’s “Shangri-La.” The area opened up in the 1970s following the completion of the Karakoram Highway (KKH); an engineering marvel tracing the old silk route from Pakistan into China.hunza people are known world over for their amazing longevity and health. They live well beyond 100 years and have commonly been known to still father children at the age of 110.Is it safe to travel to Hunza? Yes it is very safe Hunza vally is about 650 kilometers from Swat and about 800 kilometers from waziristan the Afghan border, this region has never had any problem. The people in the valley are believers of His Highness the Aga Khan who gives his followers and the whole world message of brotherhood peace respect and pluralism.Not only Hunza valley is far from the trouble you don’t even have to fly to
Pakistan’s major cities to get there you can come to Hunza via Khunjerab pass the highest
paved road and border on earth.The world’s second highest mountain K2 and above 7,000 meters
mountains are also here.the hunza beauty is machless. |