Uttarakhand Tour Packages

Uttarakhand is the heart of spiritual awakening in India and represents the most natural beauty in India. Here there is a confluence of ancient pilgrimage traditions and awe-inspiring high-altitude landscapes existing in perfect harmony with our natural world, and therefore exemplifying the dance of life with nature’s eternal wonder. Many visitors only experience the highest peaks and the most well-known hill stations in Uttarakhand; however, the true character of Uttarakhand is found by those who are willing to look beyond the well beaten path and experience things that cannot be captured in photographs. When you arrive in Rishikesh, try to picture yourself sitting along the banks of the Ganges River at sunrise, and not for an Instagram post, but rather to understand why people throughout history have come here to find a transformed self through the Ganges Ghats. For every busy tourist-filled yoga school there is an equal number of tranquil meditation spots where locally based practitioners have been meditating for decades and where you are welcomed to join without any expectation or judgment. When you are in Nainital, the well known Nainital Lake becomes just one of the many backdrops for more meaningful and less well known evening strolls throughout the quieter parts of Nainital, where family owned bookstores and local dhabas expose you to the real essence of hill station life, well before mass tourism. Trekking through the stunning green forests and scenic meadows of Chopta, which many call “Kashmir of Uttarakhand,” provides you with an opportunity to walk in pristine air as you leave behind a large number of people and move closer to true mountain peace. Haridwar is not just about an array of religious ceremonies but it is also home to thousands of dedicated local individuals observing their faith every single day, with centuries-old devotion. When you experience the evening aarti at Har Ki Pauri as a living and breathing experience, it will become a meditation on faith itself, rather than as merely a performance. Almora allows you to stay in beautiful heritage homestays, set amongst the misty, lush green hills, having meals together with families that have lived here for generations; it is also an opportunity to learn about their lives and their longstanding recipes for traditional Kumaoni food. Mussoorie's colonial architecture combined with its beautiful pine trees provides a glimpse into history, especially early in the morning, before the day-trippers arrive, when the ghosts of a much quieter past can still be felt. The pilgrimage routes of Uttarakhand which lead to Kedarnath and Badrinath go beyond religion and specifically become individual pilgrimages, as personal journeys of transformation that occur through the shared struggle of both the arduous journey up the mountain and the spiritual realities of what these sites mean. Read More