Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) is the newest addition to India’s National Parks, located in Kullu region in the state o Himachal Pradesh. The park was built in the year 1984 and it is spread over an area of 1,171 km2 that lies between an altitude of 1500 to 6000 meters. The Great Himalayan National Park is a habitat to more than 375 fauna species that comprises nearly around 31 mammals, 181 birds, 3 reptiles, 9 amphibians, 11 annelids, 17 mollusks and 127 insects. They are protected under strict guidelines of wildlife protection act of 1972; hence any sort of hunting is not permitted. It also supports the variety of plant life, scattered over the park.
GHNP is a major source of water for the rural and urban centers of the region with four major rivers of the area originating from the glaciers in the Park. It is also a source of sustenance and livelihood for the local community living close to GHNP. The international community regards it as a pilot site where the community based Biodiversity Conservation approach is being tested.
Sainj and Tirthan are two main valleys in Great Himalayan National Park where man lives with nature for centuries. The trout fish of this region is widely popular, similar is the nature walks, short rafting, herbal (botanic) tours and trekking. This program covers majority of the attractions of these two valleys on foot, where the trek develops from moderate to strenuous at several places. It is also a remarkable experience to witness the transitions between two magnificent valleys.
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Our Trekking cost includes We strongly suggest you to use our email address info@adventureindiagroup.com for sending your queries directly to us. It is less time consuming than using booking forms. You can give missed call at 919736102222 and our office will call you back if you can't send email.
Transportation
- International airport to hotel in Delhi transfer by small coach/ medium or large cars as per the group size
- Sightseeing/ monument visits as per the itinerary
- Delhi to trek beginning point and back to Delhi transfers
- Transfer to international airport in Delhi after the trip
- Transportation of porters, cook, kitchen staff to trek beginning point and back to their places after the trekking
Accommodation – city hotels with breakfast & remaining on full board
- Hotels as per the program
- Trekking duration camps with all meals
- Gala dinner at Delhi with expedition mementoes/ souvenirs
Staff
- Porters for the trekking part
- Cook and kitchen helper (01)
- Trekking guide (01) from trek beginning point to trek end point
- Local sightseeing/ city/ monument guide
Equipment
- Trekking tents for the members
- Trekking tent for cook+ helper and trekking guide
- Ground mattresses
- Kitchen tent, chairs, tables, stools, utensils, crockery and cutlery
- Toilet tents and toiletries
- Medical kit
- Maps and directions
Administrative assistance to the expedition team
- Cargo Management for big groups
- Insurance of the staff and porters for trekking trips like Kangla Pass
- Inner Line permits/ restricted area permits
The cost doesn’t include
- Air tickets of the expedition members
- Any kind of insurance of the clients
- Personal expenditures of the clients
- Helicopter rescue
- Personal sleeping bags and sacs
- Cargo handling charges
Skiing supplement
- If you want to ski down from some point, you can write separately.
We strongly suggest you to use our email address info@adventureindiagroup.com for sending your queries directly to us. It is less time consuming than using booking forms. You can give missed call at 919736102222 and our office will call you back if you can't send email.
Day 01: Arrive Delhi: On arrival you will meet with our office representative, who will escort you to your hotel for the overnight stay.
Day 02: Delhi to Pathankot-: Full day sightseeing of Delhi, which includes the grandeur of Old and New Delhi through its heritage monuments, age old bazaars and the new establishments in the capital of India. We take the overnight train to Pathankot, which is at the border of Himachal Pradesh.
Day 03: Pathankot to Dharamsala: Reach Pathankot in the morning and further drive to Dharamsala- a Tibetan settlement, where HH The Dalai Lama lives, is about 90 Kms from Pathankot railway station and takes between 2-3 hours time to reach.
After spending some time in your hotel, a sightseeing of Mc Leaodganj is arranged exploring the residence of The Dalai Lama, Namgyal Monastery, Tibetan Parliament, Tibetan Medical Centre, Tibetan Library, Tibetan Children Village and Handicraft Center. Overnight at hotel.
Day 04: Dharamsala to Neuli (1500 M) at GHNP: Morning after breakfast, drive to Norbulinga Institute and further drive to Kullu Valley, about 230 Kms and reaching a peaceful campsite of Neuli in Great Himalayan National Park. This is the beginning point of your trekking, situated at the banks of a river which is the popular point of Trout Fish.
