Climbing the Thajiwas Glacier – Kashmir, India
How do you like this wonderful and sereen view from our houseboat on Dal Lake in Srinagar?
Those houseboats can use some paint and some new parts but I did like the whole environment. I really felt like I was staying on a local houseboat and where we stayed was good enough for the week!!
We stayed here for 5 days to have enough time to explore the area surrounding Dal Lake, Srinagar
As you can see it is so relaxing and the views on the huge mountains surrounding the lake they are just the best! It was just the best spot to stay!! Latif arranged a trip for us to climb those great mountains… We would go climb the Thajiwas Glacier near Sonamarg. It would be a hell of a climb he told me so we would need a horse to go up.
- We visited Srinagar with its beautiful gardens and temples. We also went to Gulmarg and used the gondola that is one of the highest gondolas in the world, going up to almost 4000 metres.
Gulmarg – Kashmir, India
But for this day we went climbing the Thajiwas Glacier
Driving out of Srinagar we soon were surrounded by the great mountains of the Himalayas and an ice cold river!! Look at those colours! I just had to stop the car and get out to immerge myself in the atmosphere of this place.
The beautiful Sindh river, Sonamarg
A huge amount of cold water that comes down the snowcapped mountains with a great roaring sound. You just got to love this, right?
A really impressive river!!
Obviously we want to keep the place clean… I don’t know if the locals do understand that themselves also… I do hope things will get better!
Climbing the Thajiwas Glacier
We started to drive in between the great landscape of Kashmir, the huge mountains in the background.. The mountains we would be on later that afternoon. I loved the sight of it! Look at those great white snowy mountains!
The drive from Srinagar to Sonamarg is around 87K and we took around 2 hours. At some point we went through a valley and the river Sindh was running through it. I just had to stop the car to get the feeling of the roughness of it.
The water comes out of the mountains and is icecold and turns bleu because of that!
The horses of Sonamarg
I used the horse for a couple of 100 metres and thought to myself… I would walk and see how far I get. I could sit on the back of the horse later on … I love to exercise and actually thought I could manage to go up myself 🙂
We didn’t see much tourists… We saw this group Asian tourists but hardly any western tourists. I do like that!! So if you like the local feeling while traveling Kashmir is a great place to visit. Also on the other places we visited it was only Indian tourists that coloured the place.
Thajiwas Glacier – Kashmir, India
How do you like these views at Sonamarg!
The high mountains of the Himalaya in the background!!
The 3 stages of Sonamarg up to Thajiwas
They parted the trek up in three stages. They put some tents on those stops so you can relax and stay there for some time.
Enjoy the view and go on …
or decide to go back if you want.
At stage 3 my father said he would stop. He got a bit of an ache in his bottom from sitting on the back of the horse 🙂 He got some tea and stayed on the seat to enjoy the area while the boy and I would go further up. We left the two horses with my dad and started walking up. I wanted to go all the way up and really experience the glacier. In the end I walked all the way which I though up front…but still you don’t know right?
Well .. my horse had a relaxing day 🙂
The place my father sat down for a cup of tea (Stage 3)
Yoga Pose on Thajiwas Glacier – Sonamarg
Climbing the Thajiwas Glacier – Kashmir, India
Living in Sonamarg
far away of the civilization!!
The oven they use to prepare food
Climbing the Thajiwas Glacier – Kashmir
The Ancient Old Thajiwas Gletsjer
Sonamarg – Kashmir – India
Looking back for a lat time… I went down again with a great feeling!!
Facts Thajiwas Gletsjer – Sonamarg
- From Srinagar to Sonamarg is about a 2-3 hrs drive, distance is 87 km.
- It is a small village at the bottom of glacier Thajiwas, inhibitants are almost 400 (census 2011).
- The glacier is situated in the Himalaya and is 2600 metres above sealevel. Do take your time to go up, we used most of the afternoon. (At least 4 hrs)
- In wintertime it can be impassable to go there because of the snow.
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