Beautiful Bhimtal Story History and Travel

BHIMTAL

Hi, I am a travel enthusiast just like you back in Jan 2019 I visited this beautiful hill station named bhimtal the beauty, the charm and aura everything about this place is great.

About Bhimtal

Bhimtal is a pretty little hill town in the Lake District of Kumaon in the foothills of the Himalayas. The lake, which has a little island in the middle, is the largest of the lakes here.

 The climate is wonderful spring and autumn are beautiful, summer is pleasant, winter is sunny and bracing. Even the monsoon is lovely – misty and green.

Journey Begins

My 3rd-semester exams were over around 20th may after that we were planning to go to a  cool, fresh, and pleasant place to enjoy our leisure time in summer. so, my group decided to go to Bhimtal.

we packed our luggage and got ready, our preparation was made in full swing at first we hired a car and after 5 hours of car journey spent in singing joking talking to each other and pulling each others leg all the way. we finally finally reached this amazing place.

it was around 5pm so we spent the night in a hotel enjoying the bonfire and try to gain more insights about this place from the hotel staff.

Story of Bhimtal

•  The hotel staff told us that the Bhimtal lake which was a secret holy lake known only to the hill people until 1841 when the British discovered it. Bhimtal was the best route between the Kumaon mountains and the plains of India. It was a stopping place for traders from Tibet traveling down with caravans of sheep loaded with borax, to trade for goods not to be got in the high mountains. It may well have been part of the Silk Route.

• Bhimtal is in the Shivalik range ( the region is known as Devbhoomi, the Land of the Gods) The Pandavas (of the Mahabharata) are believed to have visited here during their canvas (forest exile). Local legend tells that when their wife Draupadi was thirsty, Bhima struck the ground with his mace, and water gushed out. The lake that formed was named after him.

• An ancient Shiva temple, Bhimeshwara Mahadev, is said to have been built by Bhima. It has stood here for centuries the present temple was built in the 17th century by the King of Kumaon, Baz Bahadur of the Chand dynasty.

• Bhimtal is at the foot of Karkotak mountain, named after the great mythical cobra. Local legend says when he came to drink at the lake his tail was still on the mountain-top!. 

The Morning

Places we had visited:

1. karkotak hill :

As the tale goes that the snake tail reaches to the karkotak hill our curiosity increases and when we went to karkotak our mission is to reach to the top and I wanna see bhimtal look from there.

so we gear up and went for the hill the journey to the peak is very tiresome but when we reach there the view from there is awesome

   

2. Bhimtal lake :

Sum up

Near Bhimtal are other lakes – Naukuchiatal, Sat Tal, Panna Tal, Nala-Damayanti Tal. It is 22 km from its more famous neighbor Nainital. Sat Tal is a short hike away, and Naukuchiatal is 5 km from Bhimtal. It makes an ideal place to stay if you prefer nature and quiet where you stay for your holiday. Bhimtal is great as a base from which to make day trips to nearby places of interest – Corbett Park, Nainital, Almora, Ranikhet, Mukteshwar, Kausani, Kaichi Dham, Chhota Kailash, and others.
##Things to do in town
You can step into a row-boat and the boatman will take you for a delightful round of the lake You can also go paragliding, kayaking, ziplining, horse-riding, biking. Some campsites offer activities such as rock-climbing, river crossing