Wooden planks
Over the river.
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The Hussaini Suspension Bridge is a long footbridge of ropes and wooden planks over the Hunza River. It sways above the grey water and sand with the jagged Passu peaks behind, making it one of the best-known views in northern Pakistan. It is in the Gojal area of Upper Hunza and links the villages of Hussaini and Zarabad on either bank. A bridge was first built here around 1968 and rebuilt after the 2010 Attabad landslide. It is 194 m long, held by six main ropes, with wide gaps between the planks to ease its swaying in the wind. In 2013 an American travel magazine listed it among the world's most dangerous suspension bridges. Some visitors cross it plank by plank; others simply watch and photograph it from the bank with the Passu peaks. It is about 24 km in a straight line northeast of Hunza, reached by a short path from the Karakoram Highway. If you cross, wear a life jacket and do not cross in strong wind.
Over the river.
Jagged skyline.
For photos.
Between Hussaini and Zarabad villages, Gojal, Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan
With great care and a life jacket, not in wind.
Yes, from the bank.