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Kedarkantha Trek - Do It Yourself Guide

 

 

Introduction

Trekking and hiking in the mountains has not been a traditional sport activity in India. But in last few years, the space of adventure tourism is constantly growing because now people and specially the youth are very interested in not only travel and tourism but also in making their travels full of adventure.

In this scenario, winter trekking in the Himalayas is something that can add a little more spice and fun in your whole experience. Kedarkantha winter trek in Sankri region of Garhwal Himalayas in Uttarakhand is one such great experience. Kedarkantha trek offers something to everyone. It can be a very satisfying and mesmerizing trek for a novice trekker and it can give the feeling of getting high rewards in less time to an experienced trekker. It is suitable for a solo individual trekker, a group of friends, family with kids or just anyone else looking for a highly rewarding and a bit challenging trekking experience in the Himalayas. Who knows, one such trek could also lead you to a path of self discovery!!

 

Basic Details About Kedarkantha Trek

Kedarkantha trek starts from a small village called Sankri. Sankri is well connected by road and it is 200 KMs away from Dehradun, the capital city of Uttarakhand state. Kedarkantha is a mountain peak which is 3800 meters or roughly 12500 ft above sea level. The altitude of Sankri village is 1900 meters. So reaching the peak of Kedarkantha from Sankri village means a solid altitude gain of 1900 meters (approx). This trek can be easily completed from Sankri to Sankri in 4 days which will require setting up 3 different camps on the mountain. But people who find more fun and thrill in posing a greater challenge before themselves, can try to complete the whole trek in 2 or 3 days too.

Please read more detailed itineraries of this trek here: Kedarkantha Trek Details. In case, you are looking for a fully organized trip to do Kedarkantha trek, please check our well-crafted trek packages on the same link here: Kedarkantha Trek Details. Otherwise, please read-on to do it in a self-organized manner.

 

Essential Parts of Planning and Organizing Your Own Trek

Now that it is established that Kedarkantha is a very thrilling and exciting Himalayan trek to do, we will look towards the next part. Planning to do this trek yourself or with your friends/family together. There are several good trek organizers who organize this trek for groups of people. They have all the arrangements for the trek sorted out and you can just join their group and enjoy your experience. Himalayan High is one such trek organizer. But somewhere out there, there is a different breed of people too who don't enjoy trekking with fully organized groups as much as others. But everyone needs some basic arrangements to complete any trek successfully. So, there has to be a solution to this problem. That's why, a complete step by step guide to planning and organizing the Kedarkantha trek on your own is presented here.

If you look at organizing any multi day Himalayan trek, it may seem to you as a complex problem. But to make it simpler, we need to break it down to different essential components of organizing a trek. Here are a few things that need to be sorted out for your trek planning.

  1. Travel and Transfers Between Dehradun and Sankri
  2. Accommodation In Sankri
  3. Local Trek Guide and National Park Permits
  4. Essential Personal Equipment For Trekking
  5. Camping Arrangements and Food
  6. Weight Management and Load Ferry
  7. Miscellaneous Requirements

Now we will talk about all these components in more detail.

 


How To Reach Sankri

This includes the travel from your home location to Dehradun by rail or plane and then further travel between Dehradun and Sankri. There are many public buses which ply daily on the Dehradun-Sankri route. They typically take 8-9 hours for this journey. All the buses leave early in the morning from Dehradun railway station between 5AM and 8AM. Apart from this, there are many taxi service providers who will arrange a taxi for your travel from Dehradun to Sankri and return.

For more information read - How To Reach Sankri in Uttarakhand - India

 


Accommodation in Sankri

After you have reached Sankri, the next requirement is obviously to stay there. Sankri has limited hotels and small homestays for trekkers and tourists. However, during peak season all the hotels or homestays are booked by trek companies and hence you might land in problem if you do not have it pre-booked. Since Sankri is a remote Himalayan village, staying in a local homestay or small lodge should be preferred because that will give you a better authentic experience of staying in a village in the Himalayas. Do note that Sankri does not have ATMs and Banks. So have cash ready before reaching Sankri.

One of the best local and authentic homestay in Sankri is The Trekkers' Lodge. This is a local homestay upgraded and managed by Himalayan High and is very beautiful, suitably located just beside the Kedarkantha Trekking trail and they offer equipment rental and guides from there itself. However, since Sankri does not have internet and phone calls do not work, it has to be booked online.

trekkers lodge covered in snow rooms of trekkers lodge sankri 

rooms of trekkers lodge sankritrekkers lodge sankri   

 

There are many other local homestays and 2 hotels in Sankri which are good options to stay for your trek. However, its preliminary that you contact them and book it beforfe you reach, especially during the peak winter months from December till March. 


