Kheerganga: Trekking Paradise in India 🇮🇳

In this adventure we embark on a trek to a secluded and enchanting mountain camp called Kheerganga (Khirganga), located in the Indian Himalayas in the state of Himachal Pradesh. We started from the town of Kasol, where we were staying along the Parbati or Parvati River, and found a cab that drove us up to the town of Barshaini.

0:00 Intro
1:45 Map of Kheerganga
2:15 Road to Barshaini
3:16 Starting the trek
5:23 Meeting a friend
5:56 Waterfalls!
8:00 Arriving at the camp
9:59 Timelapses (Round One)
10:43 End of day one
11:25 Start of day two
12:09 Exploring Kheerganga!
14:44 Conversation with Zak
15:39 In search of the river!
18:49 Time for a swim...
20:07 Back to camp!
21:05 Start of day three (hot spring showers!)
21:49 Timelapses (Round Two)
22:11 Honey Ginger Lemon Tea!
22:38 Asking about mountain names
22:53 Cute doggy!
23:24 Pin Parvati Pass info!
24:26 Way down from Kheerganga
27:28 Hugs after a long hike!
27:54 Final thoughts

When we booked our tents with the "Kheerganga Hike Camp", the guy on the phone told us to go to a place in Barshaini called Bhoj Cafe. From Bhoj Cafe we walked past huge dam, after which started the trail up to Kheerganga on the right side of the river. On the way down, we took a trail that went down the other side of the river, going past some Holi sites. After hiking around 6 hours upwards to the camp along a gradual ascending path - we continued past waterfalls and chai dabas - and when we arrived to the Kheerganga camp a mighty hailstorm started bucketing down.

At the top were donkeys, packhorses, mules, dogs, and even monkeys! However, we didn't see the monkey at camp, but a hike aways by the river. Perhaps humans have got the message across that they're not welcome...

Nestled below daunting and wondrous peaks, there is a magical feeling about Kheerganga that is hard to describe. Seeing a place held sacred to so many, for thousands of years, causes one to feel humbled to have had the chance to visit such a beautiful place.

The deeper mythology of Kheerganga, that I didn't get into in this video, can be summarized here:

Lord Shiva once challenged their sons Ganesh and Karthikey to race across the world and see who was faster. Karthikey started his journey but Ganesh instead circled his parents, Shiva and Parvati, asserting that his parents are his whole world. Shiva was so impressed that he made Ganesh king. When Karthikey saw that his brother had become king, he became angry and resentful, and went to Kheerganga to a cave to meditate.

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