Delhi Chandigarh Kasauli Shimla Kufri Chail Chandigarh Delhi Trip with College Friend

Long Weekend Trip with College Friend – Finding some peace, purity in valley of Nature

 

Yes this trip was purely for finding peace, purity in the lap of nature. This trip was unique limited to only two

friends he and me. We planned this a month ago and planned to not do any adventurous activities like trekking,

river rafting, para-cycling and paragliding are activities which are popular in India and travelling.

As you know we all have very hectic life in whether you are working in private company or you are a Government

employee, so we both have decided and planned our trip.

Kasauli-Hotel-Hemkund-Garkhal view
Kasauli-Hotel-Hemkund-Garkhal view

 

Destination Selections and Planning for the Weekend Trip

 

We both are very excited for our trip. We daily meet on call to find the nearest destination from Chandigarh

or Delhi but popular in India for weekend Gateways. We have a long list of destinations like Kasauli, Manali

Shimla, Kufri, Dalhaousie and many etc.

We finally decided for Kasauli, Kufri and Chail as these are very near to Chandigarh hardly within 3 hrs of

Journey by Local bus from Chandigarh. Perfect for short weekends as well as long weekends near to

Delhi. So now we are ready with destinations and hence we planned accordingly so that we both can enjoy more

rather than to spend time on finding places and journey/travelling.

Pre-Sunrise View in Kasauli
Pre-Sunrise View in Kasauli

 

Hotel and Cab Booking for weekend holidays

 

Now many questions were in our mind,  how we go Kasauli from Chandigarh? By cab or local bus or public

transport?  Which hotel will be best in Kasauli? 3 star will be best or 4 star? from where we book the best

hotel in Kasauli? Make My Trip or Goibibo or Oyo Rooms which one is bestwhich hotel is perfect in

Shimla? Which hotel is near Kasauli Mall Road? Which hotel is near to Manki point of Kasauli?

and many more..

So we will suggest you on the basis of our experience.

Selection of Transport from Chandigarh to Kasauli

 

Economic Trip to Kasauli –

 

For Economy trip we will suggest you have good options. This is the best way to enjoy your trip and know about

the people of local and their culture. You can take local bus from Chandigarh ISBT which is in Sector 43.

Buses are going for Dharampur nearly every hour.

One more important thing from Chandigarh there is no direct buses, so first you have to take buses to Dharampur,

and from Dharampur you have to take local bus to Kasauli.

Bus Booking you can book your bus either Paytm Bus app or Red Bus app if you want reserved seats,

or you can take unreserved seats.

 

By Train The Toy Train Kalka To Shimla –

 

This is another option to see the scenic view of Shimla , Himachal beauty and nature if you can book Toy Train 

from Kalka to Dharampur, but their is a problem it will take nearly 4-5 hours but in these hours you will

definitely enjoy the natural beauty of Shimla. We suggest if you are going for the first time to Shimla or Dharampur

you can choose this option for your Kalka to Shimla trip.

We choose bus as we already there by Toy Train in June 2018. Now we want to save our travel time.

Toy Train Halted at Dharampur Railway station on Kalka Shimla Railway Routes
Toy Train Halted at Dharampur Railway station on Kalka Shimla Railway Routes

 

Selection of Hotel in Kasauli for our Weekend Holidays

 

Now on the way to Kasauli for our Long waited weekend holidays we choose Make My Trip Booking app

for our Hotel, we booked Hotel HemKund, Garkhal which having only two options either Deluxe or Super

Deluxe hotel so we booked Hotel HemKund, Garkhal ‘s Deluxe Room.

 

About Garkhal and Hotel Hem Kund

 

This is a small village just 3 kms ahead of Kasauli and you can reach Kasauli Main market or Mall road of Kasauli,

one of the mall road popular in India, in just 10 minutes by local buses, if you take cab you can be there in just 5

minutes depend on the traffic. You can enjoy very ultimate scenic view from this location as well.

People of this village is very good, helping and honest by nature as like all the people of Himachal. This makes

Himachal as the Devlok.

About the Hotel : Hotel HemKund is just as the bus stop of Garkhal bus stop. best option, deluxe rooms,

employees are good, well mannered food is very good. You can enjoy the scenic view from the Hotel in evening and

morning. We have enjoyed all. Keep it up Hotel HemKund.

Here are some pics of the Hotel evening and morning views.

 

Balcony View from HemKund Hotel
Balcony View from HemKund Hotel
Night View from Hotel Hem Kund Balcony in Garkhal
Night View from Hotel Hem Kund Balcony in Garkhal
Popular-in-India- vacation in Kasauli
Evening View from the Balcony
Sunrise View in Kasauli - Popular-in-India.com
Sunrise View in Kasauli
Another view from the Balcony of Hotel Hem Kund, Garkhal, popular-in-India.com
Another view from the Balcony of Hotel Hem Kund, Garkhal

Hope have enjoyed this post. I will post the further story of this trip in next post.

 

to be continued …. Will share the other details in next post.

 

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