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Wellness India
11 days, Delhi to Delhi
Itinerary
Day 1Delhi
Arrive at any time. Arrival transfer included through the G Adventures-supported Women With Wheels project.
Throughout this trip we will practice various types of yoga, keeping in mind that the beginnings of Yoga were developed by the Indus-Sarasvati civilization in Northern India over 5,000 years ago. The word yoga was first mentioned in the oldest sacred texts, the Rig Veda and "Yoga" is a Sanskrit word derived from the Sanskrit root “yuj” which means to connect, join or balance.
Your G for Good Moment: Women With Wheels Transfer
Transfer by a G Adventures-supported project, Women With Wheels. This program provides safe and reliable transport for travellers, while providing a dignified livelihood for local women who once lacked financial opportunities.
Your Welcome Moment: Welcome Moment - Meet Your CEO and Group
Your opportunity to meet your CEO and fellow travellers, and learn more about your tour. Opt to join the group for a local meal afterwards. Don't forget to see the notice in the lobby (or ask reception) for the official time and place to meet up with the group.
Day 2Delhi/Rishīkesh
This morning, enjoy a yoga session in the lush lodi gardens, amongst the backdrop of the ancient monuments. After depart for Rishikesh on the banks of the holy Ganges and check into our ashram, home for the next 3 nights.
In Lodi Gardens you may encounter a local laughter club – just laugh your lungs out as they say, “Laughter is the best medicine."
Rishikesh lies in the foothills of the lower Himalayas on the holy river Ganges. The views are breathtaking and the atmosphere serene and lush. The city is renowned as a centre for studying yoga and meditation. Temples and ashrams (centers for spiritual studies) line the eastern bank around Swarg Ashram, a traffic-free, alcohol-free and vegetarian-only area.
3 nights are spent in an authentic Ashram (simple but comfortable rooms that will have ensuite) which has very strict rules of conduct and silence is expected between 10pm-6am. The following are strictly prohibited at the ashram: smoking, drinking intoxicants, using drugs, eating egg or other non-vegetarian foods, playing cards, watching television, playing music on speakers and yelling or loud noises.
Your Wellness Moment: Morning Yoga at Lodi Gardens
Enjoy a session of yoga in the lush lodi gardens with a backdrop of the ancient monuments of the lodi dynasty.
Private Vehicle
Settle in and scan the scenery from the convenience of a private vehicle.
Your Wellness Moment: Ashram Experience
In addition to the pursuit of health and wellness, staying at an ashram is a spiritual experience and pilgrims are drawn here from all over the world. It is a place to reconnect with yourself, nature and The Divine and let go of the stress of daily life. The facilities are a perfect blend of modern and traditional amenities, and spiritual simplicity, surrounded by the power of nature and the Holy river Ganges.
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BreakfastDay 3Rishīkesh
Rise early for a yoga session at the Ashram. After, explore Rishikesh on a walking tour including a visit to Bharat Mandir, the oldest and most sacred Temple in the region. This evening, join locals and pilgrims for an aarti ceremony on the banks of the holy Ganges.
Your Wellness Moment: Yoga at an Ashram
Enjoy a yoga session at our ashram.
Rishikesh Walking tour
Enjoy a walking tour of Rishikesh, where the roads of the city are lined with bustling markets selling ethnic arts and handicrafts, fresh produce, as well as holy shrines and orange-robed sadhus. Included is a stop at Lakshman Jhula an iron suspension bridge over holy river Ganga offering views of Rishikesh city, the river and temples.
Bharat Mandir Temple Visit
Visit Bharat Mandir, an ancient temple dedicated to Lord Hrishikesh Narayan, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu in Kaliyuga. The temple houses a stunning idol of Lord Vishnu, carved from a single black stone, known as Saligram. Legend claims that the idol of the temple was reinstalled in 789 AD and since then, Saligram is taken out for a bath in Mayakund, and for grand processions through the streets.
