Tour Details
Kedar
word here dedicated to Lord Shiva, Panch Kedar means five holy shrines
of lord Shiva in lap of Himalayas are Kedarnath, Rudranath, Tungnath,
Madmaheswar and Kalpeswer.
According
to myth Pandava when they were searching for Lord Shiva & Lord
Shiva converted himself to Buffalo. Its very difficult to recognize
Shiva for Pandas then Bheem kept his leg in two point and Buffolos were
passing one by one under it when Shiva reached there in form of Buffalo
& undergrounded himself from there & appeared his parts of body
in different places so those places known as Panch Kedar (Kedarnath,
Rudranath, Tungnath, Madmaheswar, & Kalpeswer). Tungnath is the
highest temple of Lord Shiva in the world at an altitude of 3680m above
sea level.
Panch
kedar is famous for trekkers as well as Devotees, covers many beautiful
destinations, Rivers, Valley, Waterfalls, Cultural & Remote
villages, Flora & Fauna, Animals, Birds, Meadow. Panch Kedar
attracts every year many people like Trekkers, Devotees, Birdwatchers.
Kedarnath (3583m)
Kedarnath
temple situated at an altitude of 3583 meter in Rudraprayag district,
after trekking a 16 km from Gaurikund can reach here. It is also source
of Mandakini river which merge with The Alaknanda River in Rudraprayag.
This shrine can access May to October for 6 months and rest of the 6
month temple is closed. Baba kedar doli shifted Ukhimath Omkareswer
temple during winter.
There
is others routes to reach kedarnath via Chomasi Village Kham Bugyal,
Via Trijuginarayan, via Mandani valley but all routes is difficult and
required more days to reach, these routes are full of natural beauty
passing through meadows, rivers, dense forest, Glaciers etc.
Madmaheswer (3497m)
Madhya
means middle part in hindi, so here devotees worship central part of
Bull(Lord shiva) situated in Rudraprayag district at an altitude of 3497
meter. Last road head is ransi village which is famous for goddess
Rakesweri temple, villagers daily do pooja here. Near of this temple
Budha Madhmaheswer can visit from there we can Mt. Chukhamba close view.
Madmaheswer also reach by trek only.
Tungnath (3680m)
Till
chopta is moterable which is one of the famous hill station of
Uttarakhand, thouands of visitor visit this places every week around the
year.
Tungnath
Temple is the third temple of Panch kedar & highest temple of Lord
Shiva in the World at an altitude of 3680m, Bhuja(Hands) of Lord Shiva
worshipped hear.Chandrashilla peak is an altitude of 4000m, from there
we can see Himalayan range peaks Nandadevi, Trissuli, Bandrpoonch and
Chaukhamba.
Rudranath (3600m)
Rudranath
is one of the toughest kedar in Panch kedar circuit because it is
situated in remote region of Himalayas and accommodation; route is still
not developed compare to other kedar. Rudranath can access via Sagar
& Mondal village which is nearby Gopeswer(capital of district
chamoli). Rudranath shrine can access by trek only, passes through
beautiful meadows, dense forest where we can find verities of flora and
fauna, wild animals.
The face of lord shiva worship here, according to myth lord shiva face appeared here while pandavas searching for Lord shiva.
Kalpeswer (2200m)
Kalpeswer
temple easiest access temple in panch kedar, it is near to Urgam
village in Chamoli district, road diverts from Badrinath Highway in
Helang. Here is Hair(jata)of lord shiva worshipped and this temple can
access around the year situated at an altitude of 2200 meter above sea
level.
