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TOURS IN HIMALAYA DELHI - RISHIKESH - TEHRI - DHARASU - DHARAN - UTTARKASHI - BHATWARI - HARSIL - GANGOTRI - NAINBAGH - MUSSOORIE - DEHRADUN - DELHI DAYS 18
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01 In the night or early morning arrive Delhi, transfer to hotel. After rest, sightseeing. NEW DELHI : New Delhi is the capital of India and its third-largest city. The city actually consists of two parts. Delhi or `Old' Delhi was the capital of Muslim India between the 12th and 19th centuries. In Old Delhi you will find many mosques, monuments and forts relating to India's Muslim history. The other Delhi is 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. QUTAB MINAR - HUMAYUN'S TOMB - RED FORT - CHANDNI CHOWK - JAMA MASJID - RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN - INDIA GATE. DAY 02 Rishikesh RiSHIKESH : 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. DAY 03
Cycle trek starts Rishikesh / Tehri 770 Mts. The kitchen staff and luggage will go by truck. TEHRi : Age old capital of royalty - Situated on the bank of Bhagirathi, the town is surrounded by well developed terraces from Bhatwari to Pauri while forests of birch and pine cover the steep hill sides. In this romantic town are palaces, temples built by the old rulers. DAY 04 TEHRI - DHARASU 1036 Mts. DHARAN : From Tehri the road begins to rise, winding its way along the Bhagirathi and passing through a fertile valley studded with patches of trees and clusters of small houses. Here the Khuromla meets the Bhagirathi and the roads to Uttarkhashi and Gangotri trails its way along the banks of the Bhagirathi. DAY 05 DHARASU - UTTARKASHI 1158 Mts. UTTARKASHI : On the banks of the Bhagirathi, surrounded by the rivers Varuna and Assi, this sacred fast developing town is the capital of the newly constituted western most district of the UTTARKHAND. DAY 06 UTTARKASHI - BHATWARI 1218 Mts. BHATWARI : is an important town, with a small market. DAY 07
BHATWARI - HARSIL 2623 Mts. HARSIL : This beautiful sylvan hamlet with its winding shady roads, swinging conifers, sun-kissed mountains and scintillating Bhagirathi to add to its allure, charmed a British settler who introduced apple trees here. DAY
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GANGOTRI
beyond the gorge where the Jadh Ganga meets the Bhagirathi,
heralding the approach of the Gangotri temple, the narrow,
Bhagirathi ravine, dramatic and beautifully wooded, opens out
into the Goddess Ganga stands on the right bank simple, but
dignified in the valley of the gods surrounded by the majesty of
the mountains, the beauty of nature . A valley flanked by jagged
snowy peaks. Here is the start point of Ganga River source
pilgrimage which attracts every year thousands of devotees. DAY 09 Rest day in Gangotri and explore the surroundings. DAY 10 GANGOTRI - GANGNANI 2133 Mts. GANGNANI : a little paradise offering peace and solitude, surrounded by beauty and overlooked by the snows, is an ideal place for meditation. There are hot water springs. DAY 11 GANGNANI - UTTARKASHI 1158 Mts. DAY 12 UTTARKASHI - BARHMAKHAL 1958 Mts. DAY 13 BARHMAKHAL - BARKOT 2118 Mts. DAY 14 BARKOT - NAINBAGH 1115 Mts DAY 15 NAINBAGH - MUSSOORIE 2005 Mts. MUSSOORIE : Rising as a horseshoe shaped foothill that overlooks on the one side, the great plains sweltering in their pestilential heat with the holy Ganga, oiling its way through slowly, sluggishly across them, on the other, the vibrant, magnetic, silhouette of the Himalaya, is Mussoorie where the mountains to gay and the nobility mingles with the elite, when they sojourn there for the summer, as they did in the past and as they shall continue to do so in the future. DAY 16 FREE IN MUSSOORIE DAY 17 MUSSOORIE - DEHRADUN - DELHI . DAY
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