| YAMUNOTRI & GANGOTRI DELHI -HARIDWAR- BARKOT -UTTARKASHI- GANGOTRI- RISHIKESH- DELHI DURATION – 6 Night – 7 Days |
| Day 1: Delhi – Haridwar (230 kms/6hrs) Arrival Delhi Railway Station, Meet & Assist further drive to Haridwar. Later drive to Haridwar transfer to your Hotel. Visit Har-ki-Pauri for Ganga Aarti in evening. Back to your hotel, Night halt.Temples & Sight Seeing – Har-ki-Pauri, Chandi Devi & Mansa Devi Temple, Daksha Mahadev Temple, Bilkeshwar Mahadev, Anandmai Ashram, Pawan Dham, Bhooma Niketan, Vaishno Devi Temple, Doodhadhari Temple & Bharat Mata Mandir.  Day 2: Haridwar – Barkot (220kms/7hr)Drive to Barkot via Dehradun & Mussoorie. Enroute visit Kempty Fall and others later drive straight to your Hotel for night halt.Day 3: Barkot – Yamunotri – Barkot {36kms drive & 7kms Trek (one side) Drive to Hanuman Chatti, from here you have to take local jeeps for Janki chatti (It helps to reduce the trek upto 8 kms), trek start from here to Yamunotri (6kms). Either by walk or by horse or by Doli at own cost. Arr. Yamunotri, One can cook rice by packing it in a cloth and dipping it in the hot water of the hot kund. Pilgrims take this cooked rice home as “Prasad”. Here near the temple “Pooja” can be offered to Divya Shila, After taking bath in Jamunabai Kund’s warn water and having “Darshan” of pious “Yamunaji” returning to Hanumanchatti. Later drive back to Barkot. Overnight stay at Hotel. Yamunotri Temple: Maharani Gularia of Jaipur built the temple in the 19th Century. It was destroyed twice in the present century and rebuilt again. Surya Kund: There are a Number of thermal springs in the vicinity of the temple, which flows into numerous pools. The most important of these is Surya Kund. Divya Shila: A rock pillar, worshipped before entering the Yamunotri Temple. Day 4: Barkot – Uttarkashi (100kms/4hr) Day 5: Uttarkashi – Gangotri – Uttarkashi (100kms/3hr each side) Gangotri Temple: The temple, constructed by the Gorkha General Amar Singh Thapa in the 18th Century, is situated on the right bank of Bhagirathi. Submerged Shivling: Submerged in the river, this natural rock Shivling is the place where, according to mythology Lord Shiva sat when he received the Ganga in his matted lock. It is visible in winter months when water level decreases. Day 6: Uttarkashi – Rishikesh Temples & Sight Seeing – Triveni Ghat, Laxman Jhulla, Ram Jhulla, Bharat Mandir, Shivananda Ashram, Parmarth Ashram.Swarg Ashram. Day 7: Rishikesh – Haridwar – Delhi (230kms/7hr)
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| Kedarnath & Badrinath DELHI – HARIDWAR – KEDARNATH – BADRINATH – RISIKESH-DELHI DURATION – 6 Night – 7 Days |
| Day 1:- Delhi-Haridwar-Rishikesh (240Kms) Pick you from your convenient place. Departure for Haridwar. Holy dip in ganga and break for lunch. proceed for Rishikesh. Evening free for sightseeing. Overnight stay at Hotel.Day 2: – Rishikesh-Guptkashi Early morning Drive to Guptkashi, Lunch in enroute. Evening free for local sight seeing. Over night stay at hotle. Gaurikund:- is the last bus station and trekking base to Kedarnath, A Temple Dedicated to Gauri and thermal spring of medicinal value is noteworthy. Before proceeding people bathe in the Hot water pond here and visit the Gauri devi temple. This is the place where goddess Parvathi meditated to attain Lord Shiva.Syanchatt y:- Is a scenic spot along the bank of river Yamuna that make a lovely sight enroot the trek up to yamunotri.  Day 3: – Gaurikund-Kedarnath (18Kms on foot)Early morning 18 Kms trek to Kedarnath, Lunch enroute.over night stayat hotle.Kedarnath Temple:-the present temple built in 8th century AD by Adi Guru Shankaracharya lies adjacent to the site of an ancient temple built bu Pandavas. Temple has a Conical Lingam – the assemblies of pilgrims and visitors. The temple is more than 1000 year old. Behind the Kedarnath temple lies the samdhi of final resting place of Adi Guru Shankaracharya. It is belived that after establishing the four dham in India he went for his Samadhi at an early age of 32 years.Day 4: – Kedarnath -Gaurikund-Rudraprayag (18kms trek and 74 kms Drive) After darshan and pooja proceed to gaurikund. Lunch in Gaurikund. Drive to Rudraprayag. Overnight stay at hotle Rudraprayag:- named after lord shiva is situated at he confluence of river Mandakini originating from kedarnath Dham and river Alaknanda from Bhadrinath Dham a beautiful sight to behold. The confluence has a great religious signification and thousands of pilgrims come hear to take a holy dipDay 5:- Rudraprayag – Badrinath (170 Kms) Badrinath:-Cradled in the twin Mountain ranges of Nar and Narayan is the holies of the four main shrines – badrinath along the left bank of Alaknanda with the towering Neelkanth peak as the splendid backdrop. Once the spot was carpeted eith “Badri”or wild berries and hence was famous as Badrivan Legend has it when the ganga was requested to descend to earth to help suffering humanity,the earth was unable to with stand the force of its descent, There for the mighty ganga was split in to 12 holy channels, Alaknanda was one of then that later became the abode of Loard Vishnu or Badrinath.Day 6: Badrinath – Rishikesh(300kms/10hrs) Early Morning depart for Rishikesh. Lunch In route. Over night stay at hotel.Day 7:Rishikesh – Delhi Morning Drive from Rishikesh to Delhi, Arrive Delhi and dropping at Railway station / Airport. Tour concludes on Dropping. |