Day 1

Arrival at Islamabad Airport

Islamabad-Taxila (40 km) one hour drive, full-day tour.

Transfer to hotel for breakfast and then out again to visit Taxila city.

It’s a significant archaeological hub that lies about 40km north-west of Islamabad, just off the famous GT road. Taxila was an important city of Ancient India, situated at the pivotal junction of the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia. The origin of Taxila as a city goes back to circa 1,000 BCE. Some ruins at Taxila date to the time of the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BCE, followed successively by the Mauryan empire, Indo-Greek, Indo-Scythian, and Kushan empire periods. Owing to its strategic location, Taxila has changed hands many times over the centuries, with many empires vying for its control. When the great ancient trade routes connecting these regions ceased to be important, the city sank into insignificance and was finally destroyed by the nomadic Hunas in the 5th century.

Cultural heritage is spread throughout Taxila. It’s worth to see this human treasure.

• Taxila Museum
• Julian Buddhist Monastery
• Dharma Rajika stupa
• Sirkap Ancient City of Taxila
• Jandial Temple
• Mohra Muradhu
• Visit stone cutters handicraft shops/ workshops
Afternoon drive back to Islamabad overnight Islamabad

Day 2

Full-Day Islamabad City Tour

Morning drive to Rawalpindi to see the hustling and bustling of people in Raja bazaar, the old bazaar of Rawalpindi. Later on visit Truck painting workshop to see painters at work to decorate trucks. After lunch visit Lok Virsa Museum, Pakistan Monument, Shakar Parrian garden, Faisal Mosque, Said Por village. Dinner at Melody Food street.

Overnight in Islamabad

Day 3

Islamabad-Lahore

Lahore is the capital of the Punjab and is the country’s 2nd largest city, as well as the 18th largest city in the world. Lahore is a cultural, commercial, and industrial city of Pakistan. It has richest historical and cultural heritage. Morning drive to Lahore through the motorway, passing through the villages and green crop fields, en route we visit the Katas temple complex, Khewra salt mines, the second largest salt mines in the world. Arrival in Lahore and transfer to hotel.

Day 4

Full-Day in Lahore

Full day excursion to Lahore city. We visit: * Lahore Museum * Badshahi Mosque built in 16th century * Lahore fort dating to the 16th to 17th century * Shalimar Garden built by Emperor Shah Jahan and the old walled city. In the evening, we enjoy the traditional local cuisine in Food street. Overnight in hotel

Day 5

Lahore-Multan

Multan is the second most ancient city of South Asia. It has over 2,500 years of history and is located on the bank of the Chenab river. Multan is Pakistan’s 7th largest city and is a major cultural and economic centre of southern Punjab. The ancient city was site of the renowned Multan Sun temple, and was besieged by Alexander the Great during the Mallian campaign. Multan was one of the most important trading centers of medieval Islamic India and attracted a multitude of Sufi mystics in the 11th and 12th centuries, earning the city the nickname ‘City of Saints’. Drive to Multan in the morning. En route, we visit the Harappa archaelogical site. We have lunch at a local restaurant and continue the drive to Multan. In the afternoon, we visit Hussain Aghahi bazaar and overnight in Multan.

Day 6

Multan-Bahawalpur-Rahim Yar Khan (263 km) 3:30 hrs

In the morning, we visit Multan, the city of Sufi shrines. We visit the tombs of Bahaudin Zakria and Shah Rukn Alam of 13th and 14th century. Later on, we drive to Derawar Fort, with a packed lunch box, and Uch Sharif.

Later on, we drive to Rahim Yar Khan for overnight.

