Photography credits
We believe the mountains should be shown as they actually are. Every landscape and heritage photograph on this site is a real photograph of the place it accompanies, credited below to its author and licence. Where a specific building or viewpoint has no freely-licensed photograph, we show the surrounding valley instead and say so — we would rather show you an honest neighbouring view than a picture of somewhere else.
Photographs marked approximate show the surrounding area rather than the exact spot named. As our own photographers work through Gilgit-Baltistan, these are being replaced with SafarGB originals.
Wikimedia Commons contributors
94 photographs · reused under Creative Commons licences
- A jeep on the Deosai plateau in early-season snowMuhammad Ajmal Pansuvi
- A meltwater stream on the Hispar GlacierVasiq Eqbal
- a waterfall in Gilgit-BaltistanapproximateKskhh
- Altit Fort, HunzaFassifarooq
- Attabad Lake, GojalBensouthall
- Attabad Lake, the hotel's settingapproximatePeracha1
- Baltit Fort, KarimabadFassifarooq
- Basho valley, SkarduapproximateVasiq Eqbal
- Broad Peak (8,051 m)Kogo
- Broad Peak (8,051 m) from Concordia, on the Baltoro GlacierSallahuddin shah
- Broad Peak and K2, seen from the summit of Gasherbrum IISyed Hasan Shabbar
- Chaqchan Mosque, KhapluFarhanumerwiki
- Concordia and the 8000ersShikari7
- Concordia and the upper Baltoro Glacier, photographed from the International Space StationEarth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
- Concordia, BaltoroShikari7
- Deosai plainsAkbar Khan Niazi
- Deosai wildlife countrySyedmuradali22
- Diran from Tagaphari, Rakaposhi Base CampChaudharybilal
- Fairy MeadowsM.Awais
- Fairy Meadows and Nanga ParbatUsmanbukhari3362
- Gasherbrum I (8,080 m)Gasherbrum ISS022-E-98260.jpg: NASA derivative work: Rupert Pupkin
- Gasherbrum IV and Baltoro Kangri above the upper BaltoroapproximateMaria Ly
- Gasherbrum IV, VI and V above the BaltoroFlorian Ederer
- Ghulkin Glacier and Shispare, seen from a helicopterAkbar Khan Niazi
- GilgitKskhh
- Gilgit-Baltistan through the seasonsKskhh
- Gondogoro LaapproximateZafaryaab
- Gulmit, upper Hunza, in autumnNoorpamiri
- high-camp country, Gilgit-BaltistanapproximateHunzagrapher
- Hunza blossom seasonAmalooloo
- Hunza in autumnFaizanAhmad
- Hunza valleyFassifarooq
- Hunza valley, at the Eagle's Nest viewpointapproximateUsmanmiski
- Hushe, the trailhead village beneath MasherbrumMoskenes
- Islamabad and the Faisal Mosque from the Margalla HillsObaid747
- K2 (8,611 m), KarakoramZacharie Grossen
- K2 above the Baltorohttps://www.dlr.de/
- K2, the summit routeSvy123
- Karimabad, the hotel's settingapproximateYousaf Feroz Gill
- Katpana cold desert, SkarduWaqas37bhatti
- Katpana desert dunes, SkarduWaqas37bhatti
- Khaplu Palace and its valleyapproximateAmnaUBajwa
- Khaplu Palace, GhancheMuhammad Ashar
- Khaplu valley, the hotel's settingapproximateM. Iftikhar Balti
- Khaplu, GhancheWazir Qammer Abbas
- Khunjerab Pass (4,693 m)Muneeb Qazi
- Laila Peak (6,096 m) in the Hushe valleySyed Hasan Shabbar
- Laila Peak above the Hushe valleyMaqsood aktar
- Lower Kachura (Shangrila), SkarduS SHER XAMAN photography
- Manthoka waterfall, KharmangapproximateRajab Saha
- Masherbrum / K1 (7,821 m)Moskenes
- Miar Peak from the climb to Rush PeakDaniel martin
- Naltar valley, GilgitSaadzafar91
- Nanga Parbat (8,126 m)Akbar Khan Niazi
- On the shoulder of K2, above the KarakoramAdha65
- Passu Cones (Tupopdan), GojalTotallytrashed
- Passu, at the Hussaini suspension bridgeapproximateMehrunisa Reimoo
- Rakaposhi (7,788 m)mhtoori
- Satpara Lake, SkarduQammer Wazir
- Shandur Top and Shandur LakeMudassir Ahmed
- Shigar Fort and its valleyapproximateMoiz Iqbal Ismaili
- Shigar Fort, Shigar valleyMoiz Iqbal Ismaili
- Shigar valleyRaja Munawar
- Shigar valley, near Blind LakeapproximateSanaullah Khan
- SkarduQammer Wazir
- Skardu town, the hotel's settingapproximateگمنام سپاهى
- Spantik (7,027 m), the Golden PeakAkbar Khan Niazi
- Spantik, in the Nagar valley beside HunzaapproximateMäddis
- The Badshahi Mosque, Lahore, at sunsetSyed Bilal Javaid
- the Baltoro glacierThsulemani
- The Baltoro Glacier from the air, towards ConcordiaGuilhem Vellut
- the Baltoro trekShikari7
- The Biafo Glacier, KarakoramBlack Zero
- the Deosai plains above SkarduapproximateTaimoor Bin Khalid
- the Deosai plains, Gilgit-BaltistanapproximateFarhan Rehman
- the Gilgit–Skardu roadSaadzafar91
- The Golden Pillar on Spantik's northwest sideMuhammad Bin Masood
- the Hushe–Kanday country, at Nangma valleyapproximateBalti sahib
- the Karakoram HighwayHunzagrapher
- the Karakoram HighwayShakeelgilgity
- the lakes above SkarduapproximateZafaryaab
- The Passu Glacier below Passu SarAkbar Khan Niazi
- the road to KhunjerabSandersPoel
- the Shigar cold-desert country, at SarfarangaapproximateQammer Wazir
- the Shigar–Skardu landscape, near ChundaapproximateRaja Munawar
- the Skardu lakesZafaryaab
- the Skardu settingapproximateRgyalchan
- the Skardu valleyapproximateRgyalchan
- the Skardu valley settingapproximateimtiaz hussain
- the Skardu valley, near SoqapproximateAkbar Khan Niazi
- The ski slopes at Naltar, GilgitMr Haseeb Ahmed
- The snout of the Baltoro Glacier, where the Braldu river beginsShikari7
- the Trango Towers, BaltoroPlanet Labs
- Upper Kachura Lake, SkarduHasanijaz
Other photography
6 photographs · aviation and general imagery
- helicopter charterUnsplashUnsplash License
- helicopter transferUnsplashUnsplash License
- luxury travelUnsplashUnsplash License
- private air travelUnsplashUnsplash License
- private aviationUnsplashUnsplash License
- private jet charterUnsplashUnsplash License
Map data
The contour map on our homepage is drawn from the Terrain Tiles open dataset (built by Mapzen, hosted by AWS). For the Karakoram it uses SRTM and GMTED2010 elevation data, courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey. Summit heights are the published elevations, and the orange line is an approximate drawing of the usual trek route from Askole to K2 Base Camp.
If you are the author of a photograph here and would like the credit corrected or the image removed, please write to [email protected] and we will act the same day.
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