FISHING TRAIL : Api-Nampa Conservation Region

The valley surrounded by the snow –clad peaks; the highest mountain called Api ,with the neighboring Nampa Peaks; the series of mountain peaks like Ringdepani,Kayakor,Kalidhunga,Babai standing at a row : how will you feel if you find yourself face to face some thing like this ?

Getting excited to have it before you? Wishing to be there,aren:t you ? Wait till you have the details of whats up this time!

The Api Base Camp can be reached walking up and down the Chaulani river bank.Chaulani is just a rivulet flowing from the foot of Api. The same turns a river when it reches down.The Chameliya Dam Project lies at the place called Bitale.The trekking begins from there.Chaulani River is the local name given to Chameliya.

Small bushes stand to the south of Api ,with clearing all around.You can see big boulders and soil.A lake Exists just below Babai peak,reflecting the peak.what eyes would get satiated to see such Scene ! The flocks of birds fly up in the sky. The golden rays of the setting sun smear Babai ,Kayakor nad Kalidhuga.The fresh morning sun rays touch the peak of Api.You heart will dance to see the Secne.

 Api Valley lies at a height of 4200 meters.Humans cannot walk fast above 3000 meters,as nature lacks oxygen in sufficient amount there.So,you have to slow down your speed.But the slower you move the greater the chance for you to enjoy the scene. Api trekking is still virgin.You cannot find human traces around except the month of May and June,the time when people swarm up there to collect Yarsagumba,a medicine found in nature.Tourist are rarely seen at other times.

There is a saying here: no flesh no fingernails,no village above Siti,a place called with that name.Ghusa2 is the last village of this trail,which is also given the name Siti Trail.there are 32 houses that belongs to the chhetri caste.No hotel,lodge or restaurant exists along the trail.But you will be compensated richly with compulsary alternative of camping.It will be better to reach the confluence of chameliya and Rokhabu rivers,Domul to worship Domuldevi for the betterment of the trekking.

 A new flovour would be added to the trekking if Api was developed as a “Fishing Trail”.You can get fresh and dried fish in the breakfast shop.Fish raised in the cold water! Can you imagine the taste?Oh, very tasty ! Fishing can be done up to the Makarigad,that lies above Bhainse.Will you eat fresh fish just hooked? You have the choice for your taste: roasted or Seasoned ?

 Adventurous journey ! The ridges just abovecow-shed !You cross rivers just with the help of a log. An inn is yet to be contructed in Domul and Base Camp.The vertical ridge you have to cross while going to patu form Makarigadi will make you gasp.You can get things like wood –clothes,dried fish,ghee,beans and fruits like orange,tangerine and walnut as per season.

 The Api Region is residence of wild lives like snowleopard,red panda,deer,blackbeer and many others.More than two hundred species of birds can be found here.Api region is considered to be the storehouse of different medicinal herbs.

The government has conserved the region as Api-Nampa Conservation Region.However, many things remain to done for developing this region as a permanent tourist destination. 

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