Chandanwari is situated in lidder valley of jammu and kashmir forms the 2nd stop onto Amarnath yatra. It's altitude is 2895mts approx. Few people visiting pahalgam makes it to Chandanwari as one need to hire local vehicles only to visit Betaab valley, Chandanwari and Aru Valley. ...outside vehicles are not allowed to travel to these places around pahalgam. 12kms from Chandanwari is the mountain lake of Sheshnag. ...1 3kms ahead is the last stop called Panchtarni. Amarnath cave is 61kms from here.
Generally, people make it here by end of fall season ie 1st week of Nov. ...but we attempted Chandanwari on 30th of Nov 2014.....The taxi charged us 2000 rs to take us around....after Betaab valley, we headed straight to Chandanwari. ...as we drove uphill ...It really looked as if we are heading for Heaven.A dream world , of peace and tranquillity, snow and the tall pines....bolders all around...no word to speak....its total silence all around...freezing cold....as we walked down to sheshnag river bed, I wonder what those people might go thru ', who makes it to Amarnath shrine each year....very very difficult terrain....
This above pics of Chandanwari, will speak for itself the rugged terrain one encounters on their way to Amarnath Caves.
As I and my husband was enjoying ourself on the sheshnag river, all of a sudden the weather turned bad. It hardly gave us to think what to do next. ..snow storm started in mins and we had to run to our vehicle parked some 500mts aways from the place where we were enjoying in the snow....since total off season , hardly there was any other tourist vehicle around ..without a second thought we drove off from the site and after some 7 kms away down, we stopped to enjoying the falling snow during mid day....though seen snow before many times but snowfall and we dancing around in it.....just an memorable moment for both of us.......now we had to head off to Aru Valley. ....
Generally, people make it here by end of fall season ie 1st week of Nov. ...but we attempted Chandanwari on 30th of Nov 2014.....The taxi charged us 2000 rs to take us around....after Betaab valley, we headed straight to Chandanwari. ...as we drove uphill ...It really looked as if we are heading for Heaven.A dream world , of peace and tranquillity, snow and the tall pines....bolders all around...no word to speak....its total silence all around...freezing cold....as we walked down to sheshnag river bed, I wonder what those people might go thru ', who makes it to Amarnath shrine each year....very very difficult terrain....
As I and my husband was enjoying ourself on the sheshnag river, all of a sudden the weather turned bad. It hardly gave us to think what to do next. ..snow storm started in mins and we had to run to our vehicle parked some 500mts aways from the place where we were enjoying in the snow....since total off season , hardly there was any other tourist vehicle around ..without a second thought we drove off from the site and after some 7 kms away down, we stopped to enjoying the falling snow during mid day....though seen snow before many times but snowfall and we dancing around in it.....just an memorable moment for both of us.......now we had to head off to Aru Valley. ....
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