Trek to Gosaikunda
Posted on 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
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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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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Day 2 (Nov, 
: Dhunche to Chandanbari (3200m)
- Started the trek at 8.30 am
- Dhimsa 2600m
- Deurali 2900m
- Reached Chandanbari(3200m) at 6:00pm
- Stayed at “Hotel Red Panda”
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Day 3 (Nov, 9) : Chandanbari to Gosaikunda to LauriBinayak
- Started the trek at 8.00 am
- Reached Cholangpati (3600m) at 9:15 am
- Reached LauriBinayak (3900m) at 10:15 am
- Reached GosainKunda (4280m) at 3:30 pm
- Trekked back to LauriBinayak, arrived at 5:45pm
- Stayed at Hotel “Mountain Rest”
Day 4 (Nov, 10) : Lauribinayak to Dhunche to Ramche- Started to walk down the trail from LauriBinayak at 8:45am
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(5 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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November 24th, 2008 at 8:52 am
outstanding..mind blowing pics
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November 24th, 2008 at 8:52 am
Amazing, no complain !!!
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November 24th, 2008 at 9:38 am
no words to explain…. simply spell-bound
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November 24th, 2008 at 11:45 am
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.
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November 24th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Enjoyed the photos, they are really beautiful and outstanding.
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November 24th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Looks collection of all the best of best pictures available so far in the universe. Great job guys.
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November 24th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
pictures are just awesome….hats off to our photographers…u have caputured mind blowing snaps…. (Y)
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November 24th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Simply great pics. WOW!!!!!!!!!
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November 24th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
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.
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November 24th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
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!!
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November 24th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Awesome! Flashback to old memory. I feel the same wonder!
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November 24th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
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!
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November 24th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Speechless!
Damn I missed it
! I should have floated that time.
pic 047/48 - bulb ? how long?
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November 24th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
135 is one of the photos that will go to my mantelpiece…
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November 24th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
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……..
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November 24th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
aaare pics bahut badhiya khiche chaau…aarko saal…ma ra dhaniya pani gosaikunda ghumi linu parla justo cha
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November 24th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
photo no 162 is mindblowing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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November 24th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Awesome pics………….Lucky ppl
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November 24th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Nice Captions!!!
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November 25th, 2008 at 12:13 am
Nice comment!!!
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November 25th, 2008 at 12:54 am
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.
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November 25th, 2008 at 2:08 am
Awesome!!! I like the shot, they were boundless; I know abhi you must have enjoyed a lot with your snapshot fire arms.
humm… this is not me but your pictures saying may be a trick of sharp shooters
Niraj dai, seems you have gained some weight
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
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November 25th, 2008 at 2:42 am
Just lost into the pics… all amazing. That should be a synopsis of what the heaven should be.
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November 25th, 2008 at 2:59 am
pic 191 is awesome.
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November 25th, 2008 at 3:03 am
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.
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November 25th, 2008 at 3:36 am
Panoramic view and so many breathtaking shots… completely stunning shots…
Great Work ..Awesome Capture! Hats off to the team!!
I get bedazzled every time I view the post… Some of them made way into my desktop wallpaper…
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November 25th, 2008 at 8:10 am
Nice Photos!!! great photography .. We can feel like we visited ourselves..
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November 25th, 2008 at 10:39 am
These are some gorgeous shots! You may have convinced me to add this one to the “To Visit” list.
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November 25th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
I’ve never been there but now I know where to go for my next great adventure…
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November 25th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
truely amazing pictures…i wish to go gosaikunda in the future…
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November 26th, 2008 at 5:43 am
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
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November 26th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
and also thanks coz pics provide me Gr8 insight for amateur photographer like me.
Keep it up!
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November 26th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
ktm is only 1400 m, never taught by ktm school in geography
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November 26th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
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
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November 27th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
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!..
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November 28th, 2008 at 5:34 am
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.
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November 30th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
wow!! those r beautifull!!!! Some of the best pics in the site probably. It clearly shows how nice nepal is!! keep it up!!
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November 30th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
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!!!
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May 18th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
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.
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May 18th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
July 24th 2009 - the day - the winner is declared based on the view count… we can do this.
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May 19th, 2009 at 11:47 am
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.
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May 19th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
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.
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May 21st, 2009 at 8:00 pm
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.
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