Chardham Helicopter Package, 5 Nights 6 Days from Dehradun

The departures are flown by professional aviation companies with experienced crews, and our local team handles the ground work at each Dham: hotels, meals, transfers and darshan with a Pandit. You keep your attention on the yatra; we look after the logistics.

There are two price options for the same six days. Option 01 is INR 2,25,000 per person and Option 02 is INR 2,35,000 per person; the difference is the hotels. Both are inclusive of taxes and State Govt. royalty, on a minimum of 06 passengers per departure, and are not for a single person. Children above 2 years pay the adult fare. A fuel surcharge of INR 3,000 per person is extra.

These are the 2026 rates; the written quote confirms the final price for your date. The route from Dehradun is planned for pilgrims who want to complete the four Dhams in less time, subject to weather and operational conditions. The day-by-day programme below sets out each day.

A Chardham yatra by helicopter visits the four dhams in their traditional order, west to east: Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath. This package keeps to that order over 5 nights and 6 days, starting and ending in Dehradun. By road the same circuit takes ten to twelve days of long hill drives; by helicopter each move between dhams is a flight of about half an hour.

The helicopter does not land at the temple door. It flies between valley helipads, and the last stretch to each temple is covered by pony, palki, car or a short walk. The table below shows the helipads named in the itinerary and the approximate flying time for each sector.

Day 1, Dehradun. You are met at Dehradun airport or railway station and taken to the hotel. In the evening the team gives the tour briefing and hands out the duffle bags you will carry on the helicopter. Arrival details are needed at the time of booking.

Day 2, Yamunotri. The earliest start of the yatra: report at the helipad latest by 05:00 AM with a packed breakfast. Extra baggage stays in the hotel. You fly from Sahastradhara to Kharsali, where a pony or palki is reserved for the 5 km stretch to Yamunotri Dham. You return in the late afternoon and stay the night in Kharsali.

Day 3, Gangotri. After breakfast the group flies from Kharsali to Harsil and drives to Gangotri temple for darshan. The night is at Harsil or Dharali.

Day 4, Kedarnath. The group flies from Harsil to Sersi, then on to Kedarnath. The temple is about 500 metres from the helipad. A Pandit leads the group to darshan, and after the puja you fly back to Sersi for lunch, with an optional visit to Triyuginarayan or Kalimath, and stay the night at Guptkashi. Expect a wait of around 1 to 2 hours to switch to the Kedarnath helicopter.

Day 5, Badrinath. You fly from Sersi to Badrinath and check in to the hotel. After lunch there is sightseeing at Mana village, and in the evening the Swarna Aarti at Badrinath temple.

Day 6, back to Dehradun. After breakfast the flight to Sahastradhara passes over Vishnu Prayag, Nanda Prayag, Karna Prayag, Rudra Prayag and Dev Prayag, and the tour ends with the drop at Dehradun airport or railway station.

The rhythm of each day is the same: an early start, because mornings give the clearest flying, a short flight, darshan, then rest. Reporting times for each sector are confirmed by our team, and timings can change at the last moment with weather or availability.

The Chardham yatra by helicopter costs INR 2,25,000 per person with Option 01 (Hyatt Centric in Dehradun) and INR 2,35,000 per person with Option 02 (Taj Foothills Mussoorie or Hyatt Regency in Dehradun), both for 05N/06D, inclusive of taxes and State Govt. royalty, on a minimum of 06 passengers per departure. Children above 2 years pay the adult fare, and the rates are not for a single person. These are the 2026 rates; the written quote confirms the final price for your date.

The price covers the helicopter transfers, one night each in Dehradun, Kharsali, Harsil, Guptkashi or Sitapur and Badrinath, the daily meal plan (only dinner on the day of arrival), pony or palki at Yamunotri, car service at Gangotri and Badrinath, the puja booking with the temple committee where available at Kedarnath, Pandit-guided darshan at each dham, airport assistance, transport with driver and escort, and all prevailing taxes.

It does not cover the INR 3,000 per person extra fuel surcharge, the Kedarnath helicopter ticket (booked and paid by you on heliyatra.irctc.co.in), travel to Dehradun, personal expenses, a stay at Kedarnath, or anything not listed in the inclusions. The full lists are above.

Two Chardham quotes can differ widely for the same four dhams. Almost all of the gap comes from five things:

• The aircraft. The cost per pilgrim reflects the aircraft's hourly cost and how many passengers share it. Ask which helicopter type you are being quoted for.
• Sharing or charter. A place on a fixed-departure group package costs less than a whole aircraft for your dates.
• The season. Opening days, festival weeks and the clear weeks of May, June, September and October are the most sought after.
• Hotel category. Often the real difference between two packages, as it is between Option 1 and Option 2 here.
• What is left out. Pony and palki at Yamunotri and Pandit-guided darshan are often extra elsewhere; here they are in the inclusions.

Compare the aircraft, sharing or charter, hotels, exclusions and the terms for a weather-cancelled sector, not the headline number. More in what drives the cost of a Chardham helicopter package.

This page is a complete private Chardham charter package with selected hotels, meals and darshan arrangements built in. A fixed departure is a place on a group package on set dates that runs whether or not you are on it: you share the aircraft with other pilgrims, the itinerary is set, and it is the cheaper way in. A charter is shaped around your group and costs what an aircraft costs.

