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The Champawat Tigress: How Jim Corbett Ended Kumaon's Deadliest Man-Eater

The Town Under the Lake: The Story of Old Tehri

Char Dham Closing Dates 2026: When Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri Close for Winter

The Legend of Tapkeshwar: Drona, Ashwatthama and the Cave of Dripping Milk

Ganga Aarti at Har Ki Pauri: The Story Behind Haridwar's Evening Prayer

Phaanu: The Slow-Cooked Lentil Dish of Garhwal

Kafuli: The Green Curry of the Garhwal Hills

Kedarnath Dham: Shiva's Jyotirlinga at the head of the Mandakini valley

Kedarnath Dham sits at ≈ 3,583 m above sea level, in Rudraprayag district.

Badrinath Dham: Lord Vishnu's Himalayan home between the Nar and Narayan peaks

Badrinath Dham sits at ≈ 3,133 m above sea level, in Chamoli district.

Nanakmatta Sahib: Where Guru Nanak met the Nath yogis, on the edge of the Terai

Champawat sits at ≈ 1,615 m above sea level, in Champawat district.

Valley of Flowers Trek: A Himalayan meadow that turns into a carpet of flowers every monsoon

Munsiyari: Wake up to the five Panchachuli peaks at the end of the road in Kumaon

Munsiyari sits at ≈ 2,200 m above sea level, in Pithoragarh district.

Kausani: Gandhi's 'Switzerland of India', with a 300 km Himalayan view

Kausani sits at ≈ 1,890 m above sea level, in Bageshwar district.

Harsil: Apple orchards and deodar on the road to Gangotri

Harsil sits at ≈ 2,745 m above sea level, in Uttarkashi district.

Kainchi Dham: Neem Karoli Baba's ashram on the Shipra river

Jageshwar Dham sits at ≈ 1,870 m above sea level, in Almora district.

Dayara Bugyal Trek: Uttarakhand's gentlest snow meadow

Brahmatal Trek: Frozen lakes and a front-row view of Trishul

Tungnath and Chandrashila: The world's highest Shiva temple, above Chopta

Tungnath and Chandrashila sits at ≈ 3,680 m (temple) above sea level, in Rudraprayag district.

Nag Tibba Trek: The weekend summit of the Jaunpur hills

Kedarkantha Trek: India's favourite winter snow summit

Lansdowne sits at about 1,700-1,780 m above sea level, in Pauri Garhwal district.

Momos and Maggi

Har Ki Pauri: Haridwar's holiest ghat and its evening Ganga Aarti

Nainital: Lake town of the Kumaon hills

Nainital sits at about 2,000 m (lake 1,938 m) above sea level, in Nainital district.

Momos and thukpa

Roasted corn and Maggi

Forest Research Institute (FRI): Dehradun's grand red-brick heritage campus

Chai and pakoras

Tapkeshwar Mahadev Temple: Dehradun's cave temple where water drips on Shiva

Robber's Cave (Guchhupani): Wade through Dehradun's hidden river gorge

Sahastradhara: Dehradun's 'thousand-fold spring'

Roasted corn (bhutta)

Landour: Mussoorie's quiet old cantonment

Landour sits at about 2,200-2,300 m above sea level, in Dehradun district.

Bun omelette and Maggi

Ginger lemon honey tea

Bakery cakes and breads

Homemade jams and peanut butter

Chakrata: Quiet cantonment town in deodar forest

Chakrata sits at about 2,118 m above sea level, in Dehradun district.

Jhangora ki kheer

Mussoorie: Queen of the Hills above the Doon Valley

Mussoorie sits at about 2,000 m above sea level, in Dehradun district.

Hot chocolate and soups

Dehradun: Capital city in the green Doon Valley

Dehradun sits at about 640 m above sea level, in Dehradun district.

Bakery rusks and buns

Paltan Bazaar chaat

Dehradun basmati

Dehradun litchi

Garhwali dishes

Dhanaulti: Quiet forest hill station with winter snow

Dhanaulti sits at about 2,286 m above sea level, in Tehri Garhwal district.

Rishikesh: Ganga aarti, ashrams and white-water rafting

Rishikesh sits at about 340 m above sea level, in Dehradun district.

Kachori and aloo sabzi

Falafel and hummus plates

Auli: Snow slopes and summer meadows facing Nanda Devi

Auli sits at 2,500-3,050 m above sea level, in Chamoli district.

Uttarakhand has 13 districts: 7 in the Garhwal region and 6 in Kumaon.