Tour 15. Forgotten Uttarkand. Beautiful area in Himalayas. Delhi, Nainital, Almora, Mukteshwar, Jageshwar, Patal Bhuvaneshwar, Munsyary, Bageshwar, Kausani, Rudraprayag, Rishikesh, Haridwar. 15 days.

In this tour: wonderful mountain region Uttarkand. Full of ancient temples, monuments, artifacts and holy places. Region of beautiful nature from cozy hill-stations to 6000-meter Mountains. Old culture and traditional way of life are still alive here. This area is not high popular in touristic society, here you can still meet adventures and be face to face with wild nature and old culture. We will visit Jageshwaram ancient temples, go deep inside of Shiva cave – the most sacred place in the world, will make trellings in beautiful natural places, will swim in clean holy Ganga and take part in Haridwar Ganga aarti.

Day 1. Delhi.

Pick-up from airport. Depends on time of your flight you can sleep in Delhi hotel or start program straightly from the airport.

Today we will visit the best places in Delhi:

Gurudwara Bangla Sahib – beautiful temple of Sikh people with holy lake and canteen where everyone can have free food.

Colonial center with government buildings (Parliament, President Palace) and Indian Gate.

Qutub Minar – historical place with first mosque of India made from the pieces of 27^th Hindu temples and highest minaret.

Lotus temple – famous futuristic temple for meditation and pray for all religions followers.

Akchardham –white temple, one of the biggest and most beautiful temples with numerous amount of sculptures.

Cycle-rickshaw tour by the streets of one of the most interesting bazars in Delhi – Chandi-chowk, where you can see the real Indian life. Or we will have a walk by alive streets of Delhi.

Night in Delhi hotel.

Day 2. Delhi- Nainital. 

Early morning we will start our trip to Himalayas. The first stop is Nainital city – beautiful hill-station in low mountains, famous resort for indian people. (300km in 7h)

Here we will rest near the lake, take boat by the wish. We will visit main temple of the city – Naina Devi temple. If we come early enough – we can go outside of city to visit Kainchi Dham temple and ashram with beautiful views around.

Night in Nainital hotel.

Day 3. Nainital-Mukteshwar-Almora-Jageshwar.

Today we will visit several mountain places with beautiful nature and old interesting Hindu temples.

Mukteshwar temple and beautiful apple gardens around (46km in 2h)

Almora – Kasar Devi temple, walk to Chitai Bel temple, Katarmal Sun temple, optionally zoo with leopards (53km in 2h)

Low Jageshwar – beautiful ancient temples Jageshwar Dham. Upper Jageshwar– good place to stay for a night and see sunrise and sunset. Archeological museum. (35 km in 1,5h)

Night in Jageshwar hotel.

Day 4. Jageshwar-Patal Bhuvaneshwar.

In the morning we will have time to finish Jageshwar exploring and then we moving to Patal Bhuvaneshwar. (105 km in 3,5h)

Visit of Kali temple and other temples, ashrams and holi places around.

Night in Patal Bhuvaneshwar or nearby city hotel.

Day 5. Patal Bhuvaneshwar.

Today we will visit the very important place – Shiva underground kingdom in caves – the most holy place in the world. By wish we can make pooja with help of pandit. 160 meters way, 30 meters deep.

Then we can visit other temples, ashrams and holi places around.

Night in Patal Bhuvaneshwar or nearby city hotel.

Day 6. Patal Bhuvaneshwar – Munsyary.

Today we will move to Musyuary (130 km in 4,5h). Small town in beautiful places with great views on high snow mountains, especially on Panchchuli – the group of 6000 meters mountains

This place is the starting point for trackings. Depend on the interest of group we can organize small 1 days trackings around Munsyary or several days track with local guide and camping equipment (in standard tour there are 2 days for trackings, but it can be increased on any amount of days).

Night in Munsyary hotel or in track.

Day 7. Munsyary.

Tracking time.

Night in Munsyary hotel or in track.

Day 8. Munsyary.

Tracking time.

Night in Munsyary hotel or in track.

Day 9. Munsyary-Bageshwar-Kuasani. 

From today we will start moving to Rishikesh area with several stops on the way.

First Stop is in beautiful city Bageshwar situated on the Gomati river. Here we will visit Baghnat temple. (130km in 4,5h)

Then we will move more and stay for overnight to rest and enjoy relaxing atmosphere of Kausani (40 km in 1,5h)

Night in Kausani hotel.

Day 10. Kuasani-Rudraprayag. 

In the morning we will continue our way (140km in 5h).

Rudraprayag is city in the place of confluence Mandakini and Alakananda. Over-river briges, temples and alive Hinduism are here. Also Rudraprayag is famous with the story of leopard who ate a lot of people. But it is caught now)

Night in Rudraprayag hotel.

Day 11. Rudraprayag-Rishikesh. 

Today we will move to Rishikesh city (150km in 4,5h).

Rishikesh is famous as a world Yoga capital. However, not only yoga-adepts, but also everyone can spend here great time enjoying beautiful nature – clean Ganga River, waterfalls, surrounding hills and fresh weather.

After check-in to hotel and rest, we will have walking tour around Laxman Jula area by city streets and Ganga Ghats.

We will cross interesting Mountain Bridge and visit Shiva temple on the other side.

Night in Rishikesh hotel.

Day 12. Rishikesh.

In the morning you can have yoga class (optionally) as Rishikesh is the best place for it!

Today we will have small tour around Rishikesh: will visit Shiva Neelkhant temple outside of the city, go more up to see Parwati temple, will have small tracking in jungles and visit beautiful waterfall. Will find have today some viewpoints for great views and later will spend time on the beach near the crystal-clean water where you can swim (depends on time of the year).

Night in Rishikesh hotel.

Day 12. Rishikesh.

Today we will drive to Vasishtha cave outside of Rishikesh, will have there walk and swimming in Ganga.

Then you can optionally have free rest time or go for rafting which is very popular here or we can visit abandoned famous Beatles ashram.

Before sunset time, we will come to Ram Jula area and will see there the beautiful Ganga aarti – the ceremony of prey and devotion to Holy Ganga.

Night in Rishikesh hotel.

Day 13. Rishikesh-Haridwar. 

Today we will move to Haridwar city (1-2h way).

Here we will visit holy Devi temple, interesting old city with special atmosphere and in the evening will see aarti – the ceremony of pray to Holi river Ganga.

Night in Haridwar hotel.

Day 14. Haridwar-Delhi. 

Today it the last day of our tour. We will move from Rishikesh to Delhi (5h way). To the airport directly or to the hotel, depends on your future plans.