The Best Monsoon Trek: Kashmir Great Lakes
Description
The trek starts from early July month. During this time snow is still present on the higher altitudes and the meadows are in their fresh bloom. The landscape is contrasting. Those keen to witness the snow covered landscape with a foreground of fresh summer bloom, should plan their trek in early July. By end of July the snow melts away, and the meadows are in their full bloom. The landscape has all the floral hues it can get and its a very great time to plan the trek. The temperatures are warmer than in July, making the nights more comfortable during camping. By late August the temperature starts to drop again, the flowers begin to wither as the cold begins to sweep the alpine meadows. Abrupt rainfall can be more than expected during this time period. The trek can continue well into the second week of September, before the snow starts to take over the higher reaches again and winter comes knocking at the doors.
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Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews(26)
We had a wonderful and unforgettable expedition of the Kashmir Great Lakes with Bachan and Choudhary. There team is awesome with good food and good trekking experience, especially the trout dishes on the mountain.
Greetings, Fellow traveler! We are truly grateful for your invaluable feedback! Your insights and Feedback are essential in tuning the work and ambiance at Himalaya Shelter. We Felt immense pleasure working with you through your entire journey. Your valuable feedback would take us one step closer to fine-tuning your future experience in the best way possible and would also help us tackle any existing vulnerabilities within our company. hope you had a memorable time throughout the journey! I hope someday we will again have the honor of hosting you! this time with much better services. Wishing you a wonderful day ahead. With warm regards, Bachan Rana
Great experience... Food, Shelter, Support everything super. Definately recommended for all. Go hike gaze the mountain.
Greetings, Fellow traveler! We are truly grateful for your invaluable feedback! Your insights and Feedback are essential in tuning the work and ambiance at Himalaya Shelter. We Felt immense pleasure working with you through your entire journey. Your valuable feedback would take us one step closer to fine-tuning your future experience in the best way possible and would also help us tackle any existing vulnerabilities within our company. hope you had a memorable time throughout the journey! I hope someday we will again have the honor of hosting you! this time with much better services. Wishing you a wonderful day ahead. With warm regards, Bachan Rana
This was my 3rd trek with Himalayan Shelter and we did Pir Panjal Trek in Kashmir from 24th to 30th August. The trek was 2 days of Climb and then we reach meadows with number of beautiful lakes. The Weather turned bad with incessant rain and gushing wind. The staffs of Himalayan Shelter ensured that we were safe and the tents were secure. It was tough work for them as they had to pack and clear all the camp site in the rain. Great Work by our trek leader, Nitin Bhaiya, local guide Shafeer Bhaiya, and the entire kitchen staff.
Greetings, Fellow traveler! We are truly grateful for your invaluable feedback! Your insights and Feedback are essential in tuning the work and ambiance at Himalaya Shelter. We Felt immense pleasure working with you through your entire journey. Your valuable feedback would take us one step closer to fine-tuning your future experience in the best way possible and would also help us tackle any existing vulnerabilities within our company. hope you had a memorable time throughout the journey! I hope someday we will again have the honor of hosting you! this time with much better services. Wishing you a wonderful day ahead. With warm regards, Bachan Rana
We decided to join Himalaya Shelter group for Kashmir Great Lakes '24 edition and were impressed by their attention to detail and commitment to good professional standards of practice for all aspects of our trek. Our trek team manned by team leader Surendra Rana treated us to great food on all days of our trek and maintained great rapport with locals onground to ensure that our kit made it to campsites before us at each end of day in spite of many logistical challenges on this trek owing to incessant rains. We were informed of schedules and timings daily and adhered to them so as to begin around dawn on each day and reach every next campsite just before or around dusk to find it neatly laid out and prepared for refreshments and rest. One thing that could have made our experience better was if we were provided more informative reading material on the trek itself it may have helped us contribute more to the overall preservation of the trail against the impact of irresponsible tourism on the regional ecosystem. Overall we recommend this team and company and would trek with them again. Regards, @ananthadi
Greetings, Fellow traveler! We are truly grateful for your invaluable feedback! Your insights and Feedback are essential in tuning the work and ambiance at Himalaya Shelter. We Felt immense pleasure working with you through your entire journey. Your valuable feedback would take us one step closer to fine-tuning your future experience in the best way possible and would also help us tackle any existing vulnerabilities within our company. hope you had a memorable time throughout the journey! I hope someday we will again have the honor of hosting you! this time with much better services. Wishing you a wonderful day ahead. With warm regards, Bachan Rana
Surendra Rana who was our guide is one gem of a person and extremely alert and vigilant. Him and Rishabh got our entire group down safely when the weather turned bad on the KGL Trekk. A lot of trekkers owe these 2 their lives. Thank you Surendra bhai and Rishabh bhai.
