Rishikesh | Uttarakhand Tourism | Holy Place

RISHIKESH TOUR

Rishikesh is beside the Ganga river is a centre for studying yoga and meditation.

it is also famous for river rafting and the sunset aarti in Rishikesh is truly lovely.

it is a lovely and water place to visit for the people who love adventure and as well as for the people believe in religion.

 Rishikesh gives you the holiness and the adventure. So it is a worthy place to the visit. You can make a 3 - 4 days programme to explore it and the nearby areas of it

There are some top places in Rishikesh to visit -

1) rafting in Rishikesh

2) Lakshman jhula

3) Cliff jumping 

4) camping

5) Triveni Ghat

The best time to visit Rishikesh in between September to June.

Hotel charges are various between 1000 to 5000 rs. You can spend in a room according to your visit.

For the people who love adventure, they must visit Rishikesh for the river rafting and Rishikesh is also called the city of rafting.

So whenever you visit Rishikesh you should to once try rafting.

Here is some more information related to rafting in Rishikesh.

River rafting -

The age for the river rafting is between 15/18 year to 45 / 65 years which changes according to the flow of the river and the length of the river.

Charges for river rafting also varies 

 according to the length of the river, there are many rivers in which rafting is done so the charges vary between 600, 1000, 1500, and 2500. The charges are also dependent on that time of doing rafting.

Safety in Rafting -

Safety is the important thing whatever the adventures you do. So for the safety purpose, there is a guide in a boat which travels with you in rafting.

You have to only to do just follow all instruction from the guide. They also provide safety pieces of equipment like clothes or life jackets for the safety purpose which you have to wear very carefully and strongly not only for the safety of yours as well as others.

So now is you have a mood to visit Rishikesh here is some information about how to reach Rishikesh.

The options available are hereby air by train and the third one is by bus.

HOW TO REACH RISHIKESH

So let's discuss the airway to reach Rishikesh-

The Jolly Grant Airport is the closest airport which is in Dehradun. From here Rishikesh is just 35 kilometres far. You can directly reach Rishikesh from here by booking a taxi or a car.

How to reach Rishikesh by train-

You have to just visit the official site of the railway to booking the ticket. 

The nearest railway station is Haridwar if your train goes to direct Rishikesh will be the better option.

From the Haridwar railway station, many of the buses go to Rishikesh you can directly take any bus from Haridwar to the Rishikesh or for the comfortable purpose you can also book a cab or taxi to reach Rishikesh.

The third option is by bus -

So if you love to travel by bus so of course, the bus is the best option. By travelling the bus will give us sufficient view of the beauty of nature. You can enjoy the hilly areas slippy slopes greenery around you, fresh and clean air.

You can reach directly Rishikesh from anywhere the bus services are available to director Rishikesh check-in the UTC online website for buses services to Rishikesh.

Or you can travel till Haridwar by bus which is easily available from anywhere, after reaching Haridwar from here you can take a bus to reach Rishikesh. It will take only half an hour or 1 hour to reach your final destination.

Hope you like the information shared by us.