Rolling green meadows with a stream and pine ridges

Budget Kashmir 5N 6D

Adds Doodhpathri — the meadow the coach tours don't reach.

Duration

5 Nights · 6 Days

From, per person

₹18,499

Rating

4.7

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The plan

Five nights lets us put a genuinely quiet day into the middle of the week. Doodhpathri has no gondola, no market and nothing to queue for, which is exactly why we include it.

Still Srinagar-based throughout, still one unpack.

D01

Arrive Srinagar

Srinagar · 1,585 m

Met at the airport and driven to the Boulevard — about thirty minutes. The rest of the day is deliberately empty: a shikara out onto Dal Lake at sunset, and nothing else scheduled.

Meals: Dinner

D02

Srinagar sightseeing

Srinagar · 1,585 m

The Mughal gardens — Nishat, Shalimar and Chashme Shahi — stepping down towards the lake, then Hazratbal and the wooden Khanqah-e-Moula in the old city. Evening free at Lal Chowk or the Polo View market.

Meals: Breakfast, dinner

D03

Day trip to Gulmarg

Gulmarg · 2,650 m

Ninety minutes up through Tangmarg to the meadow at 2,650 m. The Gondola runs in two stages — we aim to be in the queue early, because the second stage is capped daily and closes for wind.

Meals: Breakfast, dinner

D04

Day trip to Pahalgam

Pahalgam · 2,130 m

Two and a half hours out, stopping at the saffron fields at Pampore and a cricket-bat workshop on the way. Betaab Valley and the Lidder river, then back to Srinagar for the night.

Meals: Breakfast, dinner

D05

Doodhpathri

Doodhpathri · 2,730 m

The meadow most itineraries skip. Ninety minutes out, no gondola and nothing to queue for — a stream, open grass and shepherd huts. The rest day in the middle of a busy week.

Meals: Breakfast, dinner

D06

Depart Srinagar

Srinagar · 1,585 m

Transfer to the airport with enough time for the two security checks Srinagar requires. If your flight is late, we'll hold the room or arrange somewhere to leave bags.

Meals: Breakfast