This classic trek that retraces the pioneering steps of Shipton and Tilman through the Himalayas.
The centerpiece of the Garwhal region is undoubtedly the Nanda Devi Sanctuary. Until 1934, the gorge of the Rishiganga River and the immediate area around Nanda Devi peak was one of the least known and most inaccessible parts of the Himalayan region. In the Sanctuary, the mountains stand in a vast amphitheatre, seventy miles in circumference and about 6,000m high. The Nanda Devi Sanctuary is drained in part, by the Alaknanda and Saraswati rivers.
It was in 1934 when Eric Shipton and Bill Tilman eventually managed to find their way to the Sanctuary, which was unexplored till then. This paved the way for the Anglo-American mountain expedition of 1936 to ultimately climb the peak. When Tilman and Odell reached the top of Nanda Devi on 29th August 1936, they had reached the highest point ever climbed by man till then. And this height record stood till the French stood on top of Annapurna in Nepal in 1950 - the first 8,000m peak to be climbed by man.
Route & general observation
From Delhi, overnight train to Kathgodam is better option than thinking of driving to Almora, which is a nice hill resort. Munsyari and Lilam are another places to explore while one is finally on the strenuous high altitude trekking of Milam and then Nanda Devi base camp.
View of the Mt. Nanda Devi could be one of the most fascinating and beautiful experience in the world for every nature lover. Nanda Devi is the highest mountain situated completely within India and is surrounded by a ridge wall of nearly 6000m. The only break in this wall is the Rishi Ganga, a wild and seemingly impenetrable gorge. The Nanda Devi basin must surely be one of the most legendary regions in the entire Himalayas chain. During the trek there are many views of the surrounding peaks and the Kuari Pass (3658m) itself has an unrivalled panorama of the Great Himalayas peaks including Nanda Devi (7816m), Changabang (6864m), Dunagiri (7066m) and Kamet (7756m).
- 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.
Day 01: Arrive Delhi- Once you arrival at Delhi airport, you will meet our representative who will respectfully escort you to your hotel.
Day 02: Delhi – Kathgodam (300 Kms by train)- In the morning half day sightseeing at Delhi and by evening transfer to railway station to board Ranikhet Express from Old Delhi railway station at 2245 hrs and reach Kathgodam early next morning at 0600 hrs. Overnight journey.
Day 03: Kathgodam - Almora – Munsyari (2290 Mt) 300 Kms/8-9 hrs.- Upon arrival at Kathgodam drive to Munsyari via Almora. On arrival check in to hotel for overnight.
Day 04: Munsyari - Lilam (1850 Mt) (14 Kms/ 5-6 hrs)- In the morning we will start our first day trek to Lilam via Darkot. From Darkot the trek is descent to the Gori Ganga and continues descending until to the River at Jimighat. From here trek upward to Lilam. On arrival setup camp for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 05: Lilam – Bugdiar (2500 Mt) (12 Kms/5-6 hrs)- In the morning we will trek up to Bugdiar. Enroute we will cross the thick forest of Utees and other trees. After an upward trek we will reach Bugdiar. Here we can see Shepherds with their flocks of sheep and goats are a common sight at the meadows of Bugdiar. On arrival set up campsite. Dinner and overnight stay in tents.
Day 06: Bugdiar– Martoli (3430 mt) (14 Kms/5-6 hrs)- We continue trekking along the Gori Ganga through series of narrow gorges. This beautiful trail passes through gorges and meadows leading to Railkot. The trek continues to the village Martoli situated at the edge of Lwan Gad Valley. Overnight stay in tents.
Day 07: Martoli – Milam (3450 Mt) (11kms/5-6 hrs)- We descend to a bridge over the Lwan Gad and continuing further we cross the bridge over the Gori Ganga. The trail goes on to the left bank and a short climb brings us to Burphu Village (3350 M). The valley opens up here and one get a spectacular view of several peaks. Trekking further we will reach the village Milam. Overnight stay in tents.
Day 08: Milam – Milam Glacier – Milam (6 Kms /3-4 hrs)- After breakfast trek towards the Milam Glacier. On arrival explore the glacier; one can view the magnificent peaks of Rishi Parvat (6692 M), Hardeol (7151 M) and Trishul I (7074 M). Later trek back to Milam for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 09: Milam- The day is to relax/exploration activities at individual level. Dinner and overnight stay in tents.
Day 10: Milam – Lwani (13 Kms/5-6 hrs)- After breakfast trek down to Lwani. On arrival set out camp for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 11: Lwani – Nanda Devi East Base Camp (4150 Mt) (13kms/5-6 hrs)- In the morning we will start our trek to base of Nanda Devi east. The route is full of thrill and we will pass a series of moraine fields and famous meadows of Sartol Kharak (3650 M) and Naspanpatti (3850 M) in Nanda Devi. Set out camp for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 12: Nanda Devi East Base Camp – Nanda Devi East (3 Kms one side/3-4 hrs)- In the morning we will set out a trek for Nanda Devi east. Explore the terrain and return back in the base camp for dinner & overnight stay.
Day 13: Nanda Devi East Base Camp - Martoli (3430 Mt) (14 Kms/5-6 hrs)- After an early breakfast trek to Martoli. Dinner and overnight stay in tents.
Day 14: Martoli - Bugdiar (2500 Mt) (13 Kms/4-5 hrs)- In the morning after breakfast trek down to Bugdiar via Railkot. Dinner and overnight stay in tents.
Day 15: Bugdiar – Lilam (12 Kms/4 hrs)- Trek down to Lilam. Dinner and overnight stay in tents.
Day 16: Lilam – Munsyari (2290 Mt)- This is our last day trek to Munsyari. This is another easy day to reach Munsyari. Dinner and overnight stay in hotel.
Day 17: Munsyari – Kathgodam- Early in morning drive to Delhi. Overnight journey.
Day 18: Delhi Departure & fly out- Arrive at Delhi by morning. On arrival transfer to hotel to relax yourself. In the evening you will be escorted 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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