TIME TO VISIT - Mid Apr to End of June
- September as well as October
GUIDE
- DEBU Guide(He has 4 sons who are too 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 minute break - 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 six AM)
DAY 1. Kathgodam to Bageshwar (200 kms.- six hours approx -Rs 200 yesteryear cab)
Bageshwar to Song (40 kms - Bus - Rs 35)
Song to Loharkhet ( five 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 five kms apart) at 6'o clock inwards the morning.
- Outside station at that topographic point are buses as well as cabs(mostly Mahindra Bolero) as well as shared cabs available.
KATHGODAM To BAGESHWAR yesteryear Cab ( Rate is Rs 200 per head. Takes six hours approx for 200 kms)
- Bageshwar is final identify yous tin observe chicken curry here
Lunch at BAGESHWAR
BAGESHWAR To SONG yesteryear Bus ( Very few cabs as well as rattling boring buses. Takes ii hours at to the lowest degree for approx xl kms)
SONG To LOHARKHET yesteryear Cab ( There is a unmarried Jeep which takes Rs 50 per caput for a five km ride uphill. Alternately yous tin trek uphill for iii kms brusque route)
Night Halt - Only KMVN(Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam) household available.
Facilities -> At to the lowest degree xxx people tin remain inside. They supply ready clean beds,pillows,good blankets. There are huge bathrooms amongst H2O stored inwards drums(hence to live on used judiciously)
(Rent is Rs 150 per head). They are yet expanding.
-> The chowkidar prepares nutrient at a makeshift kitchen. Rate is Rs xl per meal, Rs 20 per breakfast/snacks as well as Rs five for tea
-> Forest Entry takes Rs sixty per head( Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 mortal 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 require tent,sleeping bags as well as mat. Other facilities similar mutual lavatory as well as nutrient are available.
MONDAY 18th May,2009 -
LOHARKHET To DHAKURI - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 steep walk upwardly the gradient for eleven kms.
- After 1 KM at that topographic point is a resting place.
- After iii kms at that topographic point is the get-go tea stall
- After six kms at that topographic point is the minute as well as final tea stall
- After 8 kms at that topographic point is a minor memorial stone
- After 10 kms yous attain the operate yesteryear of a colina where at that topographic point is a temple, a signboard amongst distances as well as at the distance i tin see DHAKURI
- After eleven kms yous attain DHAKURI. There are ii hotels here. Both KMVN as well as PWD(Rs 55 per head) guide hold staying facilities.
Lunch at DHAKURI
DHAKURI To KHATI - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 moderate walk of 8 kms
- First iii kms simply slopes down. First tea stall tin live on seen fifty-fifty later ii kms
- Next ii kms is alternately shine or downwards , few tea stalls as well as a hamlet called UMLI to live on crossed. Lots of identify tin live on seen
- At seven kms Hotel Anpona is introduce which provides decent tea. Lodging as well as Fooding available here.
- At 8 kms attain KHATI , Hotel Sangam is the get-go i to select grip of the eye. Clean rooms as well as decent food.
- Khati is final identify yous tin guide hold egg curry. It gets rare from hither as well as rattling expensive
- The KMVN hut is 0.5 KM later 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 topographic point were few others. Max terms 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 six kms has rattling few ups as well as downs.Tea stall introduce at six kms
- Bridge to cross river at six kms as well as 1km uphill trek
- The residue of the trek is moderate in i lawsuit again till DWALI
- There are ii HOTELS inwards DWALI to eat
Lunch at DWALI
- There is a KMVN hut as well as at that topographic point is a PWD hut at DWALI. Food,Lodging rates are similar.
DWALI To PHURKIYA - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 steep climb of seven kms
- After iii kms at that topographic point is a valley, roads are rattling steep hither inwards absense of whatsoever proper rocky paths. But rattling rubber every bit its plains as well as grass all around
- It gets colder yesteryear the infinitesimal as well as rains inwards the afternoon nigh everday.