Local Trek Guide

Hiring an experienced local trek guide is very important and mandatory rule enforced by the authorities of Govind Vihar National Park. They only issue trekking permits when you are accompanied by a local guide registered with the forest department. Also, hiring a local guide is quite helpful and offers lots of advantages. When you hire a local person as your guide, it completely removes the risk of you losing your way at any point during the trek. A good local guide would also tell you many things about local culture, food and the surrounding mountains. A good guide can make a huge difference in your entire trek experience. He will tell you interesting local tales of the region and in no time, you'll make a long lasting bond with your guide. 

Pre-booking of a local guide is very essential, especially during the peak season from November till April. Good, experience, trained and trustworthy guides are rare. They get booked most of the time by local agency or other trek operators. It will be very demanding on them to not accept other confirmed booking from other groups who have either reached there or might have paid them money to stay confirmed. Once a guiude gets book, its not just for 4 days that he remains booked. He cannot accept any other booking 4 days prior to that in order to make himself available on your required date. Its human nature to look out for more money and better rewards, anmd this area this is the only source of earning livelihood for them.Hence it is essential that you PREBOOK YOUR GUIDE BEFORE YOU REACH SANKRI

To solve this problem for self-arranged treks to Kedarkantha - Himalayan High started allowing hiring of local guides, porters, cooks and mules online through their Equipment Renting Website. You can pre-book your resources online and travel without any worries. Everything will be arranged by them prior to your visit. Check it out on - Hire Local Guides and Porters In Sankri

 

Below is the Rate Chart For Local Resources In Sankri. 

Do note that the cost is inclusive of GST and Himalayan High Service Charge. Local resources will get their own sleeping bags and mattresses. You need to take care of their food and accommodation during the trek. If you are hiring a Kitchen Tent, they will manage to sleep in it.

 

Products Wages Per Day Security Per Item
Cook On Treks 1000.00 0.00
Porter 800.00 0.00
Local Guide 1000.00 0.00
Technical Guide 2000.00 0.00
Mules 700 0.00
 
 
 

Necessary Personal Equipment

When you go for a Himalayan trek like Kedarkantha in the winters, you can expect a little difficult weather conditions and the trek route maybe full of fresh snow. So to make the trek safe and successful for all trekkers, you need some good quality personal trek gear during the trek like a good pair of trek shoes, a down jacket, waterproof and windproof top layers, rucksack, gaiters, micro spikes for shoes for better grip on snow, headlamp etc. Any average trekker would possibly not have all this gear on him and it may prove to be quite expensive to buy all the necessary equipment for one trek. That's why it makes perfect sense to rent all the required equipment before your trek and to make your trek successful. You should always rent the necessary gear in advance because that just ensures the availability of trek equipment for you when you arrive in Sankri to start your trek.

There are not many online equipment rental services available in this area. But fortunately, Himalayan High has an online equipment rental booking service which provides quality trekking gear with assurance to help you plan without any worry of equipment and local resources. You can access this portal here - Rent All Trek Gears In Sankri

Using this service, you can book your equipment rentals for you and your group in advance through safe online payments. This will guarantee the availability of equipment to you in Sankri. All the equipment is top quality and in good condition. In addition, this service also offers the option of hiring any type of local resources in advance like guide, cook, porter, helper, mules etc.

 

Required Personal Trek Equipment For Kedarkantha Snow Trek:

  1. Waterproof High Ankle Trekking Shoes
  2. Gaiters
  3. Micro spikes or mini ice crampons
  4. Waterproof trek trousers
  5. Waterproof Jackets
  6. Down Jackets ( -10 to -15 )
  7. Trek Poles
  8. Waterproof outer gloves
  9. Fleece inner gloves
  10. Headlamp
  11. Neck warmer
  12. Skull Cap
  13. Sunglasses (Cat 3 or Cat 4 lens, anti UV, Polarized)
  14. 2 pairs of thermals
  15. 4 pairs of socks ( 2 cotton - 2 woolen )
  16. T-Shirts ( 2 - 3 )
  17. Lightweight Trek Trousers or pants ( 2)
  18. Inner wear

Below is the Rate Chart For Personal Trek Gear Rental In Sankri (do note that there can be generous discounts on more items and more number of days.)

