About
Das-e-Basi
Introduction
Das-e-Basi Resort is an organic and nature resort located 17 Kms from Gilgit city in Nomal Valley. It takes 30 minutes to travel from Gilgit Airport to Das-e-Basi Resort.
The unique location of resort allows guests to traverse around all destinations making Das-e-Basi as their base camp.
Spread over a huge area Das-e-Basi is the best place away from the hustle of Gilgit city. Das-e-Basi has a huge orchard with more than 150 fruit trees, most of them are the cherry trees.
Das-e-Basi provides luxury living to its guests. Equipped with all modern facilities the residential blocks of resort are an organic architecture marvel. Das-e-Basi is not a hotel, rather a farm stays with all facilities that a modern hotel offers.
What Does
Das-e-Basi Means
Das-e-Basi is a doubled barreled name consisting of Das and Basi. Das stands for the barren land and Basi means orchard. So it means Orchard in a barren land.
Historically the locality in Nomal valley where resort is located is known as Das (Barren Land). It was all barren until 1960’s when families from Hunza re-located themselves to Nomal Das and started cultivating the lands. This locality is no more barren and it’s the most fertile land in the area, But, due to its historic importance the locality is still called as Nomal Das.
Evolution of
Das-e-Basi
Never intended to be established as a resort, this was a cherry orchard established back in 2013 by the owner himself. However, in 2021 the idea of establishing a resort was conceived by the owner and within two years the orchard farm was converted into a resort.
This barren patch of land was washed away by flash floods back in 1976. There after the area was not developed. However, in 2013 the owner decided to re-develop the area and turned into an orchard initially and then into one of the most famous resorts of Gilgit Baltistan.
