John Mock & Kimberley O'Neil

Travelers & Trekkers Resources

Afghanistan

Travel
• Afghan Logistics & Tours
• Park Tourism Services
• Untamed Borders
• Pamir Knot - Adventure travel in the Pamir and Karakoram with photographer Matthieu Paley
• Afghan Scene Magazine, a monthly Kabul-based publication
• Kabul Caravan: An Online Travel Guide to Afghanistan by Paul Clammer
• Mountain Unity
• Online Guide to Trekking in the Wakhan and Afghan Pamir by Julien Dufour
• Embassy of Afghanistan
• Ariana, national airline of Afghanistan
• KamAir, domestic airline in Afghanistan


Research & Development
• The HALO Trust, humanitarian clearance of landmines and debris of war
• Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
• Afghan Resource Information Centre
• Afghanistan Information Management System
• Afghanistan Agriculture and Rural Development Community Platform
• Afghan Investment Support Agency

Associations

Academic associations for Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal & Himalaya:

• American Institute of Afghanistan Studies
• American Institute of Indian Studies
• American Institute of Pakistan Studies
• Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

Books & Maps

The USA
• Michael Chessler Books
• East View Geospatial
• Omni Map
• Maplink

The UK
• Cordee
• Stanfords

Germany
• GeoCenter
• AlpinWeb - Der Web Katalog Für Alpinsten
• Aree Greul
• Deutscher Alpenverein (DAV)

Foundations

• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - South Asia Program
• Henry L. Stimson Center - South Asia Program

Pakistan

Travel
• Tourism Pakistan - Ministry of Tourism, Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC)
• Alpine Club of Pakistan
• Pakistan Tour Operators/Trekking Companies
• Shimshal Nature Trust
• Embassy of Pakistan
• Pakistan Virtual Library with Pakistan Travel and Trekking resources
• Pakistan International Airlines


Development
• Human Development Foundation
• Pakistan Institute of Legislative and Development Transparency
• The World Conservation Union-Pakistan (IUCN)
• IUCN-Pakistan Information Base of Environmental Laws in Pakistan's Northern Areas
• Northern Areas Development Gateway


News
• Pakistan Link
• Pakistan News.net
• Pamir Times - news from Gojal and Hunza
• Chitral News

Parks & Protected Areas

• K2 Peace Park
• IUCN WCPA Mountain Protected Area Network

Reading List

• Karakoram, Hindukush & Pamirs Reading List for Travelers & Trekkers
• Himal SouthAsian magazine

Tajikistan

• Pamir Trail - a long-distance hiking route across the mountains of Tajikistan
• Travel Tajikistan
• Pamir Adventure
• Pamirs - the Roof of the World
• Great Game Travel (Tajikistan)
• Pamir Knot - Adventure travel in the Pamir and Karakoram with photographer Matthieu Paley
• Tajikistan Airlines

South Asia - Travelers & Trekkers

• Talhammer - intrepid trekker Moritz Steinhibler
• Blank on the Map - The Northern Kashmir Web Site
• Matthieu Paley Photography
• Pakistan Travel Forum
• Alpine Journal's searchable peak database

Wildlife Conservation

• Wildlife Conservation Society's Afghanistan Biodiveristy Project
• The Marmot Burrow
• Snow Leopard Conservancy