Greetings, Fellow traveler! We are truly grateful for your invaluable feedback! Your insights and Feedback are essential in tuning the work and ambiance at Himalaya Shelter. We Felt immense pleasure working with you through your entire journey. Your valuable feedback would take us one step closer to fine-tuning your future experience in the best way possible and would also help us tackle any existing vulnerabilities within our company. hope you had a memorable time throughout the journey! I hope someday we will again have the honor of hosting you! this time with much better services. Wishing you a wonderful day ahead. With warm regards, Bachan Rana
The Kashmir Great Lakes Trek organized by Himalaya Shelter was an exceptional experience. The support staff were outstanding, consistently attentive and ready to assist us at every turn. Kudos to Rishab bhaiya 🙌🏻
Greetings, Fellow traveler! We are truly grateful for your invaluable feedback! Your insights and Feedback are essential in tuning the work and ambiance at Himalaya Shelter. We Felt immense pleasure working with you through your entire journey. Your valuable feedback would take us one step closer to fine-tuning your future experience in the best way possible and would also help us tackle any existing vulnerabilities within our company. hope you had a memorable time throughout the journey! I hope someday we will again have the honor of hosting you! this time with much better services. Wishing you a wonderful day ahead. With warm regards, Bachan Rana Read less
Beautiful vast, green meadows after the first day. The terrain changes every few hours, streams, boulders, steep ascents, and the last day was a 13 kilometers downhill. The Himalaya Shelter team was amazing. Great food - hot,steaming soups, dals,rajma, pasta, popcorn , baingan bharta... good food, so far from home - much relished after all the hours of trekking. There were ten of us, I didn't know anybody but along with the Himalaya Shelter team, we all became like family. The evenings were beautiful because our camp sites were right next to alpine lakes, we took many photos. The night sky was starlit, unbelievably clear. Looking forward to many more beautiful treks with Himalaya Shelter.
Greetings, Fellow traveler! We are truly grateful for your invaluable feedback! Your insights and Feedback are essential in tuning the work and ambiance at Himalaya Shelter. We Felt immense pleasure working with you through your entire journey. Your valuable feedback would take us one step closer to fine-tuning your future experience in the best way possible and would also help us tackle any existing vulnerabilities within our company. hope you had a memorable time throughout the journey! I hope someday we will again have the honor of hosting you! this time with much better services. Wishing you a wonderful day ahead. With warm regards, Bachan Rana Read less
Wonderful experience mainly because of lower number of people( group size was only 10), which was calming and also yeh staff was amazing, from the trek leaders to the cook.
Greetings, Fellow traveler! We are truly grateful for your invaluable feedback! Your insights and Feedback are essential in tuning the work and ambiance at Himalaya Shelter. We Felt immense pleasure working with you through your entire journey. Your valuable feedback would take us one step closer to fine-tuning your future experience in the best way possible and would also help us tackle any existing vulnerabilities within our company. hope you had a memorable time throughout the journey! I hope someday we will again have the honor of hosting you! this time with much better services. Wishing you a wonderful day ahead. With warm regards, Bachan Rana Read less
The management was amazing, food was excellent. We enjoyed the trip with the crew, and what we liked was the fact that we were able to do it at our pace with many scenic stops. The gear was also excellent. The permit could've been managed better since we got a day less on the trek.
Greetings, Fellow traveler! We are truly grateful for your invaluable feedback! Your insights and Feedback are essential in tuning the work and ambiance at Himalaya Shelter. We Felt immense pleasure working with you through your entire journey. Your valuable feedback would take us one step closer to fine-tuning your future experience in the best way possible and would also help us tackle any existing vulnerabilities within our company. hope you had a memorable time throughout the journey! I hope someday we will again have the honor of hosting you! this time with much better services. Wishing you a wonderful day ahead. With warm regards, Bachan Rana Read less
Staff was very supportive, their camps were at best location, group size was small (10 person) food was delicious despite hard mountain conditions.
Greetings, Fellow traveler! We are truly grateful for your invaluable feedback! Your insights and Feedback are essential in tuning the work and ambiance at Himalaya Shelter. We Felt immense pleasure working with you through your entire journey. Your valuable feedback would take us one step closer to fine-tuning your future experience in the best way possible and would also help us tackle any existing vulnerabilities within our company. hope you had a memorable time throughout the journey! I hope someday we will again have the honor of hosting you! this time with much better services. Wishing you a wonderful day ahead. With warm regards, Bachan Rana Read less
