Dear All You may not be aware, so I thought of informing you. There is one guy on facebook, on flora of india to which many of our members are a part, Mr. Manoj Chandran. He is one of the senior forest department officials in Pithoragarh. You may ash him for help. He is a very nice guy and a good taxonomist himself with expertise on grasses. There is no guest house in Gori Valley. Just a inspection chowki. Though I stayed with my friend Jyotsna at this place, but it doesnt have good facilities. In the mid of Gori valley there is a hotel, which can accomodate all. Thats the only hotel in the area till 2 years back. You may trek from Bangapani to Panar or from Madkot or Jauljibi. Weather at this time would be a bit warm and dry. Dont take a dip in the main gori ganga river but dont be hesitant going to the tributaries. Its a good thing. You might find some endangered frogs there too... When you just get down to the valley from Munsiyari side, then you can actually go ahead till the road goes on the left hand side. Its a good forest and some interesting Buteas there. I found a new species pf Pholidota there which I couldnt identify as I didnt have flowers. One the way from Munsiyari you will find the endemic palm, Trachycarpus takil. Very rare and only very few individuals left in the wild. Gori Valley has around 120 species of Orchids of which around 6 are endemic to Uttarakhand. Flickingeria hesperis and Eria occidentalis endemic to Gori Valley. Look out for the animals too, including, Rex Fox, King Cobra, lot of birds, leopard, jackal, goral, kakar, other snakes, wolf is also reported... Dont get disheartened by the dryness, you still can find unique plants in flowers including orchids. To my surprise, I found one scorpion sitting on an orchid flower. It was too small and could have been pollinating mistakenly but couldnt take good pic unfortunately.... :(. Durign the same trip I found one very unique Ceropegias, but dropped its flower while coming down. I am very sure it was a new species too !!! Feel free to talk with locals. You may like to visit local school and meet the kids. Its a nice attitude to win over locals.
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All > Finaly the Programme of Gori Ganga Visit is coming near > And We have finally planned to go on Early Morning of 10th April 2012. > Members coming from remote areas inform us So that we can make their Stay > arrangements in Delhi. We shall be leaving from Delhi during early hours to > avoid rush of morning hours. > Our schedule will be > 10.4.12 Journey Start > route will be-Delhi-Moradabad-Haldwani-Bhimtal-Bhowali-Almora-Munsiyari and > Gori Valley > 15.4.12 Return Journey > 16.4.12 Reaching Delhi > Members interested are requested to confirm their participation by 2nd of > April so that necessary arrangements May be done. > The approximate Expenditure may be between 8,000-12,000. (Charges will be on > actual expenditure basis) > We will be going by > If 4 members- By own Car > if 6 Member- Hired SUV like Tavera Innova etc > if 8-12 members Small Tempo traveler 12 Seater Mini Bus > Please Note- It will not be possible to accommodate more than 12 persons in > any way > > thanks > > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dear All efi members >> >> We are announcing a flower hunting Tour to Gori Ganga Valley Dist >> Pithoragarh Uttarakhand for 7 days as per the details given below: >> The tentative dates are 4th April to 10th April or 12th April to 18th >> April >> >> Day 1: Travel start from Delhi railway station to Kathgodam via ranikhet >> express in evening say first day evening time 22:40 PM >> >> Day 2: Reaching Kathgodam at about 6:00 AM Morning. breakfast etc at >> Kathgodam and Journey towards Pithoragarh (by hiring a vehicle) starts Night >> Stay at Pithoragarh >> >> Day 3: Journey start towards Goriganga Stay at Madkote Home Stay >> >> Day 4 and Day 5 Local excursion >> >> Day 6 Backward journey towards Kathgodam and Train at 20:00 PM >> >> Day 7 Reaching at Delhi >> >> It will be arround 600-650 Kms way one side excluding daily local visits. >> >> The Estimated expenditure will be 8-9 Thousand per head. Which may vary >> slight. >> >> Shrikant Sir and Gurcharan Sir has given their consent to accompany this >> programme and They will guide us enrich our knowledge about plants during >> this tour >> >> Member are welcome to be with us during this trip >> >> We will be arranging Train reservations etc on around first week of March, >> So we can have to have consents before 1st of March >> >> Meeting Point will be New Delhi on Start day >> >> Maximum 12 persons only can be accommodated. >> >> Programme may be altered to the best convenience of participants >> >> For information of members i am attaching three files here >> >> Members who have visited this place are requested to give us the >> information regarding vehicle availability, accommodation availability, >> roads condition, any special point for safety, availability of eating >> points. if available phone numbers of these types of service providers may >> please be sent to me or Gurcharan Sir or Shrikant Sir on personal mail ids. >> >> Your valuable suggestions are most welcome >> >> Thanks >> -- >> Regards >> >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 > > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 -- ********************************************************************** "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Conservation Officer Office: Orchid Conservation Section Flora Conservation Department Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. Residence: 36c, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) +852 9436 6251 (mobile)
