Shandur Top (el. 12,200 feet (3,700m)) located in Ghizer District, Pakistan. Shandur is often called the 'Roof of the World'. The top is flat, a plateau and can be crossed between late April and early November. The grade is very gradual, and the area is crossed by plentiful small streams during summer.
Every year there is a polo match played on Shandur Top between the home teams of Gilgit and Chitral teams from other regions.
Shandur Pass is one of the major mountain passes between Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Shandur Polo Festival
Shandur invites visitors to experience a traditional polo tournament which since 1936 has been held annually in the first week of July between the local teams of Chitral and Ghizer. The tournament is held on Shandur Top, the highest polo ground in the world at 3,700meters (the pass itself is at 3,800meters). The festival also includes Folk music, dancing and a camping village is set up. The polo tournament is featured in the first episode of Himalaya with Michael Palin.
In Pakistan, the Wildest, Highest & NO-RULES Polo Festival | SHANDUR 2019
Welcome to the Shandur Polo Festival in Northern Pakistan. I'm bringing you wild action from the world's only polo festival which has absolutely no rules - and which happens to take place on the highest polo ground in the world.
If you're an international tourist, you can come see the festival every yearwith Wild Frontiers, one of the original companies to bring foreign tourism into Pakistan over 20 years ago. I'm excited to have partnered up with them on this film. Check out their upcoming tours over on:
https://www.wildfrontierstravel.com
A huge THANK YOU goes to the Tourism Corporation KP (TCKP, https://www.facebook.com/kptourism/), Minister Atif Khan and his entire team for putting on this incredible event.
Follow me on Instagram for daily adventures from around the world as I expl...
published: 15 Jul 2019
Shandur Polo Festival | Pakistan
Shandur Polo Festival is one of the biggest and unique festivals in Pakistan. This festival is held from 7 to 9 July every year on Shandur Pass in Ghizer District of Gilgit Baltistan. The polo match is played between the teams of Chitral District and districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, is a *free-style game.
Organized and financed by the Tourism Corporation of KPK, the tournament is held on Shandur Top, the highest polo ground in the world at 3,700 meters (the pass itself is at 3,800 meters). The festival also includes Folk music, dancing and a camping village is set up.
*Free-styled mountain polo is arguably polo in its purest form. This version of the game played at Shandur-Top has attained legendary status and is of great interest to international and domestic adventure tourists alike. The...
published: 08 Jan 2020
A Visit to shandur valley (mini switzerland)
A Visit to shandur valley (mini Switzerland) vlog from this most beautiful place .
published: 12 Oct 2017
Adventures in Mastuj on way to Shandur
This is the 11th episode of my road trip series across Pakistan. In this episode we will travel from Booni towards Shandur Pass, crossing a small town on way, called Mastuj but some unforeseen circumstances altered our itinerary.
Stay tuned for upcoming Vlogs in which i will cover regions of Malakand division, KPK, Chitral, Gilgit Baltistan and Kashmir.
Insaaf Bhai's contact in Booni 03472032151
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/vahabvaince/
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/vahabvaince/
Email: [email protected]
MUSIC: https://www.epidemicsound.com
#chitral
#Travelpakistan
published: 02 Sep 2020
World's Most Dangerous Road | Chitral To Shandur - Gilgit Road Travel Guide Vlog
The Gilgit–Shandur Road is 212 km provincial highway of Gilgit-Baltistan linking Gilgit with Shandur. From Shandur, the road continues and crosses into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where it becomes the Chitral–Shandur Road or KP Highway 2.
published: 26 Oct 2020
Mastuj (Chitral) To Shandur Top | On Bikes | Shandur Pass | Shandur Track On Motor Bikes
Shandur pass (top) at the height of 3700 m, is connects Chitral to Gilgit Baltistan, in Pakistan. It is about 25 kilometers square of flat surface inbetween high mountains where the royals of Afghanistan and Gilgit Baltistan used to converge up to play polo and built rapport between the two kingdoms.