 

Products Rent Per Day Security Per Item
Gaiters 60.00 300.00
Waterproof Gloves 35.00 300.00
Microspikes / Trekking Crampons 85.00 800.00
Rucksack 60L With Cover 50.00 1000.00
Fleece Inner Gloves 15.00 100.00
Balaclava / Neck warmer 20.00 150.00
Rain Ponchos 35.00 300.00
Headlamps 40.00 300.00
Trekking Pole 35.00 300.00
High Ankle Waterproof Shoes
EU 36-1
200.00 2000.00
Down Jackets
L-1
200.00 2500.00
Windproof Waterproof Jacket
L-1
100.00 1000.00
Waterproof Windproof Trousers
L-1
100.00 1000.00
 
 

Camping Arrangements And Cooking

This is the most important and tricky part of planning and organizing your own trek but not a difficult one to take care of. All the equipment required for a good, comfortable and safe camping experience like sleeping tents, sleeping bags, mattresses, kitchen tent, dining tent, toilet tent etc can be rented online. Be a little careful with the dates when you are making an online booking for these things. So first part of the problem is solved.

Now the next thing is taking care of food. It is obviously very important to keep yourself well-fed and hydrated during your trek. There are several options available to arrange food during the trek for yourself and your group. If the team size is 3 or less and if you are planning to do the Kedarkantha trek in 2 or maximum 3 days, you can manage to do the whole trek with some light ready to eat kind of food. You can carry these food items yourself. To cook these things in your camp, it is possible to hire a butane gas stove and camping utensils online. You can supplement your food by carrying some chocolates, energy bars, boiled eggs etc. If you are lucky, you'll also get some basic food on the mountain at some local dhabas, tea/maggi points etc. If you don't prefer to carry these food items and camping equipment yourself, you are suggested to hire porters to carry this stuff for you. Service of a porter can also be booked online in advance. One porter will carry a maximum load of 20 Kilos for you. The equipment and stuff to be carried by a porter should be properly packed in an easy to carry bag. It will be your responsibility to arrange the camping accommodation and food for any local resources you are hiring like guide and porters. Please note that these local people are not used to surviving on ready to eat food like maggi, soup etc and they've to do heavy work every day. So, they need basic but full meal in their diet like dal and rice. So you can either carry these food items separately for them and they will cook food for themselves or you can provide them some extra food allowance so they can manage it on their own.

If your group size is more than 4, it is better to keep a little more elaborate arrangements for food. In this case, you should also hire a cook for your team. For cooking, you can rent a kerosene stove online and buy kerosene there in Sankri. Keep the food menu basic and filling for all members of your team. You can buy all ration and vegetables either from Dehradun or in Sankri. Up to 4 members, one cook will do all the work of cooking and cleaning but for a bigger group, the cook will need kitchen helpers with him for fetching water, washing vegetables, cutting, cleaning utensils, serving food, etc. From 5 to 8 members, one helper will be sufficient and for 9 to 15 members, two helpers will be needed to do the job. With this increasing group size, porters will not be able to carry all the food items and equipment for you. So it will make more sense to hire the service of mules to carry all the stuff for you. Mules can also be hired online in advance. You can calculate the number of required mules by considering that one mule will carry a maximum load of 40 Kilos.

 

Required Camping Gears:

 

Sleeping:

  1. 3 or 2 Person Tents ( 1 tent for up to 3 persons)
  2. Waterproof foam mattress ( 1 for each member )
  3. Sleeping Bags  ( 1 for each member )
  4. Sleeping Bag Inners ( 1 for each member )

 

Kitchen and Dining ( Basic ):

  1. Kitchen Tent
  2. Stove and Utensil Kit for cooking and eating
  3. Fuel
  4. Ration ( Rice, Dal, Wheat, Cooking Oil, Eggs, Vegetables, etc )

 

Kitchen and Dining ( Luxury):

  1. Camping Table
  2. Camping Stools
  3. Dining Tents ( For 6 or more people )

 

If you are a nature lover, use Toilet Tents and pit Style Toilets in Camps. Do it in hiding, Dig a pit, use it. Cover it with mud thereafter.

