Kanatal

In the hot summer people from north India specially who lives in Delhi-NCR can visit this place for a relaxing weekend as it comes under the radar of 350KM. People who wants to enjoy the snow fall can also make their plan in January and February. This place stole our heart with its surrounding environment, views and activities.

Kanatal is situated 75 km from Dehradun the capital of Uttrakhand state of India and 350 Km from the Delhi Capital of India. Kanatal is now becoming popular among the traveler because of its scenic beauty and adventure sports activities.

Why Kanatal?

Everyone have a different lifestyle so do their choices, Kanatal offers a lot for a traveler. It is a hub of adventure activities like Sky Walk, Rappelling, Zipline etc. Camping lover’s got many option of camping sites to choose from which they offer basic to luxury tents, Cycling , Bonfire with live music and barbeque. People can also visit the Surkanda devi temple which is the highest point in kantal region. Their is a kaudia forest where one can go for a day hike. Tehri lake is just half an hour away from the camping sites where you can enjoy the water sports like kayake, jetski, speed boat, parasailing etc. While reaching to kanatal one can also enjoy the bhatta falls in route. Their are two eco parks in dhanaulti Ambar and Dhara which is a dense forest. you can do sightseeing during your stopover like watching Bandarpuch ranges. So now you can find your reason to go to kanatal.

How We Explore this place? Our Itinerary.

Duration: 2 Days ( We recommend 3 days at least for this trip)

Transport: Own Vehicle is recommended and we used Bikes.

Best Time to visit: All Season accessible just avoid the rainy season(july and august). December to February become too cold due to snowfall.

Day1

We started our journey on friday late night and reached Dehradun on Saturday morning, there we join our friend. It was a tiring ride so we took a small nap at our friend’s home. After a short break we headed towards kanatal via Dehradun – Mussoorie road and reached to our first destination “Bhatta Falls” where we enjoyed the natural waterfall and some snacks with tea at nearby shacks.

After our excitement got over we again hit the road to reach kanatal. This time we use the Mussoorie – Chamba Road which is very good except few patches but here We are talking about the twist and turns. As a biker you will love to ride on this route. After riding for about 50 odd kilometers we took our next stop that is eco-park in Dhanaulti, and this place is a small forest containing deodar trees. One will love the environment which is less crowded and peaceful. We have been there for an hour and left for kanatal which is not so far from Dhanaulti.

Now before reaching to kanatal one should visit the Surkanda Devi Temple which is the highest point of this region. We skipped it because one needs to go by foot for about half kilometers and we don’t have enough time for it. We reached kanatal before evening and did few adventure activities like zipline and sky walk. The Experience was amazing, we also visited their campsite but unfortunately we could not able to stay in that campsite because we already had a hotel booking chamba.

We found a very good place called ChaCha Sip and Dine just before chamba. During the sunset we came back to this restraunt and had a very good tea With the majestic view of mountain sunset. We recommend this place for delicious gadwali food.

Day 2

We started the day very early in the morning so that we can watch the magnificent sunrise of chamba. We left our Hotel at around 8 am and the ride was going beautifully good but after few kilometer’s the road’s were in very bad condition due to its under construction. It took more than 3 hours to complete the 60 km stretch of under construction work.

We reached Rishikesh at around 12 o’Clock and after a tiring ride all we can do is to take a dip in the Ganga. This dip helped us to give our body a good amount of rest and freshness. Now we were very hungry so we decided to go to the famous Chowtiwala restaurant to energies our body.

Neer Garh Waterfall is a must visit place if you have time in Rishikesh. This small natural waterfall is covered under a dense forest. The waterfall is in multiple steps and you can have some maggie and snacks near the waterfall. The pond’s created in these waterfalls are almost 4 to 5 feet depth so you can enjoy a bit of swimming also. After it we are close to our time line and we left for delhi.

Places you can visit during the Journey to Kanatal?

What can you do in Kanatal?

Kanatal offer’s lot of adventure activity with great view and sightseeing locations.

Our Recommendation for your journey?

If you are planning to go to kanatal then we belive you may consider some of our suggestion that will depend on your interest and time you have.

1. You should plan your trip for at least three days so that you could have some time to spend.
2. You should plan “dehradun – kanatal – tehri -rishikesh” or “dehradun – kanatal – rishikesh” The order can be reversed for sure.
3. If planning for 3 days then stay one day in mussoorie and one day in kanatal.
4. You must do camping in kantal under the billion stars.
5. Gadwali Food at Chacha Sip and Dine is a must try and is hardly 1 km before chamba or 20 minutes drive from kanatal.
6. Try to incorporate Tehri if you like to do some water sports like jetski, kayake, banana ride etc.
7. Try bhatta falls which is in route.

Request

Please be a responsible traveler and don’t litter these awesome places.

Don’t throw plastic waste here and there and try to use as minimum as possible. Always keep a small trash bag with you.