subject: Hunza Valley Heaven on Earth [print this page] Today Hunza Valley could be reached in comfort by winding Karakoram Highway. The legendary Silk Road now known by its mundance acronym-the karakoram highway (KKH) has footprints of great travellers like Marcopolo, troops of Alexander of Macedonia, Buddhist pilgrims and Babur, the descendant of Gengis Khan and First king of the great mughal dynasty of sub-continental. In the Gilgit Baltistan of Pakistan, trucked away in the abode of the most picturesque mountains on earth, Tupopdan (6106m) known as the mother mountain for having so many habitants and village around its foot hills. Hunza Valley is divided into lower (shina), central (Burushal) and upper (Gojal) regions.
