HARIDWAR TO PHOOLCHATTI, VIA BARKOT
This scheduled tour starts from Haridwar and you will have to report one day before departure at the Rahi Motel in Haridwar. The tour starts every Monday and the package includes Sunday night’s hotel accommodation as well. Meals will have to be paid for. The mode of transport is a 27-seater, non-air- conditioned bus. The bus departs at 7 am. The road to Barkot is very scenic and you will arrive at around 1 pm. After a one-hour lunch break, the bus will start again for Phoolchatti. You reach the small hamlet of Phoolchatti at 5.30 pm. Check into the hotel, have dinner and relax. The distance between Haridwar and Phoolchatti is 236 km but the roads are good and the journey is smooth.
PHOOLCHATTI TO YAMUNOTRI
The second day will include an 8-km drive and a 10-km trek (to fro). You will depart from Phoolchatti at 6 am and breakfast halt will be at the GMVN Tourist Rest House in Jankichatti. You will arrive at Yamunotri at around 11 am. Visit Yamunotri, take a holy dip in the kund, offer prayers and puja and halt for lunch. After an hour, start your return journey to Phoolchatti and you will be back by evening. Check into the accommodation at Phoolchatti.
PHOOLCHATTI TO HARSIL
On this day you will travel entirely by bus, departing at 6 am, to cover 200 km. Breakfast halt will be at Barkot and the bus will arrive at Uttarkashi at around 1 pm. Visit Vishwanath Temple and depart from Uttarkashi at around 2 pm. You will arrive at Harsil at around 5 pm for night-stay.
HARSIL TO GANGOTRI AND UTTARKASHI
The bus will depart from Harsil at 6 am and the breakfast halt will be at the Tourist Rest House in Gangotri. You will arrive in Gangotri at around 7.30 am. After a holy dip in River Ganga, offer your prayers at the temple and you will depart from Gangotri post-lunch at about 1 pm. You will reach Uttarkashi, your halt for the night, at around 4.30 pm. The entire route from Harsil is about 125 km.
