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Unknown to many people, facilities for adventure sports in India is excellent. Adventure sports that can be explored in India include White Water Rafting, Aerosports events, Camping, Trekking, Mountaineering, Rock Climbing and Skiing. Certainly these sports ensure the satiation of a traveller's adventurous spirit.
Aerosports
India is fast emerging as a major aerosports destination. The long Himalayan range contrasted with the vast desert landscape offer opportunities for activities like Para Sailing, Para Gliding, Hot Air Ballooning, Para Jumping etc.
White Water Rafting Adventure
The holy river Ganges provides ample opportunities to White Water Rafting in India and 'splash around in boats' and is often called as a rafter's paradise. The river near Shivpuri and Rishikesh has many suitable rapids to tempt the White Water Rafting tourists; white water rafting is a very unique adventure sport as as it provides a marvellous and thrilling trip through the foaming gaps in the river's rock strewn channels. Even more so, the sport requires little skill and can be instantly grasped and mastered by the tourists.
Camping/Trekking/Mountaineering/Rock Climbing
The Himalayas, 'Abode of Snows' are the highest and youngest mountains range in the world. The interiors of the mountains are not accessible by road and so they must be visited in the slowest and most time-tested manner - mountaineering. Mountaineering is the best way to test your skills, ditermination and patience.
Skiing Adventure
The panoramic hills of Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh in north India are a combination of mountain peaks and valleys. The large slopes when covered with seasonal snow becomes ideal for skiing in the winter months. The thrill of skiing over snow covered terrains remains unparalleled. As the elements are defeated and unimaginable distances traversed, exhilaration swells up. In skiing, the use of the simplest forms of implements serve to add to the adventure.
Some of the popular treks in Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh are:
1. Panch Kedar Trek 2. Kedarnath Vasuki Tal Trek 3. Dodi Tal Trek 4. Gangotri Kedarnath Trek 5. Gangotri-Gaumukh-Nandavan-Tapovan 6. Kalind-ikhal Trek 7. Valley of Flowers and Hemkund Trek 8. Har-ki-Doon Trek 9. Roopkund Trek 10. Rishikesh-Pauri-Binsar Trek 11. Mussoorie-Nagtibba Trek 12. Kalsi-Lakhmandal Trek 13. Dehradun-Mussoorie-George Everest-Bhadraj-Jwala Devi-Kempty Fall Trek 14. Pithoragarh-Lipulekh Trek etc.
'Rock Climbing' adventure is conducted at Buranskh (Tehri)/Songad (Uttarkashi)/Tharali (Chamoli)/Tapovan (Chamoli)/ Kaudiyala (Tehri)
From Shimla to:
1. Kufri via Chail 2. Chaupal 3. Churdhar 4. Toy Train Trek 5. Tatta Pani 6. Narkanda via Tatta Pani 7. Kullu via Jalori Pass 8. Manali via Bashleo Pass etc.
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