Day Treks
Soft Treks
It can be a soft trek where you go as a big group and porters carry your backpacks.
You go one way on foot and return on four wheels.
The site would be a lush green meadow where the helpers set out a sumptuous meal for you.
 Survival Treks
Or undertake a more interesting survival trek where you are divided into
teams and to trace your way and find food along the path, you are given maps and clues.
You also encounter soft obstacles along the way to make the trek more exciting. You walk
through interesting forest trails to reach an emerald clearing perhaps by a waterbody.
Here you are met by the Retreat staff who would have kept ready an appetising lunch.
Trained instructors help and guide you as and when required. The day treks can vary from 2-3 hours upto a full day
trek where one leaves after an early breakfast and tries to get back by sunset.
Overnight Camping
If you have a real streak of adventure, the group can undertake overnight camping.
The base camp is Parkwoods, Shoghi and you reach the overnight camping site after an
interesting 5-6 hour full day trek.
 Here, small
tents are pitched, you curl inside sleeping bags for the night and food is cooked over
campfires under the mystic night sky.
Kitchen staff, guides and porters accompany you to take
care of all logistics.
Night Treks
Those who want their nightly comforts and the ‘luxuries’ of the Retreat and
psychological safety of Parkwoods (the permanent ‘base camp’) but nevertheless
want to experience an adrenaline rush, while combating the fear of the unknown, can
undertake a night trek.
After sunset and evening tea take a 2-3 hour round trek. With flashlights, catseyes, and
an indomitable spirit, explore the paths through the forested undergrowth – the dark
shadows, night sounds of the jungle, the suspense of the unknown at the next bend –
makes it a lifetime experience!
Back at the Retreat a crackling bonfire and a delicious barbecue would await you. Sitting
around, bonhomie spreads as you debate who were the fearless tigers and who were the scary
rabbits!
All the treks are very enjoyable with gradual climbs, beautiful landscapes, encountering
small villages enroute and passing through pine, deodar and oak forests with lovely views
and diverse flora and fauna.
The sites are very picturesque.
One is a huge lush meadow on a hilltop surrounded by pine trees.
Another is a beautiful ridge with verdant forests all around and panoramic views.
We also have an overnight camping site by a small river. Here adventure activities can
also be set up.
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