- No tea stall cypher 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 cash inwards one's chips 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 cash inwards one's chips from PHURKIYA To BABA's ashram ( six kms steep climb uphill). Baba tin accomodate few persons in all likelihood a couple. Also lots of places to pitch tent here.
- It is rattling mutual frigidness at Phurkiya as well as gets colder every bit yous cash inwards one's chips up
WEDNESDAY 20th May,2009
PHURKIYA to ZERO POINT - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 steep climb seven km uphill. No luggage to live on carried
- At iii kms at that topographic point is a plough as well as its mentioned its iii kms
- At six kms PINDARI BABA ( Swami Dharmananad's Ashram) where i tin residue as well as guide hold tea
- At seven 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 downwards 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 downwards is shine except at the valley ,where it tin instruct worse
- Lots of places to sit down as well as rest. Road is shine , i tin attain rattling quickly
Lunch at DWALI ( ALternately i tin guide hold it at PHURKIYA as well as come upwardly down)
Night Halt at DWALI - PWD has solely beds, no bedcover or pillow or blankets. Window drinking glass is broken, room is non carpeted similar KMVN. Bathroom has no H2O storage drum, simply a balti as well as mug.
- PWD has fireplace facility ( KMVN's too have) but i needs to figure out how to instruct wood as well as brand it
- Food character at DWALI is the worst as well as too costly
If i is going towards Kafni, in i lawsuit tin endeavour 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 live on carried. No mule dung on this road.
- If yous tin arrange, chowkidar at DWALI,Tara Singh volition gear upwardly as well as pack lunch/breakfast for Kafni travel
- First five kms are rattling steep, tough. Roads twist as well as plough as well as destroyed yesteryear avalanches as well as landslides.
- At five kms Zilla Parishad has a guesthouse. Fooding as well as Lodging available here
- At six kms the groovy 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 get-go glacier , Kafni 1
- At fourteen kms i tin cash inwards one's chips as well as see the minute big glacier Kafni 2. Roads vanish later this.
KAFNI to DWALI
Lunch at Zilla Parishad Guest house
- Lodging is costlier hither ( Rs 100 per caput simply for staying, blankets etc available at extra cost)
- Food is basic khichdri, maggi etc at rates similar to Dwali or Phurkiya
- Tents tin live on pitched hither as well as opened upwardly air for bathrooms.
- The render journeying to DWALI is shine every bit at that topographic point are rattling few visitors to KAFNI
- One tin see 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 to a greater extent than oft than non downhill as well as residue of it smooth
- Again tea at six km ,midway
Lunch at Khati
- We had Lunch at DEBUda's house
KHATI to DHAKURI - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 pleasant walk get-go iii kms , moderate climb
- At five kms i tin instruct the final few tea stalls
- Last iii kms are steep climb upwardly
Night Halt at DHAKURI - Food as well as facilities skillful at KMVN
SATURDAY 23rd May,2009
DHAKURI To LOHARKHET - First 1 km is a tough uphill
- After the temple at DHAKURI operate yesteryear it is a downhill all way. Tea stall at 6kms
- Second Tea stall at nine kms
LOHARKHET To SONG - One tin accept Jeep. Alternately i tin trek downhill for iii kms
- Song has a charabanc stand upwardly as well as Jeep stand upwardly as well as a few shops. Catch a bus/Jeep to Bageshwar
Lunch at Bageshwar
Night Halt at BAGESHWAR - Alternately i tin cash inwards one's chips to Garur or Almora or Nainital. It is fifty-fifty possible to cash inwards one's chips to Kathgodam.
- But, it is advisable to maintain a twenty-four hr menstruum inwards buffer
SUNDAY 24th May,2009
BAGESHWAR to KATHGODAM - Lunch on the way.Last cab from BAGESHWAR to attain KATHGODAM is at 1 PM. Do non facial expression ,these are highly erratic.
- Train(RANIKHET EXPRESS) leaves KATHGODAM for DELHI at 8:40 PM
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