Skardu is a city found in Gilgit−Baltistan, Pakistan, and serves as the capital of the Skardu Area and the Baltistan Division. Skardu is arranged at an elevation of about 2,500 meters (8,202 feet) within the Skardu Valley, at the conversion of the Indus and Shigar Streams. The city is a critical door to the eight-thousanders of the adjacent Karakoram mountain. The Indus Waterway running through the locale isolates the Karakoram from the Himalayas.

Skardu, beside Gilgit, is a significant tourism, trekking and undertaking centre in Gilgit–Baltistan. The precipitous territory of the locale, which includes four of the world’s 14 Eight-thousander crests, draws in sightseers, trekkers and mountain climbers from around the world. The most visitor season is from April to October; at other times of the year, the zone can be cut off for amplified periods by the frigid, solidifying winter weather.