Schedule we followed (of trek)
Day 1: Song- Loharket : 3 kms
Day 2: Loharket - Dhakuri : 11 Kms
Dhakuri - Khati : 8 Kms
Day 3: Khati - Dwali : 11 kms
Dwali- Phurkia : 5 Kms
Day 4: Phurkia-Pindari : 7 kms
Pindari-Phurkia : 7 kms
Phurkia-Dwali : 5 kms
Day 5: Dwali-Khati : 11 kms
Khati-Dhakuri : 8 kms
Day 6: Dhakuri-Loharket : 11 kms
Loharket-Song : 3 kms
We could do only Song-Loharket on day one as we started late and also the terrain was tough for us to adjust. You can do more. But staying at loharket may help you in acclimatisation also.
Ensure that you stay at Dhakuri at least for one night. If possible try staying at Pindari, i guess it should be good. But arrange for your own food there since baba does not serve after 5.30 in the evening. Try to stay at these places as there are guest houses here. At Pindari if you wanna stay you are by yourself other than for the helps from baba.
Altitude at various points in meters
Song - 1400
Loharket - 1600
Dhakuri - 2680
Khati - 2210
Dwali - 2575
Phurkia - 3260
Pindari - 3353 (altitude at the lowest point)
Expenses- We must have spent around about 6000 INR together. Inclusive of our travel charges and all. Since we had tent we did not stay in guest houses on trek or hotels while on road( except for one night-that too in a low budget one). We tried to travel at night as much as possible so as to avoid hotel stays.
If you have good trekking stuff like a backpack, tent and all that should be the expense that you should also be looking at. We almost always paid for lunch only between 30-40 rupees and also we not more than 17 rupees for breakfast comprising of Magiee.
Dwali-Khati-Dhakuri
Dhakuri
Dhakuri-Loharket-Song
Some Maps that may help (I don't own any of these, if owner has any objection it will be taken off)
