DAY TO DAY ITINERARY

DAY 1 – ARRIVE DEHRADUN

Our services will start with pickup, either from the airport or Railway station. Our tour starts from next day, however today’s stay in Dehradun is a complimentary sojourn organized by the company for the guests. We will drive to the hotel to check in. The rest of the day is free for you to relax or explore the city of Dehradun.

OVERNIGHT STAY – DEHRADUN

DAY 2 – DEHRADUN TO YAMUNOTRI

Our journey starts early in the morning as the weather tends to stay stable in the morning. We will take pack breakfast from the hotel & will check out and drive to the helipad for our flight. Load being an essential part of the helicopter flying logistics, we only allow maximum 5kgs of luggage to be carried by each passenger. The reshuffling of the luggage can be done the previous night itself so that you are not in a rush to leave for the charter. The extra baggage can be stored in the hotel. It takes around 10 mins drive from the hotel to the sahastradhara helipad. We take off for Kharsali helipad. Our staff at Kharsali will receive you and take you to your hotel to check in and later we will begin our journey for Yamunotri Dham. We can take Palkis or ponies as per availability. The trek is approximately 6 kms long and takes around 5 – 6 hours to complete the round trip. We will be back to the resort by afternoon and stay overnight at the hotel.

OVERNIGHT STAY – KHARSALI

DAY 3 – YAMUNOTRI TO GANGOTRI

Today after breakfast we will check out from the hotel and head towards the helipad to catch our flight to Gangotri. The helipad we land at is called Harsil, one of the most beautiful and scenic sites in the chardham sector. Our staff will lead you to the hotel for check in. The gangotri dham is around 25 kms from Harsil and takes around an hour to drive. We will head out in our cars for gangotri dham. The round trips takes around 3 to 3.5 hours. Once back you can explore the beautiful localities like the shiv temple in Harsil, walks to villages like Bagodi and mukwa.

OVERNIGHT STAY – HARSIL

DAY 4 – GANGOTRI TO KEDARNATH

Post breakfast we check out from the hotel and head out to the helipad for our next flight to Phata or Guptkashi. Once there we, as per the guidelines of the state govt, change the helicopter and switch to the shuttle service, which will take us to the Kedarnath Temple. The temple is only around 500mts from the helipad at Kedarnath dham. It approximately takes around 2 hours to do the darshan at temple. If time permits then you can also visit the Bhairon mandir (Optional). Later we fly back in the shuttle service to Phata/guptkashi and head to the hotel.

NOTE – There might be a waiting time of around 1 to 2 hours at phata to switch to shuttle service. As much as we would like to expedite the transfer to shuttle, multiple factors like backlog, weather, passenger load at shuttle service affect the logistics resulting in the wait.

OVERNIGHT STAY – PHATA/SERSI/GUPTKASHI

DAY 5 – KEDARNATH TO BADRINATH

After breakfast we will head to the Phata/ Guptkashi helipad to catch our flight to Badrinath ji. We land at helipad close to Badrinath. We will take the cars and drive to our hotel in Badrinath to check in. Later in the day we will head out to visit the temple. It takes approximately around 1 – 2 hours to do the Darshan. Other attractions at badrinath are hot springs, evening arti (on direct payment basis) and if time permits then we can also visit mana village, the last village on the indian side before the Tibet border. This would be the completion of our chardham yatra and next day we head back to Dehradun

OVERNIGHT STAY – BADRINATH

DAY 6 – BADRINATH TO DEHRADUN (SAHASTRADHARA)

After breakfast we will check out and drive to the helipad at Badrinath. Our estimated time of arrival in sahastradhara would be around 0815

1. Once there we can drive to the hotel to collect the baggage and then head to airport or railway station. End of services

NOTE – The timing mentioned are approximate. The exact timings would be given by our staff one day prior to the journey. The timings may get affected by weather or VIP movement in the state, hence we always suggest to keep an extra at Day at Dehradun before.

INCLUSION

1. Helicopter Yatra for the Entire trip from Dehradun
2. 1 Night Complimentary stay at Dehradun (Breakfast & Dinner included)
3. Accommodation at all dhams with all the meals (Veg)
4. All local transport and sightseeing by Innova / Cab
5. Palki / Pony at Yamunotri Ji
6. Village walk to old shani temple at Kharsali, Yamunotri
7. Special Ganga Arti at Gangotri Dham
8. Visit the Mana village
9. All applicable Taxes & Royalty
10. VIP darshan slip (subject to government rules)

NOT INCLUDED

1. Any Special Pooja Charges
2. Tips
3. Porter charges any services of personal Nature
4. Any travel Insurance
5. Any Health Insurance
6. Any charges incurred due to unforeseen reasons
7. Cost of any evacuation due to natural or health reason

TERMS & CONDITIONS

1. Flying in hills are subject to many Force Majeure factors like delayed Air Traffic Clearances/Permissions, VVIP movements, valley flying by Indian Air Force (NOTAM), bad weather, sudden occurrence of technical snag in aircraft, illness of flying crew or late reporting of the guests at the helipads, among
2. Our company shall not be liable for any medical emergency on the ground to the party. Therefore, in your own interest, guests are hereby advised to kindly consulta doctor and get medical check-up done before commencing the yatra. Medical check-up is mainly required if a guest has any medical ailment/condition.
3. Passengers travelling together may not travel in the same helicopter flight, as we may have to shuffle passengers in different helicopter flights to manage the total weight of the
4. Moksha Routes reserves the right to cancel passengers, who are unruly, abusive, intoxicated, sick, mentally unfit, or anyone else whom we deem to be unsafe to fly. No refund shall be done to such passenger(s).
5. Guests are required to pay 100% of the booking amount before the beginning of the trip, else the boarding would be
6. Only one handbag weighing a maximum of 5 kgs is allowed per Infant below 2 years/12kg are carried free of charge. In case of verification of age, ID proof/birth certificate of the child shall be checked.

