Help : Novice wanting to go on a holiday. Expert advice needed :)

jayvmehta

Hello all,

This is my first post here, i and a few friends (2 in nos) are planning a 10 days holiday. But the problem is we are not much travelled and have very less clue about north india. I am looking for expert advice in terms of which area would be best to vist and also area around the same which can be visited.

Places which interest us are : gangotri / binsar / almora
Places which dont interest us are : jim corbett.

I dont mind going for a trek in one of those 10 days. BUt please guys leet me know which is the area that we need to hit.
Is uttaranchal a good idea ? can we have good fun in 7 days (3 days for travel from mumbai) or any othere place where we can look at different places but only the limited days.

As you would have seen i am tootally confused about where i should go. so please friends do help me.

cheers,
j

Piyush

Hi Jayvmehta..welcome to IndiaMike....Yes Uttranchal is a good choice..10 days is good enough time to explore either Kumaun or Garhwal.
Almora,Ranikhet,Binsar,Nainita l all are close to each other.
Best time to visit is March/April and September/October..
If you want to go for trek....
1) Pindari Glacier (soft trek)
2) Kafni Glacier (soft trek)
can be done easily in 6 days(3 up +3 down)

jayvmehta

so uttaranchal is a good idea ? right ? any specifics that i HAVE to see ?

capt_mahajan

You need to go through the threads here in the "Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand" forum

A wealth of information on Uttaranchal/Uttarakhand.

I suggest,

fly to Delhi
overnight train to Haldwani

7 days in Binsar/Chaukori/Munsiyari range.

Dilliwala

Yes, do the above.
Gangotri is closed this time of year.

Almoraboy

hey, if you are looking about information on trekking in good old uttarakahnd, hope my blog is helpful.

the link is: http://almoraboy.blogspot.com/2006/0...himalayas.html

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gypsyqueen

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