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Kalasha Valleys, Pakistan

cover photo by Jacopo Della Valle

Location added by Jacopo Della Valle

The information about this location have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator.

Rank : 9.0 (average on 1 votes)

Coordinates : 35.69523697602474, 71.67600329950184 (Open in Google Maps)

Subjects : In the Valle de Kalash the local population usually dresses in traditional clothes. Wandering in the valley gives the opportunity to come across encounters with very interesting characters. It is said that the inhabitants of these areas are direct descendants of Alexander the Great; The European traits and the constant presence of clear eyes in the subjects make this place an incredible destination for lovers of the genre.

Recommended equipment : For those who love portraiture certainly lenses such as a 35mm or 85mm will do their job very well. Having in your kit also a 20mm will allow you to capture the beauty of the valley with its barren and impervious nature.

Best months : The Kalash Valley has an altitude between 1600 and 2300 meters and is sheltered by the mountains of the Hindu Kush, so it has a dry climate. In kalash there are 4 seasons and the best times to visit it are spring and autumn, where there are sunny days not too hot in which you can also enjoy the colors of the woods.

How to get there : The nearest town is Chitral, from which you can reach the Kalash valley with 2.5 hours by car or about 4 hours by bus. Coming from abroad it is not easy to reach Chitral by plane, because there is a limited availability of flights that are often canceled or delayed due to bad weather. Another alternative is to reach Peshawar by plane and rent a car with a driver there. It takes 10 hours by car: Peshawar and the Kalash valley are about 370 km away, but especially in the last stretch the roads are narrow and disconnected, often impassable in winter.

Visits : The Kalash Valley includes three different valleys: Bumburet, Rumbur and the more remote birir valley.Each valley has numerous villages, in which the Kalash population lives following its ancient traditions and lifestyles: they have traditional costumes that they wear every day, live in typical wooden houses, work in the fields and weave to the loom, they have watermills and religious temples. The Kalasha Dur Museum is located in Brun, in the Bumburet valley, and shows the history and characteristics of the Kalash culture: it contains objects of great ethnological interest, is open from 9 am to 4 pm and there is often a caretaker who speaks English and assists visitors. In addition, from the valleys of the Kalash it is possible to undertake various excursions between the villages, in the woods or in the mountains.

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