Day 05: Neuli to Shakti Trek (2100 M): We start our first days walking experience in Great Himalayan National park after breakfast by moving towards Shakti. The total distance of this day is about 22 Kms and we have a very moderate ascent this day. We walk at lower meadow bridge in Humkhani forest. This forest is home to the endangered king of the birds “the Western Tragopan. Through the beautiful wild surroundings, we reach Shakti and camp for the night.
Day 06: Shakti to Dhel (3737 M): This is the day to encounter dense forests of the national park which surely gives the opportunity to see the best flora and spot the beautiful birds in the morning hours. The distance of this day is about 11 Kms and the ascents at some places are very heavy. The walnut trees and several herbs make the trek very impressive. A knowledgeable guide of botany make the day extremely informative as various herbs do have finest medicinal values. We reach our Shakti campsite late in the afternoon and relax for the night.
Day 07: Day hike to Jogni and back to Dehl camp: This morning you have high chances to spot Himalayan Thars and Red Foxes particularly and other wild life in general. We take a rest day at Dehl today and move up to Jogni with pack lunch. The walk is easy but with fabulous surroundings. Jognis are very important mythological creatures in Himalaya with Hindu way of followers; these are the deities with open temples. We spend some time at Jogni to have a magnificent view of the peaks of the GHNP and come back to Dehl, the sunrise and sunsets are extremely beautiful at this place. The total distance covered today is about 5 Kms. Overnight at camp.
Day 08: Dehl to Guntrao (3500 M): This is again a challenging trekking day when we reach to the altitude of about 4100 Meters while trekking towards Guntrao. The climb to the top from base takes about two hours through very narrow path and after the top, we need to walk down with sheer drops of about 200 careful meters. There are nice opportunities to spot Himalayan Thar this day. It is the longest day of the route where we cover about 15 Kms trail with several ups and downs in beautiful park region.
Day 09: Guntrao to Shilt (3100 M): This is again a different day when we cross through Bamboo forests which are rare in Great Himalayan and Pir Panjal Ranges. Trekking in between of lush bamboo forests make the day colorful and on the way we cross beautiful streams and waterfalls. The total distance with moderate ups and downs is about 16 Kms and takes about 6 hours of comfortable walk. In the evening we reach to our campsite at Shilt for the overnight stay.
Day 10: Shilt to Gushaini: This is the day with almost steep descents through dense forests to Gushaini covering a distance of about 15 Kms. Gushaini is a small town surrounded by the mighty snow crowned Himalayan peaks. It is located in the deep Tirthan valley amidst the orchards on the slope of the mountains. Gushaini is remarkable for her beautiful landscape, the stunning view of the Himalayan peaks and the calm and serene environment. It is also known as a ‘Trout Country’ as it is famous in trout fishing. We spend the night at a nice home stay and enjoy the hospitality.
Day 11: Gushaini to Shoja drive and walk to Sarolsar Lake through Jalori Pass: The drive to Shoja from our home stay is about 22 Kms through Banjar and Jibhi. The drive is simply pleasing. This tiny hamlet is located at a height of 8000 feet with the dense forests, small waterfalls and the lush green landscape which make it truly breathtaking. Shoja gives you a spectacular view of the Jalori Pass and the Himalayan peaks. We check into our camp at Shoja and drive to Jalori Pass for another half an hour’s time. From Jalori Pass you have to walk 6km to reach Sarolsar Lake through forests lined with oak, blue pine, spruce fir and deodar trees. It is a small lake and the locals consider it as a very holy place. After visiting this beautiful and clean lake, we walk to Jalori and drive 5 Kms down to Shoja for overnight stay.
Day 12: Shoja to Shimla drive, 153 Kms/ 6 hours: Morning drive down to Sutlej valley and join the national highway close to Rampur after crossing a bridge on River Sutlej. Shimla is about 120 Kms from here and the roads are very nice to cover this distance in 3-4 hours. We can stop for tea at Narkanda on the way which is the entry point of old Hindustan Tibet road. On arrival, check in to your hotel in Shimla and evening is free to stroll on mall Road.
