Adi Kailash Trek

Dharchula is a town that is located in the Pithorgarh district of the state of Uttarakhand. Dharchula is a small and remote place and it is located along an ancient trade route through the Himalayan Mountains. We enjoy sumptuous dinner and rest here at the Guest house today before starting the trek next morning.

• Drive Distance – 294 km
• Drive Duration –  9 to 10 hours

This is our first day of the trek and starts after a short drive to Tawaghat. Pangu village is located in Dharchula Tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand, India. After the day’s drive we rest at this village soaking in the culture.

• Trek Distance – 9 km
• Trek Duration – 6 to 7 hours

The trail entails some steep descend before the uphill trail starts. We reach Thilakot.We trek further to reach Sirkha. There is a beautiful camp ground site here. We camp at this location overnight.

• Trek Distance – 8 km
• Trek Duration – 4 to 5 hours

The trail between Sirkha to Galgad crosses through Samuri. It encounters rocky terrains and dense green forests crossing through Galla village and Jipti. Kali river view is visible from here. We camp here tonight.

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• Trek Distance – 14 km
• Trek Duration – 8 to 9 hours

This trail is a challenging one with Steep slopes. We halt on the way for Najang waterfall towering at a height of 100 ft. After this refreshing stop we continue towards Malpa, a remote Himalayan hamlet of seven huts, once a pit stop on the long, treacherous road to holy Mt Kailash and Mansarovar lake. We camp here overnight.

• Trek Distance – 10 km
• Trek Duration – 5 to 6 hours

This part of the trek in refreshing due to the encounter of numerous waterfalls and streams running down the crevices of mountains of the trail. Lush green forests surely divert ones attention from the difficulty of the terrain in this stretch. We camp at Budhi overnight.

• Trek Distance – 8 km
• Trek Duration – 5 to 6 hours

This trail a is a bit challenging, however offers magnificent views of Annapurna Peak and surrounding Himalayan Peaks. The trail exposes the Natures best mountain species of flowers and trees specific to this region. The landscape is refreshing and green an uplifts the spirit of trekkers encouraging them to keep moving forward. We camp at Gungi for the night.

• Trek Distance – 17 km
• Trek Duration – 10 to 11 hours

Kutti is a name of the Himalayan village named after “Kunti”, the mother of Pandavas. A beautiful river flows in this area crossing dense forest areas. One can enjoy the views of two Himalayan peaks on this trail namely Api and Nampha. We camp overnight in the last village of this trek before proceeding further.

• Trek Distance – 18 km
• Trek Duration – 10 to 12 hours

This trail takes us to Jollingkong that has the Indo- Tibet Border Police stationed. Jollingkong offers some hutments to rent for overnight stay or trekkers can also camp in their tents. We spend the night here.This also forms the basecamp for Mt. Adi Kailash.

• Trek Distance – 14 km
• Trek Duration – 7 to 8 hours

The trek distance is only 4 kms and hence after visiting the Mt. Adi Kailash we return to the Jollingkong campsite and rest in the camps for the night after sumptuous dinner.

• Trek Distance – 4 km
• Trek Duration – 2 hour

In the morning after breakfast visit the temple located on the banks of Parvati Sarovar where you can perform Parikrama of Parvati lake. After which we can head to Gaurikund which is located around 4 km. We head back to Kutti and camp overnight.

• Trek Distance – 14 km
• Trek Duration – 7 to 8 hours

We head back to Gunji for overnight camping on the same trail back.

• Trek Distance – 18 km
• Trek Duration – 10 to 11 hours

We head back to Malpa for overnight camping on the same trail back.

• Trek Distance – 8 km
• Trek Duration – 6 to 7 hours

We head back to Galgad for overnight camping on the same trail back.

• Trek Duration – 10 km
• Trek Duration – 6 to 7 hours

We head back to Sirkha for overnight camping on the same trail back.

• Trek Distance – 14 km
• Trek Duration – 7 to 8 hours

We head back after trekking for a few kms and then taking the road back to Dharchula for overnight camping on the same trail back.

• Trek Distance – 17 km
• Trek Duration – 9 to 10 hours

We drive to Rudraprayag for the night stay .

• Drive Distance – 294 km
• Drive Duration – 9 to 10 kms

rrive to Dehradun early evening and conclude the expedition.

• Drive Duration –  5 to 6 hours
• Drive Distance –  181 km