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HOW TRAVELLING SOLO IS BECOMING A TREND IN INDIA

April 6, 2019/1 Comment/in Frontpage Article, Images /by Nitima

Offroad Camps Kasmoli Solo Traveller

Few days years back I met a traveler Roshni. We had same interests, sat together and started talking. I asked her what she was doing and if she is happy. She worked in Corporate Communications and was looking for a break. She wasn’t happy. A monk who was listening to our conversation came to us said something which made an impact. He said “Travel. Meet people. Experience cultures. You may not get wealthy, but it will make you happy. When you have lived your life, it will be your stories with vivid memories that will make you feel young. Your travelling will make you feel young and full every damn day.”

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I thought about it. About the days of my young days. It turns out that out of my 20 years of learning in school and college, what I remember most is cycling and the fun trips I had with my friends or family. These years are almost 2000 days of my life, limited to memories which made me happy. Everything else seems blur.

I remember every trip to grandparents and when our cousins visited us. Those were the experiences I shared with the people who made me feel loved. My life is happy because of them. I feel young because in my mind these vivid memories define the growing-up years. Time jumps from one happy memory to another. It runs slow during the most threatening life experiences and fast when you are happy. Travelling can take you there. Out from regular life to a place where you create memories for a lifetime. Travelling solo has always been a culture in foreign countries, but now it has come to India as well. People, youngsters & from every other age group, love to spend time alone.

Tehri River, Uttarakhand

Solo traveling lets you be the owner of your own itinerary. You can do things your way. You can wander off. Change your mind. Stay. Follow a new path. You don’t have to take your plans through anyone else’s preferences. All you need to do is carefully balance your own needs and feelings. It allows you to be selfish and not feel bad about it.

Solo Travel

Solo Travel Offroad Camps Kasmoli

Sunset Offroad Camps Kasmoli

Solo Travelling in India

For those who us who have been around children, families, friends, and even pets, this is a luxury. You can see your own potential, put your wits to a test, or challenge yourself to do something totally out of a blue. When you are totally alone, on your own, your personality comes into picture. You create your own rules, judge what to talk, how to speak or when not to engage. That exposure teaches something that most Indian families probably did not give liberty of – the freedom to choose kind of people we made friends with or ignored. They defined our choices for us and expected to follow. However, with travelling solo, all these conventions are getting challenged.

You now have the opportunity to learn something new all by yourself. It brings you closer to see best of humanity which is of strangers showing kindness in simple little ways that make our days happier!

Women Travellers at Offroad Camps Kasmoli

Women Travellers Offroad Camps Kasmoli

Plan a camping, hiking & backpacking trip with Offroad Camps. Offroad Camp is a small nature camp located at Kasmoli, Uttarakhand which has the distinction of being a 100 % organic village. We are all about adventure in the outdoors, hiking, trekking, biking, eco-tourism, and being one with the nature. We are relatively new but are growing as we meet people along the way. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to stay updated about latest from our camp and campaigns.

50 Best Travelling Quotes to Inspire You to Explore

March 27, 2018/1 Comment/in Uncategorized /by Nitima

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.

Travel Quote

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

Travel Quote Mark Twain Offroad Camp Kasmoli
“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

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“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.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“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.”
“The impulse to travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life. ”

― Agnes Repplier
“It is not the destination where you end up but the mishaps and memories you create along the way!”

― Penelope Riley
“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

Travelling Quotes Offroad Camps
“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
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“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
Travelling Quotes Offroad Camps
“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

March 20, 2018/2 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Nitima

Children 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.

Summer Camp

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

February 16, 2018/3 Comments/in Frontpage Article /by Nitima

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.

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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

Last month, those who attended our treks got some of their best photographs from here. Do not limit yourself this weekend; you never know which adventure is waiting for you.

See you there!

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Action Packed Weekend @Offroad Camps, Kasmoli, Rishikesh

January 24, 2018/6 Comments/in Frontpage Article, Images /by Nitima

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!

Long Weekend 2018 I Long Holiday Weekend in India 2018 I Offroadcamp.in

January 8, 2018/1 Comment/in Uncategorized /by Nitima

When is the next restricted holiday in India? Universe has been kind in 2018 and has blessed us with not one or two, but 16 long weekends in 2018. Can you believe it? Neither can we!

