MEET OUR REPRESENTATIVE AT SRINAGAR AIRPORT HE WILL ASSIST YOU AND TRANSFER YOU TO
THE HOUSEBOAT FOR CHECK INN, AFTER RE FRESH PROCEED TO LOCAL SIGHTSEEING SEE MUGHAL
GARDENS:- VISIT SHANKARANCHARIYA TEMPLE (IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE JYESTESHWARA TEMPLE
IT IS ON TOP OF THE SHANKARACHARYA HILL ON THE ZABARWAN MOUNTAIN IT IS DEDICATED TO
LORD SHIVA THE TEMPLE IS AT A HEIGHT OF 1,000 FEET ABOVE THE PLAIN AND OVERLOOKS THE
CITY OF SRINAGAR) THEN VISIT PARI MAHAL 'PALACE OF FAIRIES' (IS A SEVEN TERRACED GARDEN
LOCATED AT THE TOP OF ZABARWAN MOUNTAIN RANGE OVER-LOOKING CITY OF SRINAGAR AND
SOUTH-WEST OF DAL LAKE) THEN VISIT TO CHESHAM SHAHI (IS ONE OF THE MUGHAL GARDENS
BUILT IN 1632 AD AROUND A SPRING BY ALI MARDAN KHAN, A GOVERNOR OF MUGHAL
EMPEROR SHAH JAHAN AS PER THE ORDERS OF THE EMPEROR, AS A GIFT FOR HIS ELDER SON
PRINCE DARA SHIKOH) YOU WILL ALSO VISIT NISHAT GARDEN KNOWN AS 'GARDEN OF PLEASURE'
BUILT IN 16TH CENTURY (1633) BY MUGHAL KING ASIF KHAN. THEN VISIT SHALIMAR GARDEN
KNOWN AS 'GARDEN OF LOVE' BUILT IN 16TH CENTURY (1619) BY MUGHAL KING JEHANGIR FOR
HIS BELOVED WIFE NOOR JEHAN OR (MEHR-UN-NISSA) EVENING ENJOY SHIKARA RIDE ( 01 HR )
ON WORLD FAMOUS DAL LAKE IN WHICH YOU WILL COVER, FLOATING GARDENS, VEGETABLE
GARDENS, GOLDEN LAKE, INNER MARKETS LIKE MENA BAZAR, AND CANALS ETC, ALSO ENJOY THE
SCENIC VIEW OF ZABARWAN MOUNTAINS, EVENING FREE FOR LEISURE, OVERNIGHT STAY IN
HOUSEBOAT AT SRINAGAR.

SRINAGAR TO GULMARG “MEADOW OF FLOWERS” DISCOVERED BY THE KASHMIRI ROMANTIC
POET IN THE 16TH CENTURY WHO WAS INSPIRED WITH ITS GRASSY SLOPES COVERED WITH WILD
FLOWERS. IN WINTER GULMARG LOOKS MORE BEAUTIFUL DUE TO HEAVY SNOW FALL. AND TURNS
INTO INDIA'S PREMIER SKI RESORT IN WINTER.GULMARG HAS ONE OF THE BEST SKI SLOPES IN THE
WORLD AND HIGHEST GOLF COURSE WITH 18 HOLES,IN GULMARG YOU ALSO CAN ENJOY GONDOLA
CABLE CAR(ON YOUR OWN EXPENSES) OFFERS RIDES TO THE UPLAND MEADOWS OF KONGDORI
AND BEYOND TO THE TOP OF APHARWAT RANGE TO A HEIGHT OF 14000 FT FOR VIEWING THE
HIMALAYAN PEAKS IN SUMMER AND FOR DOWNHILL SKIING IN WINTER, RETURN BACK TO
SRINAGAR IN THE EVENING AFTER ENJOYED YOUR DAY, OVERNIGHT STAY IN HOTEL AT SRINAGAR.

AFTER BREAKFAST PROCEED TO PAHALGAM “VALLEY OF SHEPHERDS” VIA EN ROUTE SIGHTSEEING
VISIT AWANTIPURA RUINS, SAFFRON FIELDS AND CRICKET BAT FACTORIES, CONTINUE DRIVE
TOWARDS PAHALGAM, PAHALGAM IS THE MOST FAMOUS PLACE FOR INDIAN FILM INDUSTRY. IN
PAHALGAM ENJOY THE NATURE AND ADMIRE THE BEAUTY OF THIS QUIET PLACE AND BE IN AWE OF
THE SERENE SURROUNDINGS, IN PAHALGAM YOU CAN VISIT BETAAB VALLEY (BETAAB VALLEY IS
SITUATED AT A DISTANCE OF 15 KILOMETERS FROM PAHALGAM GOT ITS NAME FROM THE SUNNY
DEOL & AMRITA SIGHT HIT DEBUT FIM BETAAB.THE VALLEY SURROUNDED BY LUSH GREEN
MEADOWS, SNOW CLAD MOUNTAINS AND COVERED WITH DENSE VEGETATION) THEN VISIT ARU
VALLEY (ARU VALLEY IS A SMALL YET SELF-SUFFICIENT SCENIC VILLAGE LOCATED 12 KM FROM
PAHALGAM) OR YOU CAN VISIT CHANDANWARI (IS SITUATED AT A DISTANCE OF 16 KM FROM
PAHALGAM, IS THE STARTING POINT OF THE YATRA THAT TAKES PLACE EVERY YEAR IN THE MONTH
OF (JULY TO AUGUST) A LOCAL TAXI HAS TO BE HIRED FOR THESE BEAUTIFUL PLACES (OWN YOUR
OWN EXPENSES) RETURN BACK TO SRINAGAR IN THE EVENING AFTER ENJOYED YOUR DAY,
OVERNIGHT STAY IN HOTEL AT SRINAGAR.

AFTER BREAKFAST LEAVE FOR SONAMARG FOR A DAY TRIP THE NAME SONAMARG IS DERIVED
FROM TWO KASHMIRI WORDS “SON” & “MARG” WHICH MEAN “GOLD” & “MEADOW”, WHEN
PUT TOGETHER IT MEANS “MEADOW OF GOLD” THE DRIVE FROM SRINAGAR TO SONAMARG IS
VERY BEAUTIFUL AS YOU WILL PASS THROUGH SOME TOWNS AND VILLAGES, AT MANY PLACES YOU
CAN ENJOY THE VIEW OF PADDY FIELDS WITH RIVERS FLOWING ON ONE SIDE. IN SONAMARG YOU
CAN VISIT THAJWASGLACIER WHICH IS AROUND 4KMS FROM SONAMARG A LOCAL TAXI OR PONY
RIDE HAS TO BE HIRED (ON YOUR OWN EXPENSES) RETURN BACK TO SRINAGAR IN THE EVENING
AFTER ENJOYED YOUR DAY, OVERNIGHT STAY IN HOTEL AT SRINAGAR.

AFTER BREAKFAST GET TRANSFER TO SRINAGAR AIRPORT FOR FURTHER NEXT DESTINATION BACK
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