Hikal Guest House & Restaurant

Overview

Sitting right on the Karakoram Highway in the Jaffarabad stretch of Hunza Nagar, Hikal Guest House is about as convenient as it gets for travellers moving along the N-35. Guests pay between PKR 6,500 ... read more

Sitting right on the Karakoram Highway in the Jaffarabad stretch of Hunza Nagar, Hikal Guest House is about as convenient as it gets for travellers moving along the N-35. Guests pay between PKR 6,500 and PKR 9,000 a night, and the draw here is refreshingly simple: a proper on-site cook and kitchen, so a hot meal is waiting whether you roll in at dusk or need something before an early start up the valley. This is a no-frills roadside stop rather than a full-service hotel, and that honesty is part of its charm for road-trippers who mostly want a bed and a good dinner between long driving days. The highway location means you are perfectly placed to push on towards Hunza, Nagar or back down to Gilgit whenever you are ready, without threading through side lanes to find the main road again. For anyone chasing the mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan on a budget, it is a practical, hospitable link in the chain.