VisitOurChina, May 4, 2012

 

Coach from Kashgar to Suist Town, a small town in Pakistan and only 80 km from Kunjirap Pass, is available from May 1^st after the opening of the Kunjirap pass every year.  

 

The coach departure from Kashgar in the morning and arrive at Kunjirap Pass the next day noon or afternoon and the approximate price is about CNY800 per person. The coach is equipped with no English speaking guide, and will stop for one night in Taxkorgan, in which passengers need to find a hotel to live on their own. Generally, a 3-star hotel in Taxkorgan one night is around CNY350 per room per night included breakfast, while a small hostel only costs CNY200. When arrive in Suist, people can get to other places of Pakistan by local transportation. 

 

The Kunjirap Pass opens every year on May 1^st and will be closed in winter time after the snow, and the exact closing time this year is not show now. To take the coach to Pakistan, a visa for the country should be prepared in advance.

 

Parenthetically, as the ticket of the coach is hard to book that visitors need to book it very early and there is never discount.