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Kalap Hill Station – One Should Know About Hospitality From Kalap People To Deliver In City Life To Guests

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KALAP HILL STATION

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UTTARAKHAND




Kalap is a remote villange in Uttarkashi district of Uttrakhand State of India and located very close to the boundary of Uttarakhand with Himachal Pradesh and hence its customs, traditions and language carry influences from both states. Gharwali, the primary language spoken, is markedly different from the variant spoken in central Garhwal and Himachali songs are quite popular.

The houses are constructed of wood and stone and the design is aimed at erecting structures that remain warm during the cold winter. Several houses have intricate patterns carved on wood but the craftsmanship is especially impressive in the temple dedicated to Karna of the epic Mahabharata.

Home to a couple hundred inhabitants and around fifty houses, it is endowed with pristine natural beauty – magnificent views of the snow clad peaks and lush bugyal (high altitude grassland) of Kedarkantha, sparkling brooks running down the face of the mountain and silent jungles of pine and deodar.

The hospitality showered on visitors is heart-warming and genuine, a stark contrast to how we treat our guests in the cities. It is not uncommon for children to help out their parents in daily chores like tilling the fields and foraging in the jungles for wood and fodder. They are comfortable with the heady life of the outdoor and feel at home navigating the obstacles thrown up by nature.

As the chilly winter surrenders to a chirpy spring the village adorns a variety of colourful attires; golden and orange and pink of the sun, silver white of the moon and somber grey of the clouds.

Clear cloudless days interspersed with relentless rain present an opportunity to experience the varied moods of nature and walking the numerous trails which span out from the village is the perfect way to strike a friendship with the stoic mountains.

A crystal stream rushes down this ravine inviting for a quick dip although the water is excruciatingly cold. Beyond the stream the path fights a losing battle with rotting trees, creepers, dead leaves and overgrown grass making it trickier to navigate

To the East of the village neatly arranged terraced fields dot the mountainside abuzz with bees hovering over the yellow mustard. Two trails originate here – one curves below the fields to the chhani (A group of makeshift huts usually used by sheep and cow herders) known as Unani and the other runs above to the village Karba.

While the former follows a somewhat flat trajectory traveling across the face of the mountain the latter climbs higher and higher past the tree line to Karba Top.


Kalap is 210 kms from Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand and 450 kms from New Delhi.The nearest rail station and airport is at Dehradun. Dehradun is well-connected by daily trains and flights from New Delhi. It takes 6 hours by car or 10 hours by bus to reach the town of Netwar, the nearest road head to Kalap from where one must trek to the village.

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