Category: trekking

Andharban Trek and why you should NOT trek in the Sahyadris

Andhar (dark) and ban (forest) make Andharban a dark forest. Andharban trek is essentially you walking for hours in a dark forest. Water streams are your constant companion. You will

A typical landscape in Basar, Arunachal Pradesh

Basar: A must visit destination in your travel itinerary for Arunachal Pradesh

We were walking down a village called Gori 2 in Basar. Spotless, organised, perched on a hillock in the midst of lots of bamboos, a river flowing at the bottom

Cha village seen at a distance surrounded by the green farms with a rickety wooden bridge over river Lungnak to cross over to Purne is a homestay option for the first night halt on the trek to the remote and isolated Phuktal or Phugtal monastery or gompa passing through a deep gorge or ravine formed by the Lungnak, a tributary of the Indus river between the brown, golden and barren Greater Himalayan and Zanskar mountain ranges in the offbeat Zanskar valley in Jammu and Kashmir in North India.

Trek to Phuktal Monastery in Zanskar, India.

Zanskar valley, in the Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir, is probably the most isolated valley in India and Phuktal is amongst the most remote places in Zanskar. A few hours

Clouds descend on the pine forest surrounded by the sun-lit golden Himalayas with a stream flowing by in the lush greenery.

Chatpal, an offbeat gem hidden in Kashmir

“Feel free to stay as long as you can manage without electricity” was the memo. Chatpal was slated to be touted as mini-Pahalgam. A fully furnished tourist bungalow built by the

The campsite at Sheshnag, teh first night halt of the Amarnath yatra with several tents spread out as seen at the break of dawn with fresh snow from the previous night in the backdrop.

Amarnath yatra: Trek on a pilgrimage

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Coorg: Of coffee, wilderness and our first travel together

“The most beautiful places are at the end of really bad roads”. Coorg had fit this bill quite correctly back then. With its lure of coffee plantations, exotic homestays and