Pakistan: The Valley of the Immortals | Deadliest Journeys

In winter, villages perched at over 12,000 feet altitude are practically cut off from the rest of the world. A mere few tracks, hacked into the mountain schist, overlooking dizzy precipices, lead up to them. These tracks are the only supply routes for the villages of Shimshal or Chipoorson.

Raymond and Mohammad are two of the rare drivers crazy enough to risk taking these roads covered in snow and ice. The least mistake at the wheel of their 4×4 vehicle or minibus will send them crashing down two thousand feet below.

A few miles from the Chinese border, nestling in the hollow of the Hunza mountains, the Wakhi villages carry on their ancestral traditions: like bouzkachi, a ferocious game where acrobatic riders fight for the carcass of a goat.

00:00 The Hunza valley lies in the far north of Pakistan, clinging to the foothills of the Himalayas on the borders of China and Afghanistan.
6:15 Even the car has trouble on these roads
21:03 Drivers face tough opponents
31:50 Women work as hard as men
41:41 In this valley you only know fear

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[dead_or_alive]

A very close friend and a wonderful man was Pakistan and he would go back to his country once a year for a month. Every time he would bring me a couple outfits specifically made. He would always say he picked those patterns out to match my hair. I always offered to pay but he just smiled and said friendships are meant to be treasured and this is just one way I treasure you. We would sit some times for hours and he’d tell me stories of his homeland. He was one of the kindest, honest, trustworthy and loving person and I miss him so. But he passed away in his beloved Pakistan and for that I am grateful. Thank you for showing the Pakistan people in good light, they deserve it.

[pedrofelipe]

Pakistan is an amazing country.
A hug here from Brazil to Pakistani people🤗❤️👍🇧🇷🇵🇰

[WhereIsWiljenn]

I've ridden there on my motorcycle all the way to the Chinese border. Landslides, waterfalls over the road, glaciers that destroyed entire roads as well..crazy but so so beautiful. Pakistan has a special place in my heart💚.

[ABN_KSA]

من السعوديه 🇸🇦 تحياتنا للشعب الباكستاني 💚

[rudiklein]

I'm deeply humbled seeing how these people face the daily challenges. In my country, the Netherlands, people complain when the train is one minute late or some markings are missing on the highway.

[austinmwiinga]

Before I watched these documentaries, I used to complain about roads going to my farm from Lusaka, my hometown in Zambia. After watching few of these documentaries, I realised that there are more challenging places across the globe. Thanks a lot for opening my eyes. Nice documentary.

[antoniomontana]

I hope one day I can visit this magnificent valley. Selamun aleykum to Pakistan brothers from ISTANBUL..

[MickAngelhere]

I was in the Hunza Valley back in 1990 and I thought that the Karakoram Road was insane, the road to Shimshal is another level of insanity and driving it at night, Good Lord!
The Hunza Valley is an amazing, magical place and if you have never been there, then go, you will not regret it as it is truly a stunning place, I hope to one day go back and see those mountains once again 👍👍👍

[williammccreadie]

Watching this awesome documentary from Nairobi, Kenya and must say am humbled and now more educated on how the beautiful people of the breathtaking mountainous region of Pakistan live it’s absolutely amazing how the human spirit works and the limits it can endure. I respect you my brothers, mothers and sisters ❤

[soldierofislam]

What beautiful country and raw nature. Mountains are just insane.

[alfreddaniels]

Fantastic docu. I was two times in Northern Pakistan: in 1975 in Swat and in 1979 in Chitral. By that time the roads further north were even worse and even more dangerous.

[neelum]

Salute to brave Pakistani people, their defiant life journey and belief in Allah make them strong.

[iorncross]

Beautiful and very interesting...thanks.❤🌹from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

[pagehill]

I was visiting that exact place Hungza valley in October 2016. The people there are so friendly and happy. There’s nothing for me to complain about since then. That road made me so nervous when I sit in the minibus. I couldn’t imagine they still drive in winter. God bless them!

[alizadran]

beautiful country love from Afghanistan

[mariakelly]

Maximum Respect to the brave people of the Hunza Valley.

[dueycarter]

breathtaking beauty with heart stopping danger, i took my first trip to this part of the country a couple weeks ago!! i love it and I love Pakistan, my second country, ( i am American) . I will be back in Pakistan in a few months and i cant wait!!

[EgonFarkas]

Gyönyörű vidék, a hegyek parancsolnak, mégis úgy érzem, csodálatos az életük, mélyen belül 'irigylem' őket.. 🙏

[MoonAli]

Very Happy to see my Beautiful Country
Thankyou for such Excellent presentation to World
Love From Punjab Pakistan ❤️❤️❤️

[AsifKhan-uryk]

I am from the same area. Hunza Pakistan. One of the best tourist destinations in the world!