Astor Valley & Nanga Parbat Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Natco has a daily bus to Astor (Rs 130), departing from Gilgit’s general bus stand. A Natco bus also leaves Astor for Rawalpindi (Rs 700, 16 hours) at 11am. Other minibuses bound for Astor (Rs 130) infrequently leave from near the Diamir Hotel in Gilgit. Astor is four to five hours from Gilgit.

You can hire a jeep in Astor for the round trip to Rama Lake for about Rs 1200. Cargo and passenger jeeps run daily from Astor to Tarashing (Rs 60, 1½ hours), departing sporadically from no particular place in the bazaar – ask around and you will be shown. Tarashing–Astor vehicles depart daily between 6.30am and 7am. The road is only metalled halfway from Astor to the junction with the road across the Deosai Plains.