The Kuari Pass Trek, also known as ‘Curzon trail’ is one of the most famous in India as every year several amateur hikers, trekkers and families alike visit it. Kuari Pass, which is a part of the Nanda Devi reserve biosphere, is known for the picturesque beauty it emanates.

The entire trek is for six days which would enable you to be a part of an adventurous trip with enchanting scenery and destinations of the Himalayas. The trek to the Kuari Pass will start in Haridwar, where the travellers would be taken to Joshimath over a 256 km drive which would take approximately 10 hours.

Here, you can spend the day resting or visiting the significant pilgrim spots Devprayag, Bhagirathi and Alaknanda confluence amidst the beautiful landscape. The actual trek will begin at Dhak village which is about 12 kms from Joshimath and trekkers would be driven there.

At Dhak village the trek will start through the village displaying the day to day lives of Garhwali people, along with the views of the mountain peaks during the trip. The trek is till Gulling Top and would be completed in parts by stopping at Tugasi village and Gulling village to take some rest and to adjust to the high-altitude atmosphere.

By entering Gulling village, the trek to the Gulling top campsite would be a mere 500 m. The day would be concluded with a night of camping under the starry sky around the vibrant flora or a milk-white layer of snow, depending on what time of the year you trek.

The next day, at the height of 2,900m/9,600ft through mixed terrain of soft and steep ascent, the trekkers would head to the Camp which is a 5.5 km trek from Gulling Top and would take around 5 hours to get through. The entire route is engulfed in oak, rhododendron (mostly pink and white) and walnut forests with different coloured leaves in different seasons, regardless of which the trail is amusing.

After getting to the Camp, it would be rest-day to prepare oneself for the final leg of the trek to Kuari Pass. On day four, the trek will commence from Camp, near Gulling top to Khullara and finally to Kuari Pass at 12,500 ft above sea level. The complete trek from Camp to Khullara to Kuari Pass would be around 8-9 kms and would take 5-6 hours to complete.

Surrounded by meadows of wildflowers and yellow-green grass along the way with the grey-blue gigantic Himalayan peaks still in sight, the trek will not feel tedious or exhaustive. As the halfway mark, you would reach Khullara that has a broken bridge and a frozen stream that you will be traversing to get to the final destination of Kuari Pass.

Spend the rest of the day and night absorbing the natural beauty and the majestic sight of Kedarnath Peak, Kedardome, Chaukhambha, Balakun, Neel Kantha, Mukut Parvat, Kamet, Abhi Gamin, Mana I, Ghori Parvat, Hathi Parvat, Dronagiri, Kalanka, Chang Bang, Nanda Devi, Nanda Ghunti.

Besides that, set up a camp for the night, before descending back to Dhak village and driving back to Joshimath to rest for the night and finally heading back to Haridwar to conclude the entire trek of Kuari Pass.