In this blog I am going to give you all everything you need to know about lake tilicho and also let you know how my journey went.
So let's begin
First let me give you brief about LAKE TILICHO.Tilicho is situated at highest altitude of 4919 meter with breath taking view which is the part of Annapurna circuit and many people usually trek to THORANG LA PASS world's highest pass with altitude of 5416 meter as the trail is half same as lake tilicho. The beautiful tilicho lake with its different contrast on it is surrounded by different beautiful snow caped mountain which take and took us approximately 4 days to complete.
Trek itinerary we followed:
Day 1 : Jeep ride to Chamje-Baragarhchhap-Chame-Pisang-Manag(3,540m)
Day 2 : Trek to Khangsar village (3,700 m) 3-4 hours
Day 3 : Trek to Tilicho Base Camp (4,200 m) 4-5 hours.
Day 4 : Trek to Tilicho lake (4,919m), Again back to Tilicho base camp (4,200 m) 5-6 hours.
Day 1 : Jeep ride Chamje-Baragarhchhap-Chame-Pisang-Manag(3,540m)
At our first day we started our journey with huge group riding a jeep from Chame- Baragarhchhap- Chame- Pisang- Manag. We stopped out jeep journey to Manag(3,540m) at around 6 P.M . Everyone was tired and we called the day off . Staying at Manag was best decision as almost everyone was from low belt region i.e. terai region, everyone acclimatize there and were able to move further tomorrow.
P.S.- There were many small waterfall on the way to manag village but at Chame your eyes can witness magnificent waterfall with highspeed wind which in turn make the atmosphere cold.
Day 2 : Trek to Khangsar village (3,700 m)
We started our trek from Manage village to reach place called khangsar. This place was tough for everyone of us who was travelling to tilicho lake. The way was straight up and everyone were finding difficult to walk as it was our first walk. It was probably 4 hours of walk till we reach our day 2 destination i.e. Khangsar village . This was probably the shortest we walked in whole trek but was fun(No pain no gain)
We started our trek from Manage village to reach place called khangsar. This place was tough for everyone of us who was travelling to tilicho lake. The way was straight up and everyone were finding difficult to walk as it was our first walk. It was probably 4 hours of walk till we reach our day 2 destination i.e. Khangsar village . This was probably the shortest we walked in whole trek but was fun(No pain no gain)
Day 3 : Trek to Tilicho Base Camp (4,200 m)
Everyday our trek was getting harder but interesting because everyone of us had that epic view of lake tilicho in our mind. We started our journey from Khangsar village to Tilicho base camp and in hour we saw the most dangerous path where huge rocks were hanging above us as if it was to fall down any moment. That very area is called "Land slide area" as huge landslide occur everyday(Everyone should be really careful in this area). Not everyone were equally able walk so we made sure everyone walk along us so that no one gets lost in that landslide area. At the end of the landslide trail we can see the "Tilicho base camp" and we reached at the base camp approximately in 5 hours. It was one best walked 5 hour of my life.
Everyday our trek was getting harder but interesting because everyone of us had that epic view of lake tilicho in our mind. We started our journey from Khangsar village to Tilicho base camp and in hour we saw the most dangerous path where huge rocks were hanging above us as if it was to fall down any moment. That very area is called "Land slide area" as huge landslide occur everyday(Everyone should be really careful in this area). Not everyone were equally able walk so we made sure everyone walk along us so that no one gets lost in that landslide area. At the end of the landslide trail we can see the "Tilicho base camp" and we reached at the base camp approximately in 5 hours. It was one best walked 5 hour of my life.
PICTURE OF LANDSLIDE TRAIL
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Day 4 : Trek to Tilicho lake (4,919 m), Again back to Tilicho base camp (4,200 m)
Finally we started our journey from Tilicho base camp to the highest situated lake Tilicho. Finally this was the hardest of all part. For moment I thought of returning back to base camp as the way ahead was extremally challenging. By challenging I mean there was place called BAISH GHUMTI which literally translate to 22 turning. Trekker had to cross 22 round of turning to get to top of that mountain . The wind was blowing hard , the bag you carry fells like rock, crazy cold weather and most heart breaking moment was that when you reach to the top and realize that is not even destination. We walked 30 minutes to 1 hour depending on the speed of everyone and finally came the most amazing part of our trek i.e. witnessing Lake tilicho In a second our every pain and tiredness vanished after we saw the lake.
There is a small hut just above the lake where they serve a bowl of noodle and cup of tea. The cost of one bowl noodle was Rs.500(~$5) which is extremely high but when you put your a bite of it in that cold then that crazy price actually starts to make sense.
Finally we started our journey from Tilicho base camp to the highest situated lake Tilicho. Finally this was the hardest of all part. For moment I thought of returning back to base camp as the way ahead was extremally challenging. By challenging I mean there was place called BAISH GHUMTI which literally translate to 22 turning. Trekker had to cross 22 round of turning to get to top of that mountain . The wind was blowing hard , the bag you carry fells like rock, crazy cold weather and most heart breaking moment was that when you reach to the top and realize that is not even destination. We walked 30 minutes to 1 hour depending on the speed of everyone and finally came the most amazing part of our trek i.e. witnessing Lake tilicho In a second our every pain and tiredness vanished after we saw the lake.
This was the moment where everyone of gathered and took a group picture.
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