The corridor, stop by stop
From Dehradun's valley floor at 640m to Mana village at 3,200m — nine places strung along one of the most sacred roads in India.
Dehradun
The gateway that smells of pine and petrichor.
Gateway city. Jolly Grant airport.
Rishikesh
Where the Ganga runs cold and clear, and everyone arrives searching for something.
Ganga aarti, rafting, yoga capital.
Devprayag
The confluence where two rivers become one river, and the Ganga gets her name.
Where Alaknanda meets Bhagirathi. The Ganga begins.
Rudraprayag
The fork in the road — left to Kedarnath, right to Badrinath.
Confluence of Alaknanda and Mandakini.
Joshimath
The base camp for everything — Badrinath, Auli, Valley of Flowers, all begin here.
Base camp for Badrinath, Auli, Valley of Flowers.
Auli
India's best Himalayan ski resort, and one of its finest alpine meadows.
Skiing, cable car, Nanda Devi views.
Govindghat
The trailhead where the Himalayan forest begins and the Valley of Flowers waits.
Trailhead for Valley of Flowers and Hemkund Sahib.
Badrinath
One of the four holiest temples in India, cradled between two mountain peaks.
Sacred temple, Tapt Kund hot springs.
Mana
The last village before Tibet, where the road, the river, and the map all run out.
Last village before Tibet. Vasudhara Falls nearby.