About Us - Adventure Tours Pakistan

Adventure Tour Pakistan

Adventure Tours Pakistan is a travel and tour servicing company that has been in operations for over three decades. Headquartered in the scenic city of Skardu with a liaison office in Islamabad, we provide travel and touring services throughout the country for foreigners and locals. We are an innovative company that is focused on promoting Pakistan as a peaceful tourism destination for people from all over the world.

Since 1989, explorers, researchers, mountaineers, and trekkers from across the globe have relied on Adventure Tours Pakistan. We have become one of the leading Destination Management and Tour servicing companies in the world, offering seamlessly planned and expertly led tours across Pakistan from the summit of K-2 to local cultural heritage sites. Based in the charismatic city of Skardu – with branch-ofﬁces in Islamabad & Hunza Valley, ATP meets the touring needs of every traveler.

As a pioneer travel company in Pakistan, ATP endeavors to promote the enchanting, mesmerizing valleys and captivating, breathtaking vistas of alluring beauty that the Northern Areas of Pakistan has to offer. The beauty of cultural heritage sites complements the magniﬁcent views, creating an authentic experience. With an eye towards innovation, we developed dynamic, effective, and reliable planning, suiting each client’s individual needs, to build our reputation as a company that emphasizes the perfect blend of adventure and safety, thrill and comfort.

We cater to individuals, couples, and groups of any size to make their trips easy, convenient, and memorable. With a long list of satisﬁed clients (such as holidaymakers, tour organizers, travel clubs, adventure clubs, educational institutions, commercial companies, and FIT travelers). At ATP, we understand quality is in the detail. We employ several local tour guides with multilingual competence for the most effective and reliable communication. Along with local guidance, ATP offers services for adventure lovers and mountaineers with professional grade sporting gear and equipment.

Our Specialized Services

Mission Statement

Our Mission is to become the “Preferred Tour and Travel Service Agency” by performing and delivering excellent quality service to our local and international clients. We endeavor to provide indelible, enjoyable travel experiences with services that surpass their expectations. With this objective, we are dedicated to earn a reputation as a one-stop solution for potential travelers.

Vision Statement

We strive to become the leader of tourism and travel companies across Pakistan by revolutionizing the typical concept and process of tourism through our innovative ideas, client-oriented strategies, and cost-effective plans with the highest degree of professionalism. We at ATP, build relationships through trust and the satisfaction of our customers by providing extraordinary service, saving time and money while offering the best trips.

Our Team

Mr. Ashraf Aman – Founder

One of the founding members of ATP and tourism in Pakistan. Mr. Aman is also the ﬁrst Pakistani to climb K-2, the second-highest mountain in the world. During his school years, back in 1962, he was awarded the “Himalayan Tiger” by the German Mountaineering team for his important role in attempting Nanga Parbat summit, a famous mountain in Pakistan. He has received the “Pride of Performance” award from the President of Pakistan, one of the highest medals of Honor in the country. In 1999, he also received the “Uno Dei Cento” (1 in 100) award in Milan, Italy, and a number of other international awards for his work. Ashraf has had a keen interest in hiking and adventure from an early age. With over 45 years of experience in the ﬁeld of travel and tourism management, he specializes in adventure tourism. For all of his professional life, he has tirelessly organized tours and adventures to remote destinations in the country. His vast experience in mountaineering and adventure travel, provided Ashraf the expertise to coordinate a wide variety of tours and lead Adventure Tours Pakistan, accommodating every client’s needs.

Mr. Naiknaam Karim – Managing Director

Naiknam is a renowned travel and tourism professional with Master of Science degree in Tourism Management and Planning from Bournemouth University in the United Kingdom. He has extensive experience in the tourism business with areas of expertise including operation management, human resources

Management, ﬁnance, marketing, planning, and research. He is a target-oriented professional, a strategic planner, and a resilient crisis manager.

Naiknam also holds several certiﬁcates and diplomas from national and international institutions, which he leverages as an innovative, proactive, and forward thinking CEO. Naiknam has conducted research to explore the environmental impact of trekking groups and mountaineering expeditions on the Baltoro region and presented his recommendations to policy

makers and environmental managers for the betterment of the environment and mitigating the negative impact on the local region.

Our Clients

We are delighted to share our work experience, which includes our partnership as a DMC with tour companies, top broadcasting channels, and news outlets (BBC, National Geographic and KBS, SBS, & Focus etc.). Along with these organizations, we have delivered exceptional tourism experiences to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) many FIT tourists, mountaineers, adventure seekers, and trekkers. In 2004, ATP was honored to be the ofﬁcial host of K-2 Golden Jubilee Expedition, where more than 500 mountaineers, trekkers, and high ofﬁcials visited Pakistan to mark the 50th anniversary of the ﬁrst successful climb of K-2. In addition, we have been honored for being the ofﬁcial agents for the logistics of Dubai Expo 2020 for two provinces (Gilgit Baltistan and AJK). ATP also takes pride to organize numerous winter expeditions on K-2, Broad Peak, Gasherbrum-I & Gasherbrum-II, Nanga Parbat etc. Also, ATP regularly hosts scientiﬁc/geological expeditions and research projects with several international educational institutions.

Our Values

We have a designed set of values for our company, which guide us to deliver the best travel experience to each client. These values include:

• Integrity

• CustomerOriented Services

• Continuous Improvement

• Client Safety and Security

• Communication

• Client Satisfaction

Responsibility Towards Community

We take our responsibility to Pakistan’s local communities, their customs, and the environment with the utmost seriousness. Part of your payment is speciﬁcally allocated towards humanitarian activities. We actively support the Mountain Women Development Organization (MWDO), a non-proﬁt organization committed to the social and economic empowerment of women living in the mountainous areas of Pakistan. MWDO offers opportunities to women through skill development programs, interest free Microloans for small businesses, counseling services, scholarships for needy students, and access to basic health facilities in remote villages.

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