GANGOTRI NANDAVAN TREKKING

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Region: Garhwal Himalayas
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