 

Cooking Plan for Small Team (up to 4 members): 

  1. Alpine Stove ( can be rented from Himalayan High Rentals )
  2. Butane gas cylinders ( Can be bought in Sankri from Himalayan High )
  3. Ready to eat food which requires just boiling water.
  4. Camping utensils can be managed with just a big Steel Mug and a small bowl

 

Below is the Rate Chart For Camping And Cooking Equipment In Sankri. All required camping gears can be rented online using Rent All Trek Gears In Sankri.

 

Products Rent Per Day Security Per Item
Dome Tent ( 3 Man) 300.00 2500.00
Sleeping Bags (2.5 Kg, 0 Deg) 150.00 1200.00
Light Weight Alpine Stove 60.00 500.00
Waterproof Foam Mattress 30.00 500.00
Camping Utensils ( Below 5 pax ) 380.00 1300.00
Camping Utensils ( 5 - 10 pax ) 470.00 1600.00
Camping Utensils ( 10 - 15 pax ) 700.00 2500.00
Camping Stools 30.00 300.00
Camping Table 150.00 2000.00
Dining Tents 800.00 4000.00
Kitchen Tents 600.00 3000.00
Sleeping Bag Fleece Inner 20.00 100.00
Toilet Tent 100.00 1500.00
 

 


Weight Management and Load Ferry

Finally it comes down to total weight once everything is finalized. Depending upon the estimated weight of the camping gear, ration and fuel, you need to determine whether you would be hiring mules or a couple of porters to get the job done. Remember, porter can carry up to 20 Kilos of weight, whereas mules can carry up to 40-45 kilos. Porters will eat food whereas mules will eat grass. However, porters can also give some extra help on the route and camp or for emergencies during the trek.

 


Miscellaneous Requirements

As already discussed above, you need a permission from forest department which you can easily get from the forest checkpoint in Sankri but you need to go there with your local guide. All other required equipment and resources can be hired online.


Summary

If you organize Kedarkantha trek successfully on your own, it will give you an unforgettable Himalayan trekking experience without a doubt. Not just that, you'll also learn how to manage all the required logistics for such a trek at a very remote location and in a disconnected environment.

 

 
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    • 🚩 Ends In: Joshimath
    • 🌏 Region: India - Uttrakhand
    • 🎌 Country: India
    • 🛪  Nearest Airport: Jolly Grant Airport, Dehraoon, Uttrakhand
    • 🚉 Nearest Rail Head: Rishikesh, Uttrakhand
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    Sandakphu 4 Day Trek
    Sandakphu 4 Day Trek
    • 📅 Duration: 4 nights
    • 🔼 Highest Altitude: 3636m
    • 🛑 Grade: Easy ( know trek grades )
    • 👍 Best Time: Jan - May, Oct - Dec
    • 🚩 Starts From: Maneybhanjyang
    • 🚩 Ends In: Srikhola
    • 🌏 Region: India - Darjeeling Sikkim
    • 🎌 Country: India
    • 🛪  Nearest Airport: Bagdogra, West Bengal
    • 🚉 Nearest Rail Head: New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal
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    Mentok Kangri Climbing Expedition
    Mentok Kangri Climbing Expedition
    • 📅 Duration: 11 Days, 10 Nights
    • 🔼 Highest Altitude: 6230m
    • 🛑 Grade: Challenging + ( know trek grades )
    • 👍 Best Time: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct
    • 🚩 Starts From: Leh
    • 🚩 Ends In: Leh
    • 🌏 Region: India - Ladakh
    • 🎌 Country: India
    • 🛪  Nearest Airport: Leh, Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport ( IXL)
    • 🚉 Nearest Rail Head: Katra, (KEA), Jammu Tawi ( JAT)
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    Kang Yatse 1 and 2 Climbing Expedition
    Kang Yatse 1 and 2 Climbing Expedition
    • 📅 Duration: 16 Da
    • 🔼 Highest Altitude: 6401m
    • 🛑 Grade: Challenging + ( know trek grades )
    • 👍 Best Time: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct
    • 🚩 Starts From: Leh
    • 🚩 Ends In: Leh
    • 🌏 Region: India - Ladakh
    • 🎌 Country: India
    • 🛪  Nearest Airport: Leh, Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport ( IXL)
    • 🚉 Nearest Rail Head: Katra, (KEA), Jammu Tawi ( JAT)
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    Kedarkantha Short Hardcore Trek
    Kedarkantha Short Hardcore Trek
    • 📅 Duration: 3 nights
    • 🔼 Highest Altitude: 3800m
    • 🛑 Grade: Moderate ( know trek grades )
    • 👍 Best Time: Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr
    • 🚩 Starts From: Sankri
    • 🚩 Ends In: Sankri
    • 🌏 Region: India - Uttrakhand
    • 🎌 Country: India
    • 🛪  Nearest Airport: Jolly Grant Airport, Dehradun, Uttrakhand
    • 🚉 Nearest Rail Head: Dehradun, Uttrakhand
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    Sandakphu Phalut In Land Rover
    Sandakphu Phalut In Land Rover
    • 📅 Duration: 4 Days, 3 Nights
    • 🔼 Highest Altitude: 3636m
    • 🛑 Grade: Easy ( know trek grades )
    • 👍 Best Time: Jan - May, Sep - Dec
    • 🚩 Starts From: Maneybhanjyang
    • 🚩 Ends In: Maneybhanjyang
    • 🌏 Region: India - Darjeeling Sikkim
    • 🎌 Country: India
    • 🛪  Nearest Airport: Bagdogra, West Bengal
    • 🚉 Nearest Rail Head: New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal
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    Har Ki Dun Ruinsara Tal Trek
    Har Ki Dun Ruinsara Tal Trek
    • 📅 Duration: 9 Days, 8 nights
    • 🔼 Highest Altitude: 4200m
    • 🛑 Grade: Moderate ( know trek grades )
    • 👍 Best Time: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
    • 🚩 Starts From: Sankri
    • 🚩 Ends In: Sankri
    • 🌏 Region: India - Uttrakhand
    • 🎌 Country: India
    • 🛪  Nearest Airport: Jolly Grant Airport, Dehradun, Uttrakhand
    • 🚉 Nearest Rail Head: Dehradun, Uttrakhand
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View User Profile for Himanshu gupta