Day 7

Rahim Yar Khan-Mohenjo-daro (316 km) 4:30 hrs

In the morning, we drive to Mohenjo-daro via the national highway. After lunch, we visit Mohenjo-daro museum and site. Mohenjo-daro, in the Sindhi language is a word meaning ‘Mound of the Dead men’. It’s an archaeological site of Sindh province. Built around 2,500 BCE, it was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, and one of the world’s earliest major cities, contemporaneous with the civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Norte Chico. Mohenjo-daro was abandoned in the 19th century BCE as the Indus Valley Civilization declined, and the site was not rediscovered until the 1920s. Significant excavation has since been conducted at the site of the city, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980. Overnight in Larkana or Mohenjo-daro guest house.

Day 8

Larkana, Ranikot Fort (235 km) 4 hrs

Ranikot Fort is a historical Talpur fort near Sann, Jamshoro district, Sindh, Pakistan. Ranikot Fort is also known as The Great Wall of Sindh and is believed to be the world’s largest fort, with a circumference of approximately 32 kilometers. The fort’s ramparts have been compared to the Great Wall of China. After completing the tour, we will drive to Hyderabad.

Overnight Hyderabad

Day 9

Hyderabad-Sehwan Sharif-Hyderabad

In the morning, we visit the Hyderabad Fort and tombs of Kalhora and Talpur Mirs. We visite the museum. After that, we drive to the famous Sufi shrine of Lal Shabaz Qalander at Sehwan.

Overnight in Hyderabad

Day 10

Hyderabad-Karachi

Drive to Karachi. En route, we visit the Shah Jahani Mosque and the Makli Hill cemetery. After lunch, we proceed to Bhanbore museum site and Chaukandi tombs. Upon arrival, we transfer to the hotel in Karachi for overnight. Karachi is the capital of the Sindh province. It’s the largest city in Pakistan and the seventh largest city in the world. The city is Pakistan’s premier industrial and financial centre. Karachi is Pakistan’s most cosmopolitan city, it’s the most linguistically, ethnically, and religiously diverse city, as well as one of Pakistan’s most secular and liberal cities.

Day 11

Full-Day Sight Seeing in Karachi

* Quaid-i-Azam mausoleum Mazar-e-Quaid, also known as Jinnah mausoleum or the National mausoleum, is the final resting place of Quaid-e-Azam (“Great Leader”) Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. Designed in a 1960s modernist style, it was completed in 1971, and is an iconic symbol of Karachi as well as one of the most popular tourist sites in the city. The mausoleum complex also contains the tomb of Jinnah’s sister Fatima Jinnah. * National Museum of Pakistan The National Museum of Pakistan was established on 17 April 1950. The museum was inaugurated by the government of Pakistan. The Museum has a collection of 58,000 old coins and hundreds of well-preserved sculptures. Some 70,000 publications, books, and other reading material of the archeology and museums department were also shifted to the National Museum so that the general public could see them. * Empress market (Saddar) The Empress market is a marketplace situated in the Saddar Town locality of Karachi. The market traces its origins to the British Raj era when it was first constructed. It’s among the most popular and busy places for shopping in Karachi. Commodities sold in the Empress market range from condiments, fruits, vegetables, and meat. After lunch, we visit Clifton Beach shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi Abdullah Shah Ghazi (circa 720) was an 8th century Muslim mystic and Sufi whose shrine is located in Clifton in Karachi. His real name was Abdullah al-Ashtar. His father, Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, was a descendant of Muhammad through his daughter Fatimah. The tomb is built on a high platform, though the body is kept in a subterranean crypt. The shrine is made of a high, square chamber, and a green-and-white striped dome, decorated with Sindhi tilework. Devotees to the shrine caress the silver railing around the burial place and drape it with garlands of flowers. The shrine is highly regarded and respected by people of all ethnicities and religions. The iconic building of the shrine, its stairs, mosque, Langar Khana, Qawwali Hall and pilgrim lodge were built under his supervision. The shrine became a centre of attraction for people belonging to different sects, ethnicities and sections of society. Free meals and devotional poetry such as Qawwali became the essential features of the shrine. Overnight in Karachi

Day 12

Transfer to Airport for Homebound Flight