Attractions & Places Covered During Panch Kedar Tour & Trek
Haridwar
Rishikesh
Ganga River
Devprayag (Confluence of Alaknanda & Bhagirathi)
Rudraprayag (Confluence of Alaknanda & Mandakini)
Guptakashi (Vishwanath Temple)
Sonprayag (Confluence of Basuki & Mandakini)
Gaurikund
Rambara
Kedarnath
Bhairo Temple
Ukhimath (Omkareswer Temple)
Ransi (Rakesweri Temple)
Gaundar
Madhmaheswer
Buda Madhmaheswer
Chopta
Tungnath Temple
Chandrashilla Top
Mandal
Anusuya Devi Temple
Atri Muni Cave
Hamsa Bugyal
Panar Bugyal
Dhanpal Bugiyal
Kandiya Bugyal
Gopeswer Gopinath Temple
Urgam Dhyan Badri
Kalpeswer Temple
Karnaprayag (Confluence of Alaknanda & Pinder River)
Tour Itinerary
Day 01: Rishikesh/Haridwar to Guptakashi/Sonprayag : 213 km : 9 hours
We
start our panchkedar tour from Rishikesh/Haridwar and will drive to
Sonprayag/Guptakashi, during travelling we will cross many towns,
villages of Uttarakhand like Deoprayag, Srinagar, Rudraprayag,
Guptakashi. It will full day journey will stay in sonprayag/Guptakshi.
Day 02: Sonprayag/Guptkashi to Kedarnath via Gaurikund : 16 km trek : 7-8 Hours
Till
Gaurikund moterable, we need to change vechile in sonprayag from there
union local vechile only permitted. Pilgrims takes dip in kund in
Gaurikund then proceed to kedarnath. It is 16 km ascend trek till
kedarnath but route is very nicely made after disaster of 2013. Baba
Bhairav temple is near of shrine so it is also must to visit after
visiting Bhairavnath proceed to join Evening kedarnath baba aarati.Today
will stay in Kedarnath.
Day 03: Kedarnath Darshan & trek to Garikund, Drive Guptakashi : 8 Hours
Early
morning need to ready for Darshan because lots of divotee visit this
shrine daily so que will be long. Visit Kedarnath temple & take
blessing, later after breakfast proceed to Gaurikund by trek, totally
descend trek can cover in 4-5 hours. From gaurikund to Guptakashi will
be drive. Vishwanath ancient temple darshan in Guptakashi in evening.
Night stay In Guptakashi.
Day 04: Guptkashi to Bantoli via Ukhimath : 50 km drive & 7km Trek : 7-8 Hours
Today
we will drive first to Ransi Village approx. 50 km drive from
Guptakashi via Kund, Ukhimath. Omkareswer Temple in Ukhimath dedicated
to lord shiva, during winter Baba kedar doli stay here, after visiting
temple we will continue drive to ransi village which is famous for
Rakesweri Temple (Moon) and it is base of Madhmaheswer trek &
Mandani Valley trek.
After
visiting Rakesweri temple we will take rest for 20 minute for snacks
& continue our trek to Gaundar/Bantoli. Few km we will find good
road because road construction is going on towards Gaundar village. On
the way we will see confluence of Madhmaheswer Ganga & Makrand
Ganga. Chokhamba glacier is source if Madmaheser ganga. We will halt in
Bantoli today.
Day 05: Bantoli to Madhmaheswer - Buda Madmaheswer & stay in Madmaheswer : 5-6 Hours
We
will start trek early morning to Madhmaswer, steep climb to
Madhmaheswer after rest we will visit Buda Madhmaheswer & return
back to Madhmaheswer.
From
Buda Madhmaheswer we can see clear view Mt.Chaukhamba(7138m) as well as
Madhmaheswer valley. We will come to Madhmaheswer and worship, aarti in
temple. Today we will halt here.
Day 06: Madhmaheswer to Gaundar : 5-6 Hours
Morning
will again visit the temple, will take blessing and enjoy surrounding
view of the nature late after breakfast we will proceed to Gaundar for
night stay.
Day 07: Gaundar to Ranshi trek & Drive for Chopta : 6 km trek & 70 km Drive
Morning
start trek to Ransi village after breakfast it will take 3-4 hours to
reach to Ransi village, from here we will drive to chopta via Ukhimath,
Sari village.
Sari
Village is base of DeoriaTal Trek & Chopta is base Tungnath &
Chandrashilla Trek. Chopta is a beautiful destination for tourist around
the year. We will night stay here today.
Day 08: Chopta to Tungnath –Mandal : 11 km Trek & 25 km drive : 7-8 Hours
Early
morning will start trek to Tungnath Temple & Enjoy Sunrise View.
