The Approach To The Paradise
Eternity Begins Here
“In my mountain wandering I have not seen
a more beautiful valley than this…
this valley of peace and perfect beauty
where the human spirit may find repose.”
- Frank Smythe
Eternity begins here... in the Valley of Flowers. A land of endless meadows, with insurmountable snowcapped peaks bearing icy glaciers that burst into streams, and a background of birdsong. Flowers carpet the entire valley and the leaves form a porous umbrella. The upper Bhyundar Valley earned international recognition after being explored by Frank Smythe, as part of the Kamet Expedition in 1931, and then in 1937 when he made a herbarium collection. Frank Smythe, in his description of this valley said, "Others will visit it, analyse it and probe it, but whatever their opinions, to me it will remain a Valley of Flowers, a valley of peace and perfect beauty where the human spirit may find repose."
Delhi – Haridwar – Rishikesh – Devprayag – Srinagar – Rudraprayag – Karnaprayag – Nandprayag – Chamoli – Pipalkoti – Joshimath – Auli – Govindghat – Ghangaria –
Valley of Flowers.
Dev Prayag-Confluence of Alaknanda and the Bhagirathi,
Rudra Prayag-confluence of rivers Alaknanda and Mandakini.
After reaching Rishikesh we started our journey towards Chamoli by our hired car.A long journey of almost 6 hours via Dev Prayag and Srinagar to Rudra Prayag.We had an overnight stay@ Rudra Prayag @ GMVN run resort.The next day we started our journey,early in the morning from Rudra Prayag through scenic Himalayan landscape through Karna Prayag -situated at the confluence of the Alaknanda and Pindar rivers and Nand Prayag-Confluence of Alaknanda adn Nandakini Rivers.
KarnaPrayag-Confluence of Alaknanda(r) and Pindar(bottom)
Nand Prayag-confluence of Alaknanda and NandakiniTributaries of Ganga give company along most of the journey.After reaching Chamoli we had a nice lunch and started further to Joshi Math.
Road we followed from Chamoli to Joshi Math
We faced a land slide on the way from Chamoli to Joshi Math and got stuck up mid way for nearly 4 hours.
Land Slide on the way from Chamoli to Joshi Math
After reaching to Joshi Math we decided to have an overnight stay because of the land slide issue.In the early morning we started for Govind Ghat,which is on an hour's journey from Joshi Math.While travelling from Joshimath to the Valley of Flowers, you will find the main road that goes to Badrinath. Almost in the midway of this main road a minor road branches off to Gobindghat considered to be the starting point of the Valley. Once you have reached so far a trek of another 14 km along steep, narrow yet well defined mountain track will take you to base camp at Ghangaria, a small settlement from where the Valley is just about 3km away. This journey from Gobindghat to Ghangaria can be travelled between 4 to 8 hours, off course this depends on your level of fitness!
Govind Ghat
The trek Route from Govind Ghat to Ghangria
Pulna is the first village on the way up. Another nine km trek, punctuated with waterfalls, wild flowers, forests and beautiful landscapes, takes one past Bhyundar — a small migratory village surrounded by dense moist temperate forest — and then a steep ascent to Govind Dham, just three kms from the valley that is known in Indian mythology as the ‘garden of Indra'
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