Camping in Rishikesh
Camping isn’t always fun. It can be difficult to set your own camps & pray that the weather doesn’t get bad. But I like to be reminded that some good things come from being able to suck it up and push through, no matter what. I think modern life and the internet give us the ability to avoid being bored or doing tasks that are slow and challenging. That’s why the need to be on your own, away from the flashy and fast things is important.
There’s something honest about being with the woods. The man made environment of plastic, cement, stress and worry doesn’t have its harrowing effect here. Though we have evolved over centuries and have left living out in open, but camping in Rishikesh is unparalleled fun. I feel good in my body and good about the world when I am camping.
Perspective of mountains
Mountains allow a lot of time to forget. On camping, I don’t worry about the food or where the water will come from. Nature provides for all. Being in open reminds me what much of the world still looks like and what most of it looked like just 100 years ago. It connects me with the elements: rocks, dirt, trees, leaves, bushes, shrubs, air – and I feel so free.
Reminds me that I can also do hard work
Sometimes, after just going out on camping in Rishikesh to a new location, I wonder why I started. A loud voice says “, yeah, this walking up hill thing…sucks.” But when I get to the top of a hill and set up the camp, it’s usually worth it. I feel I accomplished something. The internet addict in me needs this reminder.
Makes my mind relaxed
Moving through hills helps to reduce the frequency of thoughts and relaxes my mind. It reduces the normal chatter my mind creates. I focus only on steps, location, the nearby scenery and the birds around. Their voices soothe me on the trail. It’s just me and forest. The rhythm and focus are rejuvenating.
Enables me to connect with others in a better way
Conversations in offices, parties or social media are often unsatisfying for me. There’s a lot of superficiality, wasteful and annoying norms involved. People rarely show/tell you who they actually are, how they’re actually doing, or what they’re really thinking. It’s mostly scripts and facades. Camping breaks this monotony and takes my mind to a level that allows me to speak to everyone humbly. Conversations with fellow climbers on the trails while camping in Rishikesh are interesting. People are relaxed, genuine and are not in the need to impress. These trails make you a better listener also.
Trying to be spontaneous? How about exploring undiscovered Uttranchal with us? Join us for camping in Rishikesh.
Camping in Uttaranchal
Uttaranchal isn’t called the heaven just like that. It’s serene mountains and untouched trails offer experiences of a lifetime. There are the places that haven’t been discovered, or the ones which are known – very less people ever visit them. Not because these places are touch to reach, but because not many individuals have courage and enthusiasm to venture out of their comfort zone.
Nature camping is becoming a trend. There are corporates that we know of, who encourage their employees to go out, travel, trek and see the roughness of village life. Such initiatives not only help to bridge the gaps between rural and urban population, but also teaches the latter about the emotion of ’empathy’. Imagine being on a mountain with few strangers and nothing around, but beautiful trees, fresh air and stunning mountains. Imagine how easy it would be for you to experience that peace, those tranquil vibrations and let go of the hurt of the past. We are very tiny, sometimes negligible part of this vast universe. May be it’s time we get rid of our false egos and embrace the life for what it is – simple – and learn to be happy in the moment? And if in case you need a chance to bring out that emotion in you, we are here.
Our camp is located at a quiet place on the side of a hill. We are around 30 kms from Rishikesh, and another 50 from Tehri. From the National Highway, it just takes 10 minutes to reach our camps. You can trek or drive through, right to the parking. We aren’t big, nor do we boast of anything out-of-ordinary, but we do promise you this – once you discover Kasmoli, you will want to come here again, because it’s beautiful, quiet and friendly campsite.
50 Best Travelling Quotes to Inspire You to Explore
From young to old, travelling defines us as an individual. It takes us to unexplored lands, different cultures, and more than that tour place deep within our heart that makes us happy. Life without traveling is no life at all. If you feel that too, then you are someone with whom we will get along very well.
Sharing understood 50 travelling quotes that keeps us motivated to go beyond see the world. Hope these statements inspire you too to discover more travelling journeys in life:
- “We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action.”- Dr. Henry Link
- “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.”- Henry Ford
- “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.”
Mark Twain - “A man of ordinary talent will always be ordinary, whether he travels or not; but a man of superior talent will go to pieces if he remains forever in the same place.” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- “We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next to find ourselves. We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate. We travel to bring what little we can, in our ignorance and knowledge, to those parts of the globe whose riches are differently dispersed. And we travel, in essence, to become young fools again- to slow time down and get taken in, and fall in love once more.”
― Pico Iyer - “Don’t let your luggage define your travels, each life unravels differently.”
― Shane L. Koyczan - “There’s something about arriving in new cities, wandering empty streets with no destination. I will never lose the love for the arriving, but I’m born to leave.”
- ― Charlotte Eriksson
- “Every one of a hundred thousand cities around the world had its own special sunset and it was worth going there, just once, if only to see the sun go down.”
― Ryū Murakami - “If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.”
― Anthony Bourdain - “To travel is to live.”
― Hans Christian Andersen -
“There’s a part of me that thinks perhaps we go on existing in a place even after we’ve left it.”
― Colum McCann -
“No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. ”― Lin Yutang“Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.”
