The daddy of all treks: Kalindi Khal trek

This trek is considered to be one of the toughest treks in India. With a total distance of almost 100km, you pass through natural lakes, rough glaciers, valleys, and crevasses while on this trek. Kalindi Khal Pass itself is located at an altitude of 19,500ft and you never get below 13,000ft after day two until…

Panchachuli Base Camp Trek

Panchachuli, a group of five peaks lies in the Darma Valley, it is the most famous attraction of Kumaon region. Most of the people go to Munsiyar to get the splendid view of these 5 peaks but little do they know about this trek, which gives the best view of Panchachuli. The trek begins from…

Darma Valley: A place like no other

It is a ritual for me to travel on my birthday and this year I wanted to explore Kumaon region, I planned for Pindari glacier trek but due to the fact that I’m travelling solo, I had to cancel my plans as the weather was getting quite unpredictable. So instead I found another interesting place,…

How I Managed Har Ki Dun Trek Under 3500 Rupees

Here is another blog with details of my trek to the beautiful valley of gods in the heart of Himalayas. You can read about the details of my Trek to Har ki Dun here. Here is a break down of my expenses according to the itinerary Day 1: I took a bus from Delhi to…

Everything You Need to Know About Gaumukh Tapovan Trek

I had planned for visiting Kedartal in late June, it is just beautiful around that time of the year. The trek begins from Gangotri. I began my journey as usual from Delhii ISBT. So the journey began again from the ISBT Kashmiri Gate, I took the 12:00 AM Bus to Dehradun, the journey took me…

Har Ki Dun: It indeed is Valley of Gods

Har ki dun has been in my wishlist for almost 3 years now and beginning of this summer I assured myself that it is happening. Without waiting for anyone to tag along I embarked on this journey to the valley of gods. It was the first week of May and Delhi was burning at above…

Lansdown: A Perfect Destination for Monsoon

It is monsoon time and it is raining heavily in the mountains. Almost everyone suffers with the dilemma of where to head during the monsoon season as the mountains are experiencing crazy rains, so I decided to hit the foothills of Himalayas, where there is still raining, but not so much. Infact rain makes these…

A Trek to Heavenly Meadows: Dayara Bugyal

A high altitude meadow with view of Snowcladed Mountain peaks; this is where I wanted to be when the Delhi summer was roasting us at 40+ degrees in April of 2018 so I decided to head to Dayara Bugyal. Located at an altitude of more than 11000 feet Dayara Bugyal still has temperature in a…

Binsar Valley: The unexplored heaven of Uttrakhand

Located in the heart of the Kumaon region is Binsar valley, at a distance of around one hour from Almora is this beautiful and quaint valley located in the lap of nature. It’s not too often I find people visiting the Kumaon region, they instead prefer its counterpart Garhwal region or Himachal, people going to…

Exploring Kumaon region (Uttraklhand)

Kumaon region of Uttrakhand is the relatively unexplored one; the only popular destination almost everyone has visited in Kumaon region is Nainital. Such was the case with me, so I decided to head into this relatively unexplored part of Uttrakhand. I had decided to skip Nainital while doing this trip, so I was going to…

Why valley of flowers is the best trek for monsoon?

Most of you might think of avoiding going to mountains during the monsoon season because of rains and road conditions. But on contrary to what you think monsoon can give you some of the best views in the mountains and the clouds play a great cameo in them lush green valleys. One of the best…