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10-DAY TOUR TO CHITRAL & PESHAWAR | |||||||||
Trip done in June 2000 | |||||||||
PROGRAMME | |||||||||
Day 0: Pindi-Peshawar Pindi - Peshawar : + coaster from Committee Chowk; + there are busses till at least 22.00 Hr. Peshawar : + Hidayat hotel - close to the bus station; - clean; - only cold water. Day 1: Peshawar – Chitral Peshawar - Chitral : + PIA flight - recommended; - ticket and confirmation done by the trekking organization; - 2525 PKR one way. Chitral : + hotel Chinar Inn - quiet garden; - you can get all meals; - hot water in the morning and on request; - clean. + registration obliged and you need your passport. + Shahi Masjid ( recommended ), the bazaar (cosy) the fort were visited. Day 2-7: Trekking in Kalash Valley and national Gol Parc Trekking organisation: + Fida Hussain, focass@hotmail.com, PO Box 170, GPO Rawalpindi, Tel 051/506948. + the guide is rather inexperienced : the part in the Gol Parc was the first time for him, in the beginning there were too little porters, we did a couple of times very dangerous things; + the trek was rather cheap : 42,5 US dollar based on two persons; + the guide lives in the Chitral valley; + during the trek there were no major problems. Course of the trekking : + Chitral - Gumbak (jeep) - Acholgah; + Acholgah - Rumbur; + Rumbur - Chimersan; + Chimersan - Gokshal : pretty though; + Gokshal - passed Kasavir : more than twenty river crossings; + Kasavir - Merin - Birmogh Lasht (jeep) - Chitral (jeep). Day 8: Chitral - Peshawar and visit of Darra Adam Khel Darra Adam Khel: + no permits are given or required, you just have to try and see what happens + can be reached from Peshawar by Hi-Ace; + we were not sent back and were guided by a local police man who asked some money; + the fabrication of the weapons is interesting. Day 9: Peshawar and Khyber Pass Khyberpass: Everything arranged through PDTC (permit, guard, jeep,...) : price 1900 Rs plus a meal to pay to the driver and the guard. Ask to stop at the Islamic College. Bula Hisar fort: you can visit it probably every Saturday. Khan Klub: very pleasant to take a meal. Go to the toilet on the top floor, so you get a good impression of the building. That day, we visited also the old part of the town. Day 10: Peshawar – Pindi In the museum, 100 Rs is asked to bring in a photo camera. You can go back to Pindi by train, but pay attention to the type of train: there are express trains, who takes three to four hours, but the trains who stop everywhere take more than eight hour. |
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Courtesy Geert Debel |