Sightings Most Isolated Village in the World

Sightings Bara Bangal of air (Sankar Sridhar / CNN Travel)
Bara Bangal - the Himalayas to save a lot of stories. One of them is the village of Bara Bangal at an altitude of 4,800 meters above sea level and surrounded by mountains of snow. The village is called the most isolated in the world!

Reporting from CNN Travel, name Bara Bangal it felt was an alien traveler. Even so the information on the internet, not much written about the review villages located in the Himalayas and included in the region's northern India.

Bara Bangal flanked by two high peaks, Kalihani as high as 4,800 meters above sea level and Thamsar Passes as high as 4,766 meters above sea level. Altitude is not a joke, which is almost half of the height of Mount Everest, world's highest peak, 8448 meters above sea level!

The village Bara Bangal flanked by high mountains and rivers (Sankar Sridhar / CNN Travel)

Bara Bangal is also surrounded by valleys and large rivers. Altitude of the village, about 4,800 meters above sea level. It's nearly as tall as Carstensz in Papua.

Villagers Bara Bangal, is the Gaddi tribe. Native tribes that occupy the Himalayas and the Hindu religion. Gaddi tribe still holds a tradition, like one of them nomadic alias move.

Quite difficult to find the history, why Gaddi tribe lived in the village of Bara Bangal. Some sources say they are looking for sloping land and suitable to be a place to live. There is more to say, they were evacuated to higher ground because of frequent flooding and avalanches.

Landscape of forests and rivers, into view on Bara Bangal. Gaddi tribe who live there, their daily raising goats. They squeeze the milk and ate the meat for their daily needs.

Gaddi tribe to build the house of wood and stone. Special men, they are also often a porter or guide for hikers who want to explore the Himalayas.

Gaddi tribal houses (Sankar Sridhar / CNN Travel)

Isolated villages

CNN Travel refer to Bara Bangal as 'village hidden from the world' aka the world's most isolated villages. How to get there, it is really not easy.

The climbers, will not be trekking and headed to his village alone. Therefore, the climbing tour operators who
often sell the package to the Everest climb, many are offering trips to Bara Bangal.

The trip to Bara Bangal (Sankar Sridhar / CNN Travel)

How to get to Bara Bangal, a starting point of Himachal Pradesh at an altitude of 2:50 masl. The village is becoming more developed and there are airport runway for aircraft pioneer. From there, the trip to Bara Bangal taken for 5 days on foot!

Super cold temperatures, snow up to the thin air will be felt during the trip. Some point, can be passed on horseback. But more, should walk and use krampon shoes (special shoes for walking on ice).

Even so, a beautiful panoramic view will be seen along the way. One of them is an amazing glacier cave, the walls and ceiling is ice!

Caves Glacier (Sankar Sridhar / CNN Travel)

On arrival at Bara Bangal, people will be welcomed with a friendly village. Hospitality welcomes guests, apparently has become a tradition of Gaddi tribe.

Each person, will invite guests to come to his house. Not only in the morning, but also in the afternoon, evening and night. Gaddi tribal love to interact with people outside, they love bberbincang and tea. Quiet, the guides of each tour operator memeiliki local guide who is ready to be a translator.

"We're all going to get hurt if you do not stop by the house to eat and drink," said Munna, one of the locals.

Gaddi tribal hospitality, as if to warm the atmosphere. From children to the elderly, do not hesitate to spread smiles to each of the newcomers. Do not stop there, they also like to give the gift of a shawl until the meat is dry.

Gaddi tribe in Bara Bangal (Sankar Sridhar / CNN Travel)

Speaking of technology, do not expect electric and telephone signals in the village of Bara Bangal. There is only one emergency satellite telephone provided by the Indian government. That, too, is held by the village head and used time for emergency situations.

This village is still not familiar with the technology, but it is not something problematic for the population. After all, they can live as normal.

Tour operators offering trips to Bara Bangal among them, Red Chilli Adventure, Himalayan and Himalayan Discovery Challenges. Interested in coming, to the most isolated villages in the world?

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