I started trekking since 2012 and fell in love with the Himalayas ever since. I have done many treks, participated in mountaineering expeditions and also led some expeditions beyond 6000 meters.

But the Himalayas are so vast and beautiful that any amount of trekking, climbing or exploration is never enough and that's the best part. The more mountains I see, the humbler I become. Roaming in the Himalayas is not entertainment for me. It nourishes and enriches my soul. Now it is something I can't live without.

In 2017, I decided to make it my profession coming from an IT background and joined Himalayan High as a Co-Owner along with Suman Chowdhury, the founder of Himalayan High. This has been a pretty amazing journey so far. I'm just grateful for how I got an opportunity to turn my interest into my profession.

I hope to be able to trek, climb and explore the Himalayas a lot more and I want to keep sharing my experiences throughout this journey.

Posted by Himanshu Gupta Friday, October 23, 2020 12:28:00 PM

Celebrating 10+ Years of Himalayan Excellence

Over 10000+ Successful Summits with a remarkable 85% summit success ratio and 0% casualties.

Suman Chowdhury Montu Kumar Stanzin Clement Raju

Making Life Extra-Adventurous, We Create Experiences For Our Living

We are Incredible India and Indian Mountaineering Foundation approved proficient adventure tour operator and mountaineering experts serving exclusively in the Himalayas of India, Nepal, and Bhutan. We operate in the altitude range from 4000 to 7500 meters and support mountaineers from all around the globe, and of all grade in achieving their dream.

We pledge to realize our client''s mountain goals by all means and effort. From the moment you start communicating with us, we start building your experience right away by crafting an authentic, raw and immersive travel experiences in the Himalayan, blending uncompromized safety standards with deeper knowledge of the terrain, locality, sprituality, and professional skills which have been roughened and shaped by loads of successes and failures in the Himalayas. We maintain a harmonious balance between luxury and comfort on the treks, Our entire team from top to bottom, is very friendly, highly flexible, and, most importantly are genuinely committed towards your goals and will leave no stones unturned to realize the success on the summit.

Since our inception, we have been devotionally committed to responsible tourism with strict adherence to eco-friendly and low-impact trekking practices. While there are a lot of companies boasting of being the largest, crowdiest, cheapest or oldest in the Country, we in Himalayan High take immense pride in being one of the smallest, yet the strongest and most trustworthy service provider in the Indian Himalayas. Our professionalism, mountaineering expertise, morality, work ethics and business conduct talk for itself as we are a growing business without putting any effort towards glamorous marketting because thats not where our audiences are, and thats not what our clients seek as well!

