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Char Dham Yatra, Gentle Pace

Duration10 days · 9 nights
DestinationsHaridwar · Barkot · Yamunotri · Gangotri · Kedarnath · Badrinath
Trip formatSenior Citizen Tours
Price from₹65,000 pp

Day-by-day itinerary

We collect you in Delhi and drive the 220 km to Haridwar, about five to six hours. Nothing else is scheduled: check in, rest, and walk down for the evening aarti at Har-ki-Pauri, where your tour manager finds a seated spot away from the densest part of the ghat. Your Uttarakhand yatra registration is completed today and the slips handed to you.

Meals: Dinner

The route

Haridwar → Barkot → Uttarkashi → Guptkashi → Badrinath → Haridwar, the traditional west-to-east order, about 1,300 km of mountain road.

What's included — and what isn't

Included9 nights in the properties listed, on full board — 9 breakfasts, 9 lunches and 9 dinners, all pure vegetarianPrivate air-conditioned vehicle with a Garhwal-experienced driver for all 10 daysTour manager travelling with the group for the full yatraUttarakhand Char Dham yatra registration completed for every guest before departureShared shuttle from Sonprayag to Gaurikund on the Kedarnath day, if you take the ground routeA portable oxygen cylinder, pulse oximeter and first-aid kit in the vehicle at all timesAll temple entry and local guide charges on the itineraryAll taxes except GST (see pricing)
Not includedKedarnath helicopter tickets — priced below, booked in your name, weather dependentPony, palki, dandi and porter charges at Yamunotri and Kedarnath, which are set locally and vary by seasonVIP or special darshan arrangements of any kind at any of the four templesTravel insurance and any medical evacuation costPersonal expenses, offerings, and tips

Where you'll stay

Night 1
Haridwar Riverside InnHaridwar · 8 minutes' walk from Har-ki-Pauri
3-star
Nights 2–3
Yamuna Valley CottagesBarkot · ground-floor rooms held for this departure
Best available
Nights 4–5
Bhagirathi RetreatUttarkashi · river-facing, lift to all floors
3-star
Nights 6–7
Mandakini HeightsGuptkashi · hot water at fixed hours, room heaters on request
Best available
Night 8
Alaknanda Pilgrim LodgeBadrinath · basic, blankets and heaters provided
Pilgrim lodge
Night 9
Sangam View RudraprayagRudraprayag · above the Alaknanda–Mandakini confluence
3-star

Accommodation on the yatra route is not comparable to a city hotel, and Badrinath and Guptkashi are the plainest nights of the trip — clean, warm and safe rather than comfortable. We would rather you read that here than discover it at check-in. Ground-floor or lift-served rooms are requested everywhere and confirmed where the property has them.

Meals

Full board throughout: 9 breakfasts, 9 lunches and 9 dinners, all pure vegetarian and satvik, with no onion or garlic on request at no extra charge.Meat, eggs and alcohol are not served anywhere on this route, and are not available in Badrinath, Kedarnath or Gangotri at all — this is the temple towns' own rule, not ours.The Yamunotri and Kedarnath days carry a packed lunch and boiled water, because eating at the stalls on the trek routes is the most common cause of an upset stomach mid-yatra.Tell us about diabetes, blood pressure, dialysis timing or any specific diet at enquiry; hotel kitchens on this route need a few days' notice, not a few hours'.

Pricing

Twin sharing(headline price)₹65,000
Triple sharing₹61,500
Single supplement₹16,000
Kedarnath helicopter, return(optional, at cost, weather dependent)₹9,500
Palki at Yamunotri, return(indicative local rate)₹6,500

Per person on the dated May–June and September–October departures from Delhi. Pony, palki and helicopter rates are set locally and are shown here as guidance, not as a fixed price; they are paid at cost. If a temple stays closed or a road is shut, we refund the unused ground portion — no service fee retained.

DR
Your tour managerDevendra Rawat

Born in Rudraprayag district, Devendra has led the Char Dham circuit for fourteen seasons and holds a current wilderness first-aid certification. He carries the oximeter, decides when a guest should turn back, and has told plenty of people they were not going up that day. On a senior-citizen departure that is the most important thing he does.

Families who took this trip

We were told honestly that Kedarnath by pony was beyond us and that the helicopter was the sensible option. Nobody tried to sell us bravery. Both of us completed all four dhams.

Ramesh & Kamala Sundaram · Couple in their late sixties · May 2026

My mother is 74 and stayed back at Ukhimath on the Kedarnath day with the manager's assistant while we went up. She still counts it as her yatra and so do we.

Sushila Devi Joshi · Family group of seven · June 2025

The pacing and the food were exactly as described. Badrinath night is rough — cold and very simple — but they had said so in writing beforehand, so it was not a shock.

Harbans Lal Sethi · Couple · September 2025

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