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Introducing the Dayara Bugyal Circuit
The Dayara-Dodital-Darwa Top – Hanumanchatti circuit in Uttarkashi offers a more taxing but equally rewarding wilderness experience. The Bakariya Pass usually remains open between May and mid November. The trek covers three major river valleys in the upper Himalayan region. You approach the trail by driving upstream of river Bhagirathi and take a detour at ...
Introducing the Dodital-Darwa Top Trek
Dodital, a fresh water lake at an elevation of 3085 meters is a popular trekking destination in Uttarakhand Himalayas. Located in the border district of Uttarkashi, the 30 Km trek through dense forested areas and deep valleys concludes at Darwa Top at an elevation of 4200 meters. The trek to Dodital is covered in two ...
The Stone Goddess
Trekking route with Mountain Shepherds from Lata through Lata Kharak and Dharansi to Tolma and Suraithota. Pavel Chakraborty Outlook, April 2, 2012 A sun-kissed morning, the second of our Nanda Devi outer sanctuary trek, finds us taking a breather at the edge of a jungle path. Bijju, our guide, expertly points out the Himalayan black ...
Promoting Uttarakhand culture online
Tribune News Service Dehradun, October 2 Mountain Shepherds Initiatives Private Limited took a giant leap today when it launched an online shopping site, Angwal, where people across the world will be able to purchase literature, music, handicrafts and films, all related to life and culture of Uttarakhand on the Internet. Sunil Kainthola, Director of the ...
Taming The Mountain
Mountain Shepherds is using adventure tourism to bolster local incomes and create awareness about the difficulties faced by the Bhotiya people. Taneesha Kulshresthra Business Outlook, September 4, 2010 Mission To turn villagers into guides and hospitality providers for tourists, so they get a fair share of profits from tourism. Benefits Villagers have alternative sources of ...
Gear for the Garhwal 2010
Missoula gear drive to begin for mountain guides in India’s Garhwal It’s time to pony up for Gear for the Garhwal. The program benefits indigenous mountain guides in the Garhwal region of northern India. The gear drive is run by Eric Legvold and a University of Montana affiliate program called the Nature-Link Institute, which offers ...
2009 Nature Link Trip
Nature Link headed to Garhwal once again this year for its now well established India Study Abroad programme. Photo Gallery
Clouds over the Goddess Mountain
RANIKHET – From this Himalayan town about 380 kilometers from Delhi, my first view of mystical Nandi Devi was one of those velvet-cloaked, sledge-hammer moments in life that softly stuns the senses and leaves one wordless. Golden early morning sunlight lit the snow-capped 7,800-meter peak, India’s highest, as Nanda Devi glowed with strength, stillness, purity, ...
Nanda Devi Documentary
Watch this well made documentary from Indian Public Television by Aparna Katara Sharma: View this movie at cultureunplugged.com The documentary visits some familiar friends although leaves out the big questions about the complicated role of governments, contractors, and regional economic, ecological, and even foreign policies at play.
Mountain Shepherds Case Study
In 2008, EQUATIONS published a dossier entitled, “Redefining Tourism – Experiences and Insights from Rural Tourism Projects in India”, that brought together the experiences of policymakers, implementers and community members working on ecotourism projects throughout the country. Mountain Shepherds was one of its case studies (pp. 90-99), and our experiences have been included in this ...
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