Make your May month adventurous with nature, for family, group or individual.

Dear Readers,

Once again, after done with Dunny Point program, Gandhinagar Unit comes up with two programs.  Keeping nature and adventure in the mind, these programs are crafted so well that all the activities which we can think off, covers in individual program. It includes campfire, sightseeing, trekking, rafting, caving, crawling, river crossing etc.

Program 1: Mount Abu – From 10-16 may

•         From Gandhinagar to Gandhinagar
•         Staying in the tent, activities like campfire, river crossing, rope climbing, caving, trekking etc.
•         Open for all age group, advisable for children.

Program 2: KULLU-MANALI   from 23^rd May-2^nd June

•          From Gandhinagar to Gandhinagar.
•          Staying in the tent, activities like campfire, river crossing, rope climbing, caving, trekking etc.
•          Open for all age group, advisable for family and groups.
•          Local sightseeing included.
•         Camp site at the riverbank  which is near to Manali.

I know the organizers very well and they have more than 20 years of exp in the same field, I will be there also in Program-2.  One can contact directly, for more details to

Mrs. Anjana Nimavat – 9998810719

Some previous camp photographs. 

For Adventure lovers, trekking camps, nature camps and many more

Hi Friends,

Those who love to spend time with nature, who want to explore their limits, those who want to encounter with own fear, here come the opportunity. There are so many professional options available for trekking camps, but I prefer YHAI , because it is volunteer organization worldwide with motto like "જે ફરે તે ચારે (wandering one, gathers honey)". Their service is not like five star camps, it is below 1 star, but it is what required when you want to spend time with nature. Same way their cost is also much much lower than other. So you can visit below link for current treks and contact details, they provide online booking. 

I would like to request parents to send their child for trek regularly, at least once in a year, it will enhance your child, like how to meet interstate persons, how to do your things at your own, how to cope up with problems, how to overcome fear, risk etc. 


http://www.yhaindia.org/

Similarly a similar group called "vanashree, Gandhinagar"  is also doing the same thing under same name. I know these people personally and I must say that they are born nature lover, bird lover and wonderful guys. They know each and every bird by name.

http://www.vanshree.org

They have coming up with YHAI, a beautifull trekk in Utaranchal. details as below:
An exciting Adventure and Nature Education Camp announced by Vanshree Trust, which is going to be organized from May 6 to May 15 at Chopta, Uttranchal; a very beautiful place in hills of Himalays. expecting it to be a new and enriching experience as always. For more details Contact Anjana Nimavat on 9998810719

Also if you want to encounter with bears of mount abu, be prepared between May 20 to May 25th, there will be very good camp in Mount abu by Vanshree.

For more details about YHAI and Vanshree , Contact Anjana Nimavat on 9998810719

some other YHAI treks, 

NATIONAL HIMALAYAN TREKKING EXPEDITION 2012 (Apr - May) SAR KUNDI PASS

NATURE STUDY 2012(Apr-May) DALHOUSIE

MOUNTAIN BIKING EXPEDITION - JALORI PASS(Apr- Jun) 2012

HIMALAYAN FAMILY ADVENTURE CAMPING (Apr- Jun) 2012

NATIONAL HERITAGE TREKKING EXPEDITION JAMMU KASHMIR(MAY-JUN)-2012 

and many more, just visit 

http://www.yhaindia.org/program_bookings/index/national     for more details.       

Gujarat Tourist places III- How to go there and full list

Update: Latest parieej lake flamingo photos here  &

click for more details.  or see the latest post of this blog about upcoming trekking program and family program

 A humble request to you all .......

