Nainital is a picturesque hill station situated in the heart of the Kumaon Hills, which form the outer range of Nainital. Chitrauli is situated in the northwestern part of Nainital on the Alma Hill range.

This area is primarily a trekker’s paradise. This is the place from where one gets a panoramic view of the Himalayas and the Ratighat Valley with the Ghuna River in between. The valley and slopes around Chitrauli abound in beautiful flora and fauna offering ample opportunities to Naturalists, Trekkers, Painters and Bird watchers.

The walk to Chitrauli Wild camps takes us out of the tourist's Nainital with its inevitable mall, picnic spots, tourist touts and noise. Few lazy turns of the track and we are amidst Oaks, Deodars and patches of stately Pines. The entire area is set off by a single burst of the deep welcoming red Rhododendrons with the fallen flowers gently coloring the moist ground.

The Camps lie at one edge of the hill under a dense grove of the majestic Deodars. The breeze from the Ratighat valley below comes fast and fresh. A pleasant escape from the pollution and grime of the cities to terraced fields, dots of villages, shimmering water streams and the complete range of the snow clad Himalayas.