In the previous episode you saw Gaumukh trek, In this episode you will see places to visit at Gangotri. During 2nd half of the day we started for Harsil and on the way enjoyed some of the most amazing sightseeing. Following is the detail of activities done by us, during this journey .
Gauri Kund: Pandit ji you saw in the video lives in a Gufa called Gauri Gufa. This cave is near GMVN guest house.
During your travel to Gauri Kund at Gangotri if you can request him to accompany you as a guide, i am sure he will show you some of the amazing views.
caution : watch your steps when you are watching the view because certain places are slippery. Stand at safe distance.
Address: Gangotri, Uttarakhand 249135
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Pandav Gufa: This is about one and a half km from Gauri Kund. You will have to walk down. You will see beautiful views on this route. I will suggest you not do travel on this route with haste, as you will miss the scenic views.
Address: Gangotri, Uttarakhand 249135
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GMVN Tourist Lodge: This is a good place to stay,, good breakfast and over all good customer service too. You can connect with them through their website for various trek to Himalyas.
To take bath with hot water, they will assist you and will charge Rs 50 extra per bucket. I was pleasantly surprised when i was given one warm water bucket at 4 am.
Aloo Paratha Rs. 35
Tea Rs. 10
Address: Gangotri, Uttarakhand 249135
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Bhagirath Shila: This is about 100 meters from Gangotri Dham. Story goes that King Bhagirath meditated at this place for 5500 years and due to this Mother Ganga came to earth.
Address: Gangotri, Uttarakhand 249135
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Bhairav Temple: It is believed that traveller should first visit Bhairav temple and then go to Gangotri temple. We could not visit this temple on our way to Gangotri so visited this as part of this journey.
Address: Gangotri, Uttarakhand 249135
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Dharali Village: This village is about 6 km short of Harsil. Famous for Apple orchid. There are many budget guest houses at Dharali, where tourists can stay overnight and there are couple of dhabas too.
Address: Uttarakhand 249135
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Bagori Village: This village is about 3 km from Harsil, we got good qulaity woolen stuff for ourselves from this village.
Address: Uttarakhand 249135
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Harsil: we did local sightseeing at Harsil, If you have seen an old film by the name - Ram Teri Gangal maili, post office shown in that movie is the one that we visited at Harsil. Though this post office is no more operations but tourists go there, take a pic and see this heritage structure.
Address: Uttarakhand 249135
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Himgiri Hotel & Restaurant: End of the day we went back to have Garhwali food at Dharali village, enjoyed the following at a local dhaba in the vilalge.
It is hard to get Garhwali food off the shelf, if you want to enjoy local food, you will have to give some extra time to the shopkeeper, they will prepare it for you.
Rajma Stuffed Poori Rs. 30 per pcs
Bhatt Ka Chaunsa Rs. 100 per plate
Mand Jhol Rs. 80 per plate
Address: Gangotri Road, Dharali, harsil, Uttarakhand 249135
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Hope you enjoyed watching this episode. For your ready reference, We did char dham yatra of Uttarakhand over 30 days. Usually travellers do this yatra in 9 to 10 days.
We hired taxi for ourselves from Haridwar, agency name - Gangotri Travels. You may touch base with them on..
Cost details of taxi are mentioned in Episode1 of our char dham series.
For better enjoyment and knowledge about Uttarkahand Char Dham , i will suggest you to watch all the episodes in series, otherwise you may miss continuity.
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