Weekend Getaways near Delhi

                                                                   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...

                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 ...

             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 ...

                                   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...

Organized an all inclusive trip for rafting at Rishikesh end of October for 3N/3D. A group of 22 people enjoyed a wonderful rafting and camping adventure trip on the beautiful White sands of Rishikesh at the banks of the Ganges at Camp 5 Elements, Byasi,Rishikesh Run by the Leisure Hotels the camp the rafting camp in Rishikesh offers serene and rejuvenating environment. The Camp is indeed the most scenic, secluded & romantic beach camp on the Ganges. Sprawling over 500 meters of Silvery Sandy beach, the camp is surrounded by thick forests and mountains. The camp is located 27 kms from Rishikesh on the road to Deoprayag  between Shivpuri and Byasi Village. The tents are deluxe with a twin/double bed. There is an attached bathroom having running water (The only camps in Rishikesh with attached bathrooms) . Toilets, the typical dry pit ones are separately made.  Rafting Itinerary - Delhi-Rishikesh-Delhi Day 01 Friday 30th...