Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) is India’s youngest national park located in Kullu district in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India.
The park was established in 1984 and is spread over an area of 1,171 km² at an altitude of between 1500 to 6000 meters above sea level.
The Great Himalayan National Park is habitat to numerous flora and more than 375 fauna species, including approximately 31 mammals, 181 birds, 3 reptiles, 9 amphibians, 11 annelids, 17 mollusks and 127 insects including some very rare species like Western Tragopan (Jijurana)  and off course lots and lots of virgin adventure staying really close to raw nature.

In June 2014, the Great Himalayan National Park was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.The Unesco World Heritage Site Committee granted the status to the park under the criteria of “outstanding significance for biodiversity conservation”.

Shanghar from where the trek will start is a remote & exotic Himalayan hamlet at an altitude of around 2050 mts (6700 feet) ASL situated in Sainj valley in GHNP ECOZONE and is home to beautiful golf ground like natural meadow which said to be belonging to local deity (God) hidden from onslaught of regular party tourists.

Shanghar is basically 55 kms while coming from Mandi (Chandigarh side) and 45 kms while coming from Kullu (Manali side)

To know more about Shanghar click here 

From Shanghar we will be hiking towards Parkachi Meadow and then Raktisar basecamp near glacier point through wild trails of GHNP & along the serene Sainj river.
There are various amazing waterfalls along the way with lot of wild bio diversity to observe.
This is a long walk along the river with not much of hiking
Raktisar is at the heart of the GHNP in Sainj Wildlife Sanctuary area and is the source of the Sainj River. It is the meeting point of two large glaciers which have retreated because of global warming. You can see their impressive crevices in both the converging valleys.
A tributary to Beas, Sainj is one of the four rivers that flows in the Great Himalayan National Park, others being the Parbati (Parvati), Tirthan and Jiwanal.
RAKTISAR means, literally,  ‘a head covered with blood’. As per the local mythology, in very ancient times a demon called as “Raktibeej” used to live here who was blessed with power to regenerate from every blood drop of him fell on ground! This practically made him immortal and, secured in the confidence of his invincibility, he began to rival Gods themselves. Finally the Gods requested the Goddess Mahakali or Shakti to vanquish Raktibeej.
Mahakali caught hold of the demon with two hands, chopped off his head with the third and in the fourth hand held a vessel into which blood from the severed head dropped and was collected. Since no blood dropped on the ground, Raktibeej could not resurrect himself and died. As proof, locals point to a small stretch of stream which emerges from under a rocky outcrop , red in color!
This epic battle was supposed to have taken place in a rectangular depression, and this is how the little stream gets its name, just one of the incredible myths that this land abounds in, connecting man, nature and God!

Check out few snaps from our past Raktisar Expeditions