GANGOTRI NANDAVAN TREKKING
Base: Rishikesh
Main Attractions: Shivling, Sudarshana And Thelu Peaks
GANGOTRI-NANDAVAN-TAPOBAN TREK
This trek is for adventure lovers, who can experience mountain climbing,
rock climbing, boulder-hopping and glacier traversing on this trek. Yet
the trek is not a very rigorous one and is easily negotiable by healthy
persons who are not mountaineers. The trek passes through woods of
coniferous pines at Chirbasa and birch at Bhojbasa.
From Gaumukh to Nandavan,
trekkers traverse along the
Gangotri and
Chatturangini Glaciers. Camp can be pitched at the junction of
Chatturangini and Bhagirathi Gangotri Glaciers. From Nandavan the views of
Shivling, Bhagirathi, Sudarshana and Thelu peaks and Kedar Dome are a
fabulous sight.
The trek to Tapoban from Nandavan involves crossing the Gangotri Glacier
and traversing a rocky face before arriving at the meadows of Tapoban
(meditating ground), a green lush valley in the summers confined by the
many named and unnamed peaks of the Garhwal Himalaya. Herds of Bharals
(blue mountain goats) are a common sight seen on mountain ridges from
here.
| Place | Altitude (M) | Distance (km) | Accommodation |
| Rishikesh | 340 | -- | TB*, PWD*, F*, H* |
| Gangotri | 3048 | 250 motor | TB*, F*, PWD* |
| Chirbasa | 3600 | 8 trek | TB* |
| Bhojbasa | 3792 | 4 trek | TB* |
| Gaumukh | 3892 | 6 trek | TB* |
| Nandavan* | 4500 | 6 trek | TB* |
| Tapoban | 4463 | 5 trek | TB* |
| * High altitude trek to Badarinath bifurcates here | |||
| * TB = Tourist Bunglow, H = Hotel, F = Forest Lodge, V = Village, DS = Dharamshala, PWD = Public Works Department Rest House | |||
