Peak
8,126 m
Seen from the hotel
Nanga Parbat
The ninth-highest mountain on earth, and the reason most of our guests come.
1 hr 15
Raikot bridge, 62 km south
Two eight-thousand-metre neighbours
Jaglot sits at the junction of three of the world's great mountain ranges. Everything below is reachable from the hotel, and the drive times are honest ones — the times we actually tell guests, not optimistic ones.
Peak
7,788 m
Rakaposhi
The most dramatic roadside mountain in Pakistan — 5,800 m of uninterrupted rise.
2 hr
Ghulmet viewpoint, 95 km north
Viewpoint
Three ranges junction
Where the Karakoram, the Himalaya and the Hindu Kush all meet.
20 min
Confluence viewpoint, 18 km
Meadow
3,300 m
Fairy Meadows
An alpine meadow at 3,300 m beneath the Rakhiot face, reached by jeep and an hour on foot.
1 hr 15 + jeep
Via Raikot bridge, 62 km
Valley
Hunza valley
Karimabad, Baltit Fort and the terraced apricot orchards below Rakaposhi.
2 hr 30
Karimabad, 110 km north
Lake
Attabad Lake
A startlingly turquoise lake formed by a landslide in 2010.
3 hr
Gojal, 130 km north
Valley
Naltar valley
Three coloured lakes, pine forest, and Pakistan's only real ski slope.
2 hr + jeep
Via Nomal, 75 km
Valley
Bagrot valley
A quiet farming valley under the Diran and Rakaposhi glaciers.
1 hr 45
Via Gilgit, 55 km
Town
Gilgit
The regional capital — airport, bazaar, and the Kargah Buddha carved into a cliff.
45 min
38 km north
Viewpoint
Raikot bridge
The turn-off for Nanga Parbat, and a fine view of the Indus gorge on its own.
1 hr 15
62 km south on the KKH
We will tell you honestly if today is the wrong day
Cloud hides Nanga Parbat for days at a time and the road to Fairy Meadows is not always worth it. Ask at reception before you commit a whole day.