Dayara Bugyal: The land of Meadows
DayaraBugyal will make you feel like Charlie in the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. You will feel exactly like him, watching awe-inspiring sights in a frozen land. In the winters,DayaraBugyal is a remarkable sight.
With a beginner’s trek starting at an altitude of 2600mts and going up to 3500mts, the 9km walk will help you build your stamina and get experienced for a moderate level trek.
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The land of meadows can be reached by……
The Dehradun, Rishikesh and Haridwar railway stations will lead you to Dayara Bugyal but the nearest ones are Dehradun and Rishikesh. Dehradun is almost 200km and from there you can take a cab to reach the final spot. Many buses also revolve from the railway stations to the destination of your choice.
By road, the option of buses is convenient. Union as well as state road buses along with local buses constantly loop through Uttarkashi and Dehradun as well as Uttarkashi and Rishikesh. From Uttarkashi Dayara Bugyal is just 30km by road.
If you wish to fly to Dayara Bugyal, you can do so by taking a flight to the Jolly Grant airport in Dehradun and then hiring a cab or taking a bus to reach your destination. The Dehradun airport is almost 200kms away from Uttarkashi.
Snow lover’s Paradise
The best time to visit Dayara Bugyal is in winter, when whole of the land is covered in mounds of snow and makes for the perfect setting for adventure sports such as skiing. To be precise the best time to enjoy in this small town are the pre and post monsoon months. The rainy season is very harsh in the hilly areas with constant possibility of landslides and bad weather. Plus you won’t be able to go out anywhere when its raining so its better to avoid that time of the year.
From May to July, August to October and then December to February (when the real magic unfolds) are the best months to visit Dayara Bugyal.
Trekker’s first love
The Dayara Bugyal trek is the best suitable for beginner’s with an added advantage of the beautiful picturesque that it offers. This 6-day trek will take you to a maximum height of 12,100ft. This cross over trek starts from Raithal and ends in Barsu. The Dehradun Railway Station is the nearest railway station to the base camp.
The shepherds take their livestock herds in summer up to this trek because in winter it gets drenched in snow. The Bandarpoonch Peak, the Gangotri set of peaks, the Srikanth peak and the Black peak is visible from the Dayara Bugyal trek. The Dodital Lake, which is a fresh water lake, is the origin of Assi River. The meadows get loaded with a yellow color flower during the summer giving the whole land an optical illusion.
If you have the zest for reaching to the top, and want an exciting and scenic ambiance, head out to Dayara Bugyal next weekend and enjoy to the fullest.