Let group size decide. Families of five or six often assume they need a charter and do not; large groups often assume a fixed departure will stretch to fit them and it will not. Compare the two on the Chardham fixed departure by helicopter page, which sets out its own price, hotels and terms.

Most families who ask about the Chardham yatra by helicopter are asking for a parent or grandparent. The helicopter removes the long road days, and at Kedarnath the helicopter lands a few hundred metres from the temple instead of a long trek. It does not remove the altitude or the last climb.

• Yamunotri is the hardest dham: a steep path from Kharsali, which most older pilgrims cover by pony or palki.
• Gangotri is reached by road from the Harsil helipad, with no climb.
• Kedarnath is the highest, at about 3,580 metres; the walk is short but the altitude is felt.
• Badrinath, at about 3,100 metres, is the gentlest, with a car from the helipad.

Anyone with heart, lung or blood-pressure conditions should see a doctor before booking, and a fitness certificate for high altitude is strongly advised. Plan one companion for every two older pilgrims, booked on the same flights, keep medicines and warm layers in the hand bag, and tell us the ages and any health concerns when you enquire. Read Chardham yatra by helicopter for senior citizens for the detail.

The temples set the season and the weather sets the flying. The dhams open around Akshaya Tritiya in late April or early May and close between late October and mid-November, with exact dates announced each year. May and June are the first good window, clear and busy. September and October are the second, and for many pilgrims the better one: clear air after the monsoon and smaller crowds. July and August bring monsoon rain, cloud and landslides, with many no-fly days. Nights at Kedarnath can drop below zero in September and October, so pack warm.

Even in the best months a morning can start cloudy and clear by noon, and a four-dham plan has four chances to be interrupted. Build a spare day into your travel at either end, so a weather delay becomes a short wait rather than a missed darshan or a missed flight home. See the best time for Chardham yatra by helicopter, month by month.

Every Chardham pilgrim must register with the Uttarakhand government, by helicopter or by road, and the helicopter booking does not register you. Registration is free on the official portal, registrationandtouristcare.uk.gov.in, and the IRCTC Kedarnath helicopter service asks for each passenger's yatra registration number, so register first.

For the passenger list we need each traveller's full name, age or date of birth, gender, a government photo ID (foreign nationals use their passport), accurate body weight, contact details, and the gotra if a puja is to be performed in their name. On the day, carry the original ID used for the booking, the yatra registration, the booking confirmation and the IRCTC helicopter ticket. Names must match the ID exactly. The checklist is in Chardham yatra registration and documents for helicopter pilgrims.

Helicopters at Himalayan altitude fly to a load calculation, and passenger weight is part of it. Give each passenger's accurate weight at booking; passengers are usually weighed at the helipad, and passengers above 75 kg pay an excess weight charge per kilogram, set out in the booking terms. Baggage is 3 kg per passenger, carried in the duffle bag handed out at the Dehradun briefing; the rest of your luggage stays at the hotel.

At Kedarnath, the package includes the puja booking with the temple committee where available, but not the helicopter between the base helipad and the temple: each pilgrim books that helicopter themselves. We do not sell helicopter tickets. Please do not contact us for tickets.

• Who flies it. A booking site sells the package; a licensed aviation company flies it. Ask which company operates each sector.
• The full price in writing, for your date, package option and group size, including the INR 3,000 per person fuel surcharge.
• What happens if weather stops a sector: if weather stops a Dham visit, the flying cost of about INR 20,000 per Dham per seat is refunded; we first try to complete the darshan the next day.
• The exclusions, so you know what you will pay on the way, such as the IRCTC helicopter fare.
• Cancellation and rescheduling: a 5% administrative fee applies to any cancellation. Up to 30 days before departure 30% of the package amount is charged, up to 20 days before 50%, and within 14 days of departure or for a no-show there is no refund; a credit note is issued. Rescheduling up to 15 days before travel costs 20% of the package. See our terms and conditions.
• Weights and IDs for every passenger, matching what each person carries on the day.

An operator that promises certainty in the Garhwal Himalaya is promising something nobody controls. The mountain decides; a good plan allows for it.

1. Send your preferred dates, group size, package option and the ages of the travellers through the enquiry form below or by phone.
2. We confirm the departure, availability and a written quote for the 05N/06D yatra.
3. Register every pilgrim on the Uttarakhand portal and send the passenger details: names as on ID, weights and arrival details.
4. Pay 50% of the tour cost to confirm the booking; the balance is due 30 days before departure.
5. Book the Kedarnath helicopter tickets yourself on IRCTC, in each pilgrim's own name.
6. Arrive in Dehradun on Day 1 for the evening briefing.

The steps are explained in how the Chardham helicopter booking actually works.

The Do Dham yatra by helicopter 3N/4D (from INR 1,42,000 per person) covers Kedarnath and Badrinath in 3 nights and 4 days, without the Yamunotri climb, and the Do Dham same day trip (INR 1,37,000 per person) does both in one flying day. Chardham adds Yamunotri and Gangotri to the west, which is where the extra days and most of the extra flying go. If you have five clear days, reasonable fitness across the whole group and a spare day for weather, Chardham works well. If any one of those is missing, Do Dham done calmly is the better yatra. The comparison is in Do Dham or Chardham by helicopter: which to choose, and every option is compared on Chardham Yatra by helicopter.