EP 1 Bhimtal, Sattal to Mukteshwar | Uttarakhand Kumaon Tour

This is episode 1 of  8 day tour of Bhimtal, Mukteshwar, Kasar Devi, Almore, Kausani, Ranikhet and Nainital. We started travelling on 25th August and 1st september was last day of our journey.

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Some information regarding travel to Uttarakhand:

You need to get your covid test done within 72 hours of your travel. This means you should have a covid negative report and test must have been conducted by a ICMR approved Lab.

The test which you need to get done is RTPCR.

Post this you need to apply for E pass, you will be asked to attach covide negative report and aadhar card when applying for E pass ( there are option options in place of aadhar card), check out the website link below:

http://smartcitydehradun.uk.gov.in/pr...

On 25th August ie Day 1 of our journey our E pass and Covid negative report was checked 4 times- first check was done near Haldwani then after that it detailed checking was done at Golapar stadium also called as Indira Gandhi international stadium, Between Haldwani and Bhimtal we were also stopped at 2 checkposts, where we had to show our documents.

All hotels and resorts where we stayed asked us to produce Covid negative report, as they have to submit it on a daily basis to the police.

If you reach Uttarakhand without a covid negative report then you will have to go for a 7 day quarantine at government centers.

Once you show your valid documents and reach Nainital or Bhimtal then you can travel anywhere in Uttarakhand, with change in district you will have to show the documents again for which police check posts in the district will guide you.

Like when we reached Kausani, we were guided by police to go to a near by center to get our temperature check done.

Following are the details of the places visited by us as part of this tour, ie Episode 1.

Country Inn Bhimtal : Though tariff at this resort starts from rs 5000 , service of staff was good but resort upkeep is an issue, which is noticed.

Other than room tariff of Rs 4500, we paid Rs 1705 ( this included dinner for two and breakfast for two plus morning tea for two).

Room that you saw in the video is an upgraded one, since there were few tourists, occupancy was low, so they upgraded us to a bigger room.

Following are the food items that we had for dinner at this resort.

Gahat ki Churkani
Mooli Ka Thechua
Address: Bhowali - Kutani Rd, Mehragaon, Uttarakhand 263136
Location: https://tinyurl.com/yyulmueq
Website: http://www.countryinn.in/

Sattal - There are 7 lakes in this area.
Address: 10 km from Bhimtal
Location: https://tinyurl.com/yyj7pqt5

KMVN Tourist Rest House : location of this tourist rest house is good, right opposite sattal.

Tariff Rs 1400 - Rs 2000 for double occupancy
Address: Sattal Rd, Sattal, Uttarakhand 263136
Location: https://tinyurl.com/y5lr92c4

Hidimba Devi Temple
Address: 1.5 kms trek from sattal lake, nainital
Location: https://tinyurl.com/y5lr92c4

Waterfall: There is a 1 km trek to a waterfall near KMVN near Sattal but we could not visit this place as there was risk of Leech, as we were there on 26th august that is monsoon time.

Madhuban Restaurant : This is a small dhaba near Sattal boating point. This dhaba is a at a walking distance from KMVN guest house.

Following are the food items we had at this Dhaba.

Bhatt Ki Churkani  - Rs 100 per plate
Kumaoni Raita - Rs 90 per plate.
Mandua ki Roti - rs 30 per roti.

Address: Sattal Rd, Sattal, Uttarakhand 263136
Location: https://tinyurl.com/y5lr92c4

Naukuchiatal
Boating Charges Rs 300 - Rs 500
Address: Nainital, Kumaon
Location: https://tinyurl.com/y27jouux

Hanuman Garhi : This is temple of Lord Hanuman - it came on our right hand side 1 km from naukuchiatal.

Address: Haldwani Road, Nainital, Uttarakhand 263002
Location: https://tinyurl.com/y56gjal3

Bhimtal & Dam : Dam Na Bhimeshwar Mahadev temple is at a walking distance from the lake.
Address: Daa, Sanguri Gaon, Uttarakhand 263136
Location: https://tinyurl.com/y3jrnkjy

KMVN Tourist Rest House Mukteshwar
Address: Mukteshwar Mahadev Rd, behind PWD Rest House, Mukteshwar, Uttarakhand 263138
Location: https://tinyurl.com/y25trpyn

We left Bhimtal at around 4.30 pm for going to Mukteshwar, it is a beautiful hill station at a distance of about 40 km from Bhimtal.

Should you have any query with regard to this tour, please feel free to write to us in comment below.

Thanks for your time.

Harish Bali