Himachal Backpacking with Paragliding at Bir
Nature Walkers has crafted a Backpacking Itinerary from the Intricate chain on mountains of Himachal Pradesh covering a road trip through snow-clad mountains, pristine lakes and cascading streams and a paragliding experience from the highest launching site in whole India.
Himachal Backpacking peregrinate through myriad of religious places, ancient monasteries, thick forest valleys and heritage sites. Himachal is loved by adventurers and mountain riders as the mountain road trip is a joyful experience of curvy roads with vibrant sceneries.
It takes a lifetime to soak up the intrigue Tibetan culture and the aroma of beautiful Himachal but we have concise the fun and experience in just 7 days of Himachal Backpacking. The initial day or two of Himachal Backpacking dwells into the suburbs of Dharamshala and the world-famous Dalai Lama Temple, then we soar our adrenaline while gliding through the high mountains and deep gorges with our parachute in second part of Himachal Backpacking.
Short Itinerary
Day 1:
- Reach Mcleodganj, Enjoy Sightseeing and Night Stay in Hotel
Day 2:
- Day Trek to Triund and return. Night Stay in Mcleodganj
Day 3:
- Drive from Mcleodganj to Bir, Monasteries tour in Bir, Night Stay in Bir
Day 4:
- Paragliding in Bir, Drive from Bir to Borat, Night Stay in Borat
Day 5:
- Drive from Borat to Mcleodganj and Depart
Price Inclusions
- All Days delicious meals: – Breakfast, Dinner.
- Comfortable accommodation in Hotel with hot water facilities.
- Travel Transportation to all the destinations as per the itinerary.
- Paragliding Experience at Bir
- Outskirt Exploration
- Local Sightseeing
Price Exclusions
- All Days Meal – Lunch
- Any kind of insurance
- Personal Expense:( snacks, mineral water etc)
- Anything not included above
- Personal expenses, tips, laundry, telephone calls personal medicines.
- Costs arising out of unforeseen circumstances such as bad weather, landslides, road conditions and
any other circumstances beyond our control. - Evacuation charges, damage of any nature, entrance fees at sites.
Stay
- All Days 2-Star Hotels Accomodation in sharing basis
- (Hotel can also be arrange as per your request provided the availability)
Meal
- We offer Hot Vegetarian food.
- All Days Breakfast
- All Days Dinner
Transportation
- Non-A/C Car or SUV with depending on group size.
Detail Itinerary
1
Reach Mcleodganj, our representative will pick you up from the bus stand and take you the hotel where you can check in and fresh up. Have your breakfast and morning coffee admiring the view through the café.
Today we are going to do sightseeing of the beautiful town Mcleodganj covering the famous Namgyal Monastery, The Dalai Temple and Bhagsu Waterfall so gear up your day pack bag and hope into the car.
Day 1: Reach Mcleodganj and Explore Namgyal Monastery
We will travel to Dharamshala and visit Namgyal Monastery. This monastery is founded in 1965 by Third Dalai Lama Gendun Gyatso, which now is the personal monastery of the 14th Dalai Lama. From here we will continue to Bhagsu Waterfall situated near Bhagsu Village. We will spend some time in the presence of majestic and cascading waterfall, take some picture and head back to Mcleodganj for delicious dinner and night stay.
2
Today we are hike up to Triund Peak. So, wake up early, have your breakfast and gear up for an amazing trek. It is relatively easy trek with little tricky patches. We will cover a total distance of 9km in this trek. Triund Trek passes through dense forest of pine trees. You will surely enjoy the stunning view of the valley while climbing.
Day 2: Triund Trek
We will have our packed lunch on the peak and then start our descend. We will reach back Mcleodganj at early evening, fresh up at the hotel and head for some street shopping. The evening walk through the lit-up shops is another relaxing moment of the day. We will have our dinner and rest another night of Himachal Backpacking in Mcleodganj.
3
Third day of our Himachal Backpacking is a road trip from Mcleodganj to Bir. It is the small town located close to 80km from Mcleodganj. We will have our breakfast, check-out the hotel and head to Bir.
