Haridwar - Rishikesh Trip

Kaashyap · Oct 31st, 2009, 00:47

Hi Folks,

I am planning for a trip to Haridwar and Rishikesh in the month of January. Request you to please help me in preparing a schedule for this visit. I am planning to leave from Pune on the 21st of Jan and i reach Delhi and start my trip from there. I have allocated 5 days for this trip. Please guide me so that i can cover all the nearby places also. The 5 days includes a day or two for Delhi also.

So please help me..........

machadinha · Oct 31st, 2009, 01:47

Take note it will probably get quite busy (read: more than jam-packed) up there, because of next year's Kumbh Mela...

delhiwala · Nov 1st, 2009, 01:16

Yes ! It will be Kumbha Mela time then....

If it's only a visit for site seeing and not for attending Kumbha Mela, my suggestion will be to postpone the trip till the mela is over....

Kaashyap · Nov 2nd, 2009, 18:44

Hi Folks,

Thanks for the inputs. I am from South India so I do not have much idea about the Kumbh Mela, though i have heard about it a lot its just that i have not come across any one who has seen it personally. Just out of curiosity would like to know, i plan to land in Haridwar on 22nd or 23rd Jan and then travel to Rishikesh, by that time the Holy Snan would have been completed right, so it should be relative free is what i feel. Please let me know your views.

Please note that i am not trying to offend anyone here, but just expressing my views. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Aupmanyav · Nov 2nd, 2009, 19:00

Kumbham is a month long. You need to make definite staying arrangements.

JCSunshine · Nov 2nd, 2009, 19:04

I too am planning a trip to Haridwar and Rishikesh, but not until February 20th. Will I be able to find a place to stay with out pre-planning? Thanks!

machadinha · Nov 2nd, 2009, 21:46

In post #4 of that above Kumbh Mela thread, there is a listing of major dates. Said there to go on till April 28th.

I've never been yet, but wouldn't necessarily expect it to become all that "quiet" inbetween those dates. Maybe the difference between massive crowds and absolutely massive crowds, rather. (I suppose that period from mid-Feb. to mid-March may or may not be somewhat quieter. I really don't know.)

For staying there, I'd just start ringing around with some places (pick some from a guidebook or something) well in time, so as soon as you have some idea of when you'll want to be there. Just rocking up there would seem not recommendable to me, no.

(Word on this board has it btw that arriving in Haridwar for the festival other than by train -- which will no doubt book out way ahead, so a reserved ticket if that's what you want would be another thing to start looking into well ahead --, you'll get dumped an hour's walk outside of town. On packed roads, I would imagine.)

Kaashyap · Nov 3rd, 2009, 21:24

Thanks Everyone for the inputs. So I have decided to put this trip to Haridwar indefenitely. I will have to go back to my previous plan of Somnath Dwarka and nearby places.....

Any suggestions on that pls.....

Oct 31st, 2009, 00:47	#1
Kaashyap Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Pune Posts: 8	Haridwar - Rishikesh Trip Hi Folks, I am planning for a trip to Haridwar and Rishikesh in the month of January. Request you to please help me in preparing a schedule for this visit. I am planning to leave from Pune on the 21st of Jan and i reach Delhi and start my trip from there. I have allocated 5 days for this trip. Please guide me so that i can cover all the nearby places also. The 5 days includes a day or two for Delhi also. So please help me..........

Oct 31st, 2009, 01:47	#2
machadinha brother my cup is empty member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: yörp Posts: 14,392	Take note it will probably get quite busy (read: more than jam-packed) up there, because of next year's Kumbh Mela... __________________ Reading tips, all picked up at IndiaMike : INDAX's A Comprehensive Guide To India / Dinoj Surendran's Desi Humor / ITHVC on Culture Shock & Travel Health / JetLag Travel Guides For the Undiscerning Traveller / India Travel Links

Nov 1st, 2009, 01:16	#3
delhiwala IM what IM Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Indeyah ! Posts: 4,817	Yes ! It will be Kumbha Mela time then.... If it's only a visit for site seeing and not for attending Kumbha Mela, my suggestion will be to postpone the trip till the mela is over.... __________________ Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone. - The Dhammapada

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Nov 2nd, 2009, 18:44	#4
Kaashyap Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Pune Posts: 8	Hi Folks, Thanks for the inputs. I am from South India so I do not have much idea about the Kumbh Mela, though i have heard about it a lot its just that i have not come across any one who has seen it personally. Just out of curiosity would like to know, i plan to land in Haridwar on 22nd or 23rd Jan and then travel to Rishikesh, by that time the Holy Snan would have been completed right, so it should be relative free is what i feel. Please let me know your views. Please note that i am not trying to offend anyone here, but just expressing my views. Please correct me if I am wrong.

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Aupmanyav Search, be your own guru Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: New Delhi Posts: 607	Kumbham is a month long. You need to make definite staying arrangements.

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JCSunshine Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NYC Posts: 13	I too am planning a trip to Haridwar and Rishikesh, but not until February 20th. Will I be able to find a place to stay with out pre-planning? Thanks!

Nov 2nd, 2009, 21:46	#7
machadinha brother my cup is empty member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: yörp Posts: 14,392	In post #4 of that above Kumbh Mela thread, there is a listing of major dates. Said there to go on till April 28th. I've never been yet, but wouldn't necessarily expect it to become all that "quiet" inbetween those dates. Maybe the difference between massive crowds and absolutely massive crowds, rather. (I suppose that period from mid-Feb. to mid-March may or may not be somewhat quieter. I really don't know.) For staying there, I'd just start ringing around with some places (pick some from a guidebook or something) well in time, so as soon as you have some idea of when you'll want to be there. Just rocking up there would seem not recommendable to me, no. (Word on this board has it btw that arriving in Haridwar for the festival other than by train -- which will no doubt book out way ahead, so a reserved ticket if that's what you want would be another thing to start looking into well ahead --, you'll get dumped an hour's walk outside of town. On packed roads, I would imagine.)

Nov 3rd, 2009, 21:24	#8
Kaashyap Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Pune Posts: 8	Thanks Everyone for the inputs. So I have decided to put this trip to Haridwar indefenitely. I will have to go back to my previous plan of Somnath Dwarka and nearby places..... Any suggestions on that pls.....