Exploring and Capturing

Fairy Meadows, named by German climbers (German Märchenwiese, ″fairy tale meadows″)^[1][2] and locally known as Joot, is a grassland near one of the base camp sites of the Nanga Parbat, located in Diamer District, Gilgit-Baltistan.^[4] At an altitude of about 3,300 meters above the sea level, it serves as the launching point for trekkers summiting on the Rakhiot face of the Nanga Parbat.^[4][5] In 1995, the Government of Pakistan declared Fairy Meadows a National Park.^[6][7]

Fairy Meadows is approachable by a twelve kilometer-long jeepable trek starting from Raikhot bridge on Karakoram Highway to the village Tato.Further from Tato, it takes about three to four hours hiking by a five kilometer trek to Fairy Meadows.^[8][9] The grassland is located in the Raikhot valley, at one end of the Raikhot glacier which originates from the Nanga Parbat and feeds a stream that finally falls in the River Indus.^[2] Since 1992, locals have operated camping sites in the area.^[10]