Have you been asking yourself where is Hunza Valley? Well, the Hunza Valley is in northern Pakistan, a mesmerising region quite different from the rest of the country. Just to be clear in the rather often question is Hunza Valley in the POK (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir)? No. Neither it’s in India.
Hunza is in the autonomous region of Gilgit-Baltistan. Some people say Gilgit-Baltistan is no longer autonomous and therefore is part of another region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). But, we will not get into politics in here.
In the Hunza Valley, we found some of the most mesmerising landscape of the entire country. “Hunza is the Switzerland of Pakistan”, we heard more than once from the locals as well as from our Instagram followers that noticed the similarities. The assortment of snow peaked mountains makes up the view everywhere you go. At the same time, the winter can be merciless. The Hunza Valley weather changes drastically during these colder months and you do recommend you to avoid it – unless lots of snow and freezing temperature is exactly what you are looking for.
RELIGION IN HUNZA VALLEY
Unlike the rest of the country, the Hunza Valley people follow a different branch of Islam, the Ismaili. This branch is considered less conservative, therefore it’s more usual to see women not wearing the scarf on their heads, walking accompanied by other women only, driving or working. Unfortunately, in most regions of Pakistan, it’s rare to see women working or even just walking in the streets not accompanied by men.
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We have never ever heard of the Ismaili Community before. What caught our attention about it, though, is that their spiritual leader is still alive and lives in France. His name is Aga Khan and he is behind many sorts of improvements of the education and infrastructure of the Hunza Valley as well as other parts of the world, such as Africa and Central Asia.
