Tul Pallav Travel & Hotel Booking
Snow-covered peaks above a valley in northern Pakistan

About Tul Pallav Travels

Born in these mountains.
Built to share them well.

We are a locally owned travel company from Tehjian Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan. Since 2015 we have designed small-group and private journeys across northern Pakistan — planned by the people who live here, and run to standards we would expect for our own families.

Tehjian Valley•Gilgit-Baltistan•Est. 2015•100% Local Guides
Plan your journeyBrowse destinations
500+
Guests hostedFamilies and small groups since 2015
12
Regions coveredFrom Naran to the Karakoram
20+
Years on trailsCombined guiding experience
4.9
Average ratingAcross verified post-trip reviews
Mountain ridge line at dawn in northern Pakistan

Sunrise over the ridge our founder grew up beneath.

Est. 2015

Our story

Mountains are not scenery to us — they are home

“Every peak here holds a memory, and every valley a story that has been handed down rather than written.”

Tul Pallav Travels began because too many visitors were leaving the north having seen it only through a windscreen — guided by operators from elsewhere who treated these valleys as a product rather than a place people live.

Today a small team of local guides plans and leads every trip. We do not simply point at the view. We introduce you to the households, the cooking, the working seasons and the customs that make this region what it is — and we explain what is appropriate and what is not.

Each journey channels money back into village economies, employs regional talent at fair rates, and leaves the landscape as we found it. That is the whole business model.

Tul Pallav TeamFounder & Lead Guides

Our journey

Four decades, one valley, a growing map

From a childhood spent on these trails to a registered operator working across twelve regions — the milestones that shaped how we travel today.

  1. 1985

    Rooted in the valley

    Our founder grows up in Tehjian Valley among apple orchards, glacier streams and the elders who keep its stories.

    Tehjian Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan
  2. 2005

    First guests from abroad

    Informal hosting turns into guiding — first for friends of friends, then for travellers arriving from twelve countries.

    First 12 international guests
  3. 2015

    Tul Pallav Travels founded

    The practice becomes a registered company, built around fair local pay, small groups and honest itineraries.

    Company registration & first tours
  4. Today

    A team, not a tour desk

    A tight crew of mountain, cultural and logistics specialists running trips across twelve regions of the north.

    Same values, wider map

How we work

Three commitments behind every itinerary

The same three rules apply whether the trip is a family valley stay or a long expedition — they are how we decide what to include, and what to refuse.

Responsible by default

Leave-no-trace routing, locally sourced supplies and a fixed share of every booking spent inside the communities we visit.

Genuine hospitality

No staged performances or manufactured "authenticity" — you meet the families, cooks and drivers we have worked with for years.

Operational rigour

Vetted vehicles, altitude-aware pacing, satellite comms on remote routes and a documented plan for every day of the trip.

Deep dive

The Tehjian Valley story

Four short chapters on the history, people and living culture of the valley we come from.

HistoryChapter 01

History

Trade routes, invasions and the ancient paths that shaped life across the valley.

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The PeopleChapter 02

The People

Who lives here, how they farm and herd, and why hospitality is a matter of honour.

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CultureChapter 03

Culture

Language, music, festivals and the craft traditions still practised in the villages.

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Our Family StoryChapter 04

Our Family Story

From a valley childhood to guiding travellers — the story behind the company.

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The team

Meet the guides who will be with you

Four specialists, all from the regions they lead in — trained in mountain safety, and fluent in the context behind what you are seeing.

Local Guide

Tul Pallav

Founder & Lead Guide

Twenty years guiding across Gilgit-Baltistan; plans every itinerary personally.

  • Tehjian expert
  • High altitude
  • Cultural
Local Guide

Zafar Ali

Senior Mountain Guide

Certified in wilderness first response, with a decade on Hunza and Nagar routes.

  • Hunza valley
  • Rock climbing
  • Photography
Local Guide

Naseem Khan

Cultural Guide

Historian and translator who opens doors in villages guidebooks never reach.

  • Folklore
  • Cuisine
  • History
Local Guide

Aamir Raza

Trek Operations Lead

Runs logistics, porter teams and safety planning for long-form expeditions.

  • K2 basecamp
  • Wilderness
  • Safety

Ready when you are

Tell us what you want from the north, and we will build it

Share your dates, pace and interests. You will get a considered itinerary and a straight answer about what is realistic — written by the person who will guide you.

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Licensed & insuredRegistered tour operator with vetted transport and trained guides.
Support around the clockA named contact reachable before, during and after your journey.
Locally ownedEvery guide, cook and driver is hired from the region we travel in.