Organisation

Many possibilities when you arrive in Shimshal. Only ask the locals, they are whether guide, or porter or they know one. Moreover, during summer time, some have family at the pass; they won’t need persuading to come.


Be ready to pay around 1000 to 1200 rps per day for a guide, including food but no the tips (15 to 20 % of the total salary). 


Porters ask 300 rps per stage, including food but not the tips (15 to 20 % of the total salary). There are 12 stages.

Since 2007, you have a new tax of 200 rps when you hire a porter in Shimshal. The money helps to arrange the trekking routes...

 

How to get there?


From Passu, ask there, everybody knows where and if the jeep of a special goes to Shimshal. Be patient, sometimes there is not during one or two days. It is true both ways, get some extra time. A jeep must leave everyday around 1pam from Shimshal Guesthouse. From Passu Inn, go down towards Sost, after a turn and at the level of a big rock turn on your right, walk 50 m and enter a courtyard.

 

 

Les treks qui sont décris dans cette rubrique ont tous été parcourus par l'auteur, les itinéraires y sont détaillés journalièrement, des cartes et photos les accompagnent. En aucun cas ces fiches, ne remplaceront l'expérience d'un guide local, elles sont un complément et doivent être prises comme tel. Ne partez surtout pas seul, sans avertir qui que ce soit ! Le tracé de certains sentiers peut changer d'une année sur l'autre, les glissements de terrains, coulées de boue étant suffisamment nombreux.