Yulla Kanda Yatra from Delhi NCR

Our flagship group yatra from Delhi, Noida, Gurugram and Faridabad. Travel overnight to the hills, take darshan at Yulla Kanda, and return refreshed in body and spirit.

Yatra highlights

• ✦ Pickup from Delhi (Majnu ka Tilla / Kashmere Gate / Akshardham), Noida or Gurugram by our team
• ✦ Darshan at Yulla Kanda — world’s highest Krishna temple (3,895 m)
• ✦ Kinnauri cap floating ritual on the sacred lake
• ✦ Evening aarti at Bhimakali Temple, Sarahan
• ✦ Alpine camping with bhajan sandhya

Day-wise itinerary

1. 1

   Day 1

   Delhi → Shimla (overnight journey)

   ≈350 km · overnight drive

   Board our tempo traveller at around 8:30 PM from the Delhi pickup point. Travel through the night via Sonipat, Karnal and Ambala, with a dinner stop at Murthal.

2. 2

   Day 2

   Arrive Shimla · Jakhoo Temple & Mall Road

   Rest & local darshan

   Reach Shimla in the morning and check in to rest. In the afternoon, visit the Jakhoo Hanuman temple, then walk the Ridge, Christ Church and Mall Road.

   Overnight: Hotel, Shimla

3. 3

   Day 3

   Shimla → Narkanda → Rampur → Sarahan

   ≈170 km · 6–7 hrs drive

   Drive through apple country past Kufri and Narkanda, then descend to the Sutlej at Rampur Bushahr. Reach Sarahan, gateway to Kinnaur, in time for the evening aarti at the ancient Bhimakali Temple with its tiered wooden pagoda roofs.

   Overnight: Hotel, Sarahan

4. 4

   Day 4

   Sarahan → Jeori → Tapri → Yulla Khas

   ≈70 km · 3 hrs drive · 2,985 m

   Enter Kinnaur along the dramatic Sutlej gorge on NH-5. At Tapri turn up the Rora Valley road to Yulla Khas village, the base of the trek. Afternoon acclimatisation walk among slate-roofed Kinnauri houses and apple orchards, followed by a trek briefing and gear check.

   Overnight: Kinnauri homestay, Yulla Khas

5. 5

   Day 5

   Trek: Yulla Khas → Yulla Kanda Camp

   ≈10 km · 6–7 hrs trek · ~3,700 m

   Begin early with “Jai Shri Krishna”. The trail climbs through deodar, oak and rhododendron forest, then opens into wide alpine meadows with views of the Kinnaur Kailash range. Packed lunch on the way. Reach camp, about 2 km below the temple, for hot tea, evening bhajan and dinner under the stars.

   Overnight: Alpine camp (twin/triple tents)

6. 6

   Day 6

   Darshan at the World’s Highest Krishna Temple · Descend

   ≈2 km up + 12 km down · 7–8 hrs

   A pre-dawn climb brings you to the sacred lake at 3,895 m, with Shri Krishna’s temple on its island. Take darshan, do the lake parikrama and join the local custom of floating a Kinnauri cap upside-down on the water: if it floats across, the year ahead is believed to be blessed. Descend to Yulla Khas by afternoon.

   Overnight: Kinnauri homestay, Yulla Khas

7. 7

   Day 7

   Yulla Khas → Delhi (overnight journey)

   ≈590 km · drive through the night

   Leave in the morning and drive down through Shimla and Chandigarh, arriving in Delhi early the next morning.