Silent Meadows Family Trek

As this is an Easy-level trek, children who are 6 years and above are welcome on this trek!

We organize group pick-ups and drops to and from the Srinagar airport as part of our service. Upon your arrival, you are welcomed and greeted at the arrival gate by our representative member from a company, and will be transferred to your hotel in Srinagar. For departure transfer, we will come to pick you up at your hotel and take you to the airport for your flight.

The accommodation arrangements will be taken care of by Adventure Pulse. On arrival you will be staying in Srinagar in a 3 star, standard hotel on twin sharing basis. In case you want a single occupancy room, you can avail the same on additional charges. During your hotel stay, your Breakfast and dinner will be covered in the package in the hotel buffet. Lunch can be ordered from the menu and cleared with the hotel personally by the trekker.  Any item ordered, that is not part of the buffet meal will be charge to the trekker on actuals.

Once we check out from our hotel and start our journey, the next 7 days you will be spending at camp sites. Our campsites, are huge beautiful accommodation, in the middle of a lush wilderness. We will be providing you with

• sleeping tents on twin sharing basis. You can upgrade to a single occupancy tent on additional charges.
  • Dining tent for eating all your meals and also chilling during the second half until dinner time.
  • Foldable stools for each trekker, so you don’t have to eat your meals at the campsite sitting on the ground.
  • Toilet tents: Our campsite will have 2 or 3 toilet tents depending on the size of the group. 1 pit-loo style tent, and 1 bio western toilet with a flush. Toilet tents will have fresheners hung in it and also a garbage collecting bag for your comfort and hygiene.
  • Our team will have a kitchen tent where all your meals will be freshly cooked every single day.

On the trek, our staff will be carrying a kitchen tent with all the ration. They will accompany you for the entire duration of the trek. As you wake up in the morning, you will be provided with hot coffee or tea with some biscuits. It is important to stay hydrated in the mountains and the best way to consume liquids is in the form of hot beverages. Tea and Coffee will also be available for breakfast and in the evening’s.

For Breakfast, you can expect parathas, bread and jam, poha, oats and noodles. We will try our best to provide an assortment of food and avoid repetition. Lunch will be provided in the form of packed meals. At the start of the day, your trek leader will prepare your tiffin box with the meal prepared, juices, biscuits, chocolates and toffees. Sugar provides some much-needed energy while you are trekking. The Dinner Menu will include items such as fried rice, hakka noodles, biryani, Dal-Roti-Sabji-Rice among others. We will also provide soup and dessert before each supper.

In Kashmir only postpaid sim cards work. In case you do not have a post-paid sim, you can buy one from outside the airport, which will cost you around INR 600/-. Do not forget to carry your original ID and a passport size photograph to buy the sim. Networks like BSNL, Jio and Airtel have good connectivity in the region. In case you need to contact someone when you land before you step out of the airport exit area, you can also access the landline at the luggage belts and request them to allow you to make a call to your operator/driver as the case may be.

On the trek – The trek to the Silent Meadows is a complete black out in terms of network. You will not have any network from Day 2 onwards once you leave the base village of Yusmarg. In Yusmarg you will have connectivity if you have a Kashmir simcard, or a sim card like BSNL, Jio and Airtel. However, please be prepared for patchy network as Yusmarg is a slightly remote village and there may be times when you won’t have enough network to access internet.

To enter Kashmir, you need to make sure to carry your Identification card (Original Hard copy).

1. Either Original Aadhar Card or Passport. (Hard copy)
2. Visa in case you are a Non-Indian passport holder.
3. Your other trekking documentation will be taken care of by Adventure Pulse once you have submitted soft copies of the same with the representative.

The weight limit for your luggage is 10 kg per trekker. Two trekkers will be assigned one porter, and combined luggage should not exceed 20 kgs. We never overload our porters. However, you might need to carry your own knapsack or backpack (with valuables or anything important). Only carry the essentials. You can leave excess baggage safely, either at your hotel or at the Hotel or office store for free. We will recheck everything (luggage, equipment, etc.) during our briefing before starting the journey.

If you are carrying a suitcase or any extra luggage, you can leave that behind at your hotel in Srinagar. Please note – Suitcases or any other hard bound structure bags/ wheel bags will not be allowed on the trek, neither with the porter nor on the mules.

There is no electricity supply once you start camping. Please keep all your devices fully charged, before you set foot on the journey. We recommend you to carry fully charged power banks for your phone etc. to be charged. To be on safer side, always try to carry at least 2 fully charged power banks with you. The only light you have after sunsets, will be your head lamps, torches etc. and of course the beautiful shining moon up in the sky.

Tipping the staff has become an important part of the culture where it allows you to directly show your appreciation for the staff for the hard work, they have put in.  These men & women, work tirelessly, not only trekking with you, but also ensuring your safety, and comfort for the duration of your stay. Tipping is not included in the salaries of your guides, porters, or crew and therefore tremendously appreciated when it comes directly from you. The recommended amount of tips to be paid will be part of the Orientation once you register for the trek.