Deoriatal in Winter

1, 825 km from Mumbai. 1311mts of altitude . There is nirvana for the people staying in big smoke, “Ukhimath” - Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand.

My long break of 6 months was put to an end with a great beginning of hiking trip. Initially, I was little skeptical to opt this, as I am not a trekker ( another factor being Money, Honey ????). But thrilling things always lure me, result being my successful (1st, to be precise ) trek to Deorital.

We took a train Journey.

Mumbai ???? New Delhi ???? Haridwar ???? Ukhimath

Distance

Haridwar to Ukhimath : 204kms.

Nearest Access to Ukhimath

Hrishikesh is the nearest Railway station : 1 8 0 kms

Dehradun is the nearest Airport ✈ : 2 2 1 kms.

Braking our journey of 12kms winding roads from Ukhimath, we started to walk from a small , neat & clean cobbled pathway. We kept walking through this pathway which was located in Sari village. Yellow mustard flowers made the village looked brighter.

Sari Village is not the start of Deorital, but if you want to get a good feel of Ghadwal village, nothing can better than this. There is an uphill walk which takes you to the entrance of Deoriatal trek through Sari.

Photo of Deoriatal in Winter 1/16 by truptidobarkar — Sari Village, Uttarakhand

Photo of Deoriatal in Winter 2/16 by truptidobarkar — Mustard Fields in Sari village

Of all 3 days, this hike gave a big smile on my face, as I was able to interact with local’s & capture good landscape.

Photo of Deoriatal in Winter 3/16 by truptidobarkar — A Ghadwali women standing in her balcony

Photo of Deoriatal in Winter 4/16 by truptidobarkar — A Ghadwali couple

Photo of Deoriatal in Winter 5/16 by truptidobarkar — An artisan making a basket to carry dried stuff from the jungle. Behind is the final product .

As we moved further, we came across many TANG trees. These look like oranges, but taste’s sour like a lemon. Every other home had a Tang tree planted. The scenario was so eye soothing, Green tree with spots of orange color & was perfect for my DSLR.

Photo of Deoriatal in Winter 6/16 by truptidobarkar — Tang tree with a backdrop of the roof in Sari village

Photo of Deoriatal in Winter 7/16 by truptidobarkar — A beautiful house in Sari village

Photo of Deoriatal in Winter 8/16 by truptidobarkar — A house in Sari village.

You must have heard of Open air theater & might have experienced it as well. But have you seen an open air School with your bare eyes (Common am not talking that are shown in the movies.) It’s a unique experience altogether.

Photo of Deoriatal in Winter 9/16 by truptidobarkar — School chale hum....

#TravelLikeAPro There are 2 options; either you start from the base of Sari village & reach to the entrance of Deorital. Other being, driving straight to the entrance of the trek.