The weather and temperature at Shandur top is pleasant in summers, but the rays of the sun burn deep. So bring your sun caps, sunglasses and UV protection cream with you. Also there is nothing much to eat after Mastuj, so stock food and snacks before you leave Chitral towards Laspar and Shandur pass.
Welcome to the Shandur Polo Festival in Northern Pakistan. I'm bringing you wild action from the world's only polo festival which has absolutely no rules - and ...
Welcome to the Shandur Polo Festival in Northern Pakistan. I'm bringing you wild action from the world's only polo festival which has absolutely no rules - and which happens to take place on the highest polo ground in the world.
If you're an international tourist, you can come see the festival every yearwith Wild Frontiers, one of the original companies to bring foreign tourism into Pakistan over 20 years ago. I'm excited to have partnered up with them on this film. Check out their upcoming tours over on:
https://www.wildfrontierstravel.com
A huge THANK YOU goes to the Tourism Corporation KP (TCKP, https://www.facebook.com/kptourism/), Minister Atif Khan and his entire team for putting on this incredible event.
Follow me on Instagram for daily adventures from around the world as I explore places rarely visited by tourists:
http://www.instagram.com/evazubeck
Videography by the A-Team: Danish Khan (http://www.instagram.com/iamkhandanish) and myself 🙌
Welcome to the Shandur Polo Festival in Northern Pakistan. I'm bringing you wild action from the world's only polo festival which has absolutely no rules - and which happens to take place on the highest polo ground in the world.
If you're an international tourist, you can come see the festival every yearwith Wild Frontiers, one of the original companies to bring foreign tourism into Pakistan over 20 years ago. I'm excited to have partnered up with them on this film. Check out their upcoming tours over on:
https://www.wildfrontierstravel.com
A huge THANK YOU goes to the Tourism Corporation KP (TCKP, https://www.facebook.com/kptourism/), Minister Atif Khan and his entire team for putting on this incredible event.
Follow me on Instagram for daily adventures from around the world as I explore places rarely visited by tourists:
http://www.instagram.com/evazubeck
Videography by the A-Team: Danish Khan (http://www.instagram.com/iamkhandanish) and myself 🙌
Shandur Polo Festival is one of the biggest and unique festivals in Pakistan. This festival is held from 7 to 9 July every year on Shandur Pass in Ghizer Distri...
Shandur Polo Festival is one of the biggest and unique festivals in Pakistan. This festival is held from 7 to 9 July every year on Shandur Pass in Ghizer District of Gilgit Baltistan. The polo match is played between the teams of Chitral District and districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, is a *free-style game.
Organized and financed by the Tourism Corporation of KPK, the tournament is held on Shandur Top, the highest polo ground in the world at 3,700 meters (the pass itself is at 3,800 meters). The festival also includes Folk music, dancing and a camping village is set up.
*Free-styled mountain polo is arguably polo in its purest form. This version of the game played at Shandur-Top has attained legendary status and is of great interest to international and domestic adventure tourists alike. There are no umpires and there are no holds barred. The rules are: There are no rules! In "The Roof of the World".
Thank you Mustafa (www.youtube.com/dslrwalaybhai) for helping me in post 🙌🏼
You can also find on
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/iamkhandanish
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/iamkhandanish
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/iamkhandanish
Peace :)
#pakistan #shandurnationalpark #shandurpolofestival #gameofthekings
Shandur Polo Festival is one of the biggest and unique festivals in Pakistan. This festival is held from 7 to 9 July every year on Shandur Pass in Ghizer District of Gilgit Baltistan. The polo match is played between the teams of Chitral District and districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, is a *free-style game.
Organized and financed by the Tourism Corporation of KPK, the tournament is held on Shandur Top, the highest polo ground in the world at 3,700 meters (the pass itself is at 3,800 meters). The festival also includes Folk music, dancing and a camping village is set up.
