MY WANDERLUST : A walk in the jungle " KHEERGANGA"

Hello friends,

In the state of Himachal Pradesh a place called Kheerganga is located at a height of 3000m from mean sea level. It lies in the extreme end of the Parvati Valley. It remains snow covered during winters and get temporary settlement during summers. It is the most refreshing trek you can go on. The natural hot water spring experience is something that you will remember for life time. Best time to visit Kheerganga is April to October, winters months are avoided as snow makes the trek difficult.

Hot water spring @ kheer ganga

It was May 2014, we were six friends and we decided to visit Kheergnaga together. It is a 12km foot trek and treking starts from a place called Barshaini. We parked our vehicle at Barshaini and then we all started to move towards our destination i.e. Kheerganga.

Barsheni hydro power plant

First view of kheerganga

Initially the trek was decent enough with less elevation along with Parvati river. The scenery was beautiful, open sky, pine trees, snow covered peaks. After trekking about 2 Km we reached Nakthan, it is a small village on the way to Kheerganga. We had our breakfast and a cup of tea at Nakthan and then moved forward for our further trek.

On the way to Nakthan

Tea @ Nakthan village

The elevation was still stable and after 4Km of trek we reached a place called Rudranag. At Rudranag you will find a waterfall, the water comes out like snake head and hence the place is called Rudranag. Now the remaining 6 Kms trek was with extreme elevation that too in the dense forest. As we moving forwad the path was getting really difficult to walk on. There were frozen waterfalls on the way, slippery frozen ice on the path, steep slope on one side of path and there was very less space to walk.

Rudranag fall @ rudranag

Crush smoky forest

So, after walking 4 hours in the forest finally we reached to the magic valley Kheerganga. There was huge sloppy ground, complete green and surrounded by the tall mountains. Open sky and floating clouds in the sky were making that moment more beautiful. It was really a wonder and the place was so calm, peace and so pure. There were some small 4-5 wooden guest houses, we took two rooms in the guest house called Lonely Planet. There were no electricity in Kheerganga however some lights were running on solar power. We all were excited to take a bath in the natural hot water spring pool. We took bath for long and then went to nearby Lord Shiva temple. We sat there for some time and later came back to our guest house.

Hot water spring

Om namah shivayah

We had our dinner and stayed there for the whole night. Next morning we explored Kheerganga and visited Kartikay Cave located in the mountains. We had our lunch in the guest house and around 1 Pm we left Kheerganga and returned back to Barshaini.

Saabu at its best TRP

Pulgaah

I am sure, if someone comes to this place once, he would love to visit here again and again. This was my second trip to Kheerganga and hoping to visit it again in future.

Moon light streaming