Skardu · Baltistan · Pakistan
A little closer to home.
Thoughtful stays and journeys through the north, shaped around your people, your pace, and the feeling you came for.
Come in, stay awhile
A room with a view.
A welcome that means it.
Handpicked homes and small stays with the people, stories and mountain mornings that make a place stay with you.
The Gharbound feeling
Good journeys begin with being looked after.
We’re shaping Gharbound around thoughtful hosting and privately tailored days: planned with your interests in mind, then checked against what’s actually possible on the ground.
Meet the guide
The person behind the journey
Safar · the way there
A guide’s point of view
A veteran guide. A welcome that feels familiar.
Long before Gharbound, Ibi was a pioneer of tailored city tours in Karachi, creating thoughtful, personal ways to meet the city. He has since welcomed expats back to Pakistan on several homecoming journeys. Now Ibi and his team bring that same instinct for personal, generous hosting to Skardu: private days shaped around your people, your curiosities and your pace, with every plan checked against the season and conditions on the ground.
Beyond the road, Ibi runs several ventures and is learning three languages. Curiosity, after all, is a way of meeting the world.
Message Ibi and his team on WhatsAppA note from up north
Take the long way.
Stay for the tea.
Some places ask you to slow down. In Baltistan, the best moments often arrive between plans: a longer conversation, a second cup, the last light finding the mountain across the valley. We make room for those moments.
Thoughtful hosting · private journeys · the north, at your pace
A little map, a real place
Somewhere between
the river and the mountains.
Arrive by air, find a favourite mumtu stop, wander the old town, then let the road open toward Katpana and Satpara. We’ll be here to welcome you.
Come home by another road.
Tell us what you’re dreaming of. We’ll help you find the way.