Kashmir Harbhagwan Lake Trek Overview: The Trek Starts from Aru Valley Pahalgam North Conduct of lidder river in very den pine forests and encounter with variety of nomadic settlements along the trail. Trout fishing beets are available in some spots. The trek is full with different types of alpine wild flowers and number of wild animals en route and Trek ends at Baltal Sonamarg . The Trek is Idle for Ladakh travelers as trek ends at sonamarg baltal en route to kargil ladakh.
Pahalgam to Sonamarg Trek – Harbhagwan lake Trekking route
Pahalgam Aru Valley is Famous for various adventure activities and offers great deal for adventure sports, Paragliding , Mountaineering , winter sports and base camp for number of treks in lidder valley, Some of famous treks start from Aru valley. Tarsar Marsar Trek , Kolahoi glacier trek , with a lot of short treks. Aru valley is premiere tourists destination in pahalgam. It is suited 12 km from pahalgam and 112 km from srinagar city .
Sonamarg Baltal is situated at Srinagar leh high way the distance from srinagar to baltal is 93 km and the distance between kargil and baltal is 108 km. Baltal is Base camp for Amirnath pilgrams and gives short route to Amirnath yatries. Sonmarg base camp for Number of treks a famous trek from Sonamarg is Kashmir Seven alpine lakes trek.
Detailed Itinerary for Harbhagwan lake trek
The Kashmir Harbhagwan lake trek is short cross country high altitude alpine lake trek, Region north Indian Himalayas jammu and Kashmir, Duration 4 nights 5 . height 4000 meters. hiking tour and inquiry .Pahalgam to Sonamarg trek .The trek is very beautiful and stunning landscapes,nomads settlements streams on way makes it heaven for trekkers. the trek is short .
Day 1 Srinagar to Aru valley 115 km Drive 4: Start from Srinagar up to Aru valley Pahalgam ,The journey to Aru valley is very beautiful , You can view from plans to narrow mountain routes villages , Paddy Crops apple tress , walnut tress , pine forest . After reaching Aru valley a short hike up to Kotpather Over night camps.
Day 2 Aru Valley to Nafran/Armpatari 4 hours trek 3400 mt. Height: The Trail Starts from Kotpatri to Geirwar a nomadic settlement on bank of lidder river a trout fishing beet is avaible here. From Geriwar the trail goes in den forest up to river crossing to Danwat there are couple of crossing the same river in narrow valley up to Nafran valley over night in camps.
Day 3 Nafran Day trip to Harnag lake 4000 meters: The trail ascend up to gateway of Harbhagwan. From top a clear view of Harnag lake sight-seen around and back to armpatari over night camps.
Day 4 Nafran to Baltal : The trail goes same way up to harnag lake from the lake ascend for two hours then descend in big valley up to Domail over night camps.
Day 5 baltal to srinagar: Start from domail up to baltal two hours trek. and from baltal 3 hours drive to srinagar.
Best time for Harbhugwan lake trek ,June ,July ,August ,september ,October ,
Review: Difficult need basic fitness
Short Itinearary route from Pahalgam to Sonamarg :Srinagar to Aru valley 115 km Drive 4 hours. Aru Valley Nafran 4 Hours Trek . Nafran to domail baltal 5 hours trek . Domail to Baltal 3 hours trek. Baltal to Srinagar 3 hours Drive.