Our pioneering SMALL GROUP Policy, coupled with a trekker to guide ratio of 1:2, provides us unparalleled flexibility and strength which stands as the bedrock of our exceptional success on the summits in the field of mountaineering. With us, you are in the absolute right hands to build your experience. Its not just because we are professionals doing our duty, but because most of our initial efforts are put towards understanding you and your requirements first, and not to draw you towards a rigid travel plan and ride you through. Our reviews boasts of the same.

Come, join us to gift yourself a life-changing experience in the mighty Himalayas. We believe, if a person is not changed from inside after visiting the Himalayas, he actually didn't visit at all!

Atithi Devo Bhava!

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Our Minimum Guaranteed Promises And Unique Value Proposition

Commitment Towards Exceeding Expectations, Satisfied Customers and Happy Ecology

  • Objective Oriented - Safety First

    With an unwavering focus on the objectives of the trek, we plan the best for summit success while always prioritizing safety, and have a proven track record of keeping our this promise intact right from inception till date

  • Intimate & Immersive Journeys

    Committed to organizing lesser-done, un-crowded, less than 10 members trekking groups, ensuring an intimate and immersive trekking experience. Personalized plan make our treks dynamic, flexible, and successful

  • Professionals On The Job

    Our highly trained leaders are sons of the land and are professionals at their job. They possess extensive Himalayan experience and expertise, prioritizing trail safety and adeptly managing diverse trekking scenarios

  • Expert High Altitude Care

    Our high altitude expertise ensure impeccable medical safety, resulting in zero injuries or fatalities in our expedition history right from inception, reflecting our knowledge & commitment to a set protocols, alertness, and mountain discipline.

  • Superior Sleep Comfort

    We arrange a cozy camping experience with double foam waterproof mattresses, down sleeping bag inners, sub-zero outer sleeping bags, air pillows, and double-layered all-weather tents for superior insulation and comfort during your trek

  • Eco-friendly Hygienic Toilets

    We prioritize eco-friendly, hygienic camp toilets, minimizing environmental impact and prioritizing trekker comfort and well-being. Our human waste management in the Himalayas ensures a leave-no-trace approach strengthening sustainibility

  • Tailored & Flexible Arrangements

    Our team is dedicated to meeting your unique and demanding requirements, offering flexibility, customization, and personalization throughout the journey ensuring creation of lifelong memories and friendly bond

  • Hygienic Dining & High Altitude Menu

    Enjoy a cozy dining experience in our mess tent, furnished with camping tables, stools, solar lanterns and buffet meals perfectly suited for high altitudes. Indulge in a variety of local delicacies and comforting meals that are easily digestible, fulfilling, and energizing

  • Unmedicated Natural Acclimatization

    We focus only on natural acclimatization for success on the mountains and our belief in our bodily capacities has given us tremendous success. Disregarding means of chemical acclimatization with use of diamox and other shortcut medicines, we rather take pride in achieving success in the purest form

  • Safe Water - Safe Trek

    We take enough caution to prioritize your health by serving natural stream water that is filtered, boiled, and treated with water purifiers before it is provided to you. We also suggest our clients take double precautions at their end too, answering our diverse sensitivity to the water

  • Best Guide-to-Trekker Ratio 1:2

    We provide the industry's best guide-to-trekker ratio of 1:2 for all semi-technical and technical climbs, ensuring personalized attention and support throughout your journey. This results in exceptional trial support and response to emergencies or crisis situations

  • Emmergency & Rescue Planning

    We take a lot of care for managing emergencies and evacuation on the trek and take all required steps firstly to prevent, and then to respond to it on uneventful situations. Small things like taking extra resources, monitoring daily health, etc are a part of it.

  • Leave No Trace Policy

    We implement a comprehensive waste management process from procurement to disposal. Our commitment extends beyond social media posts, ensuring proper waste disposal without leaving a trace. It starts from what we buy, to what we carry on the trek to what we bring back.

  • Low Impact on Ecology

    Our commitment to smaller group sizes, eco-friendly methodologies, waste management practices, zero tolerance for fixed camps, and utilizing natural resources in the required quantity minimize our impact on the ecology, allowing for sustainable and responsible treks.

  • Boosting Microeconomy

    As part of our commitment to supporting local communities, we hire local resources and make all non-equipment and trek leader-related purchases locally. By doing so, we contribute to the growth of the microeconomy in the regions we operate. We wish to do more of it in the future.

Chasing Dreams And Creating Lifetime Memories

For 10+ years

                                       
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We only organize lesser done, uncrowded, customizable & personalized, small-group private trekking tours in the himalayas of India, Nepal and Bhutan

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