Friday, September 09, 2022

Chardham 2022: Hotels, Restaurants and Travel Times.

13 08 Rishikesh - Barkot - Jankichatti

Started: 0830hrs / Paras Plaza , Opp Bus Adda, Rishikesh (https://goo.gl/maps/KQk7xJH1NKDXvMAG7)

Route: Narendra Nagar> Chamba> New Tehri> Dharasu> Barkot> hanuman Chatti > Janki Chatti

Breakfast, Lunch Stops: Breakfast @ Roadside Dabha around 1 hr from Rishikesh, Lunch @ Brahmakal (Krishna Jamuna Palace and Restaurant, 8171981307 / 94567 55405)

Arrival: 2000 hrs

Overnight Stay: https://goo.gl/maps/6CT3Hdvh4gpXis2C7 (Don't know the name of the hotel)


14 08 YamunotriBaseCamp - Brahmakamal

Started: 1300

Route: Base Camp > Hanuman Chatti > Barkot > Brahmakal

Breakfast, Lunch Stops: Breakfast on top at Yamunotri Dham, Skipped lunch, and reached the same hotel at Brahmakal

Arrival: 1800

Overnight Stay: Brahmakal (Krishna Jamuna Palace and Restaurant, 8171981307 / 94567 55405)


15 08 Brahmakamal - DarasuBend - Uttarkashi - Gangotri - Uttarkashi

Started: 0730hrs (Had to fill fuel and hence started to reach nearby fuel station by 0800 hrs)

Route: Brahmakamal > DarasuBend > Uttarkashi > Gangotri > Uttarkashi

Breakfast, Lunch Stops: Breakfast at Uttarkashi (opp Kashi Vishwanatha Mandir), Lunch at Ishavyasa Ashram on top at Gangotri

Arrival: reached Gangothri by 1200 hrs, spent 3 hrs on top, and returned to Uttarkashi by around 1945. Rushed to a fuel pump to stay filled for the next day

Overnight Stay: Vaibhav Ganga and Restaurant, Gangotri National Highway, Netala (80576 63984, 6399391814, 95480 42369)


16 08 Uttarkashi - Sonprayag

Started: 0830hrs

Route: ( Multiple options available, Since we heard about landslides overnight, we decided to go via Ghansali)

Uttarkashi > Lambgaon > Ghansali > Tilwada> Agastmuni > Narayankoti > Gupt Kashi > Sonprayag

Breakfast, Lunch Stops: Breakfast (Packed Upma from the hotel where we stayed overnight), Lunch at Bahuguna restaurant, Tilwara (https://goo.gl/maps/YsC1NTuo8tkCtNn17)

Arrival: 1900 hrs

Overnight Stay Hotel JPG Palace, Sitapur.

Dinner: Hotel Devraj and Restaurant (Next to our hotel)


17 08 Trek to Kedarnath Dham, 

Overnight Stay Bhopal Bhavan, Kedarnath Dham.


18 08 Trek to Sonprayag

Overnight Stay JPEG Palace, Sitapur


19 08 Gaurikund - Rudraprayag - Joshimath

Started: 0700 hrs

Route: Gaurikund > Gupt Kashi > RudraPrayag (for temple visit) > Nagrasu > Gauchar > KarN Prayag > Gopeshwar > Pipalkot > Joshimath

Breakfast, Lunch Stops: Breakfast at Chauhan Hotel (below Guptkashi temple bus stop on Main Road ), Lunch at Hotel Him Anand (https://g.page/hotel-him-anand?share)

One of the cheapest and tastiest hotels on this trip!!

Arrival: 2000

Overnight Stay at Hotel Manik Palace (Opp Hotel Dronagiri), just before entering Joshimath. (https://goo.gl/maps/WKTGFBcZk4uT8C2p8)

Dinner: Walked 200 Mtrs towards city center Marwari hotel. (https://goo.gl/maps/cRiFPDquTGV69JD47)


20 08 Joshimath - Badrinath

Started: 0700hrs

Route: Joshimath > Govind Ghat > Pandukeshwar > Badrinath

Breakfast, Lunch Stops: Breakfast at Himsarovar Restaurant (https://goo.gl/maps/uFgdXNAMkzmJfc54A), Lunch at Sardeshwari (https://goo.gl/maps/uM7SqZm5dUijBXvw9)

Arrival: 1200 hrs

Overnight Stay: Bharath Sree Guest House (https://goo.gl/maps/jL2bJcGNyfBRrDpL7)

One of the best places that I have stayed on this trip


21 08 @ Badrinath

Brunch: Sardeshwari (https://goo.gl/maps/uM7SqZm5dUijBXvw9)

Dinner: Hotel Saket (https://goo.gl/maps/r14shyR5ahXn9xnw5)


22 08 Badrinath - Rishikesh

Started: 0830hrs

Route: Badrinath > Joshimath > pipalkoti > Gopeshwar > RudraPrayag > Srinagar > DevPrayag > Rishikesh

Breakfast, Lunch Stops: Breakfast @ a roadside Dabha, around 1 hr after driving down from Joshimath, Lunch at Srinagar Hotel Devlok (https://goo.gl/maps/crj7amGTXzYvj3EG8)

Arrival: 1700

Overnight Stay: Paras Plaza, Opp Bus Adda, Rishikesh https://goo.gl/maps/KQk7xJH1NKDXvMAG7


Various other eat out

Rishikesh Chotiwala * 2: https://goo.gl/maps/Rs1nKvzS9xPXTERh7

Haridwar Chotiwala: https://goo.gl/maps/HzM8Zj6b9MQcR8QE6

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