Planning for the next adventure
As I said before: Man proposes God disposes. I am just planning the North India trip which was curtailed when I hot tailed back to the UK from New Zealand in March 2020.
1 Sept Thurs; Arrive New Delhi (Broadway Hotel). Met at airport by presentative
of Trinetra Tours 34 - 25
2 Sept Fri Rest
Trinetra tours
3 Sept Sat Akshardham Temple, Noida Ashram
4 Sept Sun Moth Ki Masjid and Hanuman Temple
TOUR OF THE HIMALAYAS WITH RISHIKESH TOURS
5 Sept Mon Leave New Delhi for Ranikent. (1869m – 17 - 25 I assume your driver will pick me up from the Hotel. I will probably stay at the Hotel Broadway.
En-route you make a brief visit to Kainchi Dham, Neem Karoli Baba Ashram, to seek a blessing from the immortal Guru. After that, you will reach Ranikhet by 5 pm. For the next 3 days, we will be making overnights stay here in Ranikhet.
6 Sep Tues Free day - Ranikent
This day you do not move for any scheduled excursion, you take your free time to build a relationship with the nature of the Himalayas, take a long walk in the Forest Healing Center Ranikhet nearby, interact with local and make the Himalaya your friend
7 Sept Wed Babaji’s cave
Post breakfast, check-out and you will drive to Kukuchina (2407m) village, it is a point of beginning your long-awaited spiritual quest to assimilate a divine aura of Mahavatar Babaji cave. From Kukuchina, you have a trek of 60-90 minutes to reach Babaji Cave. After reaching there, you get plenty of free time to observe silence in the cave or nearby cave on your own; there is also a Hut of YSS, Dwarahat Ashram. So, you can join the collective meditation retreat. The cave is the place, where, Babaji revived Kriya Yoga through Lahiri Mahasaya.
8 Sept Thurs Free day - Ranikent
9 Sept Fri Kausani (1004m) 18 – 22)– Gwaldham (1940m 14 – 4)
After morning breakfast, check out from the Hotel, drive to Kausani, en-route sightseeing, the Baijnath Dham, a Shiva Temple in Kausani, the Bageshwar Dham, Bag river & temples. Later, drive to Gwaldham, in the late afternoon, check into Hotel of Gwaldham, have free time in the evening to walk nearby places, have a relax, dinner & overnight stay at Hotel in Gwaldham.
10 Sept Sat Gwaldham – Joshimat (1934m -23 -13)
Breakfast at Hotel, check out, drive to Joshimath via Gwaldham & Karnprayag. En-route visit Buddhist Gompa Temple in Gwaldham which has a picturesque location at a height of 2000 meters and enjoy and experience the scenic Himalayan nature. It offers a panoramic, 180-degree view of the snow-clad Himalayan Mountains. Later in the afternoon, you will be reaching Karnprayag, the confluence place of 2 Himalayan holy rivers, the Alaknanda river & Ram Ganga river, later, continue to drive to Joshimath, upon arrival at Joshimath, check into Hotel, after that, you have free time to move in this tiny town on your own, have dinner & overnight stay at Hotel in Joshimath.
11 Sept Sun Joshimath – Sri Badrinath
Morning breakfast, check out & visit Joshi Math group of temples and the nature-made cave where Adi Shankaracharya meditated, then drive straight to Sri Badrinath Ji. Joshimath is a winter seat of lord Shri Badrinath Ji, for six months the idol of Sri Badrinath Ji is kept in Joshimath Temple.
Upon arrival, check into Hotel. Later in the afternoon, drive to the last village of India, which is called “ Mana village”,(3200m 8) which is populated by the ethnic Tibetan Buddhist people, in the late evening, drives back to Badrinath. Have dinner & overnight stay in Hotel. [There was a problem with his last time and you suggested visiting Auli a Himalayan ski resort and hill station and taking the cable car to Auli and seeing the Valley of Flowers National Park.
12 Sept Mon Joshimath – relax
After breakfast, visit Sri Badri Vishal temple to participate in the morning puja and the meeting with the chief priest of the temple, Sri Rawal Ji & the rest of the day, you are free to explore the town on your own, Dinner & overnight stay.
13 Sept Tues Joshimat - Rudraprayag (895m 15 – 5)
Post breakfast at the hotel, check out and drive to Rudraprayag, en-route visit Vishnu Prayag, a confluence of two divine Himalayan rivers, Koteshwar Mahadev Temple, is a cave temple, perched on a deep narrow valley between two Himalayan mountains, on the bank of the Alakananda in Rudraprayag. Rudraprayag is a district centre and famous for its religious importance, is a confluence of Alaknanda & Mandakini. Later check-in and rest of the day, you have free time to relax. Dinner & overnight stay
14 Sept Wed Rudraprayag Rishikesh (372m 19 – 33)
After breakfast, You will proceed for the Rishikesh, en-route visit, Dhari Devi temple, a floating temple in the Alakananda river, Devprayag, a confluence place of Bhagirathi river & Alaknanda the river along with Raghunath, an ancient temple of Lord Rama, later, travelling down towards Rishikesh town.
En-route stop at the sage Vashisht Cave, which is located by the river Ganges in the midst of natural settings, have free time to observe silence in the cave or those, who wish to take a deep in the river, they can take. After that, drive to Rishikesh, which is a 1-hour distance from the cave, upon arrival in Rishikesh, check-in, dinner & overnight stay.
15 Sept Thurs Rishikesh
Breakfast at the hotel, first a visit the Divine Life Society Ashram, Swami Sivananda. The ashram houses the Samadhi Shrine of Swami Ji. Here, in the Ashram, you have free time to explore on your own, then drive to the Laxman Jhula, a hanging iron-wired bridge& Kriya Yoga Ashram, Tapovan Saray.
Later, drive back to the hotel for the lunch and you have free time to explore the river on your own till the late afternoon, later, drive and walk for the evening Ganga Aarti of Parmath Niketan. Dinner & overnight stay.
16 Sept Fri Rishkesh
Visit Sarg Ashram, trek to Patna water fall, visit Divine Ganga Hotel and Ashram next to it.
17 Sept Sat Flight home from Jolly Grant Airport in Dehradun to New Delhi
New Delhi to London.
If not possible to connect with flight to London on Saturday can stay Saturday in Rishikesh and leave for Delhi and London flight on Sunday. It would be nice to spend Sat 17 in Rishikesh and return on
Sunday.
