Rishikesh, the city in India’s northern state of Uttarakhand is often referred to as the adventure capital of India owing to the multitude of adventurous activities that the city has to offer ranging from white water rafting, bungee jumping, rappelling, paintball, volleyball, rock climbing, night trails, and river treks and so on.
White water rafting Rishikesh involves rafting in the holy Ganges through various degrees of rapids. The highest quality rafts along with the other rafting gears are provided to you at the rafting location. Brahmapuri, Shivpuri, Byasi and Kaudilya are the four most common rafting areas in the Ganges in Rishikesh and cater to rafters at beginning stages to expert rafters. The distance and types of rapids depends on the package you choose with rapids 1 providing easy, comparatively small waves and the going gets complicated as the degree of rapids increases. Kaudilya has extremely challenging waters and is advisable only for experts while Shivpuri and Brahmapuri have level two or three rapids catering to normal rafters. Tour packages for river rafting Rishikesh are organized throughout the year except those months of monsoon and extreme winter. The rafting expeditions are extremely safe and are accompanied by a trained river rafting professional to guide rafters on the expedition and also provide training before the expedition.
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Rishikesh is the best location for bungee jumping in Uttarakhand. The Jump in heights bungee jumping in Rishikesh offers the first fixed platform bungee jumping experience in India with a cantilever platform built over a rocky cliff at a height of 83 meters, the highest in India. The activity offers an exuberant thrill of feeling the air gush past as you’re tied to an elastic chord and let to fall freely. There are two kinds of activities proposed, the flying fox and the giant swing. The flying fox involves you being let to fall freely up to seven meters above the river level before being pulled up and let to fall again. The giant swing lets you swing to and fro like a pendulum after the first free fall. The flying fox activities are done in groups. Before either activities you’re required to sign a disclaimer form and after the activities you’re provided with a dare certificate. The cafeteria in the area allows for you to watch videos and photos of your activity while munching on your favorite snack and tea. There is a minimum age limit of 12 for participants. Bungee jumping in Rishikesh is extremely safe and is overlooked by trained experts from New Zealand who were involved in the design and construction of the platform and now in the operation of the site. They also have the best standards and equipments in place.
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We are offering the best opportunity for you to relish these Rishikesh attractions over your weekend and turn it into something worthwhile. The packages are available for three dates: October 2nd, October 23rd, and December 25th 2015.
There are three plans available as per your choice.
* INR 14,200 per person base plan.
* INR 15,900 per person which includes flying fox (bungee jumping) along with the base plan.
* INR 17,200 per person which includes giant swing (bungee jumping) along with the base plan.
The prices include transportation, accommodation at the campsite and food.
The journey begins with journey from Mumbai to Haridwar in the Haridwar AC super express at 7.55 A.M from the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus followed by a private bus journey to the campsite where river trekking, volleyball and other fun games are offered. The next day begins with a wakeup call and then taking you for bungee jumping. After which if time and your permits you can go rappelling, rock climbing, paintball and so on. The jungle night trail experience follows dinner on the day. The next day is for rafting. We take you rafting on one of the finest rafting places in Rishikesh followed by exploration of the city and lunch. The participants would be rewarded that evening followed by barbecue activities and dinner.
The return journey begins the next day where you’re taken to the Haridwar railway station in a private bus and journey to Mumbai on the Kochivelly express. The arrival locations in Mumbai are Vasai and Panvel. Those with serious work obligations on Monday can alternatively choose to fly to Mumbai on Day 4 or catch the August Kranti.
