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• Our Tour Manager will pick you up from your hotel in Karachi.nLeaving from Karachi at 0800hrs.nThe Chaukhandi tombs date back to the Mughal era and most of tombs here are from between the 15th and the 18th century of the Jokhio Tribe and warriors of the Saloch families, Sindhi tribes.nThis Islamic graveyard consist of around 1,500 tombs, though only about 500-600 are still intact. Most of them broken however, the ones still standing are an impressive site and a great place to visit when traveling to Karachi.nThe Chaukhandi tombs burial site is on the Tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage sites and is open to the public. nVisitors are welcome to walk around the tombs and get a close look at the elaborately decorated yellow sandstone slabs that are stacked on top of each other forming small pyramids.nThe male tombs and female tombs can easily be identified as male tombs represent carvings of horsemen, arms, swords, bow and arrow and the female tombs show jewelry, necklaces.

• Visit Bhambore Ruins and Bhambore Museum, entrance included.nThe ruins of Bhambore are known for their link to the world of romance and mystery. If you love ancient ruins and enjoy exploring hidden gems, you must visit Bhambore u2013 an abandoned city located 65 km east of Karachi. Once the capital of Bhambo Raja in the 10th century, this fascinating city was a major crossroad on the ancient trade route to China and the Middle East. Unfortunately, it was destroyed around 1250 CE and is now known only through the poetry of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai. If youu2019re interested in history and folklore, visit Sassuiu2019s grave at u2018Sassui waro chodo,u2019 only 14 miles from Karachi on the road leading to Kech Makran.nnThe ruins of Bhambore and Bhambore Museum are located in the district of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The city was founded by the Sumerians in the late 4th millennium BC and was later ruled by the Achaemenid Empire, Alexanderu2019s successors, and the Parthian Empire.

• Near the apex of the delta of the Indus River in Pakistanu2019s southern province of Sindh is an enormous cemetery possessing half a million tombs and graves in an area of about 10 km2. Massed at the edge of the 6.5 km-long plateau of Makli Hill, the necropolis of Makli u2013 which was associated with the nearby city of Thatta, once a capital and centre of Islamic culture u2013 testifies in an outstanding manner to the civilization of the Sindh from the 14th to the 18th centuries.nnThe vast necropolis of Makli is among the largest in the world. Kings, queens, governors, saints, scholars, and philosophers are buried here in brick or stone monuments, some of which are lavishly decorated with glazed tiles.

• Jamia Masjid Shah Jahan Thatta is a Marvel of Mughal Architectural Fusion in SindhnnShah Jahan Mosque, also known as the Jamia Masjid of Thatta operates as a mosque in the center of Thatta city, in the Pakistani province of Sindh. The mosque is considered one of the finest exhibits of tilework in South Asia and is noted for its geometric brickwork u2013 a rare decorative item in mosques of the Mughal period.nnJamia Masjid Shah Jahan Thatta was built during the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, who gave the city as a token of gratitude and was greatly influenced by the architecture of Central Asia u2013 an exhibition of Shah Jahanu2019s campaigns near Samarkand just before the mosque was designed.nnThe mosque is located east of Thatta u2013 the capital of Sindh in the 16th and 17th centuries before the capital of Sindh was transferred to nearby Hyderabad. It is located near Makli Necropolis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The area is about 100 km from Karachi.

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• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries

• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health

• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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