CHARDHAM YATRA BY HELICOPTER 5NIGHTS &6DAYS
6 Days
| PLACE | HOTELS |
| Dehradun | Lemon Tree Valley View (Breakfast & Dinner basis) |
| Kharsali | The Divine Yamuna resort (All Meals) |
| Harsil | The Namami Retreat (All Meals) |
| Phata | Half Moon Resort (All Meals) |
| Badrinath | Yoga Premium (All Meals) |
MEAL PLAN – All Meals – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included except at Dehradun where only Breakfast & Dinner is included
- Hotels & rooms are subject to sudden change at times, due to unavoidable circumstances
- Rooms are booked on double or triple sharing basis only
- If any guest requires a single occupancy room, it shall be extra chargeable @ INR30,000/person (tax inclusive)
CHARDHAM YATRA WITH AIRBORNE HELICOPTERS
Flight of Spirituality
HIGHTLIGHTS
- 1. Helicopter Ride Ex Dehradun
- 2. Darshan of Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath & Badrinath ji
- 3. One night stay at each dham
- 4. Ponies or Palkis at Yamunotri dham
- 5. Shuttle service at kedarnath ji
- 6. VIP Darshan Slip at Kedarnath & Badrinath Ji (As per the Government guidelines)
- 7. One Night Pre-tour complimentary accommodation at Dehradun
DAY TO DAY ITINERARY
Our services will start with pickup, either from the airport or Railway station. Our tour starts from next day, however today’s stay in Dehradun is a complimentary sojourn organized by the company for the guests. We will drive to the hotel to check in. The rest of the day is free for you to relax or explore the city of Dehradun.
OVERNIGHT STAY – DEHRADUN
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 0800 hrs | Leave hotel |
| 0900 hrs | ETD from Sahastradhara helipad |
| 0930 hrs | Leave ETA at Kharsali Helipad in Yamunotrit |
Our journey starts at a leisurely pace. We will leave the hotel after breakfast and drive to the helipad for our flight. Load being an essential part of the helicopter flying logistics, we only llow maximum 4kgs of luggage to be carried by each passenger. The reshuffling of the luggage can be done the previous night itself so that you are not in a rush to leave for the charter. The extra baggage can be stored in the hotel. It takes around 10 mins drive from the hotel to the sahastradhara helipad. We take off for Kharsali helipad. Our staff at Kharsali will receive you and take you to your hotel to check in and later we will begin our journey for Yamunotri Dham. We can take Palkis or ponies as per availability. The trek is approximately 6 kms long and takes around 5 – 6 hours to complete the round trip. We will be back to the resort by afternoon and stay overnight at the hotel.
OVERNIGHT STAY – KHARSALI
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 0930 hrs | ETD from Kharsali helipad |
| 1000 hrs | ETA at Harsil Helipad |
Today after breakfast we will check out from the hotel and head towards the helipad to catch our flight to Gangotri. The helipad we land at is called Harsil, one of the most beautiful and scenic sites in the chardham sector. Our staff will lead you to the hotel for check in. The gangotri dham is around 25 kms from Harsil and takes around an hour to drive. We will head out in our cars for gangotri dham. The round trips takes around 3 to 3.5 hours. Once back you can explore the beautiful localities like the shiv temple in Harsil, walks to villages like Bagodi and mukwa.
OVERNIGHT STAY – HARSIL
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 1000 hrs | ETD from Harsil helipad |
| 1030 hrs | ETA at Phata/Sitapur Helipad |
Post breakfast we check out from the hotel and head out to the helipad for our next flight to Phata or Sitapur. Once there we, as per the guidelines of the state govt, change the helicopter and switch to the shuttle service, which will take us to the Kedarnath Temple. The temple is only around 500mts from the helipad at Kedarnath dham. It approximately takes around 2 hours to do the darshan at temple. If time permits then you can also visit the Bhairon mandir (Optional). Later we fly back in the shuttle service to Phata/Sitapur and head to the hotel.
There might be a waiting time of around 1 to 2 hours at phata to switch to
shuttle service. As much as we would like to expedite the transfer to shuttle, multiple factors like backlog, weather, passenger load at shuttle service affect the logistics resulting in the wait.
OVERNIGHT STAY – PHATA/SERSI/GUPTKASHI
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 1100 hrs | ETD from Phata/guptkashi |
| 1130 hrs | ETA at Badrinath Helipad |
After breakfast we will head to the Phata/ Sitapur helipad to catch our flight to Badrinath ji. We land at helipad close to Badrinath. We will take the cars and drive to our hotel in Badrinath to check in. Later in the day we will head out to visit the temple. It takes approximately around 1 – 2 hours to do the Darshan. Other attractions at badrinath are hot springs, evening arti (on direct payment basis) and if time permits then we can also visit mana village, the last village on the indian side before the Tibet border. This would be the completion of our chardham yatra and next day we head back to Dehradun
OVERNIGHT STAY – BADRINATH
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 1130 hrs | ETD from Badrinath Helipad |
| 1230 hrs | ETA at Sahastradhara |
After breakfast we will check out and drive to the helipad at Badrinath. Our estimated time of arrival in sahastradhara would be around 1230 hrs. Once there we can drive to the hotel to collect the baggage and then head to airport or Dehradun railway station. End of services
NOTE – The timing mentioned are approximate. The exact timings would be given by our staff one day prior to the journey. The timings may get affected by weather or VIP movement in the state, hence we always suggest to keep an extra at Day at Dehradun.
INCLUSION
COST PER PERSON 1,95,000/- RS. Inclusive of 5% GST
- 1. Helicopter Yatra for the Entire trip from Dehradun
- 2. 1 Night Complimentary stay at Dehradun (Breakfast & Dinner included)
- 3. Accommodation at all dhams with all the meals (Veg)
- 4. All local transport and sightseeing by Innova / Cab
- 5. Palki / Pony at Yamunotri Ji
- 6. Village walk to old shani temple at Kharsali, Yamunotri
- 7. Visit Mana village
- 8. All applicable Taxes & Royalty
- 9. VIP darshan slip (subject to government rules)
NOT INCLUDED
- 1. Any Special Pooja Charges
- 2. Tips
- 3. Porter charges any services of personal Nature
- 4. Any travel Insurance
- 5. Any Health Insurance
- 6. Any charges incurred due to unforeseen reasons
- 7. Cost of any evacuation due to natural or health reason
GUIDELINES:-
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Carrying a Proper Photo ID card is mandatory for all Indian travelers.
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Adhar Card, Driving License, Voter ID, are acceptable Photo ID cards for Indians. For foreign nationals, a passport is required.
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All the hotels at Chardham are non-star categories. we provide the best option available.
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The food served is pure vegetarian.
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Hotels are subject to change due to unavoidable circumstances.
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Maximum 4 kg luggage per passenger will be permitted to carry & we shall provide the duffel bag upon arrival at Dehradun. Excess baggage is to be stored at the hotelbefore proceeding to helipad, which can be collected later after completion of the tour.
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All temples in Chardham sector are located in high altitudes & passengers are advised to carry their own medication. At these locations, it becomes cold in the evening, so passengers are advised to carry woolen clothing with them
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Weighing at the time of boarding the helicopter is must since the pilot will not allow boarding in case the weight exceeds the weight conveyed at the time of booking & we reserve the right to shuffle passengers to manage the right weight for safe flying in the hills
- Our company shall not be liable for any medical emergency on the ground. So it is highly suggested that the clients get their medical fitness certificate from doctor before starting the journey and carry their prescribed and emergency Medicines. No, or delayed flying is subject to many factors like delayed clearance from Air force & Civil aviation, VVIP movements, valley flying by Indian Air Force (NOTAM), bad weather conditions, sudden development of technical snag in helicopter, illness of flying crew & delayed positioning of the guests at the helipads.
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The expenses towards lodging & boarding shall be borne by the guests and paid directly at the hotel in case of overstaying at any Dham due to bad weather conditions or any other unavoidable reasons.
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In case guests are not even able to take the first flight from Dehradun to yamunotri due bad weather then we will try to accommodate them the next day.
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However, if the weather doesn’t permit that the next day as well then the trip will cancelled and refund of the trip would be given in 15 days after deducting accommodation, meals & transport charges at Dehradun and flight planning charges of INR 15000 per person.
- If the guests get stuck at any of the dhams due to bad weather & are not able to fly that day to their schedule destination, then we will try to fly them next day, however in that case we might have to visit two dhams/destinations in one single day to cover up for the previous day’s lost time. For example if guests get stuck at gangotri and are not able to travel to Kedarnath then the next day we will visit both kedarnath and badrinath the same day and the night halt will be at badrinath not at kedarnath. The same rule would be applicable to all the dhams depending which dham the guests are stuck at.
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Any Tips, Porter or pitthu charges will be borne by the guests directly
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Full refund shall be applicable in case we are unable to commence the journey from Dehradun due to any reason beyond our control after deducting accommodation, meals & transport charges at Dehradun and flight planning/ preparation charges of INR 15000 per person
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Single Supplement @ Rs. 40,000/- extra shall be chargeable in case any guest wishes to stay in single occupancy in hotels at all destinations
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Guests have to MANDATORILY submit their correct weights at the time of booking. If any change in weight is found at the time of their travel from the submitted weights, which would exceed our aircraft’s weight carrying capacity, then, the guest(s) would be DE boarded & the heli tour would be CANCELLED without any refund.
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Guests weighing more than 75kgs shall be charged an overweight fee of Rs. 2500/ Kg for the total weight above 75 Kg. However, it should not exceed the total carrying capacity of the helicopter of 450kgs. In case it exceeds then the guests would be DE boarded & the heli yatra would be cancelled without any refund.
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We recommend to keep at least one additional day at hand at Dehradun when planning your trip.
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Guests would not be allowed to carry their suitcases/luggage in the aircraft. Duffle bags would be provided by our crew on the day of arrival, in which guests will be allowed to carry up to 04 kg of luggage during the tour.All temples in Chardham sector are located at a high altitude, & guests are advised to carry their own medication with them during travel.
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Guests are also advised to carry woolen clothing & rain coats with them, since during evenings & nights the temperature drops drastically.
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Damages of any kind caused to the party due to natural causes during the tour shall NOT be compensated by us and all legal disputes are to be settled within the jurisdiction of Delhi.