Trekking Route: Kathmandu-Dhunche-Gosaikunda
Date: November 07, 2008, Friday – November 11, 2008, Friday
Participants: Abishesh Joshi, Bhanu Chalise, Charu Arjyal, Keshav Basnet, Niraj Shah, Sangharsha Bhattarai
Photos: Abishesh Joshi, Bhanu Chalise, Keshav Basnet, Sangharsha Bhattarai
Report & Statistics: Bhanu/Sangharsha
Creative Support: Dijup Tuladhar, Dhilung Kirat
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Gosaikunda-Panorama |
Day 1 (Nov, 7) : Ktm to Dhunche(1950m)
– Left Kathmandu (1400m) at 2pm.
– 6hrs drive on a land-cruiser,
– Distance altogether travelled : around 117kms ( with 35 kms of bumpy road from Trishuli to Dhunche)
– 10 mins race behind a jackal
– Stayed in Hotel Langtang view
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This blog was hit by me 6/29/2016. My friend George Fisher and I did this trek over nine days in late April 1967 (you got that right… nineteen sixty seven) after living/working in Rajasthan India for two years. My digitized 35mm slides can be seen at the album titled George and Mike in Nepal: https://picasaweb.google.com/112501480054417250331
The big difference is that we went over Gusaikunda Pass and did a loop back to Kathmandu. There were no hotels up at the lakes… just sheppard/ pilgrim huts back in 1967. Cheers to all Gusaikund trekkers! -Mike Gannett, mgannett(at)aol(dot)
awesome palcesv 🙂
awesome palcesv 🙂
very beautiful mind blowing
wow such a a nice place………..mind blowing…….
Hey guys!
First of all Thanks to Bhanu for giving me such a wonderful link about our country. This is raw beauty. The mountains are alive. These pictures are truly magnificent. I can’t stop watching pictures again and again. Now through this blog, I am asking permission to admin of this post whether I can create a group where I can post these pictures to promote you guys.
If yes then plz respond to this post.
Thank you bhanu for sharing it again.
Thanks “Race..”, “July 24th”, “Must visit place” for the comment after such a long time.
Based upon our experience, the best time to go for this trek is September to early December and half of February to First week of June. We visited the place on early November and the weather was SUPER AWESOME. I had never experienced the mountains from so close and such cleeeeeaaaan sky as is visible in the pictures as well.
Besides this, Gosaikunda is visited as a pilgrimage site on Janai Purnima. This festival falls around end of July. This is a rainy season, but you might love it if you love company all around and visit the place from cultural perspective. If you love solace, you should avoid this timing as it is too crowdy.
See our friend’s travelogue of a trek to Gosaikunda in JanaiPurnima, August 17, 2008
Here is some more info I collected from NepaliTrekkingInfo.com
Half of February to First week of June: From the half of February until the first part of June temperatures are relatively warm, 10° to 15° warmer than in the fall. Mornings are bright and clear with the air slowly becoming hazier as the day progresses. The rhododendron forests in springtime are spectacular, with color displays that are “Himalayan” in beauty. June is warm and green with many fewer people – the sense of solitude is much greater than other seasons.
September to half of December: September to early December is an ideal time for the best mountain views. The days are typically sunny and clear with moderate temperatures and the evenings are usually quite cold.
Never seen any place in nepal like this, Can anyone from the this trek suggest me when to trek this place?
I can’t stop my feet.
Must be costly but can’t hold myself back.
And these must be professional photographers.
July 24th 2009 – the day – the winner is declared based on the view count… we can do this.
Let us go beat these performance engineering guys and win $1000. Still about two months to get to 90 day mark. We can do this. The posting with the highest veiw at the 90 day mark wins. Go Gosaikunda team go.
One word for all the photo really is simply WOW!!!…..
Every photo is “picture perfect”. Simply great.
A loud applaud to the photographers. Keep it up!!!
wow!! those r beautifull!!!! Some of the best pics in the site probably. It clearly shows how nice nepal is!! keep it up!! 🙂
Great pictures of Gosaikunda which showcase how blessed Nepal is to have this splendid of nature. And bizarre things about Nepali is ‘People who wish to go can’t go afford and people how can afford to go don’t wish to go’. Besides, I ponder on this idea of having ‘will to go’ or ‘our luck plays its role’ in favor of taking us at these heavenly places. Even traveler like me fails to answer whether it’s ‘Will to go’ or ‘Luck’ for us to be places of nature’s joy. My secret recipe is to grab opportunity that may come along to go places like such.
Excellent works guys!! And I had to scrutinize these beautiful pictures for hours to make my rating more accurate. Here’s Shutterbug Pictures Rating:
Well composed shot : Third Picture and Sixth picture from the beginning: Landscape of Gosaikunda Lake” & pictures number: ‘033, 039, 047, 099, 128, 181, 185
‘042, 168 & 178
Perfect shots : “Sixth picture from the beginning: Landscape of Gosaikunda Lake”
Lucky Shot : ‘128, 135 & 146’
Best Portrait Shot : ‘019’
Prize Winning shot : ‘181 and “Sixth picture from the beginning: Landscape of Gosaikunda Lake”
My both thumb up to all Photographers.
abishesh.. wat the hell are you doing all cramped up in a cubile of a corporate building…. maaan ! u should go take that cam of urs and photograph… am sure u’ll rise high with the skills u have.. bravo!..
