Valley of Flowers

Hi Akansha,
We haven't tried yet for hotels. Our plan is to look for them on run time. Fellow Indiamiken's have told that there are many options to stay. Our current plan is to reach Ghangaria on day 2 (In case we would not be able to make it, we will halt at govindghat), so no stoppage in Joshimath.

I guess you are also going around 15th August?? Happy Travelling.

Regards
Rohit

[QUOTE=solo_trekker;538047]
Rohit, why are you going via Haldwani...? That route is long and the road condition definitely leaves a lot to be desired, especially in the rains... If you don't want to go straight on NH-58 via Haridwar - Rishikesh - Deoprayag - Srinagar, you can go direct to Kotdwar - Dugadda - Pauri - Srinagar and then carry on the NH-58...!
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Thanks for the reply Solo_Trekker. I travel very frequently on Delhi-Rishikesh highway as I belong to Rishikesh, thats the reason why we are planning to go via some other route. Just want to explore other routes as well

I was doing some R&D on the routes via which one can reach Govindghat from Delhi. There are three possible routes.
Route1-Noida-Rishikesh-Srinagar-Joshimath-Govindghat= 416 KMs
Noida-Rishikesh = 225 KMs
Rishikesh-Srinagar= 70 KMs
Srinagar-Govindghat= 121 KMs
I am not sure about the distance between Rishikesh and Govindghat. Maps of India (http://www.mapxl.com/path-finder/map...config=routing shows distance to be 190 KMs. But others indicate it to be around 260KMs.

Route2-Noida-Ranikhet-Govindghat= 434 KMs
Noida-Ranikhet = 286 KMs
Ranikhet-Govindghat = 148 KMs

Route3-Noida-Kotdwar-Dogadda-Pauri-Govindghat= 380 KMs

Route3 is the shortest route.

Any info about the road conditions of route3?
Also, how late a person can leave Rishikesh for Srinagar in the evening?

A piece of advice for the people how are going to travel on Delhi-Rishikesh route-- Road conditions not so good, you need to be careful while driving because as construction is going on, you never now when a straight road would get diverted to next lane. Please don't overspeed.

Sorry to bother so soon...!! I'm in middle of finalizing the travel plan. One more query
1. We are leaving Noida on 14th at around 1 PM. Any idea, how far vehicles are allowed to go after dark on route3?

Hi All,
I see this old tread and learn must of valuable tips.
I m planing to track the VOF by this 12'-Aug'11
But I have a limited days 12th Aug to 16th morning leave not granded by office.

My Plan chart as below..
12th Eve 4:30 start from delhi to Hardwar.
13th Morning 3/4 AM start from Hardwar to Govinghat.
to Ghagaria.
14th Ghagaria to VOF to Govinghat. (Start early 3/4 AM)
15th Govinghat to Rishikesh
16th Rishikesh to Delhi (Will leave Rishikesh in the eve of 15th so that we can attend the office)

I have one query:
If I suppose manage to reach Govindghat at around 3PM, Will I be allowed to trek to Ghangria on the same day? ( same query in return also)

1st day : start from lohajung to govindghat via karnaprayag..
2nd day: Govindghat to ghangria...
3rd day: Ghangria to valley of flowers to ghangria back to govindghat ..

NOw all I have to ask is ....

1. Is the 3rd day is doable?
2. If yes ..then time taken to return back from ghangria to govindghat?
3. Is it permissible to pitch tent at valley of flowers?

we are going 2nd wk of june? will we see flowers ?

It's doable though would depend on a few things (am counting on rain mostly). When distance is large; start early to keep ample buffer; good part is that ghangria to govindghat is mostly downhill. A friend did same 3 years back.

I doubt you can pitch tents at VOF (though my hazy memory I read some where it's not allowed).

VOF best blossoms around Mid July, Aug.

1 HRDWR 29-Jul Govindghat 29-Jul 298km Jeep Night stay at Joshimath with view of 5 Prayags; Night stay at Govindghat GMVN Guest House

2 Govindghat 30-Jul Ghangharia 30-Jul 14km Trek Night stay at Ghangharia GMVN Guest House

3 Ghangharia 1-Aug Valley of Flowers 1-Aug 3km+ 3km Climb Night stay at Ghangharia GMVN Guest House

4 Ghangharia 2-Aug Hemkund Sahib 2-Aug 15km Trek Night stay at Ghangharia GMVN Guest House

5 Ghangharia 3-Aug Govindghat 3-Aug Trek Night stay at Govindghat GMVN Guest House

6 Govindghat 4-Aug HRDWR 4-Aug 283km Bus Evening Train back to Delhi/ Kolkata

Hi IMers,
we r 2frnds planning to visit VOF+Hemkund sahib, auli & Badrinath...

our itinerary...
on 29th june- leave from mumbai to delhi and reach delhi on 30th morn. then at night(same day) take train (mussoorie exp)and reach haridwar on 1st july at 6.00 A.M.
1st july- take bus or shared car to govindghat. stay at govindghat for the night.
2nd july- early morn start trekking for ghangharia. stay for the night.
3rd july- early morn start trekking for VOF & by eve back to ghangharia.
4th july-early morn leave for Hemkund sahib & by eve back to joshimath.
5th july- early morn leave for badrinath darshan & by 4p.m reach auli by ropeway & stay for the night at GMVN.
6th july- by noon back to joshimath by ropeway and start return journey.
7th july- by noon try to reach dehradun for some work that would take about 2-3 hrs. & then back to haridwar to take train at 23.00hrs.

some queries:-
1.plz refer to 4th july- is it possible to trek for hemkunt sahib & back to joshimath the same day.

2. is it possible to visit badrinath & come back to auli on the same day (plz refer to 5th july of my itinerary)
3. Are we doing justice to auli by spending 2-3 eve hrs on 5th july & 4-5 morn hrs on 6th july.
4. is it possible to start our return journey to dehradun/rishikesh/haridwar on 6th.
5. staying options available at govindghat?

waiting for yr valuable suggestions.......

some more queries...
Is there any luxury bus available from haridwar/rishikesh to joshimath or govindghat? Or the shared sumo will be comfortable enough? will be overloaded? how many passengers they carry? what is the cost of hiring an indica or tavera for one side journey i.e. haridwar/rishikesh to joshimath or govindghat?

Any specific reason you're taking the Haldwani route? Because you can easily save 150 kms of travel via the more normal Haridwar-Rishikesh route. The time saved thus would act as a buffer for landslides and roadblocks. Just saying.

Hope you are back shrey106, if you have done your trip as above.

Wish you a happy return.