9 Days | By jeep from Chitral to Garumchashma two and half hrs drive by jeep, when you start journey the river of Garumchashma always your right hand and you can get chance to visit the famous village named Mogh famous for their woolen strip throughout Chitral. Waving by local made machines of wood still there. People of Chitral make a cloak and local coat to wear in winter time and some manufacture pant, as you reached Garum Chashma (Hot spring) carry- on up to the Diri village over night stay there. |
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Day 1 | From Diri 5 hrs trek to high camp with the water channel, just below the camp here cross the channel and get up to the camp over night and have very nicest views down the valley. |
Day 2 | From the camp straight up to the pass you must start below and go up by zigzag to make facile when get the pass it about 4000m on the top spectacular view of Tarichmir and other peaks. Your right side they are lying in the border of Afghanistan about 6000m to 7000 m to make mountain wall. And get down slow because about fifty yard its very steep and little pebbles are there, and these are some time very slippery. And then nice walk down to the camp to Silasht, just in front of a famous hill named Damdamo Zom of three different colors white yellow and black. It’s looking very beautiful and seems that somebody has dyed that. |
Day 3 | From Sinlasht to Besty through the green lush valley of Besty. There are field and summer pasture with surrounded wheat and barley potato and beans. Lunch at Besti village and then carry on to camp at Warwast or little go up and camp there to get the pass earlier overnight stay here. There are summer pasture the people are very hospitable and very friendly, and they share everything which you need milk, butter, yogurt and other thing distance is about six and half hrs. |
Day 4 | Warwast to over the pass to Sath Qulachi Gol to have cross the Sath Qulanchi pass to Nawasing Ghari or little further to Meheni distance is about 7 to 8 hrs. |
Day 5 | Nawasing Ghari to Akramoo Gaz 3 to 4 hrs, this is very flat grass with large willow trees camp at the end of Akramo Gaz near of summer huts. In ancient time the king of chitral was used this route to go to Besti and to Akram of Gobur valley. And every year a polo tournament was held here. |
Day 6 | From Akramoo Gaz to Ovir Deh (village) last village of Arkari valley. You can view the Terichmir from west side in the beginning of village will have lunch here and then go with the road to Rabat Deh, overnight stay here 5 to 6 hrs trek. |
Day 7 | Rabat Deh to Dirgole 6 to 7 hrs to go up to Dir Gole pass in to the Susum village of Karimabad valley. Stay at the base camp just below Dir Gole glacier. |
Day 8 | Over the pass to Susum village 6 to 7 hrs trek on the top you can view very close of Dirgole peak 6754m this is only spot you can view all around the peaks very openly. Camping at Susoom Junali (Polo ground) 3000m. |
Day 9 | By jeep down to the Chitral- the Karimabad road connected at Shoghor to across the Garum Chashma River to the main road towards to Chitral. |