*Free-styled mountain polo is arguably polo in its purest form. This version of the game played at Shandur-Top has attained legendary status and is of great interest to international and domestic adventure tourists alike. There are no umpires and there are no holds barred. The rules are: There are no rules! In "The Roof of the World".
Thank you Mustafa (www.youtube.com/dslrwalaybhai) for helping me in post 🙌🏼
You can also find on
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/iamkhandanish
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/iamkhandanish
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/iamkhandanish
Peace :)
#pakistan #shandurnationalpark #shandurpolofestival #gameofthekings
This is the 11th episode of my road trip series across Pakistan. In this episode we will travel from Booni towards Shandur Pass, crossing a small town on way, c...
This is the 11th episode of my road trip series across Pakistan. In this episode we will travel from Booni towards Shandur Pass, crossing a small town on way, called Mastuj but some unforeseen circumstances altered our itinerary.
Stay tuned for upcoming Vlogs in which i will cover regions of Malakand division, KPK, Chitral, Gilgit Baltistan and Kashmir.
Insaaf Bhai's contact in Booni 03472032151
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/vahabvaince/
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/vahabvaince/
Email: [email protected]
MUSIC: https://www.epidemicsound.com
#chitral
#Travelpakistan
This is the 11th episode of my road trip series across Pakistan. In this episode we will travel from Booni towards Shandur Pass, crossing a small town on way, called Mastuj but some unforeseen circumstances altered our itinerary.
Stay tuned for upcoming Vlogs in which i will cover regions of Malakand division, KPK, Chitral, Gilgit Baltistan and Kashmir.
Insaaf Bhai's contact in Booni 03472032151
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/vahabvaince/
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/vahabvaince/
Email: [email protected]
MUSIC: https://www.epidemicsound.com
#chitral
#Travelpakistan
The Gilgit–Shandur Road is 212 km provincial highway of Gilgit-Baltistan linking Gilgit with Shandur. From Shandur, the road continues and crosses into Khyber P...
The Gilgit–Shandur Road is 212 km provincial highway of Gilgit-Baltistan linking Gilgit with Shandur. From Shandur, the road continues and crosses into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where it becomes the Chitral–Shandur Road or KP Highway 2.
The Gilgit–Shandur Road is 212 km provincial highway of Gilgit-Baltistan linking Gilgit with Shandur. From Shandur, the road continues and crosses into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where it becomes the Chitral–Shandur Road or KP Highway 2.
Shandur pass (top) at the height of 3700 m, is connects Chitral to Gilgit Baltistan, in Pakistan. It is about 25 kilometers square of flat surface inbetween hig...
Shandur pass (top) at the height of 3700 m, is connects Chitral to Gilgit Baltistan, in Pakistan. It is about 25 kilometers square of flat surface inbetween high mountains where the royals of Afghanistan and Gilgit Baltistan used to converge up to play polo and built rapport between the two kingdoms.
The weather and temperature at Shandur top is pleasant in summers, but the rays of the sun burn deep. So bring your sun caps, sunglasses and UV protection cream with you. Also there is nothing much to eat after Mastuj, so stock food and snacks before you leave Chitral towards Laspar and Shandur pass.
Shandur pass (top) at the height of 3700 m, is connects Chitral to Gilgit Baltistan, in Pakistan. It is about 25 kilometers square of flat surface inbetween high mountains where the royals of Afghanistan and Gilgit Baltistan used to converge up to play polo and built rapport between the two kingdoms.
The weather and temperature at Shandur top is pleasant in summers, but the rays of the sun burn deep. So bring your sun caps, sunglasses and UV protection cream with you. Also there is nothing much to eat after Mastuj, so stock food and snacks before you leave Chitral towards Laspar and Shandur pass.
Welcome to the Shandur Polo Festival in Northern Pakistan. I'm bringing you wild action from the world's only polo festival which has absolutely no rules - and which happens to take place on the highest polo ground in the world.
