Chardham Yatra

The Holy Land of Lord Shiva

Char Dham Yatra is a tour of the four Hindu shrines namely Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath. These shrines are located in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand. The holy river Yamuna originates from Yamunotri, Maa Ganga from Gangotri, Mandakani from Kedarnath and Alakhnanda, Saraswati from Badrinath ji. Kedarnath is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas of Shiva in India which is considered to be the main places of worship of Lord Shiva.

Brief Itinerary

Day	Highlights
Day 1	arrival in dehradun
Day 2	dehradun to yamunotri
Day 3	yamunotri to gangotri
Day 4	gangotri to kedarnath
Day 5	kedarnath to badrinath
Day 6	badrinath to dehradun(sahastradhara)

Highlights

Helicopter Ride Ex Dehradun
Darshan of Yamunotri, Gangotrin, Kedarnath & Badrinath ji
One night stay at each Dham
Ponies or Palkis at Yamunotri Dham
Shuttle service at Kedamath ji
VIP Darshan Slip at Kedarnath & Badrinath Ji (As per the Government guidelines)
One Night Pre tour complimentary accommodation at Dehradun

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 : arrival in dehradun

Our services will start with pickup, either from the airport or Railway station. Our tour starts from next day, however today’s stay in Dehradun is a complimentary sojourn organized by the company for the guests. We will drive to the hotel to check in. The rest of the day is free for you to relax or explore the city of Dehradun.

Overnight stay in Dehradun.

Day 2 : dehradun to yamunotri

Our journey starts early in the morning as the weather tends to stay stable in the morning. We will take pack breakfast from the hotel & will check out and drive to the helipad for our flight. Load being an essential part of the helicopter flying logistics, we only allow maximum 5kgs of luggage to be carried by each passenger The reshuffling of the luggage can be done the previous night itself so that you are not in a rush to leave for the charter. The extra baggage can be stored in the hotel. It takes around 10 mins drive from the hotel to they Sahastradhara helipad. We take off for Kharsali helipad. Our staff at Kharsali will receive you and take you to your hotel to check in and later we will begin our journey for Yamunotri Dham. We can take Palkis or ponies as per availability. The trek is approximately 6 kms long and takes around 5-6 hours to complete the round trip. We will be back to the resort by afternoon and stay overnight at the hotel.

Overnight stay in Kharsall.

Day 3 : yamunotri to gangotri

Today after breakfast we will check out from the hotel and head towards the helipad to catch our flight to Gangotri. The helipad we land at is called Harsil, one of the most beautiful and scenic sites in the Chardham sector. Our staff will lead you to the hotel for check in. The Gangotri Dham is around 25 kms from Harsil and takes around an hour to drive. We will head out in our cars for Gangotri Dham. The round trips take around 3 to 3.5 hours. Once back you can explore the beautiful localities like the shiv temple in Harsil, walks to villages like Bagodi and mukwa.

Overnight stay in Harsil.

Day 4 : gangotri to kedarnath

Post breakfast we check out from the hotel and head out to the helipad for our next flight to Phata or Guptkashi. Once there we, as per the guidelines of the state govt, change the helicopter and switch to the shuttle service, which will take us to the Kedarnath Temple. The temple is only around 500mts from the helipad at Kedarnath dham. It approximately takes around 2 hours to do the darshan at temple. If time permits then you can also visit the Bhairon mandir (Optional) Later we fly back in the shuttle service to Phata/Guptkashi and head to the hotel

NOTE – There might be a waiting time of around 1 to 2 hours at Phata to switch to shuttle service. As much as we would like to expedite the transfer to shuttle, multiple factors like backlog, weather, passenger load at shuttle service affect the logistics resulting in the wait.

Overnight stay in Phata/Sersi/Guptkashi.

Day 5 : kedarnath to badrinath

After breakfast we will head to the Phata/ Guptkashi helipad to catch our flight to Badrinath ji. We land at helipad close to Badrinath. We will take the cars and drive to our hotel in Badrinath to check in. Later in the day we will head out to visit the temple. It takes approximately around 1-2 hours to do the Darshan Other attractions at Badrinath are hot springs, evening arti (on direct payment basis) and if time permits then we can also visit mana village, the last village on the Indian side before the Tibet border. This would be the completion of our Chardham yatra and next day we head back to Dehradun.

Overnight stay in Badrinath.

Day 6 : badrinath to dehradun (sahastradhara)

After breakfast we will check out and drive to the helipad at Badrinath. Our estimated time of arrival in Sahastradhara would be around 0815 AM. Once there we can drive to the hotel to collect the baggage and then head to airport or railway station. End of services