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Kashmir Valley Tour
Duration: 7 Nights / 8 Days
Destinations Covered: Srinagar-Sonmarg-Gulmarg-Pahalgam-Pahalgam-Srinagar
Day 1 - Srinagar
Arrive Srinagar, where you will be met upon arrival and transferred to your
deluxe houseboat.
Day 02 - Srinagar
After Breakfast enjoy a shikara ride on Dal Lake visiting Char Chinar,
floating vegetable gardens and see a walnut woodcarving and papier machie
making demonstration. Evening free for shopping. Dinner. Overnight : Deluxe
houseboat.
Day 3 - Srinagar-Sonmarg-Srinagar (100 Kms, 3 hrs drive)
Breakfast. Full day excursion to Sonmarg (Golden Meadow) by coach with
packed lunch (2 ½ hrs). Sonmarg lies in the Sindh Valley surrounded
by mountains and meadows full of flowers. Return to Srinagar in the evening.
Dinner. Overnight : Deluxe houseboat.
Day 4 - Srinagar-Gulmarg (65 Kms, 2 hrs drive)
Breakfast. Drive to Gulmarg, the Meadow of Flowers, 2730 mts. above sea
level (2 hrs.). It has delightful ski slopes and the highest 18 hole golf
course of the world. Lunch. If weather permits, you can also have a breathtaking
view of Nanga Parbat. The view enroute from Tenmarg to Gulmarg is magnificent.
Go on a short 3 hour optional trek upto Khilanmarg. Enjoy a cable car
ride. Enjoy an optional sledge ride on the snow-covered slopes. Dinner.
Overnight : Hotel Hilltop/Pineview/Highland Park or similar.
Day 5 - Gulmarg-Pahalgam (140 Kms, 4 hrs drive)
After an early breakfast leave for Pahalgam, the Valley of Shepherds via
Srinagar. Drive through saffron fields, visit the Awantipura ruins of
a 1100 year old temple of Lord Vishnu built by King Awantiwareman. Drive
through the pine forests and along the Lidder River. (140 kms/4 hrs).
Arrive Pahalgam and transfer to your hotel. Lunch. Afternoon at leisure.
Dinner. Overnight : Hotel Mount View/Heevan Pine N Peak/Pahalgam Hotel
or similar.
Day 6 - Pahalgam
Breakfast. Day free for individual activities. Lunch. Optional : Visit
to Chandanwari or Aru for a magnificent view of the Lidder Valley. Dinner.
Overnight : Hotel Mount View/Heevant/Pine N Peak/Pahalgam Hotel or similar.
Day 7 - Pahalgam-Srinagar (100 Kms, 3 hrs drive)
After breakfast, proceed to Srinagar (3 hrs). Arrive and transfer to your
houseboat. After lunch, visit the Moghul Gardens : Nishat Bagh (Abode
of Pleasure), built by Asif Khan, brother-in-law of Jehangir in 1632 AD,
Shalimar Garden Bagh (Abode of Love) built by Jehangir for his wife Empress
Noor Jehan. These beautiful gardens are located on the banks of Dal Lake
against a backdrop of the Zabarwan Mountains. Enroute, visit a carpet
weaving factory and the Shankracharya Temple. Dinner. Overnight : Deluxe
houseboat.
Day 8 - Srinagar
After breakfast transfer to the airport.
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