Visit Pakistan in 2011

year 2009 has officially been announced as the Visit Pakistan Year by Ministry of tourism Government of Pakistan. Special events are being organized by the Ministry of tourism. Pakistan travel & Culture services in pleased to announce that we are also organizing tours in conjunction with these events.

We invite you to visit Pakistan this year, as there could be no other time to journey unbridled joy and beauty of Pakistan, as now. From the mountains of the Himalayas and the Karakorum, to the rich hospitality of Lahore and the breathtakingly stark beauty of the Thar Desert. Pakistan offers you a spectrum of experiences that will leave you breathless. events

Our rich culture emanates from the ancient Indus and Gandhara civilizations, while our traditions can be traced back to Muslim, Buddhist and Central Asian influences. (History of Pakistan)

Immerse yourself in the colors of our country’s illustrious heritage! There is great pride in our handicrafts which hark back to the beginning of civilization for inspiration. Each region of the country has an art of its own, alluding to the richness of our history.

This year, embrace the true essence of beauty and experience adventure like never before. From white water rafting in the mighty Indus, and mountaineering in the highest mountains of the world to desert safaris through the Thar and Cholistan deserts, Pakistan takes adventure to the extreme.

The rich hospitality of our heartland will take your culinary experience to another level. Pakistan’s love for food is unparalleled and its ethnic cuisine a sumptuously delicate blend of flavors and spices.

Mountain Valleys Landscape of Pakistan

Nature has blessed Pakistan with unique landscape, the high mountains; plateau plain, deserts and luring sunny beaches are found here. However, more than fifty percent of its area is mountainous, particularly its Northern and North Western region which posses the most fascinating mountains on earth. Magnificent wreckage of continents in collision, fifty million years ago, and immense island collided with mainland Asia to create the South Asian Sub-Continent and push the Himalayas skyward. The mighty ranges Karakoram, the Himalaya and Hindukush make a rendezvous here. Beside the high mountains, these ranges are inhabited by the longest glaciers outside polar regions, enchanting and captivating valleys like, Skardu, Shigar, Khaplu, Rondu, Hunza, Gilgit, Ishkuman, Naltar, Diamar, Chitral, and Kaghan and splendid passes like Gondogoro, Khurdopin, Hispar, and Shandur . There are numerous glacial lakes which are for their scenic value, blue waters and fishing. Prominent among these are, Satpara, Kachura, Lulusar, phandar, and Saiful Maluk.

Images

Chitral Valley, Pakistan	Beautiful Landscape of North Pakistan
Journey to the Mountains	A Green Village of North Pakistan
Flowers & Dodhipat Lake, Kaghan Valley, Pakistan	Astore Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Skardu, the capital city of Baltistan	The Karakoram
Beautiful view from KKH, Karakoram, Pakistan	A village on Way to Deosai Plains, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Pakistan - A Tourist Paradise

Pakistan is unique! Situated in South Asia, it is a country with its own history and cultural heritage, fascinating in its own right. Pakistan was the site for one of the world's earliest human settlements, the great prehistoric Indus Valley Civilization, the crucible of ancient empires, religions and cultures. The land of Pakistan ranges from lofty mountains in the north, the Karakoram and the Himalayas, through dissected plateaus to the rich alluvial plains of the Punjab. Then follows desolate barrenness of Baluchistan, the hot, dry areas of Southern Punjab and Sindh, and miles and miles of golden beaches of Makran coast.
Pakistan's very attractive areas of the north always attract the tourists from all over the world, and if you further go to the north of Pakistan, you will see the beautiful, cold mountain regions, covered with snow and.....there is K 2....., the second highest mountain peak of the world, the most difficult one to climb. Northern areas of Pakistan are rightly called ' The Switzerland of Asia '. Come and explore the treasures of Pakistan with us. A visitor to Pakistan is more than a tourist - to us he is an honored guest.