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Hunza Lake/KKH update

Just got this news from Gilgit

Yes, Madina [guesthouse in Gilgit] is still open and we struggling for the survival and these days... As you know the situations in Pakistan are worse according to media because of that not many tourists are coming to Pakistan but still some tourists are coming from china side after crossing the Sost border and tourists can easily get there visas on arrival on the Sost border.

Hunza lake is still existing. The level of it has been decreased a little bit but the level is almost the same as before. It has been said that the level of water will be brought to the level lower than road and they will rebuild the road along the lake but these are just speculations and no work has been done on it so far. But there are boats which take the passengers as well as cargo from one side to another.


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Hi there,

I can confirm that.

I crossed the Pakistan border from China via Sost some days ago and drove the KKH southbound. Medina GH is open, with many guests. Mainly bicycle riders. It was a beautiful ride. No problems at all.

The visa on arrival in Sost is also no problem. Make sure, that the customes in Sost put their number in the carnet de passage. I had problems to leave Pakistan without this entry number.

I had to cross the Hunza lake with boat. People were very helpfull.




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Fantastic people. I have seen them loading Jeeps and Vans on the same wooden boats powered by small rudimentary diesel engines. Unbelievable.
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