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Unknown to many people,
facilities for adventure sports in India is excellent. Adventure sports
that can be explored in India include White Water Rafting, Aerosports
events, Camping, Trekking, Mountaineering, Rock Climbing and Skiing.
Certainly these sports ensure the satiation of a traveler's adventurous
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Aero Sports
India is fast emerging as a major aero sports destination.
The long Himalayan range contrasted with the vast desert
landscape offer opportunities for activities like Para
Sailing, Para Gliding, Hot Air Ballooning, Para Jumping etc. |
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White Water
Rafting Adventure
The holy river
Ganges provides ample opportunities to White Water Rafting
in India and 'splash around in boats' and is often called as
a rafter's paradise. The river near Shivpuri and Rishikesh
has many suitable rapids to tempt the White Water Rafting
tourists; white water rafting is a very unique adventure
sport as as it provides a marvellous and thrilling trip
through the foaming gaps in the river's rock strewn
channels. Even more so, the sport requires little skill and
can be instantly grasped and mastered by the tourists. |
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Camping/Trekking/Mountaineering/Rock Climbing
The Himalayas,
'Abode of Snows' are the highest and youngest mountains
range in the world. The interiors of the mountains are not
accessible by road and so they must be visited in the
slowest and most time-tested manner - mountaineering.
Mountaineering is the best way to test your skills,
ditermination and patience. |
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Skiing Adventure
The panoramic
hills of Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh in north India
are a combination of mountain peaks and valleys. The large
slopes when covered with seasonal snow becomes ideal for
skiing in the winter months. The thrill of skiing over snow
covered terrains remains unparalleled. As the elements are
defeated and unimaginable distances traversed, exhilaration
swells up. In skiing, the use of the simplest forms of
implements serve to add to the adventure. |
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Some of the popular
treks in Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh are:
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- Panch Kedar
Trek
- Kedarnath
Vasuki Tal Trek
- Dodi Tal
Trek
- Gangotri
Kedarnath Trek
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Gangotri-Gaumukh-Nandavan-Tapovan
- Kalind-ikhal
Trek
- Valley of
Flowers and Hemkund Trek
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- Har-ki-Doon
Trek
- Roopkund
Trek
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Rishikesh-Pauri-Binsar Trek
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Mussoorie-Nagtibba Trek
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Kalsi-Lakhmandal Trek
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Dehradun-Mussoorie-George Everest-Bhadraj-Jwala Devi-Kempty
Fall Trek
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Pithoragarh-Lipulekh Trek etc.
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'Rock Climbing'
adventure is conducted at Buranskh (Tehri)/Songad (Uttarkashi)/Tharali
(Chamoli)/Tapovan (Chamoli)/ Kaudiyala (Tehri) |
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From Shimla
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- Kufri
via Chail
- Chaupal
- Churdhar
- Toy
Train Trek
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- Tatta
Pani
- Narkanda
via Tatta Pani
- Kullu
via Jalori Pass
- Manali
via Bashleo Pass etc.
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