BAD WEATHER/FORCE MAJEURE POLICY

1. If Bad Weather, Technical Snag, Natural calamity, or Force Majeure situation which is beyond the control of the Company (Moksha Routes), results in cancellation or delay of your Trip/ Flight, then the company (Moksha Routes) is not liable, in any way, for the canceled or delayed
2. If the flight is cancelled due to reasons beyond our control, then the expenses made against accommodation, Meals, transport, or any other expense made by the guests during their travel or stay, will not be part of the reimbursement, refund, or compensation.
3. The additional night halts, meals, or any services used by the clients, because of the bad weather or Force Majeure, shall be paid directly by the

HOTELS INCLUDED

MEAL PLAN – All Meals – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included except at Dehradun where only Breakfast & Dinner is included

• Hotels & rooms are subject to sudden change at times, due to unavoidable circumstances
• Rooms are booked on double or triple sharing basis only
• If any guest requires a single occupancy room, it shall be extra chargeable @ INR30,000/person (tax inclusive)

CANCELLATION POLICY

• 30 Days before the journey – 70% refund
• 20 Days before the Journey – 50% refund
• 10 Days before the Journey – No Refund
• NO Show – No Refund
• Cancellation after commencement of Tour – No Refund

GUIDELINES :-

1. Carrying a Proper Photo ID card is mandatory for all Indian
2. Adhar Card, Driving License, Voter ID, are acceptable Photo ID cards for For foreign nationals, a passport is required.
3. All the hotels at Chardham are non-star categories. we provide the best
4. The food served is pure
5. Hotels are subject to change due to unavoidable
6. Maximum 5 kg luggage per passenger will be permitted to carry & we shall provide the duffel bag upon arrival at Dehradun. Excess baggage is to be stored at the hotel before proceeding to helipad, which can be collected later after completion of the tour.
7. All temples in Chardham sector are located in high altitudes & passengers are advised to carry their own medication. At these locations, it becomes cold in the evening, so passengers are advised to carry woolen clothing with them
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9. Weighing at the time of boarding the helicopter is must since the pilot will not allow boarding in case the weight exceeds the weight conveyed at the time of booking & we reserve the right to shuffle passengers to manage the right weight for safe flying in the

   Our company shall not be liable for any medical emergency on the ground. So it is highly suggested that the clients get their Medical fitness certificate from doctor before starting the journey and carry their prescribed and emergency Medicines.

    

10. No, or delayed flying is subject to many factors like delayed clearance from Airforce & Civil aviation, VVIP movements, valley flying by Indian Air Force ( NOTAM), bad weather conditions, sudden development of technical snag in helicopter, illness of flying crew & delayed positioning of the guests at the

11. The expenses towards lodging & boarding shall be borne by the guests and paid directly at the hotel in case of overstaying at any Dham due to bad weather conditions or any other unavoidable
12. In case guests are not even able to take the first flight from Dehradun to yamunotri due bad weather then we will try to accommodate them the next However, if the weather doesn’t permit that the next day as well then the trip will cancelled and refund of the trip would be given in 15 days after deducting accommodation, meals & transport charges at Dehradun and flight planning charges of INR 15000 per person.
13. If the guests get stuck at any of the dhams due to bad weather & are not able to fly that day to their schedule destination, then we will try to fly them next day, however in that case we might have to visit two dhams/destinations in one single day to cover up for the previous day’s lost time. For example if guests get stuck at gangotri and are not able to travel to Kedarnath then the next day we will visit both kedarnath and badrinath the same day and the night halt will be at badrinath not at kedarnath. The same rule would be applicable to all the dhams depending which dham the guests are stuck
14. Any donations, tips, pitthu & porter charges shall be borne by the guests only
15. If stuck in a bad weather situation on any particular day out of the 5 days, we shall try to finish two dhams on next day & maintain the further schedule.
16. Full refund shall be applicable in case we are unable to commence the journey from Dehradun due to any reason beyond our control after deducting accommodation, meals & transport charges at Dehradun and flight planning/ preparation charges of INR 15000 per person
17. Single Supplement @ Rs. 30,000/- extra shall be chargeable in case any guest wishes to stay in single occupancy in hotels at all destinations
18. Guests have to MANDATORILY submit their correct weights at the time of booking. If any change in weight is found at the time of their travel from the submitted weights, which would exceed our aircraft’s weight carrying capacity, then, the guest(s) would be DE boarded & the heli tour would be CANCELLED without any refund.
19. Guests weighing more than 75kgs shall be charged an overweight fee of 2500/ Kg for the total weight above 75 Kg. However, it should not exceed the total carrying capacity of the helicopter of 440kgs. In case it exceeds then the guests would be DE boarded & the heli yatra would be cancelled without any refund.
20. We recommend to keep at least one additional day at hand at Dehradun when planning your trip.
21. Guests would not be allowed to carry their suitcases/luggage in the aircraft. Duffle bags would be provided by our crew on the day of arrival, in which guests will be allowed to carry up to 05 kg of luggage during the tour.
22. All temples in Chardham sector are located at a high altitude, & guests are advised to carry their own medication with them during Guests are also advised to carry woolen clothing & rain coats with them, since during evenings & nights the temperature drops drastically.
23. Damages of any kind caused to the party due to natural causes during the tour shall NOT be compensated by us and all legal disputes are to be settled within the jurisdiction of Delhi.