Panch Chuli Base Camp Trek

• 📅 Duration: 10 Days, Kathgodam to Kathgodam
• 🔼 Highest Altitude: 3712m
• 🛑 Grade: Moderate ( know trek grades )
• 👍 Best Time: Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 🌄 Terrain: forest, meadow, ravine, rocky, glacial moraine and snow in winter
• 🏃 Activity Type: Trek
• 🔄 Trail Type: Same Exit Entry Point
• 🚩 Starts From: Dharchula
• 🚩 Ends In: Dharchula
• 🌏 Region: India - Uttrakhand
• 🎌 Country: India
• 🛪 Nearest Airport: Pantnagar, Uttrakhand, Pithoragarh Raini Saini
• 🚉 Nearest Rail Head: Kathgodam, Uttrakhand
• 🙏 Travel Guide: Where and How To Reach Dharchula
• 📶 Mobile Network: BSNL, sparsely
• 🌐 Internet Option: No
• 🌞 Temperatures:
• 🔒 Is Cloak Room Available: No
• 🍵 Generic Food Menu: Indian, Garhwali

Trek to the soul of the Darma Valley following the River Darma up till the base camp of the Pancha Chuli Group of peaks. Passing by the remote villages of Dhar, Bongling, Nagling, Sela, Baling, Saun, Duttu and then further up to Tidang and Bidang, this trek lets you experience almost all of the Himalayas of Kumaon.

The villages lets you experience the rich culture and way of life of the Kumaon Himalayas. Homestays further makes it better as in this trek we can live like a local and spend the night in the houses of the local villages. This not only earns them money but also gives a platform of interaction with the locals to see life through their eyes.

The 5 peaks of Pancha Chuli sees over these valley and from Saun, its a day excursion to the Pancha  Chuli Base Camp. The peak almost seems climbable from that close.

The Sin La pass connects the Darma Valley to the Kuthi Yangti valley which forms the Adi Kailash trek. Check out more about Sin La Pass Trek on the following link /sinla-pass-trek-kuthi-yankti-to-darma-valley