Its steep ascend of 5.5 km which takes 3-4 Hours. You can visit
Chandrashilla top (4000 m). Tungnath templed Bhuja(Hands) worshiped, all
myth of panch kedar related to Pandavas & Lord Shiva.
After
Darshan & pooja we will trek down to Chopta which will take around
2-3 Hours and will proceed to Mandal for night stay.
Day 09: Mondal to Panar via Anusuya Temple : 6-7 hours
First
5 km ascend trek to Mother Anusuya Temple, visit Anusuya temple and
again start trek to Panar Bugyal evening will reach Panar Bugyal. On the
way to Panar Bugyal. we will pass through dense forest, water streams,
Meadows like Dhanpal Bugiyal, Panchaganga Bugiyal, Hamsha Bugiyal &
rivers like Amrit Ganga, Atri Ganga. Trek quit ascend so you will tired
today.
Day 10: Panar to Rudranath & back to Panar : 5-6 Hours
Rudranath
temple is situated at an altitude of 3402 mtrs above sea level from
here we can see snowcapped peaks like Hathi Parvat, Nandadevi,
NandaGhunti, Trishuli & more other. Around Tugnath temple we can see
many kunds Kunds like Suryakund, Chandrakund, Tarakund etc.
The lord Shiva face worshiped here. After pooja and darshan of Baba Rudranath trek back to Panar for night stay.
Day 11: Panar to Mandal : 5-6 Hours
Today
trek is descending but chance to sleep during rain so we need to trek
carefully. Trek is full of natural beauty sound of natural water falls,
sweet sounds of birds, snowcapped peaks which energize us. We will stay
in modal tonight.
Day 12: Mandal to Kalpeswer back to Piplekoti via Gopeswer : 100 km drive
Today
is drive only because Kalpeswer is most easy access temple in Panch
keda. Lord shiva Jata(Hair) worshipped here. Upto Urgam & devgram
can reach by vechile from there around 500 meter after crossing the
river Kalpeswer Shrine situated at an altitude of 2200 meter.
We
can find many sadhu near the shrine they stay here only. After visiting
the temple we will back to Urgam village here Dhyan badri temple can
visit and will drive to Piplekoti for Night stay.
Day 13: Piplekoti to Rishikesh/Haridwar : 220 km : 7-8 hours
Today
last day for Panch Kedar tour & trek, we will proceed to
Rishikesh/Haridwar and midway we will find many pilgrim places like
Karnprayag (confluence of Alaknanda & Pinder River), Lord Karna
temple also situated between rivers, Devprayag(confluence of Alaknanda
& Bhagirathi river). Evening will reach to Rishikesh/Haridwar and
will drop to Bus or Railway station.
Inclusions
Inclusion
All meals Day 01 Evening to Day 13 Morning Evening Snacks & Refreshments
Accommodation: Guest House/Camp/Huts/Hotels : 1 Room Experience Certified Trek Guide during entire Tour
Transport :- As per Group size Dzire/Indigo/Tempo Traveller etc.. First Aid Box with Trek Guide.
Photograps, Video, Certificate by Mail. Toll, Tax Parking, Driver Expenses
Exclusion
Any kind of personal expenses. Food during the transit Insurance
Any expenses towards medical exigencies and other emergencies.
Unforeseen
handling costs due to weather disturbance, landslides, political
unrest. However, all best possible assistance would be provided in case
of exigencies.
Personal
expenses towards tips, telephone calls, laundry, beverage etc. Anything
not specifically mentioned under the head “Price Includes”.
Mineral water , Hard drinks and soft drinks
Anything not specifically mentioned under the head “Includes”.
Note :
➢ Day 01 we will Move as early as possible & Day 10 kindly keep your departure time in late night around or after 10 Pm.
➢ Some places like Madhmaheswer & Tungnath is stay Normal with Multisharing, other places is ok.
➢ We will arrange pony/Horse for Kedarnath – you can pay directly.
➢ If you have sleeping bag you can carry or else we will provide you, let us know before.
➢ Stay places may be change during trek as per your pace.
➢ Prepare yourself by doing exercise, walking, running daily.
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