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Unlock 5.0: Uttarakhand relaxes visitor norms; no restriction on number of visitors. As the country enters Unlock 4.0, Uttarakhand government has relaxed a few norms for visitors. The state has tourism as one of its core industries, and has suffered massive losses as tourism was shut down owing to COVID-19 outbreak. Now, as the country is opening …

Uttarakhand is Welcoming Tourist Without Any Restrictions after Covid – Unlock Begins. Read More »

As you drive past the noise and crowds of Nainital and inch across the Budlakote Valley and closer to the sleepy Himalayan village of Pangot, you wonder how two worlds could be so close and yet so far apart. Pangot could be just another non-descript Kumaoni hamlet surrounded by verdant forests of oak, pine, cedar …

PANGOT – One Flew Over The Naina Peak Read More »

The Nelong Valley of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand is bordered by China. Being strategically sensitive, this area has been declared as Inner Line Area. Here the army is vigilant at every step and is prohibited from going without permission. Sumla, Mandi, Neelapani, Tripani, Pidia and Jadung are the last posts on the border. However, there …

Nelong Valley – The Ladakh of Uttarakhand Read More »

District Pithoragarh Location Munsiyari is at 7,000 ft in the Johar Valley carved by the Goriganga River, in far north-east Uttarakhand, and is the confluence of a network of former trade routes that crossed the high passes and glaciers between India and Tibet   Distances 109 km NW of Lohaghat, 232 km NE of Almora, 599 …

Munsiyari To The Edge Of The Horizon Read More »

Almost as soon as you leave the plains of Kathgodam, the sudden cool air that breezes in through your car window brings wind of the paradise that awaits you in the midst of the mountains. Within a short while of your first sighting of the hills, you arrive in Naukucjiyatal, among the loveliest of the …

Naukuchiatal Nine Corners Of Paradise Read More »

Kashmir’s loss is Uttaranchal’s gain,” confessed a former skiing champion of Kashmiri origin rather ruefully. And indeed, since most of us don’t fancy meeting one of Osama’s lieutenants on the slopes of Khilanmarg, let us be grateful to the Indian babu who decided to develop the little known pasture of Auli into a winter skiing …

Auli A Time To Ski Read More »

As the road begins to snake up to the Pindar River Basin from Tharali, the lush aroma of the woods begins to tickle your senses. Villages with identical white houses appear sporadically amid lush fields of wheat and bright red Amaranthus. As you stare at the distant northern horizon, your gaze falls on a dense …

Gwaldam Sitting On The Fence Read More »

Sometimes you wonder if you have really left the city behind when you escape to the hills. Maybe it’s not quite right to wish that other tourists should disappear when you are one as well, but you know the feeling And if you’ve begun to give up on the hope of finding another place that …

Pokhri On A Road Less Travelled Read More »

BY experiencing Mori is easy with your eyes closed. Just breathe in deep the pine-scented air, and then open your eyes and feast on the sight of the grey river meandering across the valley. Once you’ve soaked it all in, count your options. You could give company to the Tons River as it lazily winds …

Mori Chill By The River Read More »

Glorious as heaven itself must be , I have always thought the gates of heaven must be its crowning glory. That at least is true of Landsdowne, as you reach Kotdwar and find the sky measured out in the grey and blue. The grey is the hills of Pauri Garhwal that you are going to …

Lansdowne The Virgin Hills Read More »