Hidden Treasures is cultural - eco travel company formed by two 20 year old students, which aims at reducing the mass exodus of people from villages to cities, by giving them on-site employment..
4. THE CORE OF HUMAN SPIRIT LIES IN NEW
EXPERIENCES!
AWAY FROM THE ‘BRICK-CEMENT-IRON-NOISE’ LIFE OF CITIES
IN THE EXTRAORDINARY TRANQUIL BEAUTY OF THE GREAT
HIMALAYAS, EXPERIENCING THE THRILL OF ADVENTURE,
KNOWLEDGE, AND A CULTURE CLOSE TO NATURE, IS WHERE
THIS BLISSFULLY RUSTIC AND INSPIRING LIFE EXPERIENCE
5. BEING FOOTLOOSE FASCINATES MY SOUL!
A ‘CULTURAL-ECO TRAVEL AND BEYOND’ EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE
WHO HAVE THE WILD AND FREE SPIRIT OF A TRAVELLER AND
ARE EAGER TO GET OUT OF THE COMFORT ZONE OF EVERYDAY
LIFE TO ‘LIVE’.
11. 3) BEING A HOME TO MANY
BIRD SPECIES, THIS REGION
OF LOWER HIMALAYAS IS A
MUST GO FOR BIRD
WATCHERS AND AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHERS
TO GET INTRODUCED TO THE
WONDERFUL, COLOURFUL,
FEATHERED WORLD OF
BLUE WHISTLING BIRDS.
THRUSH
SPOTTED FORKTAIL GREEN BACKED TIT
12. OTHER COMMON BIRD SPECIES AROUND KOLTI
BLACK-HEADED JAY GREAT BARBET
BAR-TAILED
TREECREEPER
RAD-BILLED BLUE MAGPIE
BLACK BULBUL
COMMON
STONECHA
VERDITER T
FLYCATCHER
13. 4)OVERNIGHT STAY IN
TENTS IN THE VILLAGE
KOLTI IN JAUNPUR
REGION OF
UTTARAKHAND.
REGIONAL ORGANIC
FOOD IS PREPARED BY
LOCAL PEOPLE. THE
PLACE BECOMES EVEN
MORE VIBRANT WITH
THE CULTURE
INTERACTION THAT
TAKES PLACE THROUGH
LOCAL DANCE & MUSIC,
CONVERSATION, AND
EQUAL PATICIPATION
OF GUESTS IN THE
VILLAGE CENTER.
14. CAMPSITE
CAMPSITE IS ON A
RIDGE ABOVE THE
MAIN VILLAGE
SURROUNDED BY
SCENIC BEAUTY.
FOR LIGHT AT
NIGHT SOLAR
LANTERNS ARE
USED.
THE BLUE TOILET TENT
CAN BE SEEN IN THE
15. NOT COMMERCIALLY MADE, PROFESSIONALY USED
STUFF!
THESE TENTS HAVE BEEN
MADE BY PEOPLE FROM
VILLAGES WORKING FOR
NGO ‘GOONJ’ AND FEEL
DIFFERENT FROM
GENERALLY
COMMERCIALLY USED
STUFF.
THIS ADDS EXTRA VALUE
TO THE SIMPLE AND
BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE
AND MAKES IT A WORK OF
ART TO BE ABSORBED AND
ADMIRED.
16. FEELS BETTER TO BE FRIENDS RATHER THAN
CUSTOMERS
HERE WE DEVELOP CLOSER RELATIONS WITH FELLOW
TRAVELLERS AND EXCHANGE A LOT OF STORIES, VIEWS, AND
OPINIONS.
CENTER TO THIS EXPERIENCE IS ALSO ‘IDLE KNOWLEDGE’, i.e.
KNOWLEDGE WHICH DOES NOT HAVE ECONOMIC VALUE BUT
GIVES MORE HAPPINESS, MEANING, AND DEPTH TO LIFE.
18. Total trekking distance : 3.79 km
Food: Garhwali food in the village Kolti (1545m)
Maximum elevation : 2228 meters above sea level
Minimum elevation : 424 meters above sea level
Water type : freshwater
Forest : Fairly dense with oak and Pine trees
Wildlife: Bear, Leopard, Deer
Birds: Thrushes, Tits, Flycatchers, Treecreepers,
Swifts, Jays, Magpies, Woodpeckers and many more…
Temperatures : 31.2 °C(max);7.2°C(min)
Departure : 8 A.M from ‘Char Dukan’
Miscellaneous : Many butterfly species are also found in
this region.
24. Considering the safety and security aspects of
the trip, two group leaders, well versed with
the contours of the region, will be present
for the entire trip and an equipped guard
during night hours. There shall also be a fully
equipped first – aid box available in case of
any unprecedented incidents. In case of
severe accident, the injured shall be taken
on horseback to the road head and will be
picked up by an ambulance there to be taken
to nearby Landour Community Hospital.