Valley of Flowers Trek - 2015

The Valley of flowers trek in the Himalayas was declared a national park in 1982 and it’s a UNESCO world heritage site. The trek starts from Govindghat a small place on Haridwar – Badrinath road. It has few hotels and a Gurudwara. You can reach Govindghat after a 10 hour long drive from Haridwar. The Valley of flowers trek first leg is trekking from Govindghat to Ghangaria; next day either you can trek to valley of flowers and return to Ghangaria. One can also club Hemkund Sahib trek with Valley of flowers trek. Hemkund Sahib Trek route diverts from the checkpost of valley of flowers and goes straight. The Hemkund Sahib route is a steep and a difficult 6 Kms uphill trek from Ghangaria.

Valley of Flowers Trek - 2015:

Valley of Flowers Trek in 2015 

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Dodital Trek Details- A complete itinerary for the dodital trek

The pass affords impressive views of the mighty Bandarpunch(link) and the snowy ridges of the Dhaula Dhar as well as the forested ridges and meadows leading down to  Hanuman Chatti a famous pilgrim town. There are interesting side trips, including a foray to Yamunotri and the the Bandarpunch Base Camp from this trek.

Dodital is situated at an elevation of 3050 metres surrounded by oak woods, pine, and rhodendron forests. The lake is home to the famous Himalayan Golden Mahseer fish.

Dodital Trek 

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Long Weekends 2015 India - Renok Adventures

Plan your Trekking Holidays with these Long Weekend 2015 India.

Plan your trek in himalayas during these long weekends 2015 India. Year 2015 is packed with three to four day weekend take few days off and you can go for perfect trek in the himalayas or on an adventure trip of your choice. Year 2015 will also give you an opportunity to plan a 10 day holiday to plan a trekking expedition or Leh Ladakh Jeep Safari for 10 days.

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World's Best Hikes: Epic Trails - National Geographic

World's Best Hikes: Epic Trails - National Geographic

A meal at The Oberoi could win you a Harley Davidson | Condé Nast Traveller India

A meal at The Oberoi could win you a Harley Davidson | Condé Nast Traveller India:



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Highway Writing: Hampta Pass Trek

Highway Writing: Hampta Pass Trek:

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Hampta Pass Trek in October - Renok Adventures

Hampta Pass trek in October

I reach 3 days early for Roopkund trek to explore nearby places like Almora, Ranikhet, Gwaldam etc but god had some other plans for me. I reached Kathgodam early morning and took a shared cab to Almora It was the time of Nanada Devi fair in Almora. I checked into a hotel did some research on the nearby places. Late September is the time when monsoon retract and trekking in Himalayas is most enjoyable because of the green cover over the Himalayas and clear skies. But this year it was different I was struck in Almora  for 7 days all the road links were broken and my dream of completing the Roopkund trek shattered some how I managed to came back to Delhi and booked myself for Hampta Pass trek in October second week.

Chandrataal - Hampta Pass trek

Photo: Puneeth B C

Himachal Pradesh is safe in monsoon than Uttarakhand. I reached Manali a day before, Manali is a nice place to relax for day or two and I like the ambience of old Manali economy hotels, nice food and awesome music. Hampta pass trek in October I guess the best time because of clear skies and trekking in Himalayas with clear skies gives you the best views of snow clad peaks. We were team of 12 trekkers loaded our stuff and drove from Manali to Jabri which took around 2 hours. Then we started our trek to HamptaPass. The initial trek was through tick forest of Maple, Oakwood, Deodar trees after crossing a wooden bridge over Rani Nala it was a nice walk for about 2-3 three hours to our first camp Chika alongside river. The day one of trek was easy and not very tiring but we enjoyed it a lot.

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