A 700 km day trip from Karachi to Ormara, Baluchistan via Makran Coastal Highway

Whenever a long weekend strikes there are only two kinds of people in Karachi, one who would like being just at home and be a couch potato, and those who would go outdoors and make visit places. This long week attached to the 9^th and 10^th Muharran leaves, I chose the later category. The planning started 5 days earlier when I called a cousin and discussed what I had in mind. At first, I thought he might give me the same reason as others used to give i.e. nahin bhai, balochistan main to khoon kharaba hai etc. But to a surprise, he was all set and ready to go and above all excited for the feast.

It was very long when I came across a person sharing my enthusiasm for the Spirit of Adventure. We tagged along, and off we went on the 2^nd November 2014 on a Sunday to visit Ormara which was 350 kms t be precise from my place. So, off we went and had a great journey.

We began our journey at 0545 in the morning after Fajr Prayers. We took the route from Siemens Chowk, to RCD highway and reached the ZERO point in no time. This was 130 kms. At the zero point we had our breakfast and then began the great journey. The road looked spectacular and the weather was just perfect. We didn’t had a refill at Winder rather we did it a bit earlier. We were also carrying 20 litres of petrol with us just in case. We visited the Hingol River, Kund Malir Beach and much more. After that we realized that we had less than half the tank of fuel left. Some truck driver there told us that we can find some petrol at Ormara near the Jinnah base. Having came this far, we were of the view take the risk and move further 96 kms on the half tank and see what’s there.

It turned out that the risk was worth taking. We visited the Princess of hope, Natural Sphinx and the Grand Canyon and the Buzi Pass which were a treat. After a very long drive we reached Ormara and to our surprise, there was fuel. Another group of guyz from Karachi like us were in their new Toyota Prius and came there for exactly the same day trip. Another 4 cars and a coaster filled with families were also moving on the same road. Upon talking to them, we realized that they were going to Gawadar and would be staying there for 3 nights.

We had a great trip. It was real fun. The only thing we realized was that the next time, we will go straight to the Gawadar and a night stay is a must. But the overall scenery of Buzi Pass and Kund Malir were our real treat. A trip never to forget. We were four people in a 98 model Honda Civic Exi on petrol and it took some one and half fuel tank to make the 700 km round trip.