Home of Nanga Parbat and Fairy Meadows
Nanga Parbat from Fairy Meadows. Photo: Zaki Khan89 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Diamer is the first district most travellers enter on the way north. The Karakoram Highway follows the Indus here below Nanga Parbat, at 8,126 m the ninth-highest mountain on earth.
Its best-known place is Fairy Meadows, a forest clearing with a direct view of the mountain. Around Chilas the rocks beside the Indus carry thousands of ancient carvings left by travellers on the Silk Road.
Popular Activities
- Trek to Fairy Meadows and Nanga Parbat Base Camp
- Ancient rock carvings
- Drive over Babusar Top
Places to Visit in Diamer
4 places chosen by our local guides.
Fairy Meadows
A forest clearing at about 3,300 m with the most famous view of Nanga Parbat.
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Nanga Parbat View Point
A stop on the Karakoram Highway with a view of the whole mountain.
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Chilas Rock Carvings
Thousands of ancient carvings on the rocks beside the Indus, left by travellers on the Silk Road.
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Treks in Diamer
Fairy Meadows and Nanga Parbat Base Camp Trek
The best-known short trek in Pakistan: a forest walk to Fairy Meadows and on to the base camp below the Raikot Face of Nanga Parbat.
Nanga Parbat Diamir Face Base Camp Trek
A trek up the Diamir valley to the base camp used by most climbing expeditions on Nanga Parbat.