Be sure to visit the sacred tree which is actually a combination of three different trees whose roots are entwined. It is believed that, these trees represent Brahama the creator, Vishnu, the preserver and Mahesh the destroyer
Your Wellness Moment: Aarti ceremony
Witness this fascinating Hindu religious ritual in which lamps with wicks soaked in ghee (purified butter) or camphor are offered to one or more deities.
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Breakfast | DinnerDay 4Rishīkesh
Start the morning with an invigorating yoga session. The day is then free to relax and reflect or opt to have ayurvedic treatments or visit the famed Beatles Ashram. This evening join a calming meditation session.
Your Wellness Moment: Yoga at an Ashram
Enjoy a yoga session at our ashram.
Free Time
Relax at the ashram, opt to take additional treatments or visit more temples or sites in the area.
Your Wellness Moment: Meditation Rishikesh Ashram
Practiced for thousands of years in various spiritual beliefs, meditation is the practice of focusing the breath and mind to achieve calm, relaxation and mental clarity. Meditation is helpful in reducing stress and anxiety, and improves disposition and overall general health and wellbeing.
Optional Activities - Day 4 HideShow
Beatles Ashram
Visit Chaurasi Kutia (known as The Beatles Ashram) inside Rajaji National Park. In 1968 the band learned Transcendental Meditation here under the spiritual guidance of Guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. So inspired by the experience, they wrote up to 40 songs here and the site is also noted for its fantastic Graffiti artwork.
Ayurvedic Treatments in Rishikesh
Ayurveda, is the 5,000 year old science of healing, which finds its routes in Southern India. Treatments vary and focus on prevention and life style through the use of natural herbs, oils, diet and massage.
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Breakfast | LunchDay 5Rishīkesh/Nālāgarh
After morning yoga, settle in for the drive to Nalagarh in the foothills of the mighty Himalayas. Here we take a walk through the Village and stay the night in a heritage hotel at the Nalagarh Fort which was built in 1421.
Your Wellness Moment: Yoga at an Ashram
Enjoy a yoga session at our ashram.
Private Vehicle
Settle in and scan the scenery from the convenience of a private vehicle.
Nalagarh Fort and Village Walk
Take a walk through Nalagarh Village and explore the Fort which was built in 1421 during the reign of Raja Bikram Chand. Enjoy sweeping panoramic views of the Shivalik hills and the Sirsa river.
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Breakfast | DinnerDay 6Nālāgarh/Dharamshala
Rise early for yoga before the scenic drive to Dharamshala, home to the Dalai Lama. Take a walking tour around this vibrant city in the foothills of the Himalayas.
"Dharamshala" translates to "a spiritual dwelling" or loosely, shelter or resting place for pilgrims and travellers. It is a beautiful former British hill station situated in the snow-capped mountains of Himachal Pradesh, in the foothills of the Dhauladar ranges. The city is divided into lower and upper Dharamshala according to the altitude. A popular pilgrimage site, the town is filled with temples, markets, galleries and gathering places.
Your Wellness Moment: Nālāgarh Fort Yoga
Rise early for morning yoga at the Fort.
Private Vehicle
Settle in and scan the scenery from the convenience of a private vehicle.
Orientation With CEO
Enjoy a brief walk with your CEO. He/she will give you some tips on finding things like supermarkets, main squares, and ATMs. For more specific or in-depth information, an official guided tour is recommended.
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Breakfast | LunchDay 7Dharamshala
Take a morning yoga class then spend the day visiting key sites including The Dalai Lama Temple complex, Norbulingka Institute and hike to Bhagsunath Temple. A perfect way to explore the varied spiritual beliefs in northern India.
Your Wellness Moment: Dharamshala Yoga
Rise early for morning yoga.
Dalai Lama Temple
The Dalai Lama Temple Complex (also known as Tsuglakhang Temple) is a beautiful and peaceful place located in Upper Dharamshala. Decorated with the colourful prayer flags, prayer wheels and art works, it's perfect for long serene walks, reflection or meditation with chanting monks.
Norbulingka Institute Visit
Explore a treasure trove of Tibetan culture in exile at the Norbulingka Institute. Many books, precious statues, and monasteries in Tibet were destroyed following the Chinese invasion in 1950, making the Norbulingka Institute one of the best places to learn about Tibetan culture and art anywhere in the world.