After our last post about 5 Reasons You Should Try Adventure Camping , many of you have shown interest in exploring a nature camp. So here are 19 chances of planning your next adventure weekend Delhi.

22^nd Jan Basant Panchami Monday
26^th Jan Republic Day Friday
13^th Feb Maha Shivratri Tuesday
14^th Feb Valentine’s Day Wednesday
2^nd March Holi Friday
29^th March Mahavir Jayanti Thursday
30^th March Good Friday Friday
30^th April Buddha Purnima Monday
1^st May Labour Day Tuesday
15^th June Eid-ul fitr Friday
24^th August Onam Friday
3^rd Sept Janamashtami Monday
13^th Sept Ganesh Chaturthi Thursday
2^nd Oct Gandhi Jayanti Tuesday
18^th Oct Ram Navami Thursday
19^th Oct Dussehra Friday
5^th Nov Dhantares Monday
9^th Nov Bhaiduj Friday
25^th Dec Christmas Tuesday

So there we are – 19 dates when you can take your next trip to Offroad Camp and choose your own adventure. Well, we have now said enough. Waste no more time. Start planning your vacations already because good deals sell out fast!

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Earth Day, Our Way

April 22, 2017/2 Comments/in Frontpage Article, Images /by Nitima

There’s something about Kasmoli that makes you stop and take notice – mountains, trees, people – and a bit if nature in whatever you do!

We’ve been coming here for three years now, but the village still looks new. Hilly ways, fresh smell of ground, changing colours of tree leaves – there’s so much to do and see here that every trip gets carried over from a weekend getaway to weekday vacations. Time has a meaning here. It doesn’t simply run, it adds value to our lives.

So when we get up in the morning with clouds hovering over our heads like these, we get excited.

5:00 am looks like the time when the mountains start looking inviting again. And as you get up, there’s fresh air and sunrise wait for you around the corner. At one side in the far left corner, you see Badrinath peaks turning golden as the sun’s rays get spread on to the snow-capped peaks. Clouds change colour too, as they start to turn orange, yellow, white and finally blue after different shades of grey.

Inhale Courage Exhale Fear

We are the people with small means, and even smaller ambitions. Jazziness doesn’t excite us, but roses do. Here are the latest camping pics from our garden:

Kasmoli Camps

Offroad Camps as a camping destination is accessible via a 7 km road that cuts from NH 34 near Agarkhal. For the adventurous individuals who seek to explore more than just the camping places, it can be trekked to from the road. The route is scenic, and you can expect to run into some pretty looking animals like the deer, wild hens or baby lambs. It has many exceedingly beautiful spots in between, that let you get away from people even before your camping retreat begins. The feeling of being the only people around a place is something that everyone should get at least once in a life time.

A typical work day at camps

So this Earth Day, we explored the freedom of camping – freedom not just from the stress of Delhi, but also from a lifestyle that keeps us constantly running. It’s amazing how little you need from a place to live and be comfortable. Offroad Camps is that place for us. It reminds us every day that the very basic core of our living spirit needs to be free, adventurous and simple! That’s the message of Earth Day for us.

Camping in India – When The Mountains Call

April 10, 2017/4 Comments/in Frontpage Article /by Nitima

There isn’t anything else in the world that excites me as much as traveling. While there are many places I’ve been to, mountains have a different all together meaning for me. They define who I am, and how petite my existence is! And so, when I came here at Offroad Camps, it was time to discover. High peaks, landscape beauty, and majestic pine trees – this place was surrounded by best of what you could get in nature. The tents opened right into the view of valley, and offered you an unbelievable view of sunrise from the bed. The vast camping had so many different types of flowers and trees, that the whole vibgyor could be seen. Built with the help of the locals, this camping place offered loads of camping activities too. Among other things, I got to enjoy relaxing yoga and meditation sessions in between the breaks that I got from discovering the local village culture. The food is organically grown and has a distinctive flavour. If you some in the right season to this place of camping near Delhi, you can find cucumbers, rajma, ginger, turmeric, pumpkins and lentils that are plucked right in front of you.Camping in India is picking up trend, and I am sure Offroad Camps has earned its position too. The camp’s location of proximity with both Rishikesh and Tehri lake makes it an attractive option to stay for those vacationing on a weekend. This blog recently published a list of camping activities for boys and girls, and if you are planning to travel with your young ones, I recommend reading it too once.

