Char Dham Yatra by Road

➢ Arrival in New Delhi and we will drive to Haridwar enroute visiting Mansa Devi Temple.
➢ On arrival, check into your hotel.
➢ Evening, proceed to Har Ki Pauri to attend Ganga Aarti on the banks of river Ganga.

➢Overnight stay at Haridwar.

➢Mandatory Chardham Yatra Registrations: https://registrationandtouristcare.uk.gov.in/signin.php

Note: Tourists arriving from other cities must reach Delhi by 10:00 hrs. The vehicle will depart from the designated pick-up point at 11:00 hrs.

➢Morning, drive to Barkot, located on the foothills of Yamunotri,
➢enroute stop-over at the Kempty Falls of Mussoorie.
➢On arrival, check-in to your hotel.
➢Overnight stay at Barkot.

➢Early morning (5 am) with packed breakfast, we start our journey towards Janki Chatti.
➢Start the trekking Yatra of your tour towards Yamunotri Dham (5 Kms/2.5 – 3 hrs trek).
You can hire a Doli or a horse, for your trek (payable directly).
➢Arrive in Yamunotri, take a holy dip in hot Jamunabai Kund, then go for Temple darshan, after having Temple darshan you can also cook rice by packing it in a cloth and dipping it in the hot water of the kund nearby. Pilgrims take this cooked rice back to home as “Prasad”.
➢Take the same route back to Barkot, check in at Hotel.
➢Overnight stay at hotel in Barkot.

Yamunotri located at an altitude 3,291 m is the western most shrine of the Char Dham yatra, and is dominated by Banderpunch Mountains (6,361 m). Yamunotri is the source of the river Yamuna, the daughter of “Surya” the Sun. The actual source of the river originates from Champasar Glacier 1 km a head of the shrine, at an altitude of 4,321 mts.

➢Breakfast at hotel, check out and drive to Uttarkashi enroute visit Praketeshwar Mahadev Temple.

➢Arrival and check in at the hotel.

➢Upon arrival at Uttarkashi, check-in at the hotel, evening visit Vishwnath Temple

➢Overnight stay at Uttarkashi.

Uttarkashi is situated on the banks of river Bhagirathi and is famous for its historical monuments, Temples & Ashrams.

➢Early morning with packed breakfast, we drive to Gangotri.
➢Upon arrival, we take a holy dip in the river Ganges which is also called Bhagirathi at its origin. Visit the Gangotri Temple.
➢After performing Pooja, drive back to Uttarkashi enroute visiting Kashi Vishwanath Temple.
➢Overnight stay at Uttarkashi.

Gangotri: Nestled in the magnificent Garhwal Himalayas, Gangotri is set at an altitude of 3048 mts and is the highest shrine of Goddess Ganga. The 18th century’s temple dedicated to Goddess Ganga is located near a sacred stone where King Bhagirathi worshipped Lord Shiva. Ganga touched earth at this spot from the locks of Lord Shiva. The temple is at 20 ft. high structure made of white granite.

*Time permits, we can take halt at Harsil village viewpoint.

➢Early morning, light breakfast (due to long drive today), check out from the hotel and drive for Guptkashi, enroute visit Tehri Dam.
➢Today is the first time to see that beautiful river Mandakini at Tilwara. Mandakini river flows alongside the road to reach Guptakashi.
➢Evening check-in at hotel
➢Late evening, visit Ardh Narishwar Temple.
➢ Overnight stay in Guptkashi hotel.

➢Early morning at 4:00 am with packed breakfast, check out from the hotel and drive to Gaurikund en route visit sonprayag to see the confluence of Ganga and Mandakini River.
➢Arrive Gaurikund, we start your 16 kms trek to Kedarnath, lunch en route at Rambara (Payable directly).
➢Continue your trek to arrive by evening at the Kedarnath Camp. You can hire a Doli or a horse, for your trek (Payable Directly)
➢Evening Darshan of Shri Kedarnathji. Also visit Adi Shankaracharya Samadhi behind the temple.
➢Overnight stay at Camps. (only basic accommodation is available on sharing basis).

Trudging along with you are other pilgrims chanting “Jai Bholenath” on the way. Sometimes the mist would envelop the mountains and slowly lift away, revealing a shiny blinding-white peak that threatens to result in rains.

➢Attend aarti at the temple by 4:45 am ‘Abhishek’ to Kedarnath Shiva.
➢After darshan and puja, return to Camps.
➢Trek downwards for 16 kms from Kedarnath towards Gaurikund. The vehicles waits for you at Gaurikund and will drive you to hotel.
➢Overnight stay at Guptkashi hotel.

At Kedarnath temple, everyone can go inside Garbha Griha and touch the idol. You can also prostrate with your head touching the deity etc (Payable directly).

➢Check out of the hotel and drive to Badrinath via Joshimath.
➢Arrive at Badrinath (Must cross Govindghat before 5:30 pm).
➢Upon arrival check-in to the hotel.
➢Badrinath Temple darshan in the evening.
➢Overnight stay at hotel.

Before Badrinath Darshan, we will to go to Tapt Kund (Hot Spring), natural thermal spring located on the bank of Alaknanda River, take bath in the Kund and then go to the temple. Dedicated to Lord Vishnu, the temple of Shri Badrinath Ji is 15 meters in height, built in the form of a cone, with a small cupola of a gilt bull and spire.

➢Morning Badrinath Darshan, the holy abode of Lord Badri, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu.
➢Once you are at the temple, follow the tradition of taking a dip in the holy hot thermal spring at Tapt Kund and then enter the temple. After darshan return to hotel for breakfast
➢Explore local sightseeing of Badrinath, visit Mana Village, the last village before the Tibetan border, Bheem Pul, Vyas Gufa and Saraswati River.
➢Afternoon drive back to Rudraprayag via Karanprayag enroute visit Narsingh Temple and Adi Sankracharya Samadhi at Joshimath.
➢Overnight stay at Rudraprayag.

Rudraprayag is a small pilgrim town on the holy confluence of river Alaknanda and Mandakini.

➢Drive downhill to Rishikesh, On the way, we stop at Devprayag where the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi confluence to form river Ganga.
➢Upon reaching Rishikesh, visit Ram Jhula and Laxman Jhula.
➢Evening drive to Haridwar. Arrival and check- in at hotel.
➢Overnight stay at hotel.

After breakfast (9:00 am) drive back to Delhi. On arrival at Delhi, transfer to airport/railway station to catch the flight/train for onward destination.