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Karakoram Highway
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Culture and History / Prepare / Travel to Karakoram Highway, visa requirements / Route / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Stay safe / Get out
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The Karakoram Highway (also spelled Karakorum) runs between Western China and Pakistan. It is one of the very few routes that cross the Himalayas and the most westerly of them.
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Culture and History
Historically, this was a caravan trail, one branch of the ancient Silk Road. More recently, the Chinese and Pakistani governments have built a highway.
It is the highest major road in the world, over 4800 meters (roughly 16,000 feet) in the Khunjerab Pass at the border. For comparison, the pass is higher than:
It may be the ultimate challenge for the devoted cyclist. There are organised bicycle tours, and several books about bicycling this route.
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Prepare
Choose your time carefully. The highway is closed to tourists for part of the winter and the desert area at its northern end can be very hot in summer.
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Travel to Karakoram Highway, visa requirements
The usual jumping off points are Kashi on the Chinese end or Islamabad in Pakistan.
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Route
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Hotels, youth hostels, lodging
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Stay safe
There is considerable risk of altitude sickness on this route, weather can be extreme, and much of the territory is fairly wild and remote.
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Get out
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Kaghan Valley, Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Kaliningrad Oblast, Kannada phrasebook, Karakol, Karakoram Highway, Kerak, Kerava, Keri+¦, Kerrville, Keukenhof, Khmer phrasebook, Kimberley, Kinderdijk, Kish, Kokoda Track, Kolobrzeg, Kolomenskoye, Konkani phrasebook, Korean phrasebook, Kosovo, Krasnodar Krai, Krems, Kurdish phrasebook, Kurdistan
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