A Traveler’s Notes on Uttarkhand: Gangotri-Gaumukh-Kedarnath-Tungnath-Badrinath-Auli-

Hi all,
since there is no separate thread for trip report, so iam starting a new one.
Writing a travelogue is a very difficult task because everything can not be expressed in words.But still I try to pen down my thoughts with some useful information so that other travelers can benefit from it. There are many reasons why people travel but we took this journey to escape from the mundane of materialistic world and to reunite with the nature. The Himalayas are not only the land of beauty and abode of gods but it is a synonym of Indian culture too and it never fails to inspire me. So on a fateful day of 26th May 2008 we started our journey to the Himalayas and it was definitely an experience of a lifetime.

Our trip started on 26th May 2008 from Bangalore and we booked our entire trip through GMVN’s Bangalore office.
Booking through GMVN is probably not the best option in terms of cost but they have various bungalows and rest houses all over Uttarkhand and I would recommend that for the first time travelers. Our trip lasted 16 days and it went of very smoothly for the most part.

In short our trip was
Bangalore-Delhi-Rishikesh-Uttarkashi-Gangotri-Gaumukh-Kedarnath-Tungnath-Badrinath-Auli-Haridwar-Delhi-Bangalore.

Since this was a family trip so we planned it carefully detailed to the core.
Lots of information is available on the web but in particular I would like to acknowledge the information and suggestions that I received from IM’ers of Indiamike especially regarding the Gaumukh trip. Besides the website of Uttarkhand’s govt GMVN.com is equally helpful.

Part I
Bangalore-Delhi-Rishikesh-Uttarkashi-Gangotri-Gaumukh-Uttarkashi

click here to read more: http://travel.saffronstreaks.com
hope u will find it useful.

Very Nice Travelogue !

Beautiful Pics......The Gaurikund one is very nice....

It very usefull for me because I want to go Gumukh in June with my friend. the photes are lovely and beautiful. thnaks

thanks delhiwala and garry75
for visiting my website and for the compliments.

hi wandering soul..
i visited yur information.. and its nice too see so much infomation..

Mod Note

Hi Avi. If you could use full words in your posts that would be great (text can be hard for some of our members to understand). Thanks.

Hi
I have uploaded PartII Kedarnath-Tungnath-Badrinath of my Uttarkahnd travels with the itinearary and all the details.

only for Kedarnath-Tungnath-Badrinath: http://www.travel.saffronstreaks.com..._travels2.html

for Gaumukh trek permit and other FAQS
http://www.travel.saffronstreaks.com...kh_permit.html
and
http://www.travel.saffronstreaks.com/gaumukh_faq.html


hope you all find it useful. open for suggestions and comments.
thanks

http://www.travel.saffronstreaks.com

Wandering soul,

Wonderful pieces of information and excellent photos.

Thanks for sharing.

ribhu

Hi Wandering Soul,

I just went through your web site and honestly its fantastic and gives a lot of information for first time trekkers like me.

Regards,
sunil

I tried to open website mentioned and I got the error This Account Has Been Suspended

the new web address is :

https://saffronstreaks.wordpress.com...-gaumukh-trek/

thanx

Hi
I like your plan & I want to go for almost same plan as you. Will you please help me by sharing your blueprint and experience.

Thanks

@ wandering_soul

short and cute TR.......pics are awesome

Thanks

We did this trip almost 3 yrs back, and I had posted the detailed itineary and travelogue on my blog.

here is the link that you have requested:
http://saffronstreaks.com/travels/ga...-gaumukh-trek/

If you need to know any other details, let me know.

Hi.
I'm unable to open your site from this link..pls let me know how can I open your site..because I have a plan to travel kedar & badri mid of oct' in this year..

thanks
satyen

@ Satyen

for Kedarnath the link is : http://saffronstreaks.com/travels/kedarnath/

For Badrinath : http://saffronstreaks.com/travels/ba...math-and-auli/

For Gaumukh trek i have given the link already.

If you need any other info do let us know. However the shrines closes on fisrt day of Kartick month / couple of days afer diwali.

Thanks & Regards
Wandering_soul