May/June 2 Week Itinerary

mbcorwin

Hi all-

First off, thanks for all your help already - reading the other itineraries around the site has been extremely helpful (I almost ended up in Rajasthan in the middle of the summer! ).

Below is my current plan - please let me know your thoughts!

May 25 - Fly in to Mumbai (visit friends who are living there)
May 26 - Mumbai
May 27 - Mumbai
May 28 - Mumbai
May 29 - to Amritsar (NEED ADVICE ON FLY VS. TRAIN)
May 30 - Amritsar
May 31 - Amritsar
June 1 - to Haridwar
June 2 - Haridwar
June 3 - to Delhi
June 4 - Delhi
June 5 - Agra
June 6 - Delhi/late flight back to NY

SHAILESH

HI,
I am living in mumbai, looking at your itineraries, I would suggest that if you go by train, it will take 2 days from mumbai to amritsar. so, you will have to reduce your stay if you travel by train. Even if you want to travel by train, I would suggest you to book the train tickets well in advance. Or it will be anyday better to fly. As there are a lot of discounted tickets available if you book well in advance. That will save time and money.
When you are in Amritsar, Do visit Wagha Border( INDO-PAK BORDER) Parade, its worth seeing. If you are fond of spicy food, Visit Kesar Da Dhaba in Amritsar and drink lassi ( Thick butter milk )

mbcorwin

Shailesh - thanks for your input. Any suggestions on places that will be cool during the summer that might be a better trip than Amritsar/Haridwar?

mr_rush

Amritsar will be baking hot.

mbcorwin

Thanks to those who gave me input, either on the board or via PM. Let me know what you think about my updated itinerary!

24-May Mumbai (visiting friends who have been living there)
25-May Mumbai
26-May Mumbai
27-May Mumbai
28-May Mumbai
29-May Mumbai
SAMPARK KRANTHI -> Chandigarh (depart 11:15)
30-May Arrive Chandigarh (15:30)
Midnight bus to Manali
31-May Manali
1-Jun Manali
Bus to Shimla
2-Jun Shimla
3-Jun Shimla
SML KLK PASS -> Kalka (depart 14:25, arr 20:10)
KALKA MAIL -> Delhi (depart 23:45, arr 6:30)
4-Jun Delhi
5-Jun Delhi
6-Jun Delhi (11:30 PM departure to NY )

ananda2193

It looks more enjoyable. It's best to be in the mountains at that time.
There's soo many possibilities of places to go for the short time your there. I personally like the Kumaon District north of Delhi. It's closer to Delhi, so it might give you a day or 2 extra up there.

www.kmvn.org is a good site of info on that area.

mbcorwin

Thanks for the input Ananda - is the Kumaon region much closer to Delhi? If so, maybe I'll pass on Manali and shorten my travel time...

ananda2193

You can't get to manali by train, only bus, but you can get a night train to Kathgodam from Delhi which leaves Delhi around 10 p.m and gets into Kathgodam at around 6:30 a.m..From there you can get a bus or shuttle up to Nainital and beyond. It's about an hour up to Nainital by bus. From Nainital it's anywhere from a few hours or more to other popular places.

http://nainital.nic.in/

www.nainitaltourism.com

From Nainital you can see places like Kausani, Ranikhet, Binsar, Jageshwar, Almora, etc.

You would probably save around 4 or more hours in travel time each way if you went to Kumaon.