Trekkers set off for Harish Tal

Nainital : Under the aegis of the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Council, a group of fifteen trekkers today left for Harish Tal, a lesser known but an attractive destination. The main objective behind organising such treks is to promote adventure tourism and to popularise the trek routes, which are lesser known but have great potential. The participants will also be acquainted with various government schemes being run to promote tourism in the state, added Lata Bisht. This trek includes a 150 kms journey by vehicle and a 50 kms walk and will cover Dalkanya, Binolia, Syonter, Lokhamtal, Harishtal, Gaza, Logar, Hairakhan, Jamrani and back to Nainital. During the trek, participants will learn about the rules of trekking, map reading, tent pitching, rucksack packing, signalling, camping, camp hygiene, night march, walking manners, hut manners, environment conservation, and also about flora and fauna. There are as many as 113 trekking routes in this part of the Himalayas which fall in the state of Uttarakhand, but only 40 routes have been propagated and activated by the nodal agencies in the sphere of tourism; KMVN and GMVN.