Destination: Rishikesh (Rafting)
When: April 2010 (Weekend)
Who: 9 of us
Stayed: Stayed at the Milestones Camp (Beach number 18). The camps were quite nice, just what one needs for a rafting trip. Its not luxurious or anything and serves the purpose just right. Toilets are also quite decent. However, come prepared for mosquitos. The place houses 11 tents with double occupancy, and it gets really hot inside those tents. So always a better idea to sleep outside under the skies! It costs around Rs. 3,000 per person for a 3D/2N trip including 2 stretches of rafting.
Transport: By road the journey is PAINFUL to say the least. Make sure you have great company. The highway is worst than the service lanes of gurgaon and you will not average more than 25kmph on the entire stretch. Best option (and also the hardest to get) will be train. Take one to Haridwar, post which its a 2 hrs drive to the camp.
But wait, there is a catch. When you raft, you are supposed to come back to the camp on your own. Thats simple if you have your own conveyance, and hiring a cab there will cost a lot. (We had to hire a driver and that itself cost us 600 for 2 days, the cab will be atleast 3 times more).
A Catch-22 situation…but deal with it.
Food: Milestones serves good food. Home cooked and yummy. You wont eat anywhere else…so thats pretty much it.
Do:
1. Rafting: The usual itinerary is that you raft from Marine Drive to Shivpuri on Day 1 and Shivpuri to LaxmanJhula on day 2. Rafting is safe for non-swimmers as well (I am one of them) but the deal is not to panic. Yes, you will not feel any ground beneath your feet when you are in water, but take the plunge and enjoy the current.
There is also a stretch called THE WALL, which is meant to be attempted only by swimmers or swimmers with balls of steels. We were neither!
Rafting is a fantastic exercise. We loved every bit of it. Each raft accommodates 6-9 people depending on the size, and its most fun if the entire raft is yours. It does strain you physically but you will enjoy every moment of it!
2. Cliff Jump: The highlight of the trip. You jump from some 30 odd feet…not a lot…but it takes the hell out of you to do it. We all did it around 2 times each and each time the feeling was just the same. HIGHLY recommended!
3. Random Jazz (rappelling, rock climbing): Will be part of the camp. Do it if you enjoy the stuff, but chances are you wont have the energy to do so!
I have written a post and I believe that Rishikesh is a heady mix of Nirvana and Spiritualism
http://www.vedainformatics.com/veranda/rishikesh-a-heady-mix-of-nirvana-and-spiritualism/
river rafting is a great adventure.one can try river rafting in rishikesh.
I went the previous season with these guys http://www.roofnride.com/advent_travel.php?type=1&city=8. My experiece was fantastic
Please can you mail the number of the milestone camp. I will give a try to this camp too.
Hey Raj – here are the details
Milestones Adventures & Expeditions Pvt. Ltd.
C-426, Lower Ground Floor
Chittranjan Park
New Delhi 110 019
Tele: 91 11 26278529, 26278708
Mobile: 9899 000 910
Fax: 91-11-51603854
Email: Milestones1@vsnl.com
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River Rafting in Rishikesh will release all your tension and pent up energies which you are unable to release in your day to day life. This adventure tour will exhilarate you and give you the happiness and satisfaction that you had been missing out in your life.
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Rishikesh is most religious place in India. River rafting in rishikesh is also popular in north India. and thanks you guys for sharing with us your rafting experience.
This year of time would be good for camping in Rishikesh
? we were planning sometime in the first week of April
Good to share the DO’s for river rafting
It looks like an awesome destination for rafting. Thanks for the information. I love to know more about the place.
Rishikesh has established itself as the most favored places in India for white water rafting. River Rafting is, undoubtedly, the most exciting adventure sport in India. Any trip to India is incomplete until you get a taste of river rafting in the writhing waters of Ganges and it is famous place for rafting in rishikesh.
is it worth to go there in dec?
what would be the price???
are hard drink available over there??
I guess this month good for river rafting, hahaha
Thanks for this post! Your adventure sounds like a lot of fun.
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It makes planning a family vacation a little easier.
Finding your own way back to camp sounds pretty scary but I’m sure that’s half the fun! I’m definitely going to look more into something like this. Thanks again!
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I am a regular visitor to Rishikesh. Thanks for sharing the adventure sports opportunities in Rishikesh. I think you forget to mention aerial zip line adventure which is conducted by Flying Fox at an height of 70m above Ganges.
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