Har Ki Dun Trek

Early morning board your vehicles to take one of the very picturesque Himalayan drive following the Yamuna and the Tons river. You may stop by at Mussurie for having a quick breakfast and at Kempty falls enroute to start with the fun game right away.

After a drive of some 7 hours, you will arrive in Sankri by evening. On reaching, one of our representative will greet you and guide you to your hotel room. Once you are settled and freshened up, we meet over for evening Tea and Snacks. That's where we get introduced with the Team, issue you personal equipments for extra hygiene and safety, and share latest updates for the Har Ki Dun trek in short. 

Our dinner gets ready by that time, and we get ready for a savoury dinner cooked by our expert cook hired locally.

Your trek leader and guide will share the timings for tomorrow.

Today after breakfast, we board our drive to Taluka. Its one of the most Exciting and thrilling roads in the Himalayas of Garhwal. A proper offroad drive in a bolero camper..  It takes us about an 45 minutes to reach Taluka, where we meet our mules and mulesmen. While our team loads our equipments are loaded on the mules, the trek team advances and start our trek to Chillurgad. We follow the Supin river ans start to enjoy the lovely trekking trail that it is.. the sound of the river is just so exciting to walk with through the forest with tall conifers. We often cross the river over bridges maing it excellent resting points on the trail and for somephotography sessios as well.

Our trail today is quite a simple and straight forward one and as the route is also used by the villagers, it gets lively as well interacting with the locals, from kids to old men and women. The route crosses the beautiful village of Gangaad and then stops little ahead of the village of Puoni Gad. The campsite is lovely beside the Supin river and we can hear the gush of it throughout. Its a different kind of a music. The lovely and famous village of Osla is visible from our campsite hanging on the mountain in front. Do keep an eye for unique creations by the villagers, their houses and temples.

Today we resume our trek for the day after having our breakfast. Starting from Chillurgad, we walk towards Seema. Its about 1.5 kilometers to Seema and on the entire distance, the village of Osla hovers over you throughout. On Seema, we take some rest as we get set to finally do some climbing on the trek and reach Osla. We leave the route towards Devsu Thatch and Bali Pass, Ruinsara Lake and cross the bridge over Supin river to climb to Osla. 

We do not enter Osla and keep it for the return trek. We gain quite some height with this climb and the the trail again gentles up climbing graually. The trail ahead is one of the most picturesque one as it swirls across climbing gently while both the side is a rich pasture land. The shine on the local organic crop talks a lot about how hard working the local villagers are.. Walking further, we visit a small temple of Devi which the villagers consider very pious and respects a lot. Trekking further bring us to the campsite of Halche from where we get lovely views of Bandarpoonch, White Peak, Black Peak or Kalanag, Ruinsara peaks and  a peek into the opposite valley - the route towards Black Peak, Dhumdarkandi Pass which exits to Gangotri in Harshil and Bali Pass which exits to Yamunotri.

We move further ahead and cover another 2 kilometers to camp at Kalkati Dhar. It makes a lovely camp location. The elegant and fascinating peak of Hata and Har Ki Dun stands out tall on this campsite. This also eases our next day and allows us to explore Har Ki Dun more

Our trail for today involves very gradual ascends as we head towards the platue of Har Ki Dun. The trail is wonderful passing by a lovely waterfall. As we climb up, the river keeps on getting narrower and gives an extreme joy to watch amidst the forest of conifers, rhododendrons and lots of colourful and small wild flowers. Many species of bird could be seen on this trail as it gets peaceful. We walk by not disturbing the harmony and tranquility of the place.

As we near Har Ki Dun, the giant peak of Har Ki Dun and Hata peak greets us. It is probably one of the most beautiful places in the entire Himalayas. The stream of Maninda with the view of Har Ki Dun Peak and Hata Peak in the background is just one of the perfect views in the mountains. Little beyond, the vast field of the Swargarohini valley is visible. Its an unbelievable view going up till the Jaundhar Glacier.

We have early hot lunch today and leave to visit Maninda lake post lunch. It follows the stream and take a left towards the Borasu Pass route. It takes about 3.5 hours to go to Maninda and come back to Har Ki Dun. Rest of the day is spent experiencing the wonders of Har Ki Dun - its Lord Shiva's own land after all !! It ought to be special !!

During winter till early April, this place receives good amount of snowfall and make a wonderful place to visit. 

Today we wake up early morning to catch the lovely sunrise on the surrounding peaks. After having quick breakfast, we leave to visit the Jaundhar glacier of Swargarohini and surrounding peaks in the early morning time. We come across a vast meadow with the peak of Swargarohini forming the background, and a stream passing by..  amazing view ! We head towards the glacier and try to go as much as we can. Since we have to return to Osla on other half of the day, we fix a turn around time. It usually takes about 4 hours to visit the Jaundhar glacier view point and return back to Har Ki Dun.

After we come back, we pack up quickly, have hot lunch and start our trek down to the village of Osla. We are expected to cover the straight forward easy trail to the village of Osla of some 8 Kms in about 3 hours.

Tonight we spend in a homestay and experience the rich and unique culture and hospitality of the Borasu villages, in Osla. Yes, we do not miss to visit the Duryodhan Temple or the temple of Someshwar Mahadev. 

Descend down the same route to reach Taluka where your vehicle will be waiting to transfer you to Sankri. After you reach, you checkin to your hotel. You may chose to have hot shower today.

Our beautiful trek has come to an end. We will drive back to Dehradoon early morning