Things to do in Gojal & The Khunjerab Pass
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Glacier Breeze Restaurant
High above the Highway, with a stairway to tastebud heaven, this excellent restaurant continues to astound travellers with its quality Hunza-inspired fare and incongruous location. Signature dishes include chicken cooked in local herbs, purziyh sahar (paneer with spicy fried spinach) and Hunza apricot chicken. There's even a kids' menu. The apricot cake is divine, and chocoholics will have their prayers answered. And there's real coffee!
The tented accommodation is set up in summer and includes mattresses, sleeping bags, and hot showers. Entrepreneurial chef Ahmed Ali Khan can provide dried and vacuum-packed meals for trekkers, and runs cooking classes (Rs300, at least an…
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Mir's Palace
The Mir's Palace is under restoration. Until the early '70s the mir of Hunza lived here for three months of the year, presiding over local durbars (councils). A cluster of houses to the left of the palace is the original village. The tallest of these is said to be Gulmit's oldest, possibly 200 years old; before the palace was built the mir stayed in it on his Gulmit sojourns.
To its left are the carved lintels of an old Shiite mosque from the early 19th century, before Gojalis converted to Ismailism. You can also see local women dyeing and weaving traditional cloth in the old building next to the palace.
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Baba Ghundi Ziarat
Beyond Zood Khun is the mystical and holy Baba Ghundi Ziarat, a shrine to a Sufi saint said to have miraculous powers, and a popular pilgrimage site. The shrine is surrounded by meadows which host herds of sheep in summer and, sporadically from June to September, Kyrgyz traders from Afghanistan who traditionally cross the Irshad Pass with horses, yaks and sheep to trade with the Chapursan villagers.
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Panja Shah Ziarat
Just beyond the northern limit of Afiyatabad the winding link road to Chapursan intersects with the KKH. After travelling through crumbling mountains and sliding scree slopes that make the trip adventurous at any time but exceedingly dangerous during rain, the simple but colourful Panja Shah Ziarat, a shrine to a Sufi saint, is reached after about 40 minutes.
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Cultural Museum
A unique collection of Hunza history is packed into the dusty Cultural Museum: utensils, musical instruments, a stuffed snow leopard, gems and firearms, including the matchlock gun said to have injured the British commander at the Battle of Nilt in 1891. If it isn't open, ask at the nearby Hunza Marco Polo Inn.
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Gulmit Biryani House
A good road-stop restaurant on the Highway with a small selection of freshly cooked meals and hot chai. Usually it's a choice between chicken soup, chicken karai or chicken biryani accompanied by two chapatis.
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Hunza Valley Experience
At the time of research Hunza Valley Experience was setting up an office opposite the Glacier Breeze Restaurant to provide trekking and cultural tours with guides and jeeps for hire.
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Pamir Trails
As the operator of Pamir Trails, Alam Jan Dario runs cultural and adventurous treks on foot or horseback into the valleys and over the passes of his spectacular homeland.
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Mizushima Restaurant
The Japanese-sounding Mizushima Restaurant has an extensive Pakistani, Chinese and Continental (pizzas) menu but no Japanese dishes.
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Karachi Haleem & Fast Food
Down at the chowk, this curry joint has snacks and cold drinks for those on the move.
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