A trip to Khirsu - A small hamlet in the Garhwal hills

Just wanted to highlight this pleasant trip to Khirsu a small hamlet in the hills near Pauri about which much has not been written anywhere.

In the 3rd week of August I decided to take a few days off from work and drive down to Lansdowne and Khirsu.

I had the challenge of taking my two little daughters with the younger one being just 2 months old and the elder one being 3 years.

I started off on a Monday morning and reached Lansdowne in about seven hours. It was two relaxing days in Lansdowne with days trip around the place including Army ground, Army Museum, Tip in Top, Bhula Lake and sometime just driving around.

Then we decided to move towards Khirsu though it was raining heavily…. initially we took the Pauri highway but got stuck after around an hours drive due to heavy rainfall and landslide. It was my first exposure to a live landslide though I had got stuck due to landslides many a times. It was scary with two little kids and in between had to get out of my Qualis to remove a big stone in the middle of the Road. We then decided to take a different route which is not part of the main highway.The rain stopped after sometime and we had one of the most scenic drive in our life to Khirsu.

We reached Khirsu which was a completely isolated, small hamlet with forest all around.We checked into the only place to stay which was the GMVN Guest House and what a awesome location it was…..

Next morning with complete focus got up at 4:30 AM in the morning and alas I was treated to a beauty which I’ll never forget in my life. It was five levels of hills in front of me with the clouds mixing with the early sunrays to create different colours all around. For one hour I just went mad clicking photographs and savoring the inexplicable beauty.

I strongly recommend to all this little hamlet called Khirsu which is about 12 hrs drive from Delhi via Rishikesh.

I would also like all to know who get worried to travel with kids to remember it’s a beautiful Country and with a little precaution if we can expose our Children early to the beauty called ‘INDIA’ the better it is.