Karakoram Highway Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
international highway running through Pakistan, China
About Karakoram Highway
The highway runs roughly north-south across the Karakoram mountain range and through the Khunjerab Pass at the border. In Pakistan, it runs fromAbbottabadto the border through the provinces ofKhyber PakhtunkhwaandGilgit-Baltistan. After the border, it runs across part of China'sXinjiangprovince toKashgar. Its construction was started as a joint project of the two governments in 1959 and completed in 1979; the highway was opened to the general public in 1986. About 800 Pakistanis and 200 Chinese workers lost their lives, mostly in landslides and falls, while building the highway. In China, the KKH is known as the "Friendship Highway". Due to its high elevation and the difficult conditions in which it was constructed, it has also been called the "Eighth Wonder of the World". TheWakhan Corri
Karakoram Highway Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 6 sections including: