Uttarkashi Tourism - Uttarkashi Hotels and Uttarkashi Tour

Uttarkashi is a district of Uttarakhand and also a beautiful hill station for Uttaranchal Tourism. This beautiful place is the origin of two rivers Ganga (Bhagirathi) and Yamuna and both rivers is lifeline of India. Uttarkashi have lots of things which attract to tourists like natural lakes, harming valleys, and mountains with snow-capped peaks. The place is perfect for adventures of trekking and mountaineering. Uttarkashi is most beautiful hill station among the Garhwal districts. Uttarkashi is situated at the elevation of 1158 mts on bank of River Bhagirathi (Ganga). This town is also the district headquarters.

Attractions

Govind Wildlife Sanctuary: Govind Wildlife Sanctuary was established in the year 1955 in Uttarkashi district. It is surrounded by natural beauty like thick forest, snow capped mountains, glaciers which attracts to large numbers of tourist not only from India but also from all over the world.

Stretched Area: 953 Sq. Kms.
Altitude : Bewteen 1,300 Mts. and 6,315 Mts.above the sea level
Animals:- Tahr, Wild Boar,Tiger, Snow Leopard , Chital, Bharal ,Serow,Brown and Black Bears ,Musk Deer, Brokwn Bears , & chir pheasants, Sambar, Kakar, Python, and many more.

Nachiketa Tal: Nachiketa Tal is at the distance of 29 kms. east of Uttarkashi. There is a village named Chaurangi Khal. A short walk of 3 kms from this village, you will reach at small but beautiful lake named Nachiketa Tal.

Apart from these, Uttarkashi have more tourist attractions like Dodital, Maneri, Gangnani, Sat-Tal, Dayara Bugyal, Gaumukh, Nandan-Van Tapovan, and Yamunotri.

Ganga (Bhagirathi) near Gangotri

The best time to visit Uttarkashi is April to June and September to November. During your Uttarkashi tour you can stay in GMVN tourist bungalow. Private hotels and lodge are also available in Uttarkashi.

How to Reach

By Air: The nearest airport is Jolly Grant which is 162 kms. away from Uttarkashi.

By Rail: The nearest railway station is Rishikesh around 145 kms. from Uttarkashi.

By Road: Uttarkashi is well connected by road Deharadun, Rishikesh, Haridwar and all major towns of Uttarakhand. Delhi to Uttarkshi distance is around 380 kms.

Lansdowne Uttaranchal

Hi friends, I would like introduce another tourist place of Uttarakhand (Uttaranchal), which name is Lansdowne. Lansdowne is situated in Pauri Garhwal district of Uttaranchal. This is not much famous hill station but it’s a beautiful place for weekend tours. This hill station is situated around 81 kms away from Pauri, at the height of 1,706 meter is famous for its peaceful environment and natural beauty.

It was founded by “Lord Lansdowne” in 1887 A.D., who was the Viceroy of India at that time, thus this place has been named Lansdowne. The Garhwal Rifles, which is the part of Indian Army also, has its command office here.

Lansdowne Uttaranchal

As I told, it’s a good place for weekend tours from near by area like Delhi. During to stay in Lansdowne, there are some good places to visit like Garhwal Rifles Regimental War Memorial, Garhwali Mess, Regimental Museum, Bhulla Tal, Tip-n-Top, Church Point, Santoshi Mata Temple, Bhairav Garhi temple and Tarkeshwar Mahadev temple. So, make sure to plan a trip to Lansdown and enjoy the natural beauty of Uttaranchal Tourism.

How to Reach

By Air: The nearest airport is Jolly Grant in Dehradun, which is around 145 kms from here.

By Rail: The nearest railway station is Kotdwar around 45 kms from Lansdowne.

By Road: This hill station is well connected by road with all major cities in Uttarakhand as well as with other state. The distance is around 295 kms from Delhi, 95 kms from Haridwar and 145 kms from Dehradun.

Uttaranchal Tourism

Uttaranchal Tourism

I came back after long time; I describe about many beautiful places of Uttaranchal in my previous posts. Today I want to explain something about Uttaranchal tourism and uttranchal state.

Uttaranchal made 27th state of Republic of India on 9th November 2000 after a long struggle by uttaranchali people. Uttaranchal, now Uttarakhand situated in northern part of India covered by Himachal Pradesh in north-west, Uttar Pradesh in south and has international borders with Nepal & China.

The state today have 13 districts, Almora, Pauri Garhwal, Tehri Garhwal, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Haridwar, Champawat, Nainital, Dehradun, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarkashi, Pithoragarh, and Rudraprayag . The capital of Uttarakhand is “Dehradun” and High Court is in Nainital.

Uttaranchal Tourism Map

The population of this state is around 7 million and the land area is 55,845 sq km. which is almost 88% hilly and 12% is ground. The state has very good natural resources like water, forests, rivers, glaciers and mountain peaks which attracts to tourists. Tourism is the main source of income for this state and its developing to tourism industry day by day. Due to good water resources, the state has good capacity to generate high mega watts electricity. "Tehri Dam" is the major power project of Uttaranchal.

Munsyari India

Munsyari

Munsyari is situated in Pithoragarh district of Uttaranchal state at a height of 11500 ft. The distance is around 120 kms from Pithoragarh. It’s not much famous tourist spot but perfect and quiet well for tourism in Uttaranchal. Once you reach there you will see a panoramic view of high peaks like Nandakot, Nandaghungti, Rambha, Shiplakot and Panchachulli. You can enjoy trekking to nearby places Khalia top 10 kms , Darkot 10 kms north of Munsyari and Birthi falls (31 kms) is a 500 metre trek from the main road leading to Munsyari. It’s a wonderful place to visit for trekking.

Munsyari India

Route: NH 24 from Delhi – Turn Left from Rampur after crossing Hapur and Moradabad – Bilaspur – Haldwani – Kathgodam – Diversion towards Berinag from Almora –Dholchina – Thal – Kalamuni - Munsyari.