Kashmir Valley in Six Days
Srinagar, Gulmarg and Pahalgam at an unhurried pace, with two nights on a Dal Lake houseboat.
- Duration
- 6 days / 5 nights
- Group size
- 2 – 12 travellers
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Activities
- Sightseeing, Walking
- Trip type
- Cultural, Relaxed
About this trip
Six days is enough to see the valley properly if the route is built around the driving rather than against it. This one keeps the long transfers in the morning and leaves the afternoons open.
Two nights on a houseboat, two in Gulmarg and one in Pahalgam, finishing back in Srinagar for the flight home.
Day by day
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Met at the airport and driven straight to the houseboat. Nothing is scheduled for the rest of the day, which is deliberate — most people arrive tired.
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The old city in the morning while it is quiet, then Nishat and Shalimar in the afternoon. A shikara back across the lake as the light goes.
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Two hours on the road, climbing the whole way. The gondola runs in the afternoon, weather permitting; if it does not, we move it to day four rather than lose it.
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A free day at altitude. In summer the meadow walk to Khilanmarg is the better use of it; in winter this is a ski day.
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The long way round through Pampore, where the saffron comes from, and on to Pahalgam for the night.
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A slow morning by the Lidder, then back to Srinagar in time for an afternoon flight.
What's included
Included
- Five nights accommodation, including two on a Dal Lake houseboat
- All transfers in a private vehicle with driver
- Breakfast daily and dinner on houseboat nights
- Gulmarg gondola, phase one
- A local planner reachable for the whole trip
Not included
- Flights to and from Srinagar
- Lunches and personal expenses
- Pony rides and phase two of the gondola
- Travel insurance