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Gandhi Jayanti Dusshera October Weekend Getaways

Another long weekend is on it's way in October 2014, and this time it's master of all long weekends because of it's duration. You can start your journey on 1st October evening after work and be back by 6th October evening. One Niters Around Delhi Sariska Palace  is just a cool 4 hrs from Delhi(3 from Gurgaon) and a wonderful heritage property right next to the wild life Sanctuary and close to the Sileserh Lake. Enjoy a season rate of Rs 11000/- with all meals for a couple.  (Read on..) Country Inn Kosi  is the only good resort on Delhi-Mathura-Agra highway and is just 100 km frim Delhi.Huge lawns with new rooms, swimming pool and option to visit Brindavan and Mathura nearby.Rate Rs 6500/- for a night with all meals  Read more Hans Resort  is about 75 km from Delhi and a new resort with great rooms, overall ambiance and food. There is also a swimming pool and a badminton court.  Package Rs5500/- for a couple  Read on.. Heritage Villag...

Independence Day 2014 Holiday Packages Delhi

       Check Here for 2017 Independence Day Packages              Just after finishing a satisfying Summer Season for North India Hills around Delhi, I thought it will be time for some well deserved rest, but no way, we have another long weekend coming up and a big one at that, which is keeping us on our toes. All of us have a fablous long weekend coming up where one is getting a 3-4 day break without taking any leave. (see Pic.below) You have the option of going from One night to three nights without taking any leave from the office. Here is our take on possible Weekend Getaways from Delhi, starting from 1n/2d to to 3n/4d and more.. One Niters Around Delhi Sariska Palace  is just a cool 4 hrs from Delhi(3 from Gurgaon) and a wonderful heritage property right next to the wild life Sanctuary and close to the Sileserh Lake. Enjoy an off season rate of Rs 7000/- with all meals for a couple.  (Read on..) C...

Good Friday Long Weekend Packages 2014

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                                                                   Following up on our last post on various Long Weekend getaways available for holidaying in 2016, we focus today on the long weekend of Holi and Good Friday falling on 24th-27th March. Good Friday is a gazzetted holiday and without taking any leave from school or office you can enjoy a stay for 2 nights 3 days, it is weekend with great rush for various resorts around Delhi and a lot of resorts and hotels are already sold out. Also you can combine it with the Holi on 24th March and make it a 3 night affair or just enjoy one night stay on the Holi and enjoy festival of Holi at resorts around Delhi         We will like to share the recommended hotels and resorts where rooms are still available for these dates as below Hills East...

Long Weekends 2014 Holiday Plans

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                      Long weekends gives holidayers a great opportunity to spend some leisure time with family and friends serving as a great stress buster. Usually these Long weekends have a great rush of tourists and it becomes difficult to book hotel and resort rooms at the last minute.          Therefore we will like to share the Long Weekends of 2014 in India and present a Holiday Planner 2014 where you can pre plan your Holiday weekends by applying for leave etc well in advance. What we have tried to work out is according to the Indian Holiday Calender the holidays which are falling around a weekend can be combined together or extend the same by taking a leave from office. If it is two nights then you can plan a small weekend getaway around Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore etc or if you are getting an opportunity of 4-5 nights holiday in some of the dates, you can plan a longer holiday, maybe to ...

Delhi-Rishikesh-Rafting-Trip

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                Rishikesh is known for White water rafting and the season ususally starts end September and  lasts till June end, stopping at the onset of Monsoon. Continuing our sojourn for guests from all over the country on Camping and Rafting trip to Rishikesh from Delhi, after the first day exposure to camping on the white sand beaches of Rishikesh, day 2 was fixed for white water rafting. According to our survey, more than 80% of our guests were going to do rafting for the first time at the Ganges, Rishikesh. So before the start of the rafting a counselling session was done to allay the fears of participants and answer their queries about the same. Just for our blog readers and enthusiasts in general here below we are listing some of the general queries which were raised about the safety and other aspects about rafting. Rafting Query 1. Do I need to know swimming? No, one does not need to know swimming as you are given ...

Long Weekend Good Friday Rishikesh Rafting Trip

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             A perfect Weekend Getaway Around Delhi         Around Delhi team is organizing an all inclusive trip to Rishikesh for rafting on the Long weekend of Good Friday 14th-16th April 2017. This is an opportunity for friends and family to travel together and enjoy stay and various adventure activities like rafting, trekking, beach volleyball etc. The camps are in jungle area on a hill close to the River Ganga, Rishikesh, very close to nature but are easily reachable about 15 km from Rishikesh and 250 from Delhi. ( Other Long Weekend Options Around Delhi) Itinerary  River Ganges 6 AM 14 th Apr 2017 Friday - Leave from Delhi, Dhaula Kuan in 27 seater/Tempo Traveller  on a shared basis. Mineral water one each for travel. 9 AM Breakfast on the way 1 pm Reach the camps , welcome drink on arrival, Chk in the camps on double/triple sharing as booked.  1:30 PM After a ...

Rishikesh-Camping-Trip

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                                   We have done many camping and Rafting groups at Rishikesh, but this group in October of 2012 was special as it was probably for the first time that any travel company  was attempting to host about 250 people in the camps at Rishikesh at one go. So Thursday 'Around Delhi' started trips to the station and Airport to pickup clients and transfer them to a place where dinner was arranged for them. A total of eight 27 seater deluxe buses were used and it was a smooth transit with the help of the client's Travel Team. Around 11:30 pm we started from the common hall in east Delhi and crossed the UP border by midnight. Some of the team members had already reached Rishikesh camps the day before to oversee the preparations for the group. A total of 3 camps were hired near Shiv Puri and a total of about 85 camps were engaged on double and triple sharing. The buses st...