Chopta Valley is a hill station located in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand state of India. The most beautiful scenic beauty of this place is the green valley at the height of around 2750 mts.
It offers you majestic view of snow covered Himalayan ranges with blue sky from lush green medows.
There are few sight scenes around this valley and it is noted as the starting point of Tungnath temple and Chandrashila.
Chopta and its surroundings-
Tungnath -
It is the highest temple of Lord Shiva situated at the height of some 3600 mts. and also known as one of the famous panch kedar shrines i.e. Kedarnath, Tungnath, Rudranath, Madhyamaheswar and Kalpeshwar. Apart of this unprecedented Himalayan view is simply unexplainable.
Chandrashila -
It will give you mesmerising 360 degree view of Himalayan mountain peak like Nanda Devi, Kedar, Chaukhamba etc from a height od 4000 mts. It is 1 km from Tungnath and 3 km from chopta valley through trecking. According to Indian mythology it is the place where Lord Rama meditated after defeating Ravana.
Deoria Tal -
It is a glaciated lake formed by glacial erosion in ancient times and located 3 km from Sari village of Chopta. It will give you panoramic view of different peaks like Bandarpunch, Nilkantha, Kalang, Kedar etc.
How to Reach -
Chopta is a hilly village located on the route of Rudraprayag - Ukhimath - Gopeshwar highway NH58. It can also be reached by road through Ukhimath to Joshimath. It is 40 km away from Ukhimath, 63 km from Rudraprayag and 225 km away from Haridwar which will take 9-10 hours to reach.
By Road Chopta can be reached from either Ukhimath, or from Rudraprayag or from Haridwar through motorable road (NH 58). Garhwal Himalayan bus services are also available to connect Ukhimath with Joshimath by which one can reach Chopta.
By Train any one can reach upto Rishikesh 209 km away from Chopta and then avail cars, bus for it.
By Air you have to reach Jolly Grant airport located in Dehradun 226 km away and the avail cars, taxis to reach either Rishikesh, Rudraprayag, Ukhimath.
As per my opinion by road or train will be better than airways.
Best time to visit in Chopta is October to December and for snow trekking is January to March.
Package - Different tour packages like travelling, trekking, camping are available from Rs 1500/- to 4200/- by Garhwal tours or Uttarakhand Tourism.
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