Hardly a few places may match this region for the physical features and formally being a semi-autonomous state now falls in the sovereignty of Pakistan. The Hunza dynasty system declined after six centuries. Geographically the Hunza state is the most bizarre and beautiful for the picturesque human resorts and deep valleys with ever green verdures all the way to the Chinese border. The Gulmit Continental Hotel offers during your stay its fully guidelines maps and instructions regarding touring the area according to their nature. The old trade route runs through Hunza and all the way to the Chinese province Xinxiang.

Hunza Valley is popular for its longevity of its inhabitants for using the simplest and organic food diet and living in an unpolluted atmosphere. This is named as the Shangri-la for this reason according to the Tibetan trader.

Hunza Valley is best known all over the world for its utmost beauty and being an autonomous region. The capital village of gojal is gulmit2500 meters being an utopia for its natural beauties it holds an outstanding position in the whole of Hunza valley. The valley is surrounded by the cathedral peaks or another word the mt. Tupopdan and commonly known the passu cones is 6106meters. Your stay in the Gulmit Continental Hotel will surely give you an utter view of this golden mountain. There are still many protruding and towering peaks such as the Gulmit tower stand stout above Gulmit.

Hunza Valley is accessible through the mighty Karakoram Highway which winds its way ahead all the way to the chines border the highest point pass the Khunjerab pass. The current Karakorum highway is the passage of the great travelers and invaders such as the Marco polo, the troops of the great Macedonian conqueror the alexander the great. The Babar of the Moghul dynasty of the subcontinent. The upper Hunza valley is home to amazing peaks and historical sites such as the ondra fort which is 900 years old built to defend the locals from the external offences.

This site can be visited from Gulmit Continental Hotel and is an hour’s trek up to the ondrafort. This old historical site is the focal point to take a superb glance over the elegant Gulmit valley and the surrounding villages such as kamaris and Ghulkin. The grand Gulmit tower and the Shishper pinnacle can be viewed from the ondra fort. Over 6000 attitude peaks can be viewed on a clear sunny day from the 900 old ondra fort overlooking the gorgeous Gulmit valley is a nice focal point.

Stretching over some 120 kilometers the area can be viewed from this vantage point seems to have seen such a gorgeous dream. The summer months are pleasant and comfortable to visit and see places round and almost every view is found  so rejoicing.