KKH in May/June?

[kateandwill]

Can anyone tell me the likelihood of getting through the KKH in May/June 2011. Are the spring melts likely to still be a factor? ie. will it be waterlogged? What time of year does it normally open?

I'm riding from Sydney to London with my husband on our motorbikes and we had planned to go via Pakistan to Iran but have been advised by a number of different sources that Baluchistan is seriously a no go zone at the moment and we would be taking our life into our hands by journeying through there. We have therefore started to look at heading up through Pakistan into China via the KKH.

Once we have worked out if its possible or not, we will be looking for travelling buddies to share the costs through China, so if anyone is interested, or knows of anyone interested in doing the route through China into Kyrgystan, let us know!!

[Mart456]

Hi, Kate / Will,

We travelled down the KKH a few months back in a 4x4, if you're on bikes you should not have any problems crossing the lake. However if its raining, there is a high probability there will be several landslides blocking the road, which take anywhere between a few hours to a few weeks to clear depending on how bad they are.

The alternative we looked into was India, Nepal, Tibet, Kashgar.

We both really enjoyed Northern Pakistan, and if we had the chance would certainly go back.

If you are looking for a local guide, we can recommend Ayub Khan, he was able to arrange crossing of the Lake, and he really made our trip enjoyable.

hktours.treks@gmail.com

Martin