Lake towns, tiger forests
& the Himalaya's holiest shrines
Uttarakhand — Dev Bhoomi, the 'Land of the Gods' — offers an extraordinary range within a single state: the colonial-era lake town of Nainital and the hill station of Mussoorie, Corbett National Park's tiger-rich Sal forests, and Rishikesh's white-water rapids and riverside yoga ashrams.
Deeper into the Garhwal Himalaya lies the Char Dham — Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath — four of Hinduism's most sacred pilgrimage shrines, reached by demanding mountain roads and, in Kedarnath's case, a genuine high-altitude trek.
For trekkers, the Valley of Flowers' alpine wildflower meadows and the Nanda Devi Sanctuary's high-altitude wilderness offer some of the Indian Himalaya's most rewarding — and most physically demanding — multi-day routes.
