Duration : 9 Days.
Highlights : Golfing, monasteries, landscape, high altitude
turfs, architecture, culture and people.
Focus : Golfing in Gulmarg and Shimla, gardens of Kashmir and
the back waters of Dal Lake.
Best Time : May to October.
Details:
Day 1: Arrive Delhi:
You are met at the airport and transferred to your hotel.
The day includes a sightseeing tour across the grand old city
of Shah Jehan. We visit the Red Fort and then take a rickshaw
ride across the by-lanes to the spectacular Jama Masjid – the
largest mosque in India.
Day 2: Delhi to Chandigarh: (by
train)
Breakfast at the hotel.
You will be transferred in time to the railway station at
New Delhi, from where you will board the super fast train to
Chandigarh. Upon your arrival in Chandigarh, you will be
escorted to your hotel, located in the town. The sightseeing of
today will be a trip to the Rock garden. The Rock Garden here
has almost become a heritage site, with artists and
connoisseurs coming from all parts to see this amazing human
creation. Nestling amidst 20 acres of woods this place is a
fantasy land of art and landscape. Magnificently studded with
almost, surrealist arrangement of rocks, boulders, broken
chinaware, discarded fluorescent tubes, broken and cast away
glass bangles, the place is-all juxtaposed to create a dream
folk world of palaces, soldiers, monkeys, village life, women
and temples. The open air sculptures and concealed gateways
separating them are at places enhanced by a waterfall, pools
and an open air theatre. The evening will be spent in relaxing
at the hotel.
Day 3: Chandigarh to Shimla: (95 km / 4/5 hrs):
Breakfast at the hotel.
We start early in the morning today and drive across from
the plains and up through wooded Himalayan foothills. The
route passes through a number of villages and green fields
and takes us to the lovely hill resort of Shimla. We arrive
in Shimla in the early afternoon and transfer to a charming
hotel. The day today will be spent in playing golf at the
Naldehra course. This lovely turf was founded in the late
1920’s and is located on a spur, crowned by a beautiful
grove of deodar trees and commands a spectacular view of
the Shivalik range. The par 68 course is basically located
in a bowl and has nine holes which can be back played to
18. The longest hole is the sixth at 370 yards; and the
shortest, the fifth, with a yardage of 115. The undulating
landscape demands lofty and sure shots, as a stray ball
would tend to roll off the hillside into the
'out-of-bounds' areas. The greens are extremely fast and
have to be read carefully. We stay on till late evening and
then drive back to the hotel.
Day 4: Shimla to Jammu: (458 km / 6-7 hrs)
Breakfast at the hotel.
We drive in the morning to the winter capital of Jammu that
is part of the large state of Jammu and Kashmir. We arrive
in Jammu in the late afternoon and transfer to the hotel.
The evening will be spent in relaxing at the hotel.
Day 5: Jammu to Srinagar: (297 km /
7/8 hrs)
Breakfast at the houseboat.
We will today travel again by road to the famous city of
Srinagar. En-route we will also visit the famous Bahu Fort,
lying in the outer part of Jammu city. The Bahu fort is
situated on a rock face on the banks of the River Tawi.
Surrounded in myths and folklore, this is perhaps the oldest
fort in the city. Said to be constructed originally over 3,000
years ago, the existing fort was recently improved by the
erstwhile Dogra rulers. From here we drive our way through
serpentine roads, across the green wooded hills and pass
through a long tunnel into the fertile valley of Kashmir. We
arrive in Srinagar late in the evening and transfer to our
lovely houseboat, situated on the famous Dal Lake.
Day 6: In Srinagar:
Breakfast at the houseboat.
Today you will experience the golfing game in this rich
state of exotic landscape and beautiful sunny climate. You will
be driven to visit the most famous golf turfs found in the
valley .
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