By Himanshu Acharya

Friends,

We have covered various places from mostly north and central Gujarat till date, which includes;

Sundhamata, zanzari, rupal, balaram, delwada & galteshwar , Tua & Timba, Mangadh, Untadia Mahadev, Nal Sarovar. Links for the same as below;

http://hims30482.blogspot.com/2010/09/some-known-and-unknown-tourist-places.html

http://hims30482.blogspot.com/2010/02/some-known-and-mosty-unknown-tourist.html

Now in this post I will give you some useful information for wandering in Gujarat. Some useful websites for the reference. Please don’t consider it as end of the series. We have lot more places awaiting to be placed here, like;

·     

·        Vijayanagar na Khander and mandir (on the way to ider-modasa)	·        Matano Madh (kutch)
·        Patan ranki vav	·        Yakshini dev mandir (kutch)
·        modhera	·        Bet dwarka
·        pariej lake (near kheda)	·        Thol lake
·        kanewal lake	·        ghela somnath mandir
·        vehra khadi (mahi river)	·        hastinagiri mountain near Palitana
·        Dhuvaran sea shore	·        lothal & ancient koth ganpati mandir
·        Sikotermata mandir at Khambhat sea shore	·        Khambhalida caves (near gondal)
·        velavadat kaliyar sanctuary	·        Harsidhdhi mandir (near porbander…worth)
·        Pirotan islands near Jamnagar	·        Bhanvad Ashapura mandir on hill
·        Koteshwar (Last stop of Gujarat-kutch)	·        Junagadh uppercot fort and mira datar
·        Rajkot’s newly developed ishwariya park	·        ratanmahal sanctuary & jambughoda

Friends, I have visited 95% of above places till date and wish to visit remaining 5% till I write about it. Some of the places I have visited through YHAI Gujarat unit, some places alone and some places with local relatives. 

Now, for those who don’t know much about YHAI, it is youth hostel association of India. They do have their local units across Gujarat, like 

• ·        Gandhinagar which organize 1-2 days nature camp at Indroda,
• ·        Sanand Unit which organize Nalsarovar 2-3 days camp regularly,
• ·        Palitana unit which organizes trekking to palitana and hasgiri through jungle route,
• ·        Jamnagar unit which organizes Pirotan island camps.
• ·        Baroda unit for pavagadh and jambughoda jungle trekking.

 There are many other unit and they keep updating the same in advance on their websites, like

http://www.youthhostelahmedabad.org/      ---- official YHAI gujarat website.

FOR LATEST YOUTH HOSTEL TREKKING DETAILS ABU, UTRANCHAL ETC CLICK HERE 

But there is much more information and good photos available on their unit website of bharuch and baroda.

http://yhaibharuch.blogspot.com

yhaivadodara.blogspot.com  

believe me, YHAI is the cheapest way of wondering. There are national treks available like Himalaya, leh and many more for other state units. Actually YHA is the international association on volunteer base. We do have youth hostels in key tourist places and key cities across India, where you can find stay at Rs. 60 per day or little bit higher. You need to be member this organization for the same, which is about Rs. 100 annually.

Please go to above links, there are many upcoming treks available within Gujarat and at national level also. Give chance to yourself to explore new horizons.

Now there are few websites, which have pretty good collections of tourist places experiences in Gujarati. You can visit them for reference. Some of the links are

http://aksharnaad.com/category/travel-descriptions-in-gujarati/              There are almost 23 articles

http://www.readgujarati.com/category/travelogue/

You will find intresting tourist places for any districts thorough this govt website.

http://panchayat.gujarat.gov.in/panchayatvibhag/    go to this website, select your district , for example

http://porbandardp.gujarat.gov.in/Porbander/jilavishe/jovalayak-sthalo/jovalayak-index.htm

 

So, people who can afford to visit such places, don’t wait for suitable atmosphere, don’t wait for company. Go into rainy season, it has its own joy. You can contact me for more information.Those who are intrested in non-routine places, adhyatmic places, ancient places, please refer Gujarati Book "Aghor Nagara Vage part 1&2", there is a description of so many places within Gujarat and mount abu.

Author can be reached at himanshu.acharya@gmail.com


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One more time I got chance to saw more than 15 SARAS crane giant birds in a row (group), generally they are found in pair or max three in group.

So Those who are intrested in watching SARAS bird along with other foreigner birds, can contact me. I will guide them for the road and if possible I will come with them also. There are 2-3 fixed places where you can easily find SAras birds. 

 A humble request to you all .......