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Hemkunt Sahib, Uttarakhand, India

Valley of Flowers and Hemkunt Sahib Trek, Uttarakhand, India

Posted on August 5, 2012April 23, 2025

This is the first summer when I have trekked twice and I think I am going to make it a habit. In this post I am collating all my Valley of Flowers and Hemkunt Sahib Trek links and also sharing a few more pictures. Traveling to Rishikesh and Joshimath (Day 1 &2 of the trip)…

Hotel Kuber, Ghangaria, Uttarakhand, India

Ghangaria to Govindghat, Day 4, Valley of Flowers Hemkunt Sahib Trek

Posted on August 4, 2012April 23, 2025

You would ask how difficult it could be to get back the same route you climbed up? The answer is not very difficult. But what happens with me is that I get fatigued when I go up and I get pain in my knees when I get down. I am better at handling fatigue than…

Hemkunt Sahib Trek, Uttarakhan, India

Ghangaria to Hemkunt Sahib- Day 3, Valley of Flowers Hemkunt Sahib Trek, Uttarakhand

Posted on August 2, 2012April 23, 2025

I was aware that the route to Hemkunt Sahib (4329 meters, 15210 feet) was all the way uphill, the entire 6km of it. But having done the Everest Base Camp in May this year I thought I should be able to tackle it. We had bread omelet for breakfast around 6.30 am and left at 7.00…

Bladder Campion Flower, Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand, India

Ghangaria to Valley of Flowers- Day 2, Valley of Flowers and Hemkunt Sahib Trek

Posted on August 1, 2012April 23, 2025

I used to sleep almost like a log on the Everest Base Camp Trek (apart from Gorek Shep) but no such luck on the VOF trek. I don’t know why every day I would struggle to sleep. The first night at Ghangaria was particularly bad. I woke up at some point with a start, feeling…

On the way to Ghangaria

Govindghat to Ghangaria- Day 1, Valley of Flowers and Hemkunt Sahib Trek

Posted on July 31, 2012April 23, 2025

I have already discussed my reaching Joshimath and my rest day at Joshimath. About time I started writing the trek account. To start the trek I needed to reach Govindghat fromJoshimath. Sohan Singh ji (my guide on this trek as well as Kuari Pass Trek) recommended the start time of 7.00 am. He said it…

Valley of Flowers Trek, Uttarakhand, India

And I am Back from Valley of Flowers

Posted on July 22, 2012April 24, 2025

From Valley of Flowers, I am back to the plains again! I trekked 50 kilometers in 4 days. Of course my pictures do no justice to the place. I was wondering what makes me walk 50 kilometers in 4 days, 25 of which was uphill. Of course the nature is part of the answer. But…

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