Day 13: Shimla sightseeing and drive to Chandigarh in the evening: Full day sightseeing of Shimla includes visits to the historic buildings like Vice Regal Lodge, Gaiety Theatre, Scandal Point, Railway board Buildings, Gorton castle and Jhaku Temple dedicated to Lord Hanuman at the top of Jakhu Hills. We leave Shimla and drive 110 Kms to Chandigarh- the most organised and planned city of India designed by French Architect Le Corbusier. Evening is free to explore this beautiful city.
Day 14: Chandigarh to Delhi Train and fly back home: Morning we take the Shatawdi train, a fastest and comfortable train to Delhi which takes only 3 hours to cover this distance. On arrival, you will meet our representative, although your GHNP guide will be with you, and drive to your hotel. Rest of the day is free in Delhi and later we drive you to the international airport for your flight back home.
Getting there: Your nearest international airport is Delhi where you will meet with our expedition manager. After essential visits to IMF and cargo (if required), you will be escotrted towards the initial point of your adventure as per the program details.
After the expedition/ adventure journey, you arrive back to Delhi. After de briefing (in case of expedition) and farewell ceremony, you will be driven to international airport to board flight back to your home.
Airtickets: We have our partners in almost every foreign countries, so if you need any assistance in your air tickets bookings, you are always welcome to speak to us to know about our partner close to you.
Cargo Management: We have strong tieups with the cargo management companies to get your consignments clear timely in Delhi. In maximum cases, you will only need to spend just 2 hours for getting your consignmwent delivery. Once you send the documents and the boxes details, we start locating them in India.
Insurance : It is a condition of joining our trips that you must be adequately insured. All persons are expected to arrange their own insurance. Polices should cover any potential risks involved in such adventure.
Our hotels and camps: We offer you best economy hotels in cities and towns and till base camp we provide you very comfirtable tents with maximim possible faciltiies in the mountains. For the trekking, Jeep Safaris, MTB and other adventure journeys, we provide the most luxurious camps fitted with dining areas and modren toilet facilities.
Adventure India briefing: We have excelent maps, images and movies of majoriety of our adventure expeditions/ joiurneys and sports. A short briefing in our offices is highly recommended so the team understands logistics, forecarst problems and know where the solutions would be. We stress on planning, planning and planning in any adventure expediton and till now we have remained successful in all of our expeditions just because of our planning. So we need you to be an active part of it.
Rescue and helicopter evacuation: if the expeditons are well planned, rescue operations can be avoided. In the history of 14 years, we didn’t encounter any seviour requireemtn of rescue but still we can tie up with the agencies to provide helicopter evacuation on your request and willingness to pay the charges.
Peak booking formalities: already mentioned in detail in our mountaineering formalities in India link. For necessary applications either you can check the website of IMF or speak to us.
Ground transportation: We provide the ground transportation compriseing of best available cars/ copaches in fine roads and rough trucks in remote areas of the Indian mountains.
Porters and ponies: We provide ponies till base camp and HAP/ LAPs as per the requirement of the expedition.
Fuel and gases: Fuel (aftwer BC) is not a part of cost included section, but we will manage Butane / Butane propane gases for you on your timely request.
Trek & BC food : We offer a mixture of Vegetarian and Non vegetarian food till BC including the several herbs we have individually discovered with the medicinal values and capacity to keep the body warm. We have cooks who make Korean, Japnese and Continental food along with Indian food.
Our guides & instructors: Our guides are basically trained till BC trekking and support to establish BC. But our instructors do have good experience of mountaineering who can join the expeditions to higher levels too.
Ground Support system: We have fantastic ground support system developed in collaboration with the local people of nearest villages, army camps, porters and local guides. We have re discovered the use of traditional communication system also along with the setellite phones to stay in touch with the groups after BC. Our BC staff is trained to keep information of the groups at ABC and between and act as per the situation.
Cost Includes & not: The cost includes all hotels, guest houses, camps till BC, food till BC, ponies, porters, LAP/ HAP, food & tents for the porters, cooks and staff at BC, insurance of our permanenet staff, food for LO, cargo management, all transportation, all sightseeing, liasioning and coordination, trekking guides and BC management. The cost doent include IMF fees and environment levies, State Government fees and environment levies, porters insurance, clients air fares, helicopter evacuation, extra porters requirement from the BC, extra days at or above BC and any expenditure on personal level including clients insurance/ visa etc.
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