Char Dham Yatra From Haridwar 9N - 10D

08:00 AM, Pick up from Haridwar and move towards Yamunotri Dham. 10:00 Visit Kempty Fall in Mussoorie Or vikash nagar whatever path is open and have lunch here. 6:00 PM Reach Barkot and check-In your hotel nearby Barkot. Take an overnight stay here after having dinner tonight.

Activities : Sightseeing

5:00 AM walk up and get ready to move up to Jankichatti. 7:00 Start trekking towards Yamunotri Dham (5.5 Km) and reach there before noon. You can also hire Pony/Palki at your own cost (approx. Rs.2000 roundtrip). At the temple lawn take a holy dip in the tapt kund/hot river known as ‘Surya Kund’, ‘Jamunabai Kund’. 12:00 AM make your presence in front of Maa Yamuna here. 1:00 Start downwards trekking and reach Janaki Chatti before 4:00 PM Move Janki Chatti to Barkot and take a night stay here in the hotel. Yamunotri Dham: Yamunotri Dham is Source of Yamuna River and the seat of Goddess Yamuna who was the daughter of God ‘Sun (Kalind)’ and known for her forgiveness. Yamunotri temple is just adjacent to Kalind Parwat. This temple was first built by Tehri King/ Naresh ‘Sudarshan Shah’ in 1839 and again rebuilt by Maharani of Jaipur ‘Gularia Devi’ in the 19th Century.

Activities : Sightseeing

9:00 AM After breakfast continue your journey towards Uttarkashi. Uttarkashi is situated on the left side of River Bhagirathi. Enroute visit the natural Shiv Gufa temple, Vishvanath Temple, Kandar devta etc. 4:00 PM reach Uttarkashi and check-In your hotel and take an overnight stay nearby Uttarkashi.

Activities : Sightseeing

5:00 AM Walk up early in the morning and move towards Gangotri Dham You can also take a holy bath in the hot spring pond in Gangnani. On the way you will love the nature view and especially at ‘Harshil’. 11:00 AM, reach Gangotri Dham. Take a holy dip in Maa Bhagirathi. 12:00 make your presence in front of Goddess Maa Ganga Temple here. After lunch, move towards Uttarkashi. take a night stay here. Gangotri Dham: Gangotri is a popular pilgrim place in India, which emits a highly pious aura. This Dham is known as the place of Goddess ‘Ganga’. Goddess Ganga descended on earth when Lord Shiva released the mighty river from the locks of his hair and took the form of river to absolve the sin of King Bhagiratha. Thus this river is named as ‘Bhagirathi River. It meets with Alaknanda River in Devprayag from where it is called ‘Maa Ganga River’. The Source of River is Gangotri Glacier and also known as ‘Gaumukh’ which is 18 Km above the Gangotri Dham. The original temple was built by Nepalese general Amar Singh Thapa.

Activities : Sightseeing

8:00 AM Start your journey and drive towards Kedarnath Valley. Enroute enjoy nature views, mountain views, Mandakini River bank, Guptkashi Temple etc. Around 5:00 PM, reach nearby Phata/Sonprayag to halt this night.

Activities : Sightseeing

6:00 AM, Walk up and get ready to move to Kedarnath temple. It's a 6 Km +16 Km trekking route. Cab will drop you at Sitapur Parking from where Govt cab will pick you up and drop you at Gaurikund. 6:00 AM, Early morning trek your own from Gaurikund (16 Km) and reach Temple by 7:00 PM. If your heli booked you reached helipad in helicopter time. Check-In your hotel and take some rest. Visit Shankaracharyaji Statue which is just behind the Temple. Also, visit Bharav Ghati which is just 500 Mtr trek from the Temple. Visit bheem sila. In the evening, attend Shiv Aarti at Temple lawn. Have dinner and take a rest tonight here. Two night stay Kedarnath temple If your heli ticket is booked then you will reach the helipad as per the timing of the helicopter.

Activities : Sightseeing

5:00 AM, After Mangal Darshan, start downwards trek and come back to Gaurikund before Lunch. 2:00 PM Come back to Sitapur Parking from Gaurikund where your Cab will pick you and move towards Phata. 5:00 PM, Cab will drop you at your hotel. Take a rest tonight here Kedarnath Dham: It is the one of the 12 Jyotirlinga of Lord Shiva. It is said that the Pandavas sought Lord Shiva to relieve themselves from the guilt of killing their blood relatives. However, Shiva didn't want to release them from their sins, so he disguised himself as a bull to roam the Garhwal Himalayas. On being found by the Pandavas, Shiva dove underground. Bhim could only manage to get hold of his hump. The hump of the bull was found in Kedarnath, the navel emerged in Madhya-Maheshwar, two forelegs appeared in Tungnath, the face in Rudranath, and the hair in Kalpeshwar. These are collectively called the Panch Kedar - the five sacred places. Legend has it that the original Pandavas built the temple of Kedarnath and the present temple was established by Adi Shankaracharya, who restored the glory of the shrine in the 8th century A.D .

Activities : Sightseeing

7:00 AM, After breakfast, move towards tungnath . 12 AM reached Temple. Enroute visit the glorious Chopta Valley known as “A Mini Switzerland in Uttarakhand”. At Chopta Valley peak , trek to Tungnath Temple (5.5 Km). You can hire a pony here at your own cost (around 1100 round trip). Tungnath Temple is one of the Panch Kedar Temples of Lord Shiva and the Highest placed temple of Shiva in Asia. 4:00 PM come back downwards to Chopta Valley peak and move towards Chamoli Enroute visit the glorious Chopta Valley, Narsingh Temple, Pandukeshwar etc known as “A Mini Switzerland”. 6:00 PM Reach Pipalkoti/joshimath Temple and take a night stay here. Badrinath Dham: Badrinath Dham is dedicated to Lord Vishnu in the name of ‘Lord Krishna’. According to Vamana Purana, the sages Nara and Narayana (fifth avatar of Lord Vishnu) perform Penances here.. According to legend, Shankar discovered a black stone image of Lord Badrinarayan made of Saligram stone in the Alaknanda River . He originally enshrined it in a cave near the Tapt Kund hot springs. In the sixteenth century, the King of Garhwal moved the murti to the present temple.According to Skanda Purana the idol of Lord Badrinath was recovered by Adiguru Shankaracharya from Narad KundG and was are-enshrined in the 8th century A.D. in this temple. Skanda Purana describes more about the place: “There are several sacred shrines in heaven, on earth, and in hell; but there is no shrine like Badrinath.” So there are many legends about Badrinath dham but all denote Lord Vishnu. Pandava also went to heaven using Swargarohini or the ‘Ascent to Heaven’ through this route.

Activities : Sightseeing

10:00 AM reach the temple lawn and take a holy bath in Tapt Kund here. Line up in que and wait for your turn then make your presence in front of Lord Vishnu/ Krishna with others Like Narayan G, Kuber G etc. Go through your mind in peace and concentrate on Lord Krishna for some me here. 12:00 AM, After Breakfast, drive to Mana Village which is just 2 Km away from here. Visit BhimPul, Vyas Gufa and other sightseeing in mana village (500 Mtr Trek at your Own). 3 return journey towards Pipalkoti-/ Tonight stay here.

Activities : Sightseeing

7:00 AM, Have breakfast and start your return journey towards Haridwar. 3:00 PM reach Rishikesh and visit whaterver path is open Ram Jhula, Laxman Jhula, famous Ganga arti haridwar.Haridwar your memorable journey will end Haridwar.

Activities : Sightseeing