Himalayan expeditions

A 6-day, 5-night winter trip from Delhi into the Darma Valley in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, run by Adi Kailash Explore. A Tempo Traveller takes you to Dharchula, a convoy of local 4x4s takes you into Darma, you stay three nights at Darma 360 in Dantu, walk to Panchachuli Base Camp in the snow, drive on to Tidang and Sipu, and finish at the Dar hot spring and Narayan Ashram.

Every Friday at 10 pm from Delhi, from 27 November to 18 December 2026: 27 November, 4 December, 11 December, 18 December. You are back in Delhi on the Thursday night, around 1 to 2 am. At Christmas the group leaves on Tuesday 22 December and is back on Monday 28 December, with Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in Darma and the Christmas party at Darma 360 (₹65,000 a person). There are no departures in January to March.

₹55,000 a person, twin sharing, Delhi to Delhi. It covers the Tempo Traveller and the 4x4s, 5 nights' stay, all meals, a trip leader, a guide from the valley, the Darma registration, and the photographs and short film of your departure. ₹5,000 holds your seat. Paragliding is optional and paid to the pilot.

Yes. In December the path from Dugtu to the base camp is under snow, and with a guide from the valley, microspikes and gaiters it is a walk, not a climb. Snow sets the pace: if the path is deep the guide turns at the safest point, and a spare day in the valley gives the walk a second chance.

About three hours on foot each way from Dugtu, the village above Dantu, starting at 6 am. The base camp is at 3,400 m and up; Zero Point, a little further towards the glaciers, is at about 3,962 m. If you can walk 10 km on a weekend, you are fit enough.

Delhi to Dantu is about 640 km by road: Delhi to Pithoragarh overnight, Pithoragarh to Dharchula on the Kali, then up the Dhauliganga gorge by Tawaghat and Sobla to Dantu, the last stretch by 4x4. From Dugtu, just above Dantu, the base camp is a walk of about three hours.