• Attention: Please confirm our availability for your trek date before choosing us as your trek agency on Single Window System, Uttarkashi. We will accordingly send notarized affidavit for your trek dates. This is the legally valid procedure presently

• कृपया ध्यान देंगे: गौमुख - तपोवन परमिट हेतु उत्तरकाशी के सिंगल विंडो सिस्टम पर हमारे संस्थान के नाम का चयन करने से पूर्व उक्त दिवस हमारे गाइड की उपलब्धता अवश्य सुनिश्चित कर लें।इसके पश्चात् ही यात्रा दिवस का एफिडेविट हमारे द्वारा आपको प्रेषित किया जायेगा जिसे आप अपलोड करेंगे। वर्तमान में यही विधि सम्मत प्रक्रिया है।

How to apply for Gaumukh – Tapovan permit

• Visit the online registration page of the Single Window System, District Uttarkashi

• Select the agency from the scroll down menu you wish to hire and call/email inquiring their availability/willingness to serve you during your chosen trek dates and pricing. The agency will send you an affidavit for uploading at your end. You are also required to upload your aadhar card, insurance, medical fitness certificate and previous trek experience. After successful submission the chosen agency will receive your trek permit. The qualified guide deputed by the agency will submit the same along with a cover letter and copy of the Advance Mountaineering certificate of the guide at the entry gate of Gangotry National Park, 2 kms upstream of Gangotri.

Gaumukh Tapovan Customized Trek Services

• We offer fully customized treks to Gaumukh – Tapovan and other trekking destinations in the district of Uttarkashi for couples and small family groups. These are high end services in terms of the remote Himalayan terrain.

• Customization process involves series of discussions with our prospective customers regarding their age, health status, previous high altitude exposure and specific food allergies etc. Accordingly a personalized trek itinerary is sketched for each group along with pricing.

• Apart from limited guiding services for the general pilgrims, we don’t have any instant trekking package as offered by a number of fly by night tour operators. A number of them often compromise with the acclimatization of their clients to make them vulnerable to Acute Mountain Sickness. That’s the reason for the absence of BOOK NOW button on our website.

• Our treks are managed by qualified mountaineering instructors and experienced support staff.

• Call/email to us to start planning your tailor made adventure trip.

Attention: Please confirm our availability before choosing us as your trek agency on Single Window System, Uttarkashi.

In case you wish to hire the services of the Nanda Devi Adventure and Outdoor Education Institute for Gaumukh – Tapovan trek, PLEASE NOTE:-

• We play by the book.

• We are strictly against the Fixed Departure aggregator marketing model based on aggressive online marketing and outsourcing the execution. We prefer low volume responsible visitor group with an eye on sustainability, equity and mountaineering qualification/experience of the guide.

• We strongly advise you to carefully read and understand the consequences of the Acute Mountain Sickness.

  • In case you are a first timer/pilgrim going to a high altitude destination you should know that usually 9-10 k feet above mean sea level, specially going above the tree line you might suffer from the Acute Mountain Sickness. This usually happens when you rapidly gain height.

  • You are at higher risk for acute mountain sickness if you live near the sea level altitude and have not acclimatized properly by staying at 9-10 k ft altitude, alcohol and other substance abuse, anemic or have medical problems involving heart, nervous system, lungs etc.

  • Mild to moderate acute mountain sickness symptoms may include; difficulty in sleeping, dizziness, fatigue, headache, loss of appetite, nausea, rapid pulse/heart rate, shortness of breath.

  • Severe acute mountain sickness may progress to high altitude pulmonary edema or high altitude cerebral edema. The symptoms of severe mountain sickness includes skin turning blue (cyanosis),chest congestion, coughing blood, decreased consciousness, inability to walk in straight line etc.

  • Acute Mountain Sickness can be treated easily by rapidly descending down to lower altitudes. The thumb rule is that you should not gain further height and return to lower altitude immediately if you develop symptoms of acute mountain sickness.

  • It doesn’t matter if you are a marathon runner, fitness freak or sculpted by a gym trainer, your physical prowess is not a license to skip the acclimatization process.

  • Every year a significant number of visitors to Gaumukh- Tapovan and other trekking destinations do suffer from Acute Mountain Sickness resulting in mild to severe health complications. If not attended immediately the implications could be permanent.

  • Acute Mountain Sickness may impact anyone from middle aged, senior citizens and even youngsters who are lured by some aggregators through tight airport to airport itineraries and herded in large volumes without any consideration to either acclimatization or wide range of the physical strength of group members. Unfortunately there are no scientific studies to assess the health implications on visitors resulting from the high volume zipped itineraries presently popular online.

  • You can also ask your doctor to prescribe the specific medicine widely used for acclimatization purpose. Do read carefully about its usage and side effects.

• We strongly advice you not to impose your itinerary on mountains! The micro climate in the upper reaches sometimes turns dramatically and the elements of climate change further contribute negatively in these scenarios. Remember there is always a next time.

• In case of red alert issued by the District Disaster Management Authority, the entry gates of the Gangotri National Park are closed for the alert period. Your permit for that duration stands cancelled and there is no provision of refund. Same applies to the payment for guide fee. You are supposed to reapply for entry permits.

• The aforementioned information is for the general awareness of the visitors. Trekking to high altitude destinations is not a hazardous activity if proper acclimatization and related mountain manners are followed.

• In case you are choosing Nanda Devi Adventure and Outdoor Education Institute, please note the decision of our guide shall be final in case of any weather or health related emergency. And that you agree to abide by it.