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There are a number of tourist places in Garhwal region. For those who respond to the valley's magic call, the journey to see the most beautiful gathering of flowers in the world means heading by road or rail, for Rishikesh. From this town of sages lying in the Himalayan foothills on the banks of the Ganga begins a 170 kilometer winding drive on which picturesque mountain villages and foaming, holy rivers provide good company all the way up to Govindghat at 5,487 feet. Porters, horses, dandies (palanquins) and kandis (baskets on coolies backs) await the traveler at Govindghat, which marks the beginning of a steep 12-mile trek to the famed valley. Crossing the surging Alaknanda River on a suspension bridge, travelers take to the mountain path, which climbs, for close to nine hours, through the hamlets of Pulna and Bhyundar to the last resting place at Ghangaria, 9,147 feet above sea level. Rest houses, tented accommodation, and a gurdwara (Sikh rest house for pilgrims) provide a comfortable night halt. A stiff three miles away - three miles in which you ascend 5,000 feet, atop a mountain is the glacial lake of Hemkund - the highest Sikh pilgrimage point at 14,500 feet. Three miles of gentler climbing in the other direction lies the Valley of Flowers at 10,800 feet.
To see the valley in all its radiance one must start from Ghangaria at dawn, before the sun has climbed the mountain crags. By the time one nears the entrance of the valley, the mist rises high with the warmth of the rising sun and drifts away in wreaths. Below lie the freshly awakened, still dewy flowers - a miracle revealed. A subtle air of leisure and repose, a romantic indefinable charm pervades the Valley of Flowers. To visitors poignant is the realization that the valley too has but a brief spring into which is crowded all the flowering glory of the year. For a few days longer, the flowers in the valley will be at their brightest. Then, as September advances, their petals begin to fall. Soon, the smiling flowers and dancing butterflies will be dead and gone. The mountain fairies depart with their glow worm lamps from the Fairy Land known to mankind as the Valley of Flowers and the magical carpet of flowers disappears as swiftly as it was unrolled in July. Returning from Hemkund and the Valley of Flowers, it is difficult to resist halting at ancient Joshimath, turning off the pilgrimage route and driving or trekking upto the dizzy heights of Auli - India's newest ski resort.
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