Har Ki Dun Trek With Maninda Tal and Jaundhar View Point

After a drive of some 7-8 hours from Dehradun, you will arrive in Sankri by evening. We must have already conveyed to you about the place to reach In Sankri. If you have booked the cab through us, or if you are arriving in a private cab, the cab will drop you right in front of our homestay. Upon reaching, one of our representatives will greet you and guide you to your room. Once you are settled and freshened up, we meet over for evening Tea and Snacks. That's where we get introduced to the Team, issue your personal equipment to be used on the trek for extra hygiene and safety, and share the latest updates for the Har Ki Dun trek in short. 

Our dinner gets ready by that time, and we get ready for a savory dinner cooked by our expert cook. Your trek leader and guide will share the timings for tomorrow.

It's the best practice to wake up early in the morning in the mountains and start the trek as early as possible. The first day does take a little more time. Today after a wholesome breakfast, we board a cab and drive through one of the most thrilling drives in the region to reach Taluka. Mostly we arrange a 4X4 camper for this road as that's the best for this route. In about 45 minutes we reach Taluka, where we meet our mules-men. While our team loads the camping equipment on the mules and gets them ready, the trekking team advances and starts the trek to Chillurgad with our trek leader and guide. The trek follows the Supin river. The sound of the river is just so exciting. So is walking through the forest under tall conifers often crossing the river over bridges.

Our trail today is quite a simple one and is also used by the villagers. It gets lively as well when you keep interacting with passing locals and shop owners. We reach our campsite in Chilludgad after crossing the village of Gangaad. This campsite is just beneath the village of Puani and beside the Supin river. We can hear the gush of it throughout. It's a different kind of music.

We resume our trek for the day after having our breakfast. Starting from Chillurgad, we walk towards the village of Seema. Its just about 1.5 kilometers to Seema and as you trek, you can constantly see the village of Osla hanging and hovering over you - An unimaginable sight. On reaching Seema, we take some rest as we get set to finally do some serious climbing for the day to reach Osla. We need to cross the bridge and then hit the sharp switchbacks. 

We keep entering the village of Osla for our return journey as today we have more climbing to do. We gain quite some height with the climb to Osla and as a result of that, the trail becomes gentle and gently climbs up further to Halche and Kalkatidhar. There is a steep section between Halche to Kalkatidhar which is for about 2 Kilometers. The trail is a very picturesque one as it swirls across rich pasture land overlooked by giant mountains. The shine on the local organic crop talks a lot about the hard-working villagers. We get lovely views of Bandarpoonch, White Peak, Black Peak or Kalanag, Ruinsara peaks and a peek into the opposite valley from Halche.

On reaching the campsite of Kalkatidhar you will forget the entire day's pain. It's a vast beautiful meadow with the Har Ki Dun and Hata peak standing tall right in front of you. On the other side, you can see the trail going down to the Ruinsara Tal route via Boslo. Har Ki Dun is just 3 Kilometers from here which we cover tomorrow.

Today is the best day for us and we try to stay as relaxed and in leisure as possible. However, we do need to start early, as soon as possible in the morning. We will be given packed lunch for today as we venture out to explore as much as possible.

Today there are no steep climbs. However, the altitude starts to show its effect and we naturally slow down a bit. The trail passes by a couple of lovely waterfalls and in about an hour and a half, we reach Har Ki Dun. The entire trek is beautiful and we take enough breaks to experience all of it, as much as possible. As we keep climbing up, the river gets narrower and gives an extreme joy to watch it amidst the forest of conifers, rhododendrons, and lots of colorful, small wildflowers. Many species of bird could be seen on this trail as it gets quieter. 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 greet us. It is probably one of the most beautiful places in the 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 frame in the mountains. Little beyond, the vast field of the Swargarohini valley is visible. Maninda Tal route is even better and it takes overall about 3 hours to reach Maninda Tal and be back to Har Ki Dun.

After coming back from the Maninda Tal, we have lunch and estimate if we have enough time to visit Jaundhar Glacier as well. Typically it takes about 5 hours from Kalkati Dhar to reach HarkiDun, visit Maninda Tal, and be back to HarKiDun again. To return to Kalkatidhar from HarKiDun, it takes about an hour. Hence starting our day early is very important today.

By the time we reach Har Ki Dun back from Maninda Tal, its time to have lunch. After lunch, we go towards the Jaundhar side and reach the base of Swagarohini peaks. We cant reach Jaundhar offcourse, but we can take ourselves to a beautiful place beneath the Swargarohini peaks. We need to watch the weather as well and return safely to Kalkati Dhar by the time its 2 PM.

Trek back to Chilludgad on the same route. On reaching Osla, we enter the village and visit the Someshwar Mahadev temple.

After having quick breakfast, we have to return to Taluka today via the same route and the drive back to Sankri. We can have a hot shower today after 5 days