Skardu To Shigar Motorbike Journey

Skardu (Urdu: سکردو‎‎, Balti: སྐརདུ་་) is a town in Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan, and serves as the capital of Skardu District. Skardu is located in the 10 kilometres (6 miles) wide by 40 kilometres (25 miles) long Skardu Valley, at the confluence of the Indus and Shigar Rivers[1] at an altitude of nearly 2,500 metres (8,202 feet). The town is considered a gateway to the eight-thousanders of the nearby Karakoram Mountain range.[citation needed] The town is located on the Indus river, which separates the Karakoram Range from the Himalayas. Skardu is in the 10 kilometres (6 miles) wide by 40 kilometres (25 miles) long Skardu Valley, at the confluence of the Indus river (flowing from near Kailash in Tibet and through neighbouring Ladakh before reaching Baltistan) and the Shigar River. It is at an altitude of nearly 2,500 metres (8,200 feet) above sea level.

The Shigar Valley (Urdu: وادی شگر‎) is a valley in Baltistan in northern Pakistan that is watered by the Shigar River. The valley stretches about 170 km from Skardu to Askole and is the gateway to the high mountains of the Karakoram. The town of Shigar is the largest settlement in valley. Even though the Shigar Valley is a remote and largely inaccessible place, there are several villages in the valley. Askole is the last settlement in the Shigar Valley, which is still far from the high mountains. Shigar was formerly an administrative sub-division of Skardu District, but is now a district in its own right. The Ernst & Young future leaders in MENA under LEAP (Leadership Excellence Acceleration Programme) visited Shigar in September 2015 to help build and support the community with a single goal to put the beautiful people and town of Shigar onto the world map! The team included Zeeshan khwaja, Ata Malik, Alex Collins, Tamara Habra, Ahmad Hajjar & Phillipe Najjar.

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