Home · Photo credits

Image sources

Photo credits

Who took the destination photographs on this site, and the licence each one is used under.

These are third-party photographs of the places our trips visit, by the photographers named below. They are not photographs of our own departures, guides or guests, and their use does not imply that the photographers endorse us.

Photos under the Unsplash License are credited as a courtesy. Photos under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) licence are credited as that licence requires; the versions shown here are adaptations (see “Changes”) and are shared under the same licence as the original.

“Used on” lists where each photo was placed when this page was published; editors can change images afterwards.

  1. K2 rising above clouds and glacial terrain.

    K2

    K2

    Photographer
    Daniel Born
    Source
    Original photo page for K2 (opens in a new tab)
    Licence
    Unsplash License
    Changes
    Resized and converted to WebP. Shown cropped to fit each page layout and resized again for delivery. No retouching, colour changes or compositing.
    Used on
  2. Nanga Parbat above the glacier and forests seen from Fairy Meadows.

    Nanga Parbat - Fairy Meadow's

    Nanga Parbat seen from Fairy Meadows / Raikot Sarai

    Photographer
    Abdul Saboor
    Source
    Original photo page for Nanga Parbat - Fairy Meadow's (opens in a new tab)
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0)
    Changes
    Resized and converted to WebP. Shown cropped to fit each page layout and resized again for delivery. No retouching, colour changes or compositing. This adaptation is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
    Used on
  3. Green grassland and forest at Fairy Meadows beneath cloud-covered mountains.

    Beautiful view of Fairy Meadows, Pakistan

    Fairy Meadows

    Photographer
    Pervisha Khan (Khanumsays)
    Source
    Original photo page for Beautiful view of Fairy Meadows, Pakistan (opens in a new tab)
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 3.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0)
    Changes
    Resized and converted to WebP. Shown cropped to fit each page layout and resized again for delivery. No retouching, colour changes or compositing. This adaptation is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
    Used on
  4. Turquoise Attabad Lake beside steep rocky slopes in Hunza.

    Attabad Lake aerial view

    Attabad Lake, Hunza

    Photographer
    Ijaz Rafi
    Source
    Original photo page for Attabad Lake aerial view (opens in a new tab)
    Licence
    Unsplash License
    Changes
    Resized and converted to WebP. Shown cropped to fit each page layout and resized again for delivery. No retouching, colour changes or compositing.
    Used on
  5. The jagged Passu Cones beneath blue sky in Upper Hunza.

    Passu Cones

    Passu Cones, Upper Hunza

    Photographer
    ammar haq
    Source
    Original photo page for Passu Cones (opens in a new tab)
    Licence
    Unsplash License
    Changes
    Resized and converted to WebP. Shown cropped to fit each page layout and resized again for delivery. No retouching, colour changes or compositing.
    Used on
  6. Snow-covered Rakaposhi rising beneath cloud and blue sky.

    Rakaposhi Mountain

    Rakaposhi

    Photographer
    Osama Khan
    Source
    Original photo page for Rakaposhi Mountain (opens in a new tab)
    Licence
    Unsplash License
    Changes
    Resized and converted to WebP. Shown cropped to fit each page layout and resized again for delivery. No retouching, colour changes or compositing.
    Used on
  7. Tents on grassland below a glacier on the Rakaposhi base-camp trek.

    Rakaposhi peak base 08

    Rakaposhi base-camp trek region

    Photographer
    Old:hunza
    Source
    Original photo page for Rakaposhi peak base 08 (opens in a new tab)
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 3.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0)
    Changes
    Resized and converted to WebP. Shown cropped to fit each page layout and resized again for delivery. No retouching, colour changes or compositing. This adaptation is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
    Used on
  8. Sheosar Lake surrounded by green high-altitude grassland in Deosai.

    Sheosar lake, deosai

    Sheosar Lake, Deosai National Park

    Photographer
    Uzair889
    Source
    Original photo page for Sheosar lake, deosai (opens in a new tab)
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0)
    Changes
    Resized and converted to WebP. Shown cropped to fit each page layout and resized again for delivery. No retouching, colour changes or compositing. This adaptation is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
    Used on
  9. Bara Pani river crossing the open grasslands of Deosai.

    Deosai - Bara Pani

    Bara Pani, Deosai National Park

    Photographer
    Akbar Khan Niazi
    Source
    Original photo page for Deosai - Bara Pani (opens in a new tab)
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0)
    Changes
    Resized and converted to WebP. Shown cropped to fit each page layout and resized again for delivery. No retouching, colour changes or compositing. This adaptation is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
    Used on
  10. River flowing through the open plateau of Deosai National Park.

    Deosai river landscape

    Deosai National Park

    Photographer
    Waqas Akhtar
    Source
    Original photo page for Deosai river landscape (opens in a new tab)
    Licence
    Unsplash License
    Changes
    Resized and converted to WebP. Shown cropped to fit each page layout and resized again for delivery. No retouching, colour changes or compositing.
    Used on
  11. Cold-desert landscape with distant mountains near Skardu.

    Cold Desert near Skardu

    Cold desert near Skardu

    Photographer
    Hammad Hassan Baloch
    Source
    Original photo page for Cold Desert near Skardu (opens in a new tab)
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0)
    Changes
    Resized and converted to WebP. Shown cropped to fit each page layout and resized again for delivery. No retouching, colour changes or compositing. This adaptation is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
    Used on
  12. Forested valley in the Fairy Meadows area.

    Fairy Meadows valley scene

    Fairy Meadows area, as identified by photographer

    Photographer
    Aqib Bilal
    Source
    Original photo page for Fairy Meadows valley scene (opens in a new tab)
    Licence
    Unsplash License
    Changes
    Resized and converted to WebP. Shown cropped to fit each page layout and resized again for delivery. No retouching, colour changes or compositing.
    Used on
  13. Baltit Fort above the buildings of Karimabad beneath steep mountains.

    Baltit Fort and Karimabad

    Baltit Fort, Karimabad, Hunza

    Photographer
    The Hunzai Lad
    Source
    Original photo page for Baltit Fort and Karimabad (opens in a new tab)
    Licence
    Unsplash License
    Changes
    Resized and converted to WebP. Shown cropped to fit each page layout and resized again for delivery. No retouching, colour changes or compositing.
    Used on