TIME TO VISIT - Mid Apr to End of June
- September as well as October
GUIDE
- DEBU Guide(He has iv sons who are besides Guides)
Devendra Prasad (DEBU GUIDE)
Vill - Khati
VIA - PINDARI Route,Khati
PO - BHARARI
DISTRICT - BAGESHWAR
PIN - 263679
UTTARAKHAND
INDIA
PHONE - HOTEL SIDDHARTH (Bageshwar) - 05963220114. We called hither as well as left my number,he called back.
- His instant let out - 09411049694
I got another contacts
Bharat - 05963211189
Puran Singh - 05963213070 (Hotel Sangam - Khati )
SHORT ITINERARY
NIGHT 1. Delhi to Kathgodam (Train at 10 PM at Delhi/DLI. Reaches Kathgodam at half-dozen AM)
DAY 1. Kathgodam to Bageshwar (200 kms.- half-dozen hours approx -Rs 200 past times cab)
Bageshwar to Song (40 kms - Bus - Rs 35)
Song to Loharkhet ( v kms - Jeep - Rs 50 / or Trek iii kms for free)
DAY 2. Loharkhet to Dhakuri(11 kms) - TREK STARTS
Dhakuri to Khati (8 kms)
DAY 3. Khati to Dwali (12 kms)
Dwali to Phurkiya (7 kms)
DAY 4. Phurkiya to Zero Point (7 kms)
Zero Point to Phurkiya (7 kms)
Phurkiya to Dwali(7 kms)
DAY 5. Dwali to Kafni(12 kms)
Kafni to Dwali(12 kms)
DAY 6. Dwali to Khati(12 kms)
Khati to Dhakuri(8 kms)
DAY 7. Dhakuri to Loharkhet(11 kms)
Loharkhet to Song(3 kms) - TREK ENDS
Song to Bageshwar
DAY 8. Bageshwar to Kathgodam
NIGHT Kathgodam to Delhi
LONG ITINERARY
SATURDAY 16th May,2009 - Reached Delhi
DELHI To KATHGODAM (Night develop from Old Delhi/DLI. Alternative is DELHI to HALDWANI which is i halt earlier Kathgodam)
SUNDAY 17th May,2009 - Train reaches Kathgodam/Haldwani(just v kms apart) at 6'o clock inwards the morning.
- Outside station at that spot are buses as well as cabs(mostly Mahindra Bolero) as well as shared cabs available.
KATHGODAM To BAGESHWAR past times Cab ( Rate is Rs 200 per head. Takes half-dozen hours approx for 200 kms)
- Bageshwar is terminal identify yous tin uncovering chicken curry here
Lunch at BAGESHWAR
BAGESHWAR To SONG past times Bus ( Very few cabs as well as really tedious buses. Takes ii hours at to the lowest degree for approx xl kms)
SONG To LOHARKHET past times Cab ( There is a unmarried Jeep which takes Rs 50 per caput for a v km ride uphill. Alternately yous tin trek uphill for iii kms brusque route)
Night Halt - Only KMVN(Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam) identify available.
Facilities -> At to the lowest degree xxx people tin remain inside. They render cook clean beds,pillows,good blankets. There are huge bathrooms amongst H2O stored inwards drums(hence to survive used judiciously)
(Rent is Rs 150 per head). They are even as well as so expanding.
-> The chowkidar prepares nutrient at a makeshift kitchen. Rate is Rs xl per meal, Rs xx per breakfast/snacks as well as Rs v for tea
-> Forest Entry takes Rs sixty per head( Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 someone comes to collect ( else yous tin blissfully give a miss)
-> There are a lot of places to pitch tent within the boundary wall of KMVN.Just involve tent,sleeping bags as well as mat. Other facilities similar mutual john as well as nutrient are available.
MONDAY 18th May,2009 -
LOHARKHET To DHAKURI - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 steep walk upwards the gradient for xi kms.
- After 1 KM at that spot is a resting place.
- After iii kms at that spot is the commencement tea stall
- After half-dozen kms at that spot is the instant as well as terminal tea stall
- After 8 kms at that spot is a pocket-size memorial stone
- After 10 kms yous accomplish the top of a colina where at that spot is a temple, a signboard amongst distances as well as at the distance i tin reckon DHAKURI
- After xi kms yous accomplish DHAKURI. There are ii hotels here. Both KMVN as well as PWD(Rs 55 per head) create got staying facilities.
Lunch at DHAKURI
DHAKURI To KHATI - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 moderate walk of 8 kms
- First iii kms merely slopes down. First tea stall tin survive seen fifty-fifty afterwards ii kms
- Next ii kms is alternately polish or downward , few tea stalls as well as a hamlet called UMLI to survive crossed. Lots of domicile tin survive seen
- At vii kms Hotel Anpona is acquaint which provides decent tea. Lodging as well as Fooding available here.
- At 8 kms accomplish KHATI , Hotel Sangam is the commencement i to grab the eye. Clean rooms as well as decent food.
- Khati is terminal identify yous tin create got egg curry. It gets rare from hither as well as really expensive
- The KMVN hut is 0.5 KM afterwards crossing the KHATI village. Also that is a steep climb.
Night Halt - Many options from Hotel Anpona,Hotel Sangam,KMVN as well as I heard at that spot were few others. Max toll is at KMVN for Rs 150 per head.
