Passu Cones or the Golden Peaks are located in the Gojal Vally near Passu Glacier, Upper Hunza, Gilgit Baltistan. The peaks are 150 KM away from Gilgit City with 3:30 hours of a normal drive. The most elevated mark of the territory is Mount Tu Popdan at a height of 6, 106 meters (20032.81 Feet) from ocean level.
Due to the unique structures, Passu Cathedral has been given various names by travelers yet the most mainstream is “Passu Cones” and “Passu Cathedral”.
The distance from Islamabad to Passu Cones is 647 km, it takes 6 hours and 40 min by road. As it is a long drive, the best way to reach Passu cones via car is to make stay at a hotel in Naran or Kaghan valley, then continue the journey the next day.
Most tourists tend to rent Grand Cabin from Islamabad for complete Passu cones and Gilgit Baltistan tour for comfortable travel.
Nowadays the weather at Passu is pretty warm. The temperature starts to drop after the evening. However, the weather gets cold during winters, as the Passu cones and Passu glacier receive snowfall.
From March to November Passu Cones receive the summer season, it gets warm during day time; but the weather gets chilly after the evening. From mid-November to mid-March Passu Cones receives winters, it snows on the cones and in the area as well.
As Passu is a wide range area with the beautiful peaks, you can expect the followings:
We’ll pick you up according to the decided place in Islamabad for a “Welcome to Pakistan” meeting. In case we are already in Gilgit we’ll straight away leave for the Passu.
There are many hotels in Gilgit available for you, however, we can have a stay at the following hotels in Hunza valley for the rest of your tour:
Enjoy the stay and lush green Naran Kaghan Valley. You can roam around and do the shopping at the Naran Bazar. Moreover, if you want to hike and enjoy the best view of the valley, its also possible.
However, it is open only in summer, so if your tour is in summer (April-Oct) then we’ll use Naran route if we’re traveling via car. Otherwise, we’ll be using the Besham route with KKH (Karakoram Highway) to visit Passu Cones.
Babusar Top is a marvelous tourist attraction point, with 4,170m height above sea level. However, it is open only in summer, so if your tour is in summer (April-Oct) then we’ll use the Babusar route if we’re traveling via car.
By this time it would be night, so we’ll be having dinner and stay at one of our hotels at Rakaposhi Nagar Valley, Gilgit. The resort we will be staying in will be having a view of snow-covered Rakaposhi mountain. Also, we can visit the Rakaposhi base camp if we have enough time.
After breakfast, we’ll be leaving for the Passu cones. In case you want to visit more spots like Attabad lake. Hunza, Sost, Khunjerab Pass etc, do let us know. We can also make stay at a hotel in Passu cones with a really nice view. The Passu is at an elevation of 2,440m (8,005 feet), you can sight galaxies during the nighttime. Moreover, during a full moon, Passu cones give an amazing view.
While traveling on the road we will also be sighting the Passu glacier. It is one of the main sources of fresh water which falls into the Hunza river.
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The next day of our tour, we will be returning back to Naran for an overnight stay. Or according to plan we can continue tour to Skardu valley. Around evening we will arrive in the city, then we’ll stay at top Hotels in Skardu.
The next day, we will be continuing our journey to Islamabad.
The structure of Passu cones is just heart-touching, as they leave an imprint in its visitor’s heart to make a stay near them. Rozefs tourism offers a guest house & and hotel in Passu with the view of Passu Cathedral with the best facilities & comfort. Each visitor of this hotel has been satisfied with the hospitality, view & comfortable stay.
Here are the by road distances to Passu Cones from various areas of Pakistan:
City |
Distance in Km |
Time |
|---|---|---|
| Islamabad | 645 km | 14 hrs |
| Lahore | 980 km | 16 hrs 30 min |
| Hunza Valley | 56 km | 1 hr 20 min |
| Khunjerab Pass Top | 124 km | 2 hrs |
| Fairy Meadows | 224 km | 4 hr 20 min |
| Naran | 363 km | 7 hr 30 min |
| Skardu City | 325 km | 6 hrs |
| Abbottabad | 517 km | 12 hrs |
| Gilgit City | 271 km | 3 hr 20 min |
| Babusar Pass | 362 km | 7 hr 10 min |
| Neelum Valley | 375 km | 9 hr 20 min |
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