Guides/Jeep drivers contact information

For Pindari Glacier areas:

Vinod Singh Kalakoti

Village: Chhatikhet
Post Office: Dafaar
District: Bageshwar
Mobile: 9411795648

(He has done both Basic and Advanced mountaineering courses from Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi. He also handles treks in the bedni bugyal/roopkund area and in the Darma valley region also. He has also climbed some peaks in sunderdhunga area)


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For the Roopkund/Bedni Bugyal/Ali Bugyal area:

Mr. Mohan Singh Bisht,
S/O Bakhtawar Singh Bisht,
Village: Wan
Post: Wan
District: chamoli
State: Uttarakhand
Mobile: 0-9350998996
Brother's mobile: 0-9968178496

Wan village - Bisht brothers (also known as Bugyal brothers)
Mobile: + 0091 - 13632 - 80422
This is the last shop. You can get the basic food stuff for treks in this area, along with kerosene, stove, etc.

Subedar Major Dayal Singh Patwal (Retired),
Owner and Caretaker,
Patwal Tourist Lodge and Holiday Home,
Sabitri Kunj,
Roopkund Road, Lohajung P.O.,
Mundoli
District Chamoli,
Uttarakhand - 246427
Phone -> +0091 - 13632 - 80211
mobile -> +0091 - 9410480308

(This is the Patwal guest house located in Lohajung, the third last village of this trek). This place is motorable and you get a bus from Lohajung to Delhi (via Almora). You can rent some basic trekking stuff from here including kitchen tents, rucksacks, etc. He is also a member of the Bugyal preservation committee. This is also the last place where dish TV is available.

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For Munsiyari:
Mr. Ganga Ram, (very good guide)
S/O Shri Daulat Ram,
Village: nai basti, Munsyari,
District - Pithoragarh
Uttarakhand
Pin - 262554

Ganaga Ram now has a mobile number also -> +0091 - 9456542753

Laxman (Ganga Ram's brother in law) -> Laxman is also a guide and he and Ganga take many expeditions to the milam glacier areas.

Laxman's mobile -> +0091 - 9410182704

or

Mr. Ganga Ram (Guide)
C/O Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam Tourist Rest Centre,
Munsyari - 262554
KMVN TRC Phone #: 05961-222339

If you want to do some homestays in munsyari, instead of staying at KMVN or some hotel, then contact
Malika Virdi of Mati (Soil) NGO. Mati organises homestays in the villages of Darkot in Munsyari.

Malika Virdi - +0091 -5961222367 (Calling from India: 05961222367)
Email:  malika.virdi@gmail.com
Geeta Pangtey - +0091 - 5961 - 222234
Calling from india -> 05961 - 222234

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Driver for Kumaon -> Mr. D. C. Tiwari
mobile: +0091 - 9412994176
In my opinion, he is the best and safest driver in Kathgodam area.

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Driver (for Haldwani, Kathgodam, Nainital, Bhimtal, Bhowali, Almora, Thal, Bageshwar, Berinag, Munsyari - almost the whole of Kumaon area)

Mr. Pardyuman Dharmshaktu - He belongs to Munsyari, but lives in Haldwani. He can pick you up from Haldwani/Kathgodam itself and take you onwards to your destination.

Mobile: 0-9411322992

Maruti van - UA045667

He also has an Alto.


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Driver (For Garhwal areas)
Mr. Jagdish Singh Negi,
Gram(Village) - Baanjgadoo (it is very very very close to AugustMuni)
Post: Piloo
Via Chandrapuri,
Jila(District): Rudraprayag
Pin-246425
Phone:01364-256213

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