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Group trips to the Indian Himalaya, the one not yet on the maps.

23/01/2025

Here is a calendar of Himalayan trips you should consider going for in 2025. Have tried to pick the best place to go for each month of the year. For each trip I have prepared a suggested itinerary and contact details of local@guides, drivers, places to stay, etc. This way you will be able to plan your entire trip easily. You can check those details on my website www.connectwithhimalaya.com

Note - it’s a break year for me so won’t be conducting any group trips. See you all in 2026.

#2025

02/10/2024

Dreaming of snow and blue sky.

Kangchendzonga from Darjeeling.

07/08/2024

Harsil. It’s real. It’s magical.

07/08/2024

The Bhagirathi at Harsil. It’s real. It’s magical.

16/07/2024

Some horrible news from Himalayan treks last month. Lives lost, injuries, both physical and emotional, confusion and fear. But it’s not the mountains, it’s the people, specifically the greed of people, which is to blame. Highlighting some important points -

1. The biggest factor in any Himalayan trek is the guide to client ratio. It has to be 1:4 or lesser, one trained guide for every 4 clients. Any compromise here means your trekking agency is not just skimping on cost, but putting lives at risk.

2. The maximum group size should not exceed 12. You might save some cost by joining a bigger group, but at a very high risk. Not worth it.

3. Know your trek agency and guide beforehand. Do some basic background check. At least one guide should have done a mountaineering and rescue course, others some basic first aid course.

4. Also find out how many treks are being organised by your trekking agency. If they are spread thin, doing a few treks simultaneously, you should be wary.

Bottomline is that you can’t take a Himalayan trek casually, like you would a trip to a hill station. Don’t sign up for “packages” with the sole criteria of how cheap the trek is or how cool the Instagram reel looks. Take Himalayan trekking seriously, and it will reward you, way beyond the monetary investment.

31/05/2024

We went to Sangla valley in April, and were lucky enough to witness the apricots (wild and cultivated) in their full blossom.

05/04/2024

The 2024 edition of both my books is now out. Available online as well as in stores. Link in bio.

02/02/2024

Trekking in Ladakh takes you to remote villages, hidden oasis of green in the barren landscape.

From our trek to Sham valley in July 2022.

30/01/2024

Kullu valley shines bright under a starlit night.

18/01/2024

The Bhagirathi flows silently through the wide Harsil valley, just 40 kms after gushing out of the glacier at Gaumukh as a wild stream.

02/01/2024

In 2024, Himalaya ghoomo, magar pyaar se -

1. Sab log same jagah mat jao - There are so many places; equally beautiful, equally accessible and equally insta worthy. Spread out.

2. Instant noodles mat khao - no place or mechanism to dispose the plastic generated. Everything goes down the valley or in the rivers. Super tasty and easy to find local food options are there everywhere.

3. Thoda mall roads ke aage chalo – less than an hour away from the bustling markets lies the real Himalaya in the small villages, forests, meadows and rivers. Walking is the best way to enjoy it.

Here’s to a more meaningful, more fun, less crowded, less of the same trip to the mountains in 2024.

#2024

22/12/2023

The 2024 Trip calendar.

There are treks, road trips, easy holidays and retreats with Rujuta. All details in the link in bio.

To be eligible to join any trip (apart from retreats), you will have to fill a form (scan the QR code). I will then help you pick a trip that will work best for you.

#2024

05/12/2023

Pics from our trip, “Himalayan stories with Rujuta” in Landour recently. We went out for easy walks, had some great food, viewed the best sunsets/ winter line, listened to stories from .diwekar and had the most fun ever.

09/08/2023

The shepherds of Himalaya

22/03/2023

Pics from our trip to Harsil valley near Gangotri. Early spring is the time when roads are empty, apricots are in bloom, the Bhagirathi is crystal clear and the snow covered mountains are all around.

22/02/2023

Into the unknown.

A local guide on a Himalayan trek is often an unassuming, simple person. But the work he does is anything but. Through forests, meadows, streams and glaciers, he calmly navigates a group of people for whom this is as good as an alien planet. He is a leader, a guru, by deed, not by words.

17/02/2023

Pics from the 10th year of the Rishikesh yoga holiday with Rujuta Diwekar where we learned asana practice from Usha Devi and yoga philosophy from Siddharth Krishna Ji, while staying by the Ganga at a beautiful ashram.

Next up is the 11th edition of the Darjeeling wellness retreat with Rujuta from 9-15 April. Details here - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CeZFxCpZZVGNzp4rd9MD5PRGagb1cNhK/view?usp=drivesdk

13/12/2022

The 2023 Trip calendar.

There are treks, road trips, chill out holidays and wellness retreats.

To sign up for any trip (apart from wellness holidays), you will have to fill a form (scan the QR code) or check link in bio. I will then help you pick a trip that will work best you.

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Masked dance at Thangu monastery, Sikkim

In Nov 2014, we happened to reach Thangu (North Sikkim) on its biggest day - the masked dance at the monastery, and inadvertently became the guests of honor, with prime seats up front. #Sikkim #Himalaya #Maskeddance

Run down, fly up. When we went paragliding in Bir billing #himachal #himalaya

Hold tight on this bridge

Hold tight.... The makeshift bamboo bridge made by the indigenous Lepchas of Sikkim. From our trek to Tholung monastery. #Himalaya #trekking

Steaming roads, snowed mountains - on way to #khardungla in our recent trip to #ladakh #himalaya

Sheep take a reluctant bath

We came across this scene while on a day walk in Sangla valley. Sheep, like all inhabitants of Himalaya, including humans, are not very fond of bathing. But once in 6 months the entire village gets their flock together and force one upon them. The water is disinfected first.

Moonlit Miyar valley campsite

Our trek to Miyar valley coincided with the full moon and every night was a treat with the day merging with the night without any change in the light conditions.

Skiing without skis

Ganesh, our guide in Darma valley trek, is phenomenal in more ways than one. Just give this guy a pair of skis and see what he can do. Just that he never seen one, so he dons his shoes and slaloms down the slopes. The place is the Nagling glacier.

Morning after a snowstorm

A violent snowstorm raged all night long as we were camped on a ridge at 3400M during our trek to Rupin Supin May 2010. For more than 6 hours there was thunder, lightning, hail and snow as we held on to the tents. Next morning and the whole day was brilliant.

Mules crossing flooded stream

The Pin Bhabha trek from Kinnaur to Spiti is a challenge not just for the trekkers but for the staff and even for the normally indomitable pack mules. Steep gradients, falling rocks, rain, wind, glaciers and flooded streams truly test their strength. Some of my trekkers vowed to pack lighter next time ...