Nag Tiba Trek: Trip Log
Members: Satish, Lokendra, Varun(me) with guide Gajender
Start time: 10:55 PM, Wednesday, 01st Oct, 2008
End time: 11:15 PM Sunday, 05th Oct, 2007
Total travel: 800 Kms
Total Trek: 10 KM (uphill), 14 KM (downhill)
Total expense: 8948 INR
What went right:
- Awesome adventure experience as expected.
- Many areas covered and multiple stoppages.
What went wrong:
- Time management - led to night driving on last day
- Lack of equipments arrangment for such a trek
Total duration: 4+ days
Going: NOIDA - Ghaziabad - Dehradoon - Mussorie – Kempty - Pantwari - Nagtibba
Coming: Nagtibba - Maglauri - Thatyur - Musoorie - Dehradoon -Meerut
Weather Conditions: Humid/Pleasant/Cold
Vehicle: Train, Bus, Car, 3-wheeler
1st Oct 08
Noida - Ghaziabad
9:15 PM - Rushed from office after taking bundle of print-outs, most of them without reading :D
9:45 PM - Reached Ghazibad station and met Loki.
22:55 hrs - Start Ghaziabad Railway station(Train - Mussurie Express)
2nd Oct
Ghaziabad - Dehradoon - Mussurie - Kempty falls
8:30 hrs - reached Dehradun
9:00 hrs - brother's abode for breakfast
11:00 hrs - reached GMVN's Drona hotels/travel for Nagtiba trek knowledge and for renting tent/sleeping bags (No help except Mussorie brochure). got to know that we may get tent etc on rent from moti bazaar.
12 hrs - Wandered into moti bazaar (2 km). Asked for tent/sleeping bags on rent from several trekking equipments shops but no success. No one rents only buy-buy policy.
One thing fortunate - We met a trekker in a shop who told us about trek and adviced us to start trek from Pantwari rather than Thatyur village (opposite route what we had planned).
12:30 - 3 ppl 3 views - big confusion, Ideas - go to IMA, civil lines or mountcraft, ghantghar (or whatever), go to Rishikesh for renting tent..LOLzzzz, go without anything...:D, buy stuff. finally decided to buy sleeping bags. Phew...!!
13 hrs - Reached to a Sardarji's shop, finally bought 3 sleeping bags and 2 rucksacks after decent bargain. :P
14:30 - Walked towards railway station to catch bus/taxi for Mussorie.
15:00 - Finally started from Dehradoon
16:15 - Reached mussorie. Enquired about trek/route and bus/taxi service. Came to know there is a trek equipment shop in Mussorie who may rent out tent too.
16:35 - Had a boiled corn :D...too good...(that's why writing about it) with delicious imli chutney...
17:00 - Reached to equipment shop...no success..no bosy rents stuff now a days. phew.
18:00 - Hiread taxi, Left Mussorie for Kempty.
19:00 - Reached Kempty, checked into a lodge and went to a small fall which comes before Kempty.
19:15 - Had fun it very cold water.Had lunch...oops dinner :D
19:30 - Satish's mobile had a "bath" in water and got "cold"...:P
19:45 - Reached back to lodge. Had dinner
21:00 - Dinner and night walk
3rd Oct
Kempty - Pantwari - Nagtibba
6:30 hrs - Woke up, had tea, packed bags and started treekking for Kempty falls
7:15 hrs - Reached Kempty falls and had lotta fun
Kempty Fall
Fun time
Group pic
9:30 hrs - Catch a shared taxi and sat on roof of it. :) Big fun
11:30 hrs - Reached Pantwari, searched for restaurant...which was actually not there
11:45 hrs - A chai waala agreed to make lunch. Started preparation for aloo parantha
12:00 - Got a guide - Ganjender.
The Guide - Gajender who acted as guide, porter, cook, photographer and interpreter.
13:00 - Had lunch
Trek START
13:30 - Started trek for Nagtibba
Nagtibba is an ideal place for trekking and adventure. Nagtibba offers an excellent opportunity for adventure loving people to perform all kinds of adventure sports in the place. The area near the Nagtibba is full of dense forests and natural beauty. Tourists in Nagtibba can have a panoramic view of the Himalayas.
