It's an ultimate guide for Fairy meadows (locally Nanga Parbat base camp) to tell you about its location, height, track and road conditions, distance information, directions, and some important and useful tips to make your journey more joyful with ease and comfort.
Guide to Fairy Meadows
Fairy meadows or Nanga Parbat base camp is one of the most beautiful, amazing, and adventurous meadows located in Pakistan and know as the best tourist destination for foreigners who travel to Pakistan. Moreover, it considered as biggest tourism point for locals as well.
Fairy meadows offer not only amazing, striking, and fabulous views of the great mountain "the Nanga Parbat" but also give views of the milky way of stars of the galaxy in the sky that gives goosebumps for its immense beauty and calm.
Fairy Meadows location
Fairy meadows were declared a National Park in Pakistan in 1995, located in Diamer district, Gilgit Baltistan province of Pakistan.
How hard is fairy meadows' trek?
As far as the difficulty or hardiness of the fairy meadows trek is concerned, it is quite easy and not a difficult task for beginners, and a healthy person completes this in an hour or so. But the jeep track that leads you fairy meadows from Raikot Bridge to Tatu Village (locally Tatto Village) is considered a more difficult or hazardous track in the world as well as in Pakistan.
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All you need to know about Gilgit Baltistan
Phander Valley of Gilgit Baltistan in Pakistan
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Fairy Meadows altitude
It is situated at an elevation of about 3300 m (10,800 ft) from sea level, known as the base camp (launching point) for those who summit on the Rakhiot face of the Nanga Parbat peak.
How long is the trek to Fairy Meadows?
To reach Fairy Meadows you have to cover a distance of about 15 km on a four-by-four jeep, it is a hazardous track to Tatu village. Then start hiking trek the meadow from that village which is about 3 km long and takes about an hour to complete.
Fairy Meadows direction
Tourism in Gilgit Baltistan of Pakistan attracts tourists for its immense beautiful landscapes in which a tour of fairy meadows is the greatest opportunity to avail. That is why people from not only Pakistan but all over the world visit here in a bulk every year.
Lahore to fairy meadows
To reach fairy meadows from Lahore you have to cover a distance of about 800 km, which may take about 15 hours to reach here. So I would suggest you stay and explore beautiful tourist spots in Abbottabad to make your trip to fairy meadows more joyful and amazing.
Islamabad to Fairy Meadows
The distance between the Capital city Islamabad and Fairy Meadows is about 450 km that you can cover in about 11 hours, but to make your journey more fascinating you should stay and explore the beautiful sites of Naran Kaghan.
Naran to Fairy Meadows distance is about 175 km that one can easily cover in just 4 hours.
Chilas to Fairy Meadows
Whether you are coming from Islamabad or Lahore you will have to reach Chilas first by crossing Babusar top a viewpoint of two gigantic peaks. And Chilas to Fairy meadows distance is about 80 km including 15 km of jeep track.
Gilgit to Fairy Meadows
If you are coming to visit fairy meadows from Gilgit city of Gilgit Baltistan you may reach here in 2 to 3 hours as the distance between these is about 100 km.
How do you trek to Fairy Meadows?
To trek to fairy meadows, either you are traveling from Gilgit or Chilas you have to hire a jeep from Raikot Bridge that leads you to Tattu Village. Then the trek to fairy meadows starts which is considered as not very tough to complete by a healthy person.
Best time to visit Fairy Meadows
In my opinion, the best time to visit Fairy Meadows starts from April to the ending days of the month of September (in the Summer season). Because if you choose to get there in the winter season it may become more hazardous or inaccessible.
Where to stay at Fairy Meadows?
The best option or possible opportunity to stay at Fairy Meadows is self camping, it would be like spending a night in heaven.
Or you can stay at Tattu Village as well and enjoy the hospitality of hospitable locals who offer rooms in their houses at affordable prices.
How was it named Fairy Meadows?
Firstly it was named "Fairy Tale Meadows" by German climbers and with the passage of time, it become famous with its current name "Fairy Meadows" and it is locally known as Joot.
Things to do at Fairy Meadows
If you want to make your journey more joyful and add some more adventurous activities you should visit Beyal Camp by trekking for about 90 minutes. The distance between Fairy Meadows and Beyal Camp is about 4 km.
Moreover, visiting "The Raikotkot Glacier Viewpoint" would be very adventurous by additional trekking of about 90 minutes, which is slightly difficult and steep.
Is Fairy Meadows worth visiting?
Fairy Meadows is one of the most adventurous, amazing, and emboldened places that need some daring to access and enjoy.
When you embark on a jeep ride to the Fairy Meadows, it first offers breathtaking views of rocky and rugged mountains, with high mountains on one side and ravines on the other.
Then, reaching Tattu Village, greenery becomes prominent everywhere and gives a feel like a piece of paradise. And the presence of the Snow-Capped peak of Nanga Parbat among all these sights makes them even more spectacular.
Fairy Meadows Pictures
Conclusion
Fairy Meadows is one of the most fascinating places in Pakistan Nearing Chilas whose track starts from Raikot Bridge and has a comparatively easy hiking trek. I have tried to cover all its aspects in this Fairy Meadows guide.