If you wish to book or talk about a tour or travel generally, contact Rohit at 8447551149 or email him here. If you wish to book a trip, and wish an informative and fun travel program, contact them in advance. You can also join their mailing list by filling sharing your details here. Follow Offroad Camps on Facebook & Twitter. As a startup, they keenly look forward to your feedback.

Top 10 Camping Activities for Kids

April 7, 2017/2 Comments/in Frontpage Article, Images /by Nitima

The days of camping with nature brings out the best in children. It makes them happy, light and stress-free . How can it not? Travelling is something that comes naturally for us. We’ve been explorers for as long as we remember back in history. The excitement of camping at new places is just too amazing to be missed. But what do you do when you are going with your family or a group who needs to be engaged in different activities throughout their stay? Well, we here present to you 10 different camping activities that will make your camping near Delhi a wonderful, memorable experience.

And what’s more? We have divided each of them in different headings for you to choose your camping activities according to your group type:

Camping Activities for Girls

Arts and Crafts: A classic camping activity for girls that opens up their creative side. In fact, crafting is loved so much around Europe that it’s called girl scouts’ favourite pastime. It’s a healthy game for kids to slow down, interact and build special items out of ordinary things. The most popular activities that young girls like to collaborate on are painting and decorative flower making.
Build Outdoor Skills: Where else would those young adults learn how to tie knots and build fires if not at camping? Start with basics, tell them about tents, poles, sun shades, air mattresses, sleeping bags and add new words into their outdoor dictionary.
Mountains
Encourage Storytelling: Girls are born storytellers. They have just the right mix of emotion and expressions, and if taught a bit, can easily create interesting narratives. You can also add a bit of fun by making this a group activity – a girl can start the story with one line that sets the scenario. The second one can add characters, the next one can give them personality and son on. A good way to be creative and have fun.
Organize Creative Writing Workshops: Camping is a great way to open your children’s minds to creativity in writing. This camping activity can be done once or over a period of time to help girls develop their own powers of expression, critical reading and thinking. We know a freelancer who can happily conduct it for you. You may contact her directly through her website – www.writingroutes.com
Orient Interest in More Camping: Plan a series of camping activities that teach your young girls on how to use their sense of direction to know which way is right to hike on. Challenge them to study sun’s direction and match it with their compass to know how to find their way in case they ever lose their path in the wilderness.

Camping Activities for Boys

Treasure Hunts: Young boys have so much energy that it sometimes gets difficult to manage them. Depending on your group size, you can organize half or full day treasure hunts in teams and get them going. Pick a theme (mystery, eggs, chocolates, history), plan your clues (you can brainstorm on the ideas with your friends or search online), strategize your route and start the hunt.
Bonfires: Of all the camping activities, bonfires are perhaps the most common, yet exciting ones. A bonfire gives warmth, and brings children closer to each other by the way of sharing stories and other interesting stuff. If your boys like, you can also teach them barbeque and add more colours to those long nights under the stars.
Bonfire
Sky Watching: Star gazing has picked up momentum in recent past. You can use the clear sky at camping locations like Offroad to share your astronomical knowledge with your group. They can use common constellations to find the pole star and know which side is north, or watch the changing positions of the moon or see some planets with the naked eye.
Martial Arts: So boys like to play a bit rough, huh! Well, if your group is something like this, you can also use our place to thing of a camping activity that teaches them a bit of martial arts. Clean air, top of the mountain and a great team – what more can someone ever ask for on camping?
Martial Arts Training
Cook Together: What better way to start the interest in cooking for your boys than camping? Try with small barbeque – teach them how to light it, how to put food stuff on rods and the average time that different food take to roast. You can also introduce them to soup, tea and coffee making to begin with.

So with this, we have come to an end of this post. If you haven’t read our previous on Enjoying the Nature Unspoilt, don’t forget to read and comment on it! Until next time…

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