Valley of Flowers trek - did i get it right?

malaiKofta

hello trekkers!

after reading tones of threads on VOF (maybe too many... )

am here by glad to layout my plan in front of your expiranced eyes and will b happy for coments!

Haridwar(leave early morning- bus or train?)- Joshimat
night@joshimat

Joshimat-trek to auli(is it worth the efort?)
night@joshimat
Joshimat(early morn.what is the best way to Govind.-bus or by foot?)- Govindghat- leave our heavy stuff there- trek to Ganghria
night@ganghria

Ganghria-VOF-Ganghria
night@ganghria

now, i can start my way back to rishikesh but we want to get to Hem-kun. i wont be able to do this trek since my knees is poor.. we were thinking of ponys/donkyes or what ever they use to take us up and down- how and from where do we arange it? how much it should cost?we would like to go up- spend the night there and down the next day.is it posisble?

how cold it is up there-VOF+HEM?is 2 cotton shirts layers and fleece will do the work or there is need for gloves etc.?

thanks for the attention- sure my plan would be the best thanks to you!

malai

malaiKofta

waiting for your helpfull replies!

kullukid

You can only get to Joshimath by bus from Haridwar. I loved my stay there 10yrs ago on the way to Badrinath. Didn't do the VOF or Auli treks, but did do an alternative fairly easy (on the knees!) walk to Tapovan Temple & hotsprings (not to be confused with the other Tapovan nr Gangotri) We met a long term freak in Almora who told us about this place. We caught a share jeep to Tapovan Hotsprings then walked back along the very quiet road (only saw 2 or3 other jeeps in about 3hrs) & there were no other tourists, not even Indian ones anywhere to be seen. The scenery in this valley was absolutely stunning with the snow white peak of Nanda Devi peeping over the top of the other mountains.
So if you want a fairly easy off the tourist trail alternative, give this a try. KK

nyraghu

The reason for no replies may be the fact that various aspects of trekking to the VoF have been discussed threadbare in several postings on this forum. I suggest that you search this forum for `valley of flowers' --- that will provide most of the information you want. At that point, more specific queries from you may elicit helpful responses.

HTH,
Raghu.

malaiKofta

a good advice im taking it with 2 hands and if we really go for it ill let you know how it is 10 years later!

thank you for sharing