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Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand

Where the Ganga leaves the mountains

Pilgrimage routes, high meadows and river towns. Uttarakhand holds both the Char Dham circuit and some of the most walked trekking country in the Indian Himalaya.

Uttarakhand is where spiritual and adventure travel overlap most closely. Rishikesh and Haridwar sit where the Ganga reaches the plains, and the Char Dham route to Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath runs deep into the mountains above them. Further north are the flower meadows of the Valley of Flowers, the ski slopes at Auli, and long-standing trekking routes across the Garhwal and Kumaon hills. Nainital and Jim Corbett sit lower and stay open for most of the year.

When to go

The Char Dham temples open roughly late April and close around Diwali. The Valley of Flowers is at its best in the monsoon, July to early September.

Alpine meadow in flower below peaks in the Valley of Flowers, UttarakhandAnshusk / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Trips

Journeys in Uttarakhand

The view from Hemkund Sahib, high above Ghangaria in the Garhwal Himalaya

5 Nights / 6 Days

Coming Soon

Valley of Flowers Trek

A monsoon-season trek to the flower meadows above Ghangaria, in the Garhwal Himalaya.

Route
Rishikesh - Joshimath - Ghangaria - Valley of Flowers
Next departure
7 - 12 Aug 2027

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