TUESDAY 19th May,2009
KHATI To DWALI - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 pleasant walk across the forests for 12 kms
- First half-dozen kms has really few ups as well as downs.Tea stall acquaint at half-dozen kms
- Bridge to cross river at half-dozen kms as well as 1km uphill trek
- The remainder of the trek is moderate in i lawsuit to a greater extent than till DWALI
- There are ii HOTELS inwards DWALI to eat
Lunch at DWALI
- There is a KMVN hut as well as at that spot is a PWD hut at DWALI. Food,Lodging rates are similar.
DWALI To PHURKIYA - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 steep climb of vii kms
- After iii kms at that spot is a valley, roads are really steep hither inwards absense of whatever proper rocky paths. But really condom every bit its plains as well as grass all around
- It gets colder past times the infinitesimal as well as rains inwards the afternoon nigh everday.
- No tea stall zippo on this route till Phurkiya
Night Halt - Only ii options KMVN as well as PWD.(Rates Rs 150 as well as Rs 55 respectively).Food rates similar similar Rs xl for meals, Rs 25 for maggi etc
- For people wanting to pitch tents tin overstep slightly more( 0.5 km) as well as pitch tents inwards a valley
- For to a greater extent than adventurous people(like us) i tin overstep from PHURKIYA To BABA's ashram ( half-dozen kms steep climb uphill). Baba tin accomodate few persons likely a couple. Also lots of places to pitch tent here.
- It is really mutual frigidity at Phurkiya as well as gets colder every bit yous overstep up
WEDNESDAY 20th May,2009
PHURKIYA to ZERO POINT - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 steep climb vii km uphill. No luggage to survive carried
- At iii kms at that spot is a plough as well as its mentioned its iii kms
- At half-dozen kms PINDARI BABA ( Swami Dharmananad's Ashram) where i tin remainder as well as create got tea
- At vii kms ZERO POINT where the route ends abruptly as well as makes farther progress quite impossible.
ZERO POINT to PHURKIYA - Again i tin halt on their agency downward to BABA's ashram. BABA takes no money, i tin donate at the donation box
PHURKIYA To DWALI - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 downward slope. Pickup luggage left at PHURKIYA KMVN.
- The climb downward is polish except at the valley ,where it tin larn worse
- Lots of places to sit down as well as rest. Road is polish , i tin accomplish really quickly
Lunch at DWALI ( ALternately i tin create got it at PHURKIYA as well as come upwards down)
Night Halt at DWALI - PWD has alone beds, no bedcover or pillow or blankets. Window drinking glass is broken, room is non carpeted similar KMVN. Bathroom has no H2O storage drum, merely a balti as well as mug.
- PWD has fireplace facility ( KMVN's besides have) but i needs to figure out how to larn wood as well as brand it
- Food lineament at DWALI is the worst as well as besides costly
If i is going towards Kafni, in i lawsuit tin crusade out the Zilla Parishad guesthouse at 5kms from DWALI
THURSDAY 21st May,2009
DWALI to KAFNI - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 steep climb of 12 kms. No luggage to survive carried. No mule dung on this road.
- If yous tin arrange, chowkidar at DWALI,Tara Singh volition ready as well as pack lunch/breakfast for Kafni travel
- First v kms are really steep, tough. Roads twist as well as plough as well as destroyed past times avalanches as well as landslides.
- At v kms Zilla Parishad has a guesthouse. Fooding as well as Lodging available here
- At half-dozen kms the bully Kafni Bugiyal starts. Walking uphill becomes moderate as well as pleasant.
- At 8 kms KMVN is constructing a novel Rest House
- At 12 kms i meets the commencement glacier , Kafni 1
- At xiv kms i tin overstep as well as reckon the instant big glacier Kafni 2. Roads vanish afterwards this.
KAFNI to DWALI
Lunch at Zilla Parishad Guest house
- Lodging is costlier hither ( Rs 100 per caput merely for staying, blankets etc available at extra cost)
- Food is basic khichdri, maggi etc at rates similar to Dwali or Phurkiya
- Tents tin survive pitched hither as well as opened upwards air for bathrooms.
- The render journeying to DWALI is polish every bit at that spot are really few visitors to KAFNI
- One tin reckon big herds of goats as well as sheep from nearby villages
Night Halt at DWALI
FRIDAY 22nd May,2009
DWALI to KHATI - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 pleasant walk again. This fourth dimension it was generally downhill as well as remainder of it smooth
- Again tea at half-dozen km ,midway
Lunch at Khati
- We had Lunch at DEBUda's house
KHATI to DHAKURI - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 pleasant walk commencement iii kms , moderate climb
- At v kms i tin larn the terminal few tea stalls
- Last iii kms are steep climb upwards
Night Halt at DHAKURI - Food as well as facilities proficient at KMVN
SATURDAY 23rd May,2009
DHAKURI To LOHARKHET - First 1 km is a tough uphill
- After the temple at DHAKURI top it is a downhill all way. Tea stall at 6kms
- Second Tea stall at ix kms
LOHARKHET To SONG - One tin create got Jeep. Alternately i tin trek downhill for iii kms
- Song has a charabanc stand upwards as well as Jeep stand upwards as well as a few shops. Catch a bus/Jeep to Bageshwar
Lunch at Bageshwar
Night Halt at BAGESHWAR - Alternately i tin overstep to Garur or Almora or Nainital. It is fifty-fifty possible to overstep to Kathgodam.
- But, it is advisable to overstep on a 24-hour interval inwards buffer
SUNDAY 24th May,2009
BAGESHWAR to KATHGODAM - Lunch on the way.Last cab from BAGESHWAR to accomplish KATHGODAM is at 1 PM. Do non expect ,these are highly erratic.
- Train(RANIKHET EXPRESS) leaves KATHGODAM for DELHI at 8:40 PM
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