Lonely Planet Pakistan & the Karakoram Highway

by Lindsay Brown, Owen Bennett-Jones, Kimberley O'Neil, et al.

This guidebook includes tales of the native culture, from the pornographic cinemas in Lahore to catching crabs in Karachi. Details on excursion by jeep or steam train up the Khyber Pass are included,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0864427093
• ISBN13: 9780864427090
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

An Essential Pakistan Guide!

After using this Lonely Planet Pakistan & the Karakoram Highway 7th edition during my recent 6 week trip to Pakistan I must say that this book is an essential guide for sure. I traveled all along the Karakoram Highway from Kashgar (China) down to Islamabad. From Islamabad I continued to explore the rest of this fascinating country to the southern city of Karachi. If you are planning a visit to Pakistan you simply must have this book. My only criticism is that the map inset of the Karakoram Highway contains serious errors such as placing Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan along the Karakoram Highway region. Lonely Planet should correct these errors as soon as possible so travelers don't think they can cross into Pakistan from those two countries through which I also traveled in 2008.

Lonely Planet Pakistan & the Karakoram Highway

Lonely Planet Guide is the bible of all backpackers. Once again I would not travel without this addition for Pakistan.

Great book for a great country

Pakistan is among the tourism world's best kept secrets, and this book throws open those secrets very well. Lonely Planet has always been good with detail and comprehensive coverage, and that trend continues with its coverage on Pakistan. Without the off-the-beaten track records, I would have missed some of the greatest historical and cultural artifacts that Pakistan has to offer. And the guide truly works as you trek up north into Pakistan's majestic mountains that offer the most mind-blowing natural beauty - even India's Kashmir area is nothing compared to the rugged and untouched beaty of the Swat River Valley all the way to whitewater rafting areas in Gilgit. So when you head to Pakistan, definitely take this book along.

Wonderful details and descriptions

I found this book very helpful in getting to know this exotic country, full of adventure and culture. I recommend this book highly to folks who want to know about the indus valley culture and Pakistan.