Really mind blowing pictures.. I knew more about my country .. how beautiful it really is .. we should all be proud of it..
wish one day i would see .. and feel it..
Thanks for posting all thos pics..
Wish u all had enjoyed a lot
ktm is only 1400 m, never taught by ktm school in geography
🙁 …..all I wished is if I was the part of the journey…. Anyways appreciation for team effort……
and also thanks coz pics provide me Gr8 insight for amateur photographer like me.
Keep it up!
It was indeed a great experience, travelling to the height of 4 thousand meters… the trip was full of fun, adventure and of course exhaustion. Definitely a memorable trip to have.
On behalf of the trekker-gang, I would like to thank all(D2 Fan, Saas,Abhishek, Rudra dai, Bishwa Hang, Prabhu, Tesjaswee, Sangeeta, Red Level, Dhilung, DSLR, GopalBdrGhale, Ram Bilas and Dhaniya, Pramod Poudel, Sabita, Envy, EnvyFan, the mirror, Binaya Neupane, D2, Suresh, Prakash, Loona, Shiddhartha, Joshua, Spellbound and Sameer) for appreciating the photos.
And Envy – thanks for your comment as well. It took quite a thought and time to add these captions 🙂
truely amazing pictures…i wish to go gosaikunda in the future…
I’ve never been there but now I know where to go for my next great adventure… 🙂
These are some gorgeous shots! You may have convinced me to add this one to the “To Visit” list.
Nice Photos!!! great photography .. We can feel like we visited ourselves..
Panoramic view and so many breathtaking shots… completely stunning shots…
I get bedazzled every time I view the post… Some of them made way into my desktop wallpaper… 😀 Great Work ..Awesome Capture! Hats off to the team!!
The pictures are awesome and really enthralling to look at. Good job guys; I am sure all of you have great time there. Great hike, great pictures and great posting. Felt like I travelled there myself.
pic 191 is awesome.
Just lost into the pics… all amazing. That should be a synopsis of what the heaven should be.
Awesome!!! I like the shot, they were boundless; I know abhi you must have enjoyed a lot with your snapshot fire arms.
Niraj dai, seems you have gained some weight 🙂 humm… this is not me but your pictures saying may be a trick of sharp shooters
BhanChang thank you for sharing the link it is so superb!!!
Charu did you look nice in front of Mt. and good to see you after a long time
Kesu BABA where is your sastra and astra??
Gosaikunda you are so fantastic I am proud to be Nepali 🙂
Missing D2 Hike and esp. the photography club, you guys rocking…
Bhanu/Sangharsha good report buddy 🙂
Hearttouching fotos. Awesome. Thanks to the team who shared this experience really inspiring to go to Gosainkunda at least once in life time during this season.
Nice comment!!!
Nice Captions!!!
Awesome pics………….Lucky ppl
photo no 162 is mindblowing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
aaare pics bahut badhiya khiche chaau…aarko saal…ma ra dhaniya pani gosaikunda ghumi linu parla justo cha
Saachchai kati ramraa photaharu, aafaile tyahin gayera live here jasto, dhanyabaad team haamilai EU bata Gosainkunda ghumaideko maa, prakriti sanga saakshatkaar garaideko maa puna dhanyabaad,
phota haru herda laagchha ma tyahi himaal agaadi basera tyahi himal niyaldaichhu, phota kaa maanchhe haru herda laagchha aile nai bollaan jasto
feri pani Topi kholera dhanyabaad
Hats off to photographer……..
135 is one of the photos that will go to my mantelpiece…
Speechless!
Damn I missed it 😈 ! I should have floated that time.
pic 047/48 – bulb ? how long?
awesome photos.. i agree with rudra dai, some photos seems like postcard taken by live professional…great job d2ians. i think D2 is rich in photographers. what about starting a new business of photo gallery!
Awesome! Flashback to old memory. I feel the same wonder!
I am so lucky to be part of this amazing journey. Pictures are out-of-this-world. Abishesh, Sangharsha, Bhanu and Keshav – you guys did amazing job. Bravo!!
Picture 3, 47, 48 are all taken at night.
Picture 3 around 9 pm from Dhunche, and 47, 48 from Chandanbari at around 10:45 pm.
Hats off to Abishesh and Sangharsha for these and other pictures.
Simply great pics. WOW!!!!!!!!!
pictures are just awesome….hats off to our photographers…u have caputured mind blowing snaps…. (Y)
Looks collection of all the best of best pictures available so far in the universe. Great job guys.
Enjoyed the photos, they are really beautiful and outstanding.
superb, outstanding, amazing and mind-blowing. this will remian as one of the best postings of any Nepali blog site in existence. every snap speaks thousand words here.
no words to explain…. simply spell-bound
Amazing, no complain !!!
outstanding..mind blowing pics