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― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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“Distance changes utterly when you take the world on foot. A mile becomes a long way, two miles literally considerable, ten miles whopping, fifty miles at the very limits of conception. The world, you realize, is enormous in a way that only you and a small community of fellow hikers know. Planetary scale is your little secret.”
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“The impulse to travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life. ”― Agnes Repplier
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“It is not the destination where you end up but the mishaps and memories you create along the way!”― Penelope Riley
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“The journey not the arrival matters.”― T.S. Eliot
- “The journey is the destination.”
― Dan Eldon - “So shut up, live, travel, adventure, bless and don’t be sorry”
― Jack Kerouac - “A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu
- “Experience, travel – these are as education in themselves” – Euripides
- “We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.” – John Hope Franklin
- “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” – Robert Frost
- “Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist.” – W. H. Auden
- “Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor” – Seneca
- “You lose sight of things… and when you travel, everything balances out.” – Daranna Gidel
- “I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it.” – Rosalia de Castro
- “I think that travel comes from some deep urge to see the world, like the urge that brings up a worm in an Irish bog to see the moon when it is full.” – Lord Dunsany
- “The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.” – G.K. Chesterton
- “The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes “sight-seeing.” – Daniel J. Boorstin
- “We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.” – Hilaire Belloc
- “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” -Tim Cahill
- “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gide
- “Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.” -Benjamin Disraeli
- “Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.” -Suzanne Collins
- “Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.”― Jack Kerouac
- “Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.” -Roy M. Goodman
- “You can shake the sand from your shoes, but it will never leave your soul.”
- “The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.”
- “Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you traveled.” – Mohammed
- “Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.” – Benjamin Disraeli
- “”Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain
- “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” – Helen Keller
- “The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them.” – Amelia E. Barr
- “A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” – John Steinbeck
- “Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.” – Anne Sophie Swetchine
- “Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” – Seneca
- “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
- Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.” – Paul Theroux
6 Reasons To Encourage Your Child To Go On Summer Trekking
Saurabh had always been a quiet child. For as long as his mother could remember, he preferred indoors – reading books, playing on smartphone, watching TV and sleeping on holidays defined his style. He did like to step outside once a while and went for occasional rounds on cycle with friends – and that’s it – that was how his life was defined during holidays. When his mother called us with the request to expose her child to the world of trekking and take him to the mountains see life there, we just knew what it would take for him to come out of his shell and explore nature. So two trekking trips and lots of camping later, Saurabh became a different person altogether. His curiosity to know about things grew, and he started taking interest in sports and other recreational activities. So what is it that makes a child undergo a huge change in their outlook when the trek? We give you 10 reasons that we could think of. Feel free to add your own:
- Trekking is not just walking; it’s an experience of being close to nature. It is a treat to your senses.
- Trekking allows your child to develop his or her sense of inquisitiveness and explore what they have only read in books. Imagine being standing on a mountain of Himalayan range dentist read about it in your book or look at the photograph somewhere. Or imagine discovering migratory birds right at the place where they make their nests and give birth to their offspring.
- Trekking is not just an activity; it’s a full body workout. Your child gets to feel the strength of his or her own body and become responsible for own wellbeing.
- Sleeping in a tent or walking along new faces, your child gets time to bond and learn the art of communication. Without the interruptions of phone, television; it is sometimes a very dear chance to tell and hear more from each other.
- On trekking, children get to know more about not just their surroundings, but also about building fire, meal preparation, cooking, and most importantly learn how to get by without screens.
- Fresh air and open sky give time to the children be amazed with stars above and the tranquility of serene atmosphere and clean air around them.
Read this post to know Top 10 Camping Activities for Kids, with real life examples. Here is another post on Trekking in Rishikesh about how you can plan a day out to let your children enjoy from trekking.
Trekking in Rishikesh
Lazy weekends or action-packed days? Choice is yours, but if you are anything like us, we know you’d love to get outdoors and have some kick-ass fun. This week, we invite you to be a part of our adventure & create some new mountain memories among friends.
• Trekking, Hiking, Games
• Multiple Outdoor Activities
• Relaxation/Meditation
• Photography Tours
• Organic Meals
• Tea/Coffee/Snacks
Action Packed Weekend @Offroad Camps, Kasmoli, Rishikesh
If 2018 has taught us anything yet, it is to never overlook an opportunity to discover offbeat places. We have met some of very interesting people very randomly and have learnt a lot just by being with them. This long weekend, we invite you to be part of this small little adventure. Have an Action Packed Dayout at Offroad Camps, Kasmoli.
- 30 kms from Rishikesh
- Trekking, Hiking, Games
- Multiple Outdoor Activities
- Relaxation/Meditation
- Photography Tours
- Organic Meals
- Tea/Coffee/Snacks
What You Should Bring
- Sunscreen
- Sunglasses
- Tripod (Optional)
- Comfortable walking shoes
- Digital SLR camera (preferred)
- Backpack for your equipment and water
Call/WhatsApp us on: 8447551149; 8851654561
Last year those who attended one of these sessions got some of their best mountains memories from here. Do not limit yourself this weekend; you never know which adventure is waiting for you.
See you there!