It is a relatively easy trek, the crossing the first glacier is easy, many villagers use it. The Bazin glacier is just a bit less obvious, follow the cairns. There is a beautiful path all along the way.

The real difficulty lies in the contact with local populations. Of course you will find very nice people, especially in Tarishing guesthouses, but the general atmosphere remains relatively unpleasant. There are no frank smiles; you will rather encounter mistrust, ignorance, and sometimes an unhealthy curiosity. In the past, there have been problems with trekkers, according to local people there has been a rape and a murder. Do not be surprised if you get hit by stones coming from aggressive kids. You're not particularly welcome here, ditto for Astore.

To get there is a little complicated, you just hear everything and anything.
A special costs around 3000, one way, or 6000 rps return. Buses or passenger jeeps can leave from Gilgit bus station or somewhere else. We paid 300 rps with a jeep returning to Tarishing, inquire.

The solution is to go to the main bus station of Gilgit to go to Astore and then take a jeep or organize a special to Tarishing. There two check post inevitable, a first one in Astore and another one at the police station in the village.
A guide is compulsory… who will inevitably ask for a porter. For the guide, it cost between 1000 and 1200 rps / day, for 3 days we have paid 4000 rps including tips. For the porter, there are no more than 6 stages costing from 300 or 350 rps with food. Count therefore between 6000 to 6500 rps.

Of course get someone you can trust for this sector, ask your hotel in Gilgit or Tarishing!
In Tarishing, 2 guesthouses are all right, count 200 to 300 rps for a double, from 100 to 150 rps per meal.

From June to October

Shopping : Gilgit. Crossing the village of Low Rupal, there is a store well catered for tourists taste; you can buy a few basic products there.

 
Cross Tarishing and climb on the other side on the lateral moraine. Arriving at the top, the view is superb. Go to the other lateral moraine at the opposite side of the glacier; from there you can see well the following part of the trail as well as the village. Go back down during 500 m, and then begin to climb in Rupal village. 3 km farther pass near High Rupal, and climb on a hill. A beautiful meadow follows, just before a new drop on the right side, quite steep; it leads straight on the edges of the Bazin glacier lateral moraine.

On top of the hill, leave a pond on the left, it is the first sight you get of Rupal face, it is spectacular. 400 m below is the Herrligkoffer base camp.

Water : a good spring in the camp.

Go up on the moraine and get on the glacier. A little more chaotic than the previous one, the crossing is not much harder; it is long and well marked by cairns. At the exit, a beautiful descent with a loop, this leads you to Tap Meadows, a vast meadow at the foot of Rupal.  Cross it during more than one km shifting to the left, to the foot of a new glacier. Just after comes Latoba, a new meadow with a village of shepherds. Just ahead on the right is a camping area in the middle of junipers.

Water : A stream and springs around.

Go towards the river, 500 m after, a bridge allows you to cross it. The path then goes along the river, if you are there in June many wild iris punctuate the march. After two good km Shaigiri appears, marked by a huge bloc; it is visible from the other side. Cross sheepfolds before descending to cross the river and going up to the camp.

Water : A little stream goes through the camp

Return to Herrligkoffer base camp, possibility of coming back to Tarishing the same day for good walkers.
 
Other possibility: We choose to make the journey in 3 days. Day 1: Tarishing - Herrligkoffer Base Camp. Day 2: Herrligkoffer Base Camp - Latobah + return trip to Shaigiri. Day 3: Back to Tarishing.
It is also possible to go for ac return trip to Herrligkoffer Base Camp the same day.