Northern Areas or North Pakistan

Northern Areas or North Pakistan is very beautiful which attracts not a local tourist but also international tourist to visit and stay this heaven on earth. North Pakistan, spread round about 72,496 sq. km. These areas are very beautiful for its small and big valleys, natural lakes and highest peaks, these ye catching peaks will attract even in winter with heavy snowfall and these peaks are the highest peaks in the world these peaks started with heights from 1,000 meters to 8,000 meters, this heaven on earth includes regions of Gilgit-Baltistan Hunza, and Shangrila. Now converted to a new province namely Gilgit-Baltistan.

 

 

The entire North Pakistan has its own cultural trends and these regions also very interesting as its geographical locations. The people of this region has the best customs and traditions with typical costumes, folk dances, music and sports like polo and buzkashi, it's also attracting the national and international tourists to an unforgettable experience of this heaven on earth. These areas have distinction that world top 14 peaks above 8,000 meters the highest peaks on world or earth are in North Pakistan, Four are also  lies on world highest glacier namely Baltoro glacier in the Karakoram range in North Pakistan. These Peaks included world top peaks like K2 or Mount Godowin Austin which is 8,611 meter high and this peaks is  world’s second-highest peak in the entire globe.

 

 

 

The top and highest peaks in North Pakistan are Gasherbrum-I which is 8,068 meter high, secondly Broad Peak which is 8,047 meters high  and thirdly Gasherbrum-II which is 8,035 meters high. Nanga Parbat is also another top peaks which is also a great, which is highest in this range Nanga Parbat is also 8,126 meter high and this is located at the westernmost end of the Himalayas. There are many other highest peaks in North Pakistan in which 68 peaks are  over 7,000 meters and hundreds others of over 6,000 meters high, these also attracts and encourage for those hikers who want to reach these top, beautiful and most dangerous peaks of the world.

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