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Kedar-Badri Plan


Day 1 = Start from rishikesh/haridwar ( 8 am) and reach gaurikund (night halt) at 5 pm, you 

can have your lunch break at rudraprayag.
Day 2 = Start walking to Kedarnath at 8 am after having bath at the hot water springs in 

gaurikund and probably it will take appxm 
6-7 hrs of trekking. Lunch break at Rambara.
Day3 = Start walking back to gaurikund and it might take appxm 4-5 hrs walking and night 

halt at gaurikund.
Day 4 = Proceed to Badrinath and arrive at joshimath 1.30 pm, lunch break at joshimath 

and proceed towards the gate for entrance at 4pm and reach badrinath at 6 pm.
Day 5 = visit temple mana village and proceed towards 
devaprayag luch break at joshimath. night halt at devaprayag.
Day =6 Start towards haridwar.

For further details contact gmvnl Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam Ltd.,
Room no. 224, Marshall House 33/1,
2nd floor Netaji Subash Road,
Kolkatta-700001.
Tel. / Fax : 033-22315554.
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Day 1 – Doon Exp from Howrah station at 8.35 pm.
Day 2 – Train
Day 3 – Hardware.
Day 4 – Uttarkashi.
Day 5 – Gangotri > Sorry forgot the name of the place (6 KM before Uttarkashi)
Day 6 – Rudraprayag.
Day 7 – Kedarnath via Triyugi Narayan and Gaurikund.
Day 8 – Ukhimath.
Day 9 – Badrinath via Chopta, Tunganath.
Day 10 – Srinagar.
Day 11 – Hardwar.
Day 12 – Train for Varanasi from Hardwar.
Day  13– Varanasi.
Day  14– Varanasi.
Day 15 – Train for Howrah from Varanasi.
Day 16 – Back to Kolkata. 
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Day 1 start from haridwar early morning and reach gourikunda by evening
day 2 early morning start for kedarnath and stay there
day 3 start for gourikund and go to ukimath(stay at bharat sebashram )(bhukh hartal route)
day 4 start for barinath and reach by evening(lunch at pipalkoti)
day 5 morning puja and start for rudraprayag(via auli)
day 6 start for haridwar via lachhmanjhula
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Friday : Start Journey by NZM DDN AC EXP. from Nizamuddin Station at 23:55
Starday : Reached Haridwar around 4am / arrange a car / Bus from Haridwar (bus / Taxi 

terminus is infront of Haridwar Station. So u can reached Gourikund within evening. (rest)
Sunday : In early morning start walking for Kedarnathji. do darshan and came down at 

Gourikund by Noon. do lunch and return back to Rudhra Prayag. Stay at Night (rest).
Monday : Rudra Prayag to Rishikesh and catch an A/c Bus and reached Delhi by evening.
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From Kolkata, superfast Upasana Express will be the better 

Get down at Haridwar, check in hotel/dharmashala......Bharat Sevashram Sangha has a set 

up near Busstand/Railway Station, which is cheap (Rs. 200 for double bed) 

Go to GMOU Office near bus stand and book for tickets for Gaurikund next morning....starting at 7 a.m. (fare approx Rs. 270)

Plenty of cheap hotels at Gaurikund.

Go to Kedar and come down, if saving time, take horse/pony (Rs. 650 up-down and Rs.450 up only).

Take Bukh-Hartal Bus to Badrinath next early morning at 5 a.m. (fare within Rs. 300) and reach Badrinath the same day.

PLenty of cheap hotels at Badrinath (I stayed at Rs. 100 double bed with attached bath).

Take morning direct bus to Haridwar (Fare within Rs. 300). Or you can have a break at 

Rudraprayag or Srinagar for one night while coming down (Note: Non-veg food is available at Rudraprayag/Srinagar)

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Day 1 Haridwar to uttarkash
Day 2 Uttarkashi to Gangotri
Day 3 Gangotri to Bhojwasa
Day 4 Bhojwasa to Goumukh and back to Gangotri
Day 5 Gangotri to Srinagar or Rudraprayag.
Day 6 Srinagar to Gaurikund
Day 7 Gaurikund to Kedar
Day 8 Kedar
Day 9 Kedar to Gourikund
Day 10 Gourikund to Badri
Day 11 & 12 Badri
Day 13 Badri to Haridwar. 
Permission is only required for Goumukh not Gangotri.You have to go to SDM office in Uttarkashi with photo ID proof,2 passport size photo in week days at office hour that's all.If you visit the DFO office they will issue the permission if you fill up the form there. Not more than 150 persons per day. Also you can go directly to the entry gate(2 kms from Gongotri)they also issue permits.You can also fax in advance from Calcutta.
 Phone no 01374223693.
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Transport Train Name Source Destination Departure Arrival Travel Time
TRAINS CAL RAJDHANI HOWRAH JN NEW DELHI 16:55 9:55 17
SDAH RAJDHANIEX SEALDAH NEW DELHI 16:50 10:20 17.3
HWH NDLS DURONT HOWRAH JN NEW DELHI 13:00 6:05 17.05
UPASANA EXPRESS HOWRAH JN HARIDWAR JN 13:10 16:00 26.5
UTKAL EXPRESS H NIZAMUDDIN HARIDWAR JN 14:35 20:30 5.55
MUSSOORIE EXP DELHI SHAHDARA HARIDWAR JN 22:35 5:50 7.15
DDN JANSHTBDI NEW DELHI HARIDWAR JN 15:25 19:30 4.05
Flights 9W-916 (Jet Airways) Kolkata New Delhi 8:55 10:55 2