Baba and Bhit Islands
Baba and Bhit Islands are two small and densely populated islands located in the Karachi Harbour, in Karachi, Pakistan.
Baba and Bhit Islands are two small and densely populated islands located in the Karachi Harbour, in Karachi, Pakistan. The approximate area of Bhit island is roughly 0.16 km2 while that of Baba island is around 0.15 km2. Around 5,400 people live on Bhit island and around 6,600 on Baba island. With a population density of 33,750 and 44,000 people per km2 respectively, the two islands are among the most densely populated islands in the world.
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Worth seeing in and around Baba and Bhit Islands
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
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Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Getting to Baba and Bhit Islands
- Airports
- Jinnah (KHI), 22 km
- Stations
- Port of Karachi, 2.8 km · Karachi Fish Harbour, 2.8 km · Kiamari railway station, 2.2 km
- Turbat → Baba and Bhit IslandsTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Gurandani → Baba and Bhit IslandsTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Quetta → Baba and Bhit IslandsTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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No local-transport research exists yet for Baba and Bhit Islands
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Baba and Bhit Islands. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundMost of Karachi's inhabitants rely on public transport to and from their workplace and do ride in a taxi and auto-rickshaw at least once in the city.
- Get aroundIf you are not used to Pakistani roads, an auto-rickshaw ride can be a heart-stopping, death-defying, laws-of-physics-bending.
- Get aroundRickshaws are a popular method of travelling in Karachi, they're cheap, flexible and are everywhere in the city at any time of day.
- Get aroundIf you need to travel shorter distances, go by rickshaw.
- Get aroundPregnant ladies are most strongly advised not to travel by auto-rickshaws since the combination of rash driving, poor suspensions, and horrible road conditions have quite often led to serious complications.
From Wikivoyage: Karachi, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Baba and Bhit Islands
Baba and Bhit Islands is 7 km from Karachi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kiamarihuman settlement in Pakistan2.2 km
- Kiamari Townhuman settlement in Pakistan2.2 km
- Bhutta Villagehuman settlement in Pakistan3.9 km