Video Trailer of Panchpokhari Trek

This is the Trailer video of our Panchpokhari trek, we did during this Janaipurnima. I will soon post the full trekking vlog, probably of 3 episodes. For now enjoy this trailer!




This monsoon (Janaipurnima), two of us (Nagarkoti Dharma and I) buckled up for 5 days trek to Panchpokhari, guided by our own crazy fellow cyclist Shishir Raj Joshi. We started this moderately tough trekking from Melamchi bazzar and ended at Chautara on 5th day. Nestled at the height of 4100 meters Paanchpokhari ; the five holy lakes, invites some thousand of Hindu and Buddhists pilgrims annually on the day of Janaipurnima.
As we were climbing the final 3 KM of ascend on our third day from Nashunpati, we confronted some thousands of descending pilgrims on the narrow rocky trail till to the lakes on misty morning. By the time we reached these five lakes, the festive was almost over with only few hundred people preparing to pack their belongings. Half an hour after our arrival eastern wind blew up the mist clearing the view of all the lakes which lasted for about half an hour only.
After spending some hours clicking some photos, videos and lying back over the grassy meadow atop looking all five lakes we too prepared to descent back via another route exiting from Chautara. The route back to Chautara was also one of kind; we spent another whole day trekking along the Kharkas of local shephards ranging at the height of 4000 meters.
Thank you Shishir for inviting us on your fourth trek to Panchpokhari! And, thanks loads Manish Maharjan bro for lending all your camera gears. 

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