Situated in the valley at the bank of river Algar, Nagtibba lies at an elevation of 3048 meters above sea level where you can have a spectacular view of glaciers. It also provides a picturesque and captivating view of the majestic Himalayas, the hill station of Mussoorie, beautiful Doon Valley. Nagtibba is popular to the adventurous tourists due to the unspoilt wonder of nature around it. You can reach Nagtibba by bus.
Nagtibba near Dehradun has no accommodation system; so you should carry tents. You can even climb down to the picturesque village of Pantwari-gay. Famous for trekking in India, the beautiful valley of Nagtibba in Garhwal Himalayas is visited by thousands of adventure sports lovers. You can avail those specially designed trekking tour prepared by certified mountaineers as well as travel agents if you wish to make your travel economical and affordable. Hunt for good travel agents or certified mountaineers who will provide you with service as per the world-class standards.
The famous Nagtibba according to old sayings, is said to be the domicile of the Nag Devta. The shepherds and the local resident of the Aglar Valley near Jaunpur worshiped the Nag Devta. The wondrous Nagtibba gives a panoramic view of the Gharwal Himalayan peaks. (Source: http://www.mapsofindia.com/dehradun/nagtibba.html)
Sarso ke khet
16:00 - Pics with "Sarso ke khet"
Sheep and Goats
17:00 - Pics with Sheep and goat.
18:30 - Unexpected Night trek through jungle.
19:15 - Reached Nagtibba and opened guest (dirt) house.
19:30 - Arranged utensils and Went to get milk etc from villagers near by.
Busy for Diner preparation: Satish and Gajender
20:00 - Started dinner preparation...thnks to our guide Gajender
21:00 - Had Pulao, Kheer with lot of pure butter.
21:10 - Satish suffered from mountain sickeness, had no lunch.
22:30 - went to sleep..very tired and very cold + sleeping bags were small to fit in.
4th Oct
Nagtibba - Magalauri - Thatyur
7:00 hrs - woke up, had tea...again thanks to our guide, Gajender
8:30 hrs - had fun with villagers and their animals :)
9:00 hrs - Went to Nagtibba mandir, filled "very clean water" (as told by Gajender) from a well there.
9:30 hrs - started for trek ahead
10:30 hrs - Reached Tal - a small pond on the peak
11:30 hrs - Halted near to a waterfall and had bread-pure-butter.
12:30 hrs - Reached to a Devalsari valley view from a big stone.
15:30 hrs - Reached Maglauri village, bought toffees from a samll shop for village children, had tea at a villagers home (actually they were relative of our guide).
17:30 hrs - Finally reached to a motorable road 5 kms before Thatyur, bargained with Taxi driver and reached Thatyur
18:00 hrs Reached Thatyur.
After reaching thatyur big confsion happened if we should stay in Thatyur, else go to Mussorie, else go to Dhanulti else go to Dehradoon. Finally decided to stay at Thatyur.
18:30 hrs - Checked into a hotel and finally paid our guide handsome amount (he really deserved that - guide + porter + cook + bargainer)
9:00 hrs - Dinner and night walk
5th Oct
Thatyur - Mussorie - Dehradoon -
7:00 hrs - Woke up, got fresh, packed bags
8:30 hrs - Had tea-pakora breakfast
10:30 hrs - Left Thatyur after shared taxi got his full seat (1 hr waiting)
11:30 hrs -
I thanked God for that. Reason being I was feeling nauseatic due to descending. Loki already puked..LOLzzz
12:00 hrs - Reached mussorie. Wandered on "The Mall" road. Has ice-cream, corns again
13:15 - Saw aquarium in Musoorie.
14:30 – Left Mussorie
15:30 – Reached Dehradoon
16:00 – Reached Motibazaar to replace sleeping bags. Got them replaced
17:30 – Reached brother’s abode in Dehradoon.
18:00 – Had lunch/breakfast
18:30 – Left Dehradoon by car for
23:15 – Reached
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