11 Nights 12 Days Chardham Yatra Tour
Travel Destinations: Delhi-Haridwar-Barkot-Yamunotri-Uttarkashi-Gangotri-Guptkashi-Kedarnath-Rudrprayag-Badrinath-Rudraprayag-Rishikesh-Delhi
Travel Duration: 11 nights/12 days
Day 01: Delhi-Haridwar (205 kms/6 hrs)
Drive to the City of Ganges-Haridwar. In the evening go to Har ki Pauri to attend the evening Aarti at River Ganges.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 02: Haridwar-Barkot (230 kms/7 hrs)
After breakfast, drive to Barkot enroute stopping for lunch. Continue your drive to Barkot.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 03: Barkot-Yamunotri-Barkot (36 kms drive, 10 kms trek)
After breakfast, drive to Hanuman Chatti. On reaching there, hire a local jeep to Pool Chatti (5 kms from Hanuman Chatti). Later trek to Sri Yamunotriji (6 kms trek). Take a Holy Dip at Garam Kund Puja and visit to the Yamunotri Temple for darshan.
After lunch trek back to Pool Chatti, from where again hire a local jeep to Hanuman Chatti. Later drive back to Barkot.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 04: Barkot-Uttarkashi (85 kms/5 hrs)
After a day of relax, continue your drive to Uttarkashi enroute visiting Prakateshwar Cave.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 05: Uttarkashi-Gangotri-Uttarkashi (105 kms one way)
Early morning drive to Gangotri. Offer a holy dip and Puja in the sacred river Ganges, also called Bhagirathi at its origin. Relax in the lovely surroundings and later drive back to Uttarkashi.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 06: Uttarkashi-Guptkashi (248 kms/10 hrs)
After breakfast, drive to Guptkashi, enroute lunch at the midway. After lunch, continue further and travel alongside the river Mandakini to reach Guptkashi.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 07: Guptkashi-Kedarnath (32 kms drive, 14 kms trek)
After breakfast, further drive to Gaurikund. Later trek towards Kedarnath. Later transfer to an Ashram. After freshen up, go for Darshan at Shri Kedarnathji and offer praying. In the evening visit Adi Shankaracharya Samadhi behind the temple.
Overnight at Ashram.
Day 08: Kedarnath-Guptkashi-Rudraprayag (14 kms trek, 80 kms drive)
In a beautiful morning, trek back to Guptkashi and later drive back to Rudraprayag.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 09: Rudrprayag-Badrinath (170 kms)
Today, after breakfast leave for Sri Badrinathji. Take the Holy Darshan at the temple, and later visit the Mana Village: Inhabited by an Indo-Mongolian tribe, it is the last Indian village before Tibet.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 10: Badrinath-Rudrprayag (165 kms)
After the Aarti in the morning, drive back to Rudraprayag.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 11: Rudrprayag-Rishikesh (135 kms/7 hrs)
After breakfast drive back to Rishikesh enroute visiting Dhari Devi Temple. Later stop for lunch at Srinagar. Continue further and if time permits visit Devprayag. Later reach Rishikesh.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 12: Rishikesh-Delhi (234 kms)
Attend the morning Aarti, visit Laxman Jhula and Ram Jhula, and drive back to Delhi to catch your flight/train towards onward destination.
YATRA ENDS