Day 3: Mcleodganj to Bir
Today we will spend the day visiting monasteries like Nyingyang monastery, Sherabling monastery, Chokling monastery. Soak up all the Tibetan cultural vibes here and enjoy the evening in cafes. We will check-in to the hotel here, have dinner and sleep for the night in Bir.
4
Wake early, have light breakfast as today you will be enjoying paragliding experience.
From Bir we will climb our vehicle to another 18km to Billing which is the launching site for our paragliding. Some people also prefer to trek from Bir to Billing but that’s another itinerary.
We will gear up our gliders and soar into the sky. Each glider is maneuvered by an experience and certified guide so, you just need to sit, relax and take amazing photos and video while he flies you through the clouds.
Day 4: Paragliding in Bir and then Bir to Borat
We will land in Bir, please keep up the excitement high as after the paragliding we will be road tripping to Borat which is another 80km from Bir. It is small village located in Mandi district next to the banks of Uhl river. After we reach Borat, we will check-in to the hotel and spend the rest of the day by the riverside admiring the surrounding here. Late at the evening we will have our dinner and sleep in Borat.
5
As it’s the last day of our trip, we have kept it light. We will have our breakfast and leave to explore the Borat Valley, visit Borat temple and Nargu Wildlife Sanctuary.
Day 5: Borat to Mcleodganj and Departure
We will head back to Mcleodganj post lunch and reach in the evening. From here you can depart with all the memories we all gathered together from the beautiful Himachal Backpacking trip. Chao.
Things to Carry
- Xerox Copy of you Aadhar/Voter ID (Mandatory requirement for forest permit)
- Water Bottle – 2 (1 liter each)
- Raincoat – if in case it rains.
- Torch with New Batteries
- Shoes with good traction on it.
- One cover sheet – Good to have one
- A cap
- Cargo/track pants -2
- T-shirt -2
- Extra pair of Socks
- Personal medication kit
- Soap
- Toothpaste
- Toothbrush
- Sunscreen
- Rain Coat/Poncho
- Flip-flops
- Portable chargers
- One bag to keep wet cloths
- Little extra cash for meal not included in the itinerary
Refund & Cancellation
- Please check out the cancellation policy:
- https://naturewalkers.in/cancellation-policy/
- you can send your cancellation request to connect@naturewalkers.in
Safety,Risk and Advisory
We develop our itinerary without compromising anything regards to Safety. We are aware that you would have concern regarding travelling this post covid lockdown but we take several measures to make the trip safe for you. We strongly recommend all the travellers in the trip to gain a Covid-19 Test certification. Apart from that we also sanitize the vehicle and homestay/campsite thoroughly before using it. We have made the use of face mask mandatory at public places and travel destination. Although its difficult to trek with face mask on, we strongly monitor the protocol of social distancing.
If you want to know more about what all other practises we use to make the trip safe. Please follow the link of "Safety at Nature Walkers".
FAQs
Nature Walkers shall follow all the basic Covid Guidelines like Face Mask, Hand Sanitizer, Vehicle and Homestay Sanitization with Temperature Check.
It is mandatory to carry Covid Vaccination Certificate if you have been vaccinated with both the doses on Trek. If you have Vaccinated only with one dose or have not got vaccinated, then you would need RTPCR Negative Test Report to join this Trek. As It might be inconvience if the state government rule changes after your do your registration or after you begin your travel and it would be difficult to find covid test centers nearby to your travel destinations.
Please read our article on "Is it Safe to Travel in India right now?"
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These are the best Treks or Trips to do in March and April.
yes, you certainly can join. We often get many solo trekker/traveler on our trips and definitely you will find some likeminded people on the trip. Our objective is that we complete the trek/travel as a team. So, we always motivate people to come together and help each other.
We always believe in exploring our limits. Every Trek/Trip organized by Nature Walker would have outdoor leaders, who would help you motivate you in difficult times on the trek/trip. Also, we have shared the itinerary in a form of a virtual trek/trip which would give you basic idea of the difficulty level of the trek/trip, which will help you in decision making.
Yes, We always make sure that we take proper precaution in regards of girl’s safety. We have female outdoor leaders who have explored every trek/trip, Nature Walkers has, in regards of the facilities, sanity and safety of a female trekkers/travelers.
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