If you're an international tourist, you can come see the festival every yearwith Wild Frontiers, one of the original companies to bring foreign tourism into Pakistan over 20 years ago. I'm excited to have partnered up with them on this film. Check out their upcoming tours over on:
https://www.wildfrontierstravel.com
A huge THANK YOU goes to the Tourism Corporation KP (TCKP, https://www.facebook.com/kptourism/), Minister Atif Khan and his entire team for putting on this incredible event.
Follow me on Instagram for daily adventures from around the world as I explore places rarely visited by tourists:
http://www.instagram.com/evazubeck
Videography by the A-Team: Danish Khan (http://www.instagram.com/iamkhandanish) and myself 🙌
Shandur Polo Festival is one of the biggest and unique festivals in Pakistan. This festival is held from 7 to 9 July every year on Shandur Pass in Ghizer District of Gilgit Baltistan. The polo match is played between the teams of Chitral District and districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, is a *free-style game.
Organized and financed by the Tourism Corporation of KPK, the tournament is held on Shandur Top, the highest polo ground in the world at 3,700 meters (the pass itself is at 3,800 meters). The festival also includes Folk music, dancing and a camping village is set up.
*Free-styled mountain polo is arguably polo in its purest form. This version of the game played at Shandur-Top has attained legendary status and is of great interest to international and domestic adventure tourists alike. There are no umpires and there are no holds barred. The rules are: There are no rules! In "The Roof of the World".
Thank you Mustafa (www.youtube.com/dslrwalaybhai) for helping me in post 🙌🏼
You can also find on
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/iamkhandanish
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/iamkhandanish
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/iamkhandanish
Peace :)
#pakistan #shandurnationalpark #shandurpolofestival #gameofthekings
This is the 11th episode of my road trip series across Pakistan. In this episode we will travel from Booni towards Shandur Pass, crossing a small town on way, called Mastuj but some unforeseen circumstances altered our itinerary.
Stay tuned for upcoming Vlogs in which i will cover regions of Malakand division, KPK, Chitral, Gilgit Baltistan and Kashmir.
Insaaf Bhai's contact in Booni 03472032151
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/vahabvaince/
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/vahabvaince/
Email: [email protected]
MUSIC: https://www.epidemicsound.com
#chitral
#Travelpakistan
The Gilgit–Shandur Road is 212 km provincial highway of Gilgit-Baltistan linking Gilgit with Shandur. From Shandur, the road continues and crosses into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where it becomes the Chitral–Shandur Road or KP Highway 2.
Shandur pass (top) at the height of 3700 m, is connects Chitral to Gilgit Baltistan, in Pakistan. It is about 25 kilometers square of flat surface inbetween high mountains where the royals of Afghanistan and Gilgit Baltistan used to converge up to play polo and built rapport between the two kingdoms.
The weather and temperature at Shandur top is pleasant in summers, but the rays of the sun burn deep. So bring your sun caps, sunglasses and UV protection cream with you. Also there is nothing much to eat after Mastuj, so stock food and snacks before you leave Chitral towards Laspar and Shandur pass.
Shandur Top (el. 12,200 feet (3,700m)) located in Ghizer District, Pakistan. Shandur is often called the 'Roof of the World'. The top is flat, a plateau and can be crossed between late April and early November. The grade is very gradual, and the area is crossed by plentiful small streams during summer.
Every year there is a polo match played on Shandur Top between the home teams of Gilgit and Chitral teams from other regions.
Shandur Pass is one of the major mountain passes between Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Shandur Polo Festival
Shandur invites visitors to experience a traditional polo tournament which since 1936 has been held annually in the first week of July between the local teams of Chitral and Ghizer. The tournament is held on Shandur Top, the highest polo ground in the world at 3,700meters (the pass itself is at 3,800meters). The festival also includes Folk music, dancing and a camping village is set up. The polo tournament is featured in the first episode of Himalaya with Michael Palin.
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Three Malaysian tourists stranded at Shandur Top while going to Gilgit-Baltistan from Chitral were rescued by the personnel of Chitral Levies and were handed over to the Gilgit Scouts.