Valley of Flowers

We board cabs from Haridwar early in the morning and move towards Pulna(2000m) beautiful hill village the roadhead for this trek, the journey takes around 12 hr and goes via the towns of Devprayag, Srinagar, Rudrapryag and Joshimath, Overnight stay in Home Stay

The trek is 9 km long and is completely paved. The gradient of the trek is easy and is steep at few stretches. More than half of your trek goes parallel to the river. The whole trek is scenic and is full of scenic views of valleys, mountains, and waterfalls. Ghangaria is a kind of settlement situated at an altitude of 3010 meters and offers some great views. After arriving at the village have lunch, relax and enjoy the beauty of the place surrounded by conifers covered mountains. Dinner and overnight stay in hotel at Ghangaria.

The trek to the valley is around 4 km long from Ghangaria. We take the upwards route from the village and after walking for barely 500 meters we will reach a dividing point. The route will be divided into two routes, the straight one going towards Hemkund Sahib Gurudwara and the left going towards the Valley of Flowers. We take the left turn and continue our trek and reach the forest check post. We resume our trek through that narrow route, after getting the entry permit. The trail is covered by dense bushes on both sides and soon we start seeing flowers on the way. We cross a bridge over the Bhyundar river and continue our trek on the trail. The waterfall near the bridge looks massive and beautiful. We will reach the main valley after getting out from the forest route. The valley looks amazing. Enjoy the heavenly beauty of the place. We will explore the valley to its fullest and try not to miss any flower. We start getting back to the village by late afternoon and reach there by evening. Dinner and overnight stay in hotel/guest house in Ghangaria.

The trek is 6km long on each side and is quite steep throughout the way. We take the same upwards route from Ghangaria and continue it on the Hemkund Sahib route. After crossing the waterfall, the steep ascent starts and the route continues in a zig-zag way. We could see the village Ghangaria from the route while trekking. After 3 hours of continuous trek, we reach a point from where the tree line ends. It will take us around 4-5 hours to reach our destination. The gurudwara is beautiful and offers magnificent views. One can also spot the mighty Nilkanth peak if the weather is clear. We will have Langar there and then start descending back to the village. The downhill trek will take less time and we will reach back by evening. Dinner and overnight stay in hotel/guest house at Ghangaria.

Wake up and we start our downhill trek to Govindghat in the morning after having breakfast. We take the same route that we took on the Day 2 while trekking up. It will take us around 3-4 hours to reach Pulna. After reaching the village, we will leave for Badrinath temple and Mana village (Last Indian village at the Indo-China border. Dinner and overnight stay in Hotel at Badrinath.

We board cab from Badrianth early in the morning and move towards Haridwar.It will take us 12 hours to reach Haridwar.The trip ends in Haridwar.