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CYCLE TOUR UTTARANCHAL
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DAY
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Delhi |
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Previous day or early morning, arrive in Delhi
and transfer to hotel.
Sightseeing : QUTAB MINAR - HUMAYUN'S TOMB
- RED FORT - RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN - INDIA GATE...
NEW DELHI : New Delhi is the capital of India and its third-largest
city. In Old Delhi you will find many mosques, monuments
and forts relating to India's Muslim history. The other
Delhi in New Delhi, the imperial city created as the capital
of India by the British. It is a spacious, open city and
contains many embassies and government buildings. |
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02 |
Delhi- Corbett (1100 m) |
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| CORBETT NATIONAL PARK : Established
in 1936 as India's first national park, Corbett is famous
for its wide variety of wildlife and its beautiful location.
It covers 520 sq. km. on the banks of the Ramganga River
in the foothills of the Himalaya. It may seem incongruous
for a national park to be named after a famous British
hunter-Jim Corbett is best known for his book The man-eaters
of Kumaon, and was greatly revered by local people for
shooting tigers that had developed a liking for human
flesh. More commonly seen wildlife includes wild elephant,
langur monkey (black face, long tail), rhesus macaque,
peacock, and several types of deer including chital, sambar,
hog deer and barking-deer, monitor lizard, wild boar and
jackal. |
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03 |
Corbett National Park |
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| A full day to explore the park. |
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| DAY
04 |
Corbett - Thalisain (1350
m) |
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Biking to Thalisain. |
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05 |
Thalisain - Mandakal
(1495 m) |
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Biking to Manadakal |
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06 |
Mandakal - Pauri (1814
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| PAURI : Situated at a height
of 1,818 m, is the capital of the foot hill district,
this town with a population of 15,000 is an area of imaginative
scenery, incredible landscapes and delightful weather.
Bhuvaneshwari Devi Temple is located near the town of
Pauri. |
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Pauri - Srinagar (579
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| SRINAGAR : At an altitude of
579 m (1,900 ft.), where the cold, placid waters of the
Alaknanda flow on unhindered Srinager, was founded by
King Ajaypal of Tehri Garhwal in the 14th century and
was its capital till 1803. During the halcyon days of
the Maharajas of Garhwal, Srinager was the home of the
famous Garhwal School of Painting. |
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| DAY
08 |
Srinager - Rudraprayag
(610 m) |
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| RUDRAPRAYAG : Rudraprayag at
an altitude of 610 meters (2,000 ft. ). The confluence
of the Mandakini from Kedarnath and the Alaknanda flowing
from Badrinath, this is the point where the road branches
of to both the shrines. The ancient Narad Muni meditated
here for several years at the temple of Rudranath. With
a population of 5,000 Rudraprayag is at the junction of
the three hill districts of Pauri, Tehri and Chamoli. |
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| DAY
09 |
Rudraprayag - Karanpratag
(788 m) |
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| KARANPRAYAG : At a height of
788 m (2,600 ft.), Karanprayag is the place where centuries
ago, Karna, hero of the Mahabharata, worshipped Saturn
(Surya) or the Sun God. Nanda Devi towering above at 7,816
m (25,634 ft.), and surrounded by an array of glittering
peaks, Trishul, Drona Giri, Narad Ghunti, Mrigathuni and
Maiktoli. It is the ancient temple, devoted to Uma and
Karna. |
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| DAY
10 |
Karanpratag - Chamoli
(960 m)
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| CHAMOLI : Chamoli is mentioned
in the Taleshwar Copper Plate Grant, one of the plates
left behind by the ancient Katyuri kings, who ruled Kumaon
from the Gupta dynasty (3rd century AD) onward till the
14th century when the Chand kings, rose to power. At a
height of 960 m (3,500 ft.) this pretty little town is
the capital of Chamoli which is the middle district of
the three border districts and which is covered by the
basin of the Alaknanda. |
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| DAY
11 |
Chamoli - Helang (1524
m) |
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| HELANG : At an altitude of
1,524 m (5,000 ft.). Nestling in the beautiful valley
of Urgam is Kalpeshwar Temple, one of the Punch Kedras,
where there is an ancient temple to Shiva. |
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| DAY
12 |
Helang - Joshimath (1875
m) |
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| JOSHIMATH : Winter seat of
the Rawal Sahib of the Badrinath shrine. Joshimath is
the home of the semi-pastoral Bhotias, an Indo-Mongolian
people. |
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Joshimath - Sri Badrinath
(3096 m) |
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| SRI BADRINATH : No pilgrimage
is complete till a visit to this beautiful 15.25 m (50
ft.) tall shrine on the right bank of the Rishi Ganga
(Alaknanda). The Naga Parbat, over which the Neelkanth
Peak looms, almost directly above, is believed to contain
riches beyond belief. |
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14 |
Sri Badrinath |
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| Free day to explore the area. |
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| DAY
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Sri Badrinath - Auli
(2519 m) |
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| AULI : No matter where you
are, if you are looking for the best ski slopes, come
to Auli. And for those who year to learn no other place
matches Auli. Aside from providing a 3 km long slope (ranging
from 2519 m to 3049 m), it offers a 180 panoramic view
of peaks like the Nanda Devi (7817 m), Kamet (7756 m),
Mana Parbat (7273 m) and Dunagiri (7066 m). |
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| DAY
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Auli - Chamoli (960
m) |
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Chamoli - Rudraprayag
(610 m) |
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| DAY
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Rudraprayag - Deoprayag
(618 m) |
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| DEOPRAYAG : Where the Bhagirathi
and the Alaknanda become the Ganges. Deoprayag
is, in a literal sense the birth place of the Ganges and
is next only to Prayagraj in its importance as the Ganges
flowed from Shiva's locks. At an altitude of 618 m (2,000
ft.) here are ancient temples of Raghunathji and Lord
Shiva which are both landmarks as well as the Raghunath
Kirti Mahavidyalaya, the headquarters of the pandas of
Badrinath. |
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19 |
Deoprayag - Rishikesh
(335 m) |
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RESHIKESH : Rishikesh, situated
on the right bank of river Ganga and surrounded on three
sides by Himalayan ranges, known from medieval time as
celestial abode, is a great pilgrimage center of India,
attracting a large number of pilgrimage center of India,
attracting a large number of pilgrims. It is believed
that Bharat, brother of Lord Rama, subjected himself to
severe penance here. A temple known as Bharat Temple was
later constructed at the site and the town of Reshikesh
sprang up around the temple. It has since been the abode
of saints and sages from where they sojourn before undertaking
the arduous pilgrimage that lay ahead on the distant Himalayan
peaks.
This is the gateway to the kingdom of gods and pilgrimage
to Badrinath. Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri are clustered
with Ashrams, Tourist Rest Houses and Dharamsalas. |
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| DAY
20 |
Rishikesh
- Delhi |
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| DAY
21 |
Delhi. Rest and shopping.
Transfer to airport. |
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