Kashmir in 10 days

Gardens, Lakes, Valleys, Mountains, Cava, Saffron, Apples, Walnuts, Almonds, meadows

Day 0 Arrival

Airport to Homestay – INR 1500

Day 1 Srinagar

  1. Ashtang Marg
  2. Dachigam National Park – INR 100
  3. Shalimar Bagh 
  4. Nishath Bagh – INR 50
  5. Tulip Garden – During April
  6. Nehru Botanical Garden – INR 50
  7. Chashmeshahi – INR 50
  8. Pari Mahal – INR 50
  9. Dal Lake Shikhara ride ( view of Zabarwan mountain range ) – INR 3000
  10. Shikara snacks at Char Chinar – INR 60
  11. Stream restaurant ( Nadru not there) – INR 1250

Total Day 1 – INR 4610

Day 2 Doodhpathri

  1. ATV and Horses with tips – INR 5250
  2. Hutment visit and tip to Gujjar lady – INR 150
  3. Shaliganga river
  4. Paragliding spot
  5. Raazi Point ( meadows ) for photos
  6. Noon Chai, Makki di roti with Saag and Pickle, Qahva – INR 250
  7. Krishna Vaishno Dhaba – INR 850
    • Rajma Chawal
    • Rice Kheer
    • Roti with Baigan bartha and Chilli Paneer

Total day 2 – INR 6500 plus carpets

Day 3 Srinagar to Gurez Valley

  1. Border Roads Organisation
  2. Bondipore
  3. Tragbal
  4. Raazdan Pass
  5. Transit Snacks – INR 300
  6. Koragbal
  7. Dawar
  8. Gurez Knights Dinner – INR 850

Total day 3 – INR 1150

Day 4 Gurez Valley

  1. Local Cab: INR 5200
  2. Angaikot
  3. Foods:
    • Girda
    • Sheermal
    • cava
    • Tandoori Baghirkhaani
    • Chachwaro
    • Lavassa

Total Day 4 – INR 5200

Day 5 Return from Gurez

  1. Grand hills  – 1690 meals + 3200 stay
  2. Transit snacks – INR 200
  3. Dinner at Mahatta
  4. Ismarg
  5. Bhagtore
  6. Tarbal
  7. Rippuji Bhagtore ( Pakistan residents in 1947 )
  8. Manasbal Lake – INR 200

Total Day 5 – INR 5290

Day 6 Pahalgam

  1. Shopping at Evergreen spices – INR 18125
  2. Apple Orchard – INR 100
  3. Pony ride to Deno valley – INR 5000
  4. Snacks – INR 200

Total Day 6 – INR 5300 + spices 

Day 7 Pahalgam

  1. Pony ride to Baisaran valley – INR 6200
  2. Cab to Aru and Betaab valley – INR 2150
  3. Dinner at Dana Paani – INR 650
  4. Softys – INR 50
  5. Snacks – INR 100

Total Day 7 – INR 9150

Day 8 Return to Srinagar and Old city

  1. Pahalgam stay ( 2 nights ) – INR 15000
  2. Lunch snacks – INR 200
  3. Old city – Hari Parbat fort – INR 100
    • Goddess Sharika
    • Makhdoom Sahib ( south side )
    • Chatti Padshahi
  4. Badam wari – INR 50
  5. Jamma Masjid entry and shopping
  6. Hazratbal mosque ( the only domes mosque, the others are pagoda like roofs )

Day 9 Yousmarg 

  1. Pony ride – INR 3700
  2. Ghulam Khadir Charar i Sharif ( 7006017313 )

Day 10 return – INR 33200

  • Cab – INR 1000
  • Tips to Prem and damodar – INR 1000
  • Tips to Mehraj – INR 2000
  • Stay at Mahatta ( 6 nights plus two cancelled nights with 70% refund ) – INR 27300
  • Mahatta Food – INR 2900

Total expenses

  • Travel ( Flights to and fro ) – INR 45,000
  • Stay – INR 45,500
  • Agent expenses – INR 45,000
  • Experiences – INR
  • Food and snacks  – INR 
  • Shopping
  • Others

Knowledge is humility, the virtue is simplicity, diamond is a sweet tongue.

Four aspects of Dharma:

  • Truth
  • Charity ( mercy for all )
  • Worship ( right conduct )
  • Remembrance ( Jap )

All is holy where devotion kneels – O.W. Holmes