बुधवार, 6 जून 2012

Munsiyari @ GLANCE

Just a suggestion for ten day eaternery for uttranchal

1)Possibility of snow is only at Munsyari
2) major peaks visible
a) From Munsyari -->Panchachuli
b) From Chaukori --> NandaDevi and Nanda Devi east, Panchahchuli
c) From Kausani -->Trishul,Mrigthuni,Panchachuli ,Changuch,Panwali Dwar..

Day 1: Overnight at Mukhteshwar. You should be there by 5. If
this is too much, then Bhimtal, 3PM.

Day 2 am Mukhteshwar, then upto Binsar, reach by 4 (3 hours drive). Relax, walk. Stay at KMVN

Day 3: Jageshwar after breakfast and back to Binsar before dinner.

Day 4: Binsar/Chaukori (slowly, the drive is enjoyable)

Day 5: Chaukori -- Patal Bhubaneshwar and back Chaukori overnight.

Day6: Chaukori/Munsiyari

Day 7: Munsiyari/Kausani/Ranikhet (overnight at Ranikhet preferable, can skip Kausani if had your fill of the views)
longish drive.


Day 8: Ranikhet/Nainital (since you want to go there, it's closeby)

Day 9: Nainital (if you prefer, you can stay the extra day at Ranikhet)


Day10: Back via some of the 'tals'

A better route would be

Haldwani/Mukhteshwar/Binsar with side trip to Jageshwar and then/Chaukori/Munsiyari on the way up

Chaukori/Kausani/Ranikhet/Nainital/char taals/Haldwani on the way down

Suggest leave Pithoragarh for another time

And add Patal Bhubaneshwar if you can.

Lots of information on all these out here.

if you sttart a journey from lal kua

mobile no of a “ sumo” driver , lives in Lalkua, contact him to pickup you from Tanakpur . what we did .
genuine but childish “Pappu ‘. 09457095206.
Thank you wish your happy travel .

if you sttart a journey from lucknow

Lucknow . aishbag (lucknow) to pilivit, meter gadge train starts for lalkua at 8.45 night . arraive at pilivit about 3.00 am . two coachs are cut off and join with Tanakpur train at 7.00 morning . reached in Tanakpur at 11.00


stay

Best option to stay at Munsyari is KMVN.
KMVN Munsyari contact number is - 05961-222339
The receptionist at KMVN Munsyari will either be Narendra (chubby guy with moustaches) or Leena madame (girl with short height). If you want to get guides/porters, then most probably you can contact Ganga Ram, Laxman, Nath, Kalyan, Kushal, etc... (all from Martoli/Milam village).

Valentine cottage is at Chaukori.
Kausani has number of hotels with decent facility

HEM CHANDRA PANT
PARSHANT PAYING GUEST HOUSE
Near G.I.C. Road
Bus Station
Munsyari
Distt: Pithoragarh
Mob: 9411542697
Res:05961-22221


if you sttart a journey from Delhi

Day 1 - Delhi to Nainital - 8-9 hrs by Bus, I am not if there are any volvo buses starts early. Most of them start at 17:00 from delhi.

Day 2 & 3: Around Nainital, Rope way, zoo, bhimtal, and around, I guess you may need a taxi for near by places.

Day 4: Nanital to Ranikhet, around 2-3 hrs of drive. You can stay at KMVN Guest House. But there is nothing much in Ranikhet except relaxing and nature. even the ranikhet market is in old ranikhet around 5 km away. There is very nice herbal garden at the end of market

Day 5 - option 1: Ranikhet to Kausani, once again a quite place, you can visit Baijnath temple , which 1 hrs away from Kausani. there are few hotel in Kausani. view of peaks from kausani is breathtaking.

Day 5-6 option 2-Ranikhet to Binsar & Bhageshwar

Day 7- Binsar to Nainital to Delhi. I am sure the best place you can catch bus from. I am only aware of Nainital.

Day 8 - Half day around delhi...

here is the travelogue of my last trip to kumaon. But I had the convenience of my own car:
http://www.wheelsandroads.com

Mussorie to Kausani (via Gwaldam), I dont think its possible in one day, you have to halt somewhere.In fact you wont get a girect bus from Mussorie to either Gwaldam or Kausani..The best idea is as Sald said drop Mussorie, otherwise it would be very hectic.Stick to Kumaun region.Or do one thing ,from Mussorie take a bus to Nainital, yes one Uttranchal roadways bus run in this route.From Nanital you can proceed to either Ranikhet or Kausani..Ranikhet is exactly 60kms from Nainital(approx 3hrs by bus or 2hrs by taxi )while Kausani would be 120kms.As you a travelling in feb keep woolen clothings with you.There are good chances of snowfall in early feb.


To reach Nainital, two trains are available both terminating at Kathgodam.One starts at 10:45pm in night and another at 4pm both from old delhi railway station.Confirm the timings of the trains.They run on the daily basis.Night train reaches Haldwani(8kms before Kathgodam)at about 6-6:30am while the evening at 10-10:15pm.Buses are also available from Anand Vihar bus station both morning and in night.You can get buses from 7pm till 10pm.From Delhi to Nainital the fare is Rs180 in normal bus while in Ac buses its close to Rs350.Even if you dont get a direct bus to Nainital you can reach haldwani first, from there number of buses are available.Haldwani to
nainital is 40km.


Hiring a cab for whole 7 days would cost you somewhere close to 7000 - 10,000.It also depends which taxi you are booking..Alto.Van aur Quallis, the rates will differ.Nowadays no period is off season in Kumaoun, except the rainy season.As you are travelling in feb ,possiblity of snowfall is on the card.This will make a huge rush to the hill stations(if it snows).
According to me you should not hire taxi for the whole seven days, it would cost you more(if its in ur budget, than its ok).From Haldwani take a taxi reach Nainital, cost around 200-300Rs,you can even take a bus if luggage is not a problem,you can get the buses within 20 minutes to Nainital.Importantly it depends how many persons are travelling.If 2 or 3 persons are travelling go by bus, if more hire a taxi, the amount will come more or less same.From Nainital you can again hire a taxi to reach Ranikhet or Kausani.It all depends how many places you want to visit.

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