(Route - Haridwar - Dehradun - Mussoorie - Barkot - Hanuman Chatti - Janki chatti)

• Start your journey from Haridwar early in the morning.
• The 230 km journey is made beautiful by the view of the mountains which welcomes travellers once they cross Mussoorie.
  

Reach Janki Chatti – Janki Chatti is 136 km from Mussoorie. Stay overnight at Janki Chatti. There are Guesthouses & Dharamshala available for Rs.700 to Rs.1500 per night.

Wake up early in the morning and start off on the 5 km trek to Yamunotri Dham. Porters and ponies are also available.

• The trekking trail is laborious, with stairs made only in a few places. The steps being higher than usual, the uphill trek is slightly challenging. It takes about 3 hours to reach Yamunotri Dham from Janki Chatti.
• Tapta Kund is a hot water spring where travellers may refresh themselves. Devotees may take bath in the Yamuna River as well.
• It could take 2 hours in queue for the Darshan if you undertake the pilgrimage during the peak Yatra season.

• If time permits, you may visit the Garud Ganga, which is an uphill trek almost 800 metres from Yamunotri Dham.
• The downhill trek takes around one and a half hours’ time. So it is advisable to return to Janki Chatti after the temple visit.
• Overnight Stay at Janki Chatti.

Start early in the morning from Janki Chatti to reach Uttarkashi (125 km via Dharasu)

• Visit Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple – this is one of the oldest temples of the area, built on the banks of River Bhagirathi. Lord Shiva is worshipped as a swayambhu Shivalinga. The linga is 56cm in height and it leans towards the south. Goddess Parvati is worshipped in the adjoining Shakti Temple. A 6mt high Trishul (Trident) is believed to have been preserved here for over 1500 years.

• Harsil is a peaceful Himalayan village, 80 km from Uttarkashi. The wooden houses are a characteristic architecture of this place. It is also famous for being the shooting location of many Bollywood films.
• You may also visit the Bagori Village – just a km away from Harsil. You can buy hand-made woollen items from the villagers at reasonable prices.
• Overnight Stay at Harsil.
  There are many hotels, guesthouses and homestays available here.

Travel 25 km from Harsil to reach Gangotri Dham. It is advisable to start around 6 am from Harsil. This is a motorable road.
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If traveling between May and mid-June, be prepared to stand 2 hours in queue for Darshan.

• Gangotri Dham - As per Hindu mythology the most sacred of all rivers, Ganga, descended from heaven to earth at Gangotri, when Lord Shiva released the mighty river from his locks.
• The Bhagirath Temple, near the banks of the river is the place where Rishi Bhagirath had meditated for 1000 years so that Ganga would cleanse the sins of his forefathers.
• Pilgrims prefer to take a holy dip in the river and pay reverence to the deity in the temple.
• The actual origin of the river is at Gaumukh in the Gangotri glacier, 19 km away from Gangotri and it is accessible by trekking.

Travel 166 km from Gangotri to reach Budha Kedar.

• Budha Kedar or Boodah Kedar is another holy temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, located at the confluence of two rivers - Bal Ganga & Dharam Ganga. The Shivling here is considered to be the biggest in North India. It is also unique because the families of Lord Shiva and the Pandavas are engraved upon the Shivalinga.
• Overnight stay at Budha Kedar. 

Prepare for the final day of the pilgrimage. Travel around 180 km via New Tehri to reach Haridwar. The journey would take no less than six hours to complete. Return to your home location from Haridwar.