Dodital with Dayara Bugyal Trek

Few Facts:
Max Altitude: 4150 Mts
Best Time: Jan - June & Sept - Dec
Difficulty: Moderate to tough

Tour Itinerary :

Duration: 10 nights / 11 Days
Destination: Delhi - Haridwar - Uttarkashi - Barsu - Barnala Bugyal - Dayara Bugyal - Nimdhar - Dodital - Darwa top - Seema - Hanuman chatti - Rishikesh - Delhi

Day 01: Delhi - Haridwar (210 Kms 6 -7 hrs drive)
Morning drive to Haridwar. On arrival check in at hotel. In the evening visit Har –Ki- Pauri to see evening Ganga Aarti (evening Ganga Ceremony).
Overnight stay at hotel.

Day 02: Haridwar - Uttarkashi - Barsu
Morning after breakfast drive to Barsu Village, Enroute lunch at Uttarkashi. Barsu is a Tiny Village 20 Kms away from Uttarkashi. Dinner and overnight camping at Barsu.

Day 03: Barsu - Barnala Bugyal (6 kms/4 hrs)
After breakfast we start our first day trek with packed lunch through an ascending trail through pine forests to Barnala Bugyal. The peak, Draupadi ka Danda is seen all along the trail.
Dinner and overnight camping at Barnala Bugyal.

Day 04: Barnala Bugyal - Dayara Bugyal, (6 kms/2.5 hrs)
We trek on a well-laid out trail through the pine forests and get above the tree line onto the alpine meadows of Dayara Bugyal. This beautiful sloping meadow is an attraction for skiers during winter.
Overnight camping at Dayara Bugyal.

Day 05: Dayara Bugyal - Nimdhar (16 kms/6 hrs)
Today a long trekking day, our route is through rolling meadows and rhododendrons, on one side we can see peaks Kalang and Draupadi ka Danda and on the other deep valley, our campsite which is at a much lower altitude than Dayara Bugyal, is situated in a thick forest .

Day 06: Nimdhar - Dodital (16 kms/6hrs)
It is another long trekking day, first 2 hrs we descend through thick predominantly bamboo forest to Dodigad and start ascending to Sangam chatti and then a flat walk of about 2 hrs will get us to Dodital.

Day 07: Rest day at Dodital
Enjoy the scenic beauty of Dodital that can compel any nature lover to camp here for days together, the lake, the surrounding pine forest, the towering Darwa Bugyal on one side and the valley on the other is serene and enticing. The parikrama around the lake is of 1.5 kms. A few streams coming from Darwa Bugyal feed the lake.

Day 08: Dodital - Darwa top - Seema (18 Km, 07 Hrs)
Early in the Morning after breakfast get ready for the most difficult day of the trek to Darwa top (05 kms ascending) and further 13 km trek to reach Seema.
Overnight camping at Seema.

Day 09: Seema - Hanuman Chatti (13 Km Trek 04-05 Hrs)
Morning trek down to Hanuman chatty. Overnight stay at Hanuman chatti.

Day 10: Hanuman chatti - Rishikesh
Morning drive back to Rishikesh. On arrival check in at hotel, late in the afternoon visit the local market and temples of Rishikesh. Overnight stay at Hotel.

Day 11: Rishikesh - Delhi
Morning drive back to Delhi.

Trip ends here.