Batura Werthum Pass Trek
The trek start from China camp and end in Ramanj village after crossing Werthum Pass 5147m. It takes 45 minutes from the high camp to Top. The pass has 20-to-25-degree slopes on both sides and a permanent 3m to 4m vertical cornice on its north side. Use a rope belay while breaking through the cornice and cutting steps in the ice to reach the talus below the pass. The pass is more difficult before mid-July when there are more snow and a larger cornice.
Batura, the most accessible and fourth longest Karakoram glacier, stretches west from the Karakorum highway for 56km. the trek’s exceptional scenery includes 14 peaks higher than 7000m and huge ice floes plummeting more than 4000m from the Batura Wall to the glacier. Most of the trek is through ablation valleys and along streams. With almost no steep segments, it affords gradual acclimatization and presents no major difficulties. Even the trek’s two glacier crossings are relatively easy. Trekkers also get a glimpse in the unique way of life of Passu villagers, who tend livestock in the summer pastures along the glacier’s north margin.
Dates & Cost – Batura Werthum Pass Trek
| Batura Werthum Pass Trek | Cost (USD) | Cost (EUR) |
| Batura Werthum Pass Trek (15 days) – ALL INCLUSIVE | US$ 1,985 | € 1,760 |
| Batura Werthum Pass Trek (16 Days) – ALL INCLUSIVE | US$ 2,050 | € 1,815 |
Welcome at Islamabad airport and transfer to hotel. Afternoon proceed for city tour of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, which includes famous Faisal Mosque, Shakar Parian, Pakistan monument, Damen Koh, Lok Versa, Museum, Rawalpindi old bazaar, Raja Bazaar.
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drive to Naran 6-7 hours 279 km via Mansehra- Naran-Jalkhad. After lunch continue drive to Chilas 3-4 hours 113.3 km via Babusar Pass 4173m.
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drive to Karimabad (Hunza) 6-7 hours. En-route stop at junction point of three great mountain ranges meet, the Karakorum, Himalaya and Hindukush, at Thalichi for photography from Nanga Parbat 8,126m and at Rakaposhi view point for photography and refreshment. Evening drive to Passu 50 km.
Altitude: 2,400m
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Trek to Yunzben 11.5 km, 6-7 hours.
It takes about 6 to 7 hours walking on dusty trails at the snout of the huge Batura Glacier. The Batura is even longer than the famous Baltoro Glacier in the K2 region.
Altitude: 2,880m
Accommodation: Camping
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Trek to Yashpirt 6-7 hours, 5.7km.
Today we diagonally cross the Batura Glacier. This is a tiresome day with lot of walking on rocks and the moraines of Batura. Yashpirt is a beautiful high meadow with many shepherd huts and fantastic views of the Batura peaks and the famous Batura ice fall across the glacier from us. We can also see Distaghil Sar (7,885 m.) from here. Distaghil Sar is the highest most western mountain in Trans-Himalayan and one has to go around the globe to come back to the eastern Himalaya to find such high peaks.
Altitude: 3,302m
Accommodation: Camping
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Trek from Yashpirt to Shireen Maidan 6-7 hours, 16.9 km.
Altitude: 3,880m
Accommodation: Camping
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Trek from Shireen Maidan to Werthum base camp 3-4 hours 3.8km.
Altitude: 4,363m
Accommodation: Camping
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Trek from Werthum Base Camp to Werthum High camp 3-4 hours, 3.4km.
Altitude: 4,975m
Accommodation: Camping
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Trek to Harkeesh after crossing Werthum Pass 5147m) 6-7 hours, 6.1, km, 172m ascent, 1658m descent.
Altitude: 3,489m
Accommodation: Camping
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Trek down from Harkeesh to Raminj village 3-4 hours, 394m descent.Â
Altitude: 2,400m
Accommodation: Camping
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drive to Passu by Jeeps and continue drive to Karimabad via Attaabad Lake.
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Morning visit Baltit Fort 700 Years old and Baltit village, afternoon visit Altit Fort 900 Years old, Altit village and visit the women carpenters of Hunza.Â
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drive to Naran 355 km via Babusar Pass 4173 m. En-route stop at various viewpoints for photography and refreshment.Â
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drive to Islamabad 6-7 hours 279 km, en-route visit Taxila museum and historical sites.Â
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Transfer to Islamabad airport for return flight.
- All domestic flights and road transfers
- All hotel accommodation (twin sharing room)
- All trekking accommodation
- All camping site and bridge fees
- All trekking logistics (all tents, non-personal equipment and tools etc)
- All meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
- Licensed professional guide (government requirement)
- Government trekking permit fees and paperwork
- Support staff (cook, assistant(s) etc)
- Porter for personal luggage 15 KGs
- First aid medicine kit (basic)
- Satellite phone for emergencies
- D3V sleeping tent, Toilet Tent, Shower Tent.
- International airfare and airport taxes.
- Visa fee for Pakistan and personal insurance of the clients.
- Tips for drivers, porters and staff
- Single Supplement
- Transfers to and from airports for participants making individual air arrangements
- Optional excursions or deviations from the scheduled tour
- Sleeping bag and all personal expenses such as telephone charges, liquor or soft drinks,
- Room service, gratuities for personal services, items of a purely
- Any other service that is not mentioned in the list above.