In the depths of winter the Markhor of Chitral, in Pakistan’s North-west Frontier Province, descend from the peaks to the valleys pursued by hungry Snow Leopards, one of the world’s most charismatic and elusive mammals. Few of you will have missed Mark Smith’s magnificent footage of a female Snow Leopard and her cub in the BBC’s recent Natural World programme, Snow Leopard — Beyond the Myth. On this tour, we go in search of her, and the magnificent Markhor on which she preys, journeying into the heart of the Hindu Kush, home of the fascinating Christian Kalash people.
Download the tour dossier here: Pakistan — Snow Leopards of the Hindu Kush - itinerary.pdf (237.56 KB)
Snow Leopard by Jonny Bealby