Uttarakhand Tour Packages for Family

Pickup is early morning from your doorstep. The climb up the ridge takes a few hours, and the temperature drop is noticeable by the time you're checking into a property from our luxury vs budget 3-star deluxe hotels in Mussoorie inventory. Keep the evening light — a walk down Mall Road with the family works better than trying to pack in a second activity on arrival day. Kids get their first taste of hill-station energy, and everyone gets an early night before tomorrow's longer day.

Start early for Kempty Falls. The Kempty Falls entry timing window in the morning, roughly before 9 AM, keeps you ahead of the tour buses that fill the pools by mid-morning. From there, the Gun Hill ropeway price at the Mussoorie counter runs somewhere between Rs. 75 and Rs. 220 for a round trip depending on the season — confirm the exact figure on the day, since it's revised periodically.

The ropeway itself is an easy win for families with small kids or older members who can't manage a steep walk up. Close the day with a slower nature walk down Camel's Back Road, flat enough for strollers and an easier pace than Mall Road's evening crowd.

Check out after breakfast for the descent. The Dehradun to Mussoorie route travel time runs about 1 to 1.5 hours in reverse, though this is where road conditions on a longer family trip start to matter — build in a buffer rather than a tight connection. By evening, you're in Haridwar. Entire day's planned around one thing — getting to Har Ki Pauri before the crowd builds up. The Har Ki Pauri Ganga aarti timings shift seasonally, generally landing somewhere in that 6 to 7 PM window, tied to sunset.

Arrive at least an hour early if you want the family standing close to the water rather than watching from several rows back. If there's time before the aarti, the Mansa Devi ropeway ticket price counter — combined tickets with Chandi Devi usually run cheaper than buying separately — is worth fitting in, though it's easy to skip if the day's already full.

This is the longest driving day on the trip. Check out early to cover the stretch toward Kumaon — figure roughly 7 to 8 hours across mostly plains highway before the final climb into Nainital. Our driver breaks this into proper stops rather than pushing straight through, which matters considerably more with kids or elderly passengers on board than it does on a solo trip. You'll roll into Nainital as evening sets in.

Get settled at the hotel first. Then wrap the day with a slow walk along the lake, timed around the Naina Devi temple's evening slot — nothing strenuous, just a light stroll to unwind after hours on the road.

No driving today beyond short local hops, which makes this the recovery day the itinerary needs after Day 4. Morning starts with rowboating on Naini Lake — the current Naini Lake boating ticket price sits around Rs. 400 to Rs. 500 per person depending on boat type, with rates posted at the boat house counter.

From there, Eco Cave Gardens offers a manageable walk through connected rock tunnels that most kids genuinely enjoy rather than tolerate. Spend the afternoon exploring nearby points with your fleet driver at an unhurried pace — this is the one day built with zero long transfers.

Check out and drive deeper into the Kumaon hills toward Kausani, stopping in Almora along the way. Once you're settled in, visit Anashakti Ashram — the Anashakti Ashram Kausani history and timing generally cover standard daytime visiting hours, and the site's connection to Gandhi's writing during his stay here gives the visit more weight than a typical roadside stop.

As evening rolls in, make your way to one of the top viewpoint spots in the Kausani hills. On a clear day, the snowy range running from Trishul to Nanda Devi is fully visible — zero trekking required. Makes this one of the simplest big wins on the whole trip for family groups.

Drive down from the high hills into the warmer, denser jungle belt around Corbett. Check into a forest resort — a proper family stay here comes with actual grounds to walk around rather than a standard hotel block.

Spend the evening on a relaxed stroll along the Kosi riverbank, and use the downtime to sort your paperwork under the Jim Corbett jungle entry gate guidelines: valid photo ID for every adult, and advance safari booking confirmation, since walk-in entry isn't an option at the gate.

Early wake-up for the jeep safari, no way around that. Worth knowing beforehand: day-trip jeep safaris operate through zones like Bijrani, Jhirna, or Dhela. Dhikala, despite carrying the biggest reputation for tiger sightings, usually isn't reachable on a single-day jeep pass — not unless you're booked overnight at the forest rest house there. Standard Jim Corbett jeep safari booking prices sit roughly between Rs. 6,000 and Rs. 10,000 per jeep, seating up to six people.

A canter safari heading into Dhikala on a day-visit basis costs closer to Rs. 1,800 to Rs. 3,000 per person if that's the zone your family wants to prioritize. Return to the resort for breakfast, complete checkout, and begin the final leg — the Delhi to Nainital driving distance figure applies loosely here too, since the return stretch runs a comparable distance back to your doorstep in Delhi.