Bhagsunath Temple Excursion
Hike to Bhagsunag temple, a sacred place for Hindus and the Gorkha
community where worshippers pray to Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. There are two pools in the temple complex that are believed to have healing properties. This ancient Shiva Temple is
connected to a mythological legend and is believed to have been built by King Bhagsu.
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BreakfastDay 8Dharamshala
Enjoy morning yoga, then opt to relax or take meditation or healing therapies. Later, take an excursion to the ancient Masroor rock-cut Temples.
Masrur Rock Temples Excursion
Still a mystery, as to their origins, the Masrur Temples, also referred to as Masroor Temples or Rock-cut Temples are an early 8th-century complex of rock-cut Hindu temples in the Kangra Valley. The main shrines contain the stone idols of Rama-Laxman and Sita. and it is claimed that all 15 temples are carved out of a single rock. Initially, there were 19 structures, and now only 15, plus the reservoir. Enjoy a tour of this enigmatic and mysterious place.
Free Time
Enjoy your morning at leisure, opt to take meditation or Tibetan healing therapies.
Your Wellness Moment: Dharamshala Yoga
Rise early for morning yoga.
Optional Activities - Day 8 HideShow
Tibetan Healing Centre
Enjoy therapies and sessions at a Tibetan healing centre. Options available can include; Tibetan medicine, singing bowl healing, reiki, chakra healing and massage.
Tushita Meditation Centre
There are various types of meditation in Tibetan Buddhism, and drop-in sessions are open to visitors. The emphasis is on stilling the body & mind and relieving stress..
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BreakfastDay 9Dharamshala/Amritsar
After a morning yoga session, travel to Amritsar and visit the India-Pakistan border to witness the pomp and pageantry of the border ceremony performed by both nation's border guards. Later visit the stunning Golden Temple, an important pilgrimage site for Sikhs.
Amritsar which literally translates as "his pool of nectar", is a flourishing city and religious centre in the state of Punjab. Important from a religious point of view to the Sikh religion, with many pilgrims coming to have a divine bath in the pool of nectar at the Golden Temple. Also an important political city where in 1947 the separation of India and Pakistan created a long white line known as the Wagah Border between the two neighbours.
Golden Temple Visit
Enjoy a visit to this gorgeous temple, the most sacred shrine in the Sikh religion. Sitting in the center of a sacred lake, and accessible by a marble causeway, it is absolutely stunning. Watch the nightly ritual of moving the Guru Granth Sahib (holy book) from the temple to the neighboring Akal Takht building in a gold palki (palanquin) preceded by the spectacular fanfare of religious leaders blowing long horns or beating drums. As the procession moves, people chanting wait for their chance to shoulder the sacred palki.
The Golden Temple kitchen serves a free meal called a "langar" to more than 40,000 visitors daily, and no matter how old or young, whether rich or poor, everyone eats together while sitting on the floor.
Wagah Border Ceremony
Every evening, hundreds of people gather to watch the famous parade and the ceremonial lowering of their national flags by the Indian and Pakistani armies at sunset. Witness this event in the stands and cheer on as the two countries showcase their cooperation.
Your Wellness Moment: Dharamshala Yoga
Rise early for morning yoga.
Private Vehicle
Settle in and scan the scenery from the convenience of a private vehicle.
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Breakfast | DinnerDay 10Amritsar/Delhi
Visit the Jallianwala Bagh gardens and memorial before catching a flight to Delhi. Opt to join the CEO for a farewell dinner.
Jallianwala Bagh Visit
Jallianwala Bagh is a public garden in Amritsar and houses a memorial to the pilgrims and locals who lost their lives during the notorious 20th-century massacre.
Plane
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... yup, it is a plane, actually.
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BreakfastDay 11Delhi
Depart at any time.
With extra time, you can book our 'Agra Extension,' including accommodation, transport, and a guided visit to India's most famous sight, the Taj Mahal.
Departure Day
Not ready to leave? Your CEO can help with travel arrangements to extend your adventure.