Thursday, December 3, 2009

Our Trek


Memorable Moments of this tour:
Rajib just recovered from his knee fracture but was most active in this trek. The most remarkable thing was that "Rajib looking for Hotel room with GEYSER at Ghangia." Bisada(Biswajit) was always supporting us as an experience team leader. His experience in the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra was always reflecting in this tour.
Our team Members:
1) Biswajit Majumder (Kailashi)
2) Rajib Saha
3) Sayantan Dutta
Information:
Trek Name: Hemdund & Valley of Flowers
State: Uttarakhand
Dist.: Chamoli
Nearest Base: Govindghat (On Rishikesh-Badrinath Highway).The gurudwara here provides all amenities to the pilgrims. Cloak Room is available.

Itinerary:
Day1: Reach Haridwar, Haridwar> Joshimath
Day2: Joshimath> Govindghat> Ghangria(14km Trek)
Day3: Ghangria> Hemkund> Ghangria(6+6km Trek)
Day4: Ghangria> Valley of Flowers> Ghangria (3+8+3km Trek)
Day5: Ghangria> Govindghat(Trek)> Badrinath(By bus)
Day6: Badrinath> Mana village> Badrinath.
Day7: Badrinath(Had to stay due to Cloud burst & Landslide).
Day8: Badrinath(Had to stay due to Cloud burst & Landslide).
Day9: Badrinath> Nandaprayag
Day10: Nandaprayag> Haridwar. Train for Howrah.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

About the Place



Hemkund Saheb
It is located in the Himalayas at an elevation of 4200m in the state of Uttarakhand, India, and is accessible only by foot from Gobindghat on Rishikesh-Badrinath highway.
It is most known for a gurudwara, known as Hemkunt Sahib, associated with the Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh, and is one of the most sacred of Sikh shrines, the lake also has a Lakshman temple built by it.

Valley of Flowers
In 1931 when Frank S. Smythe a British mountaineer lost his way while returning from a successful expedition to Mt.Kamet and he reached this valley which was full of flowers. He was so attracted towards the beauty of the place he named it as "Valley of Flowers". He authored a book called "The Valley of Flowers" which unveiled the beauty and floral splendours of the valley and thus threw open the doors of this verdant jewel to nature-enthusiasts all over the world. The route from Joshimath to the Valley of Flowers goes along the main road to Badrinath; roughly midway along this road, a minor road branches off to Gobindghat, the roadhead for the Valley. From Gobindghat, a trek of 14 km brings hikers to the Ghangaria, A small settlement ,where Valley is about 3km .Valley Start from A gorge over Pushpawati River.

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