CHARDHAM BY HELICOPTER

This is the reporting day at Dehradun, which is our main base (starting
& ending point) for the Heli-tour.
Touriszm Tales will arrange this extra night halt for the passengers with dinner
and breakfast, to wind down and be fully ready for the journey ahead.
Passengers will be picked up from Dehradun Airport/railway station/bus stand
according to their arrival timings.
In the evening, there will be a Tour Briefing by our Dehradun team, which will
be conducted at 1900 Hrs. Duffel bags will be provided during the tour briefing,
in which necessary luggage will have to be packed by the passengers –
Maximum 5 kg/person will be permitted.

This is the starting day of the Chardham yatra. Passengers will check-out from
the hotel at 06:30 am, after an early morning breakfast. They will be picked-up
from the Hotel by our team & taken to Sahastradhara Helidrome.
Heli-base in Kharsali, where our ground staff would welcome the passengers.
The staff will then get the passengers settled in the hotel, which is at a walking
distance from the helipad.
After reaching the hotel, the passengers will be taken for darshan as soon as
possible, to avoid yatra rush.
Approximate time taken for Yamunotri Temple Darshan: Approximately 05hrs
30mins (round-trip). Yamunotri trek is 06 km one-way.
Sightseeing at Kharsali: Hot Spring at Yamunotri Temple, Yamuna Mata Temple,
Shani Temple.

After breakfast, passengers will check-out by 0730 hrs.
Arrival at Jhalla helipad will at 0830 Hrs.
After landing at Jhalla, passengers will be taken to Harsil village & checked-in
the hotel.
Harsil – The second destination of our tour, also known for the abundant apple
orchards there, is the most scenic and beautiful destination of this tour.
Passengers will be taken for Gangotri Dham darshan before or after lunch –
Depending on rush.

Approximate Time taken for Gangotri Temple Darshan: 3hrs 30 mins (round-
trip). The road distance to Gangotri temple is approx. 25 km, which is roughly a

50-minute drive.
Sightseeing at Harsil: Bagodi Village / Ancient Hindu Temple in Harsil. Other
than this, Harsil also has many nearby nature-walks to explore.

After breakfast, passengers will check-out by 0730 hrs.
Arrival at Sersi Heli-base will be at 0900 Hrs.
Passengers will be ferried to Kedarnath Dham for darshan in a shuttle services
flight.
Approximate time taken for Kedarnath Temple Darshan: 02 hours.
The shuttle services flight Sersi to Kedarnath is apporx. 07 minutes long.
Passengers might be ferried in different shuttle services flights, in view of the
maximum weight carrying capacity of the aircraft at a high-altitude destination
such as Kedarnath.
Sightseeing at Sersi: Triyuginarayan Temple – It is the venue of the celestial
marriage of Lord Shiva & Goddess Parvati.

Passengers will check-out by 0500/0530 Hrs.
Arrival at Badrinath will be 0630 hrs.
Passeneger will first check-in to the hotel and have breakfast. Darshan and
sight-seeing will be done after breakfast or lunch – Depending on rush.
Approximate time taken for Badrinath Temple Darshan: Approx. 01-1.5 Hrs.
Passengers will be taken from hotel to the temple by car.
Sightseeing at Badrinath: Mana Village – Known as the ‘Last village of India’,
due to its proximity to the China border.
Evening Aarti at Badrinath Temple – Swaran/Chandi Aarti (on additional direct
payment basis at Badrinath).

Passengers will check-out by 0530/0545 Hrs.
On arrival, our team will receive the passengers.
Then passengers will be taken to the Dehradun hotel to collect their luggage
from cloak rooms, and then have breakfast.
Later they’ll be dropped to airport/railway station, where we bid farewell to the
passengers.