Nainital:"THE CITY OF LAKES"
Nainital tourism's popularity has endured over the decades. Located in the hills of kumaon,the most popular hill station in India...Nainital sits at an altitude of about two thousand meters at the foothills of the Himalayas and is located near seven beautiful lakes.
While I was planning for the three days trip and just scrolling the places to visit at tripto I just see the post about Nainital. After go through the post I decided to explore the Nainital on the December...
NAINITAL is famous for its namesake eye-shaped Naini lake. The name of the lake signifies a popular mythological story about Lord Shiva. It is believed that he furiously wandered the world with the body of Goddess Sati after her death, and the places where her body parts fell are now considered sacrosanct. The Naini lake is said to be where her eye fell. Due to its religious history, Nainital tourism invites many people of faith into the city from across the nation. Besides religious reasons, the snow-capped hills, deep lakes, and the all-year-round pleasant Nainital weather make it a famous hill station.
How to reach:
Nainital is very well connected by road, driving to Nainital takes approx 9 hours. From Delhi, it's 305 km almost, highway driving throughout. NH 24 connects Delhi to Rampur via Hapur.
The nearest railway station is Kathgodam, 35 km away. Taxis charge Rs 600-900 to Nainital, you can also board taxis on sharing basis which would cost 70 per person
You can go by bus from delhi(Kashmiri gate) to Nainital. They will drop you to kathgodam and from there,there cab will drop you to nainital in Rs 700-900.
We reached nainital on next morning. The sparkling lake dotted with colourful boats seen from our hotel balcony made us realise that we are finally on a holiday.
We took the breakfast and went for the bike shop for the rent. Because we want to do some thrill in the winter and try something new as we always covers our trip by bus or by car so we decided to cover this trip by bike.
You can rent the bikes in the nainital at nearby place. Many shops are available who give you bike for the rent. So at approx 11 am. We start our trip nainital to kausani by our army coloured royal Enfield. We covered two places firstly at nainital.
Snow View Point
It is only 1.6 km far from the main city.One of the best viewpoints in Nainital, the Snow View located at an altitude of 2270 m, Snow View offers spectacular views of the Naina Devi Peak. It provides amazing and picturesque views of the snow capped Himalayas with the major peaks like Nanda Devi, Nanda Kot and Trishul. Snow View Point is one of the most visited places by tourists for watching majestic Himalayas.
Naina Peak
Naina Peak is a highest peak in Nainital, also known as China Peak. Naina Peak is known for its splendid Bird's eye view of the town, the Himalayas and also the vast expanses of the Terai regions of Kumaon. The highest peak of Nainital provides a challenge to the most avid trekkers.Situated about 6 km from Mallital. The road to Naina Peak leads to a pleasant forest of vibrant rhododendrons, soaring deodars and cypresses. China Peak Trek will be a day trek with our trained hikers who will take through the forests of rhododendrons, soaring deodars and cypresses. The view from the top is obviously beautiful with mighty 360 degree view of the Himalayas on one side, eagle view of Nainital Lake on the other side and Khurpatal, Kaladungi region view on other side. This sure will make all the hikers experience of nature at it's best. Also you can see a panoramic view of snow capped Himalayas further north (in Sep, Oct and Nov only). On the top of the mountain you can find a small tea shop serving bread omelet, some biscuits, tea and coffee for a reasonable price. Not many people go there and so its a good option to escape from this busy, greedy world.
It is 6.6 km far from snow view point .
Nainital-Ranikhet-kausani:
It takes 4 hours approx to reach kausani via Ranikhet. It is 116 km far from Nainital you can enjoy the scenery of the routes planes and greenery.
Kausani
Kausani is a sleepy hill town and we parked at the local market – a cluster of some shops. After tea in one of those, we asked around about sights. Almost everyone recommended the Anashakti Ashram of Gandhiji. Gandhiji had stayed here for a while in 1929 while writing the Anashakti Gita. We hiked up (about 20 minutes) to the Ashram. It was a calm and serene place with a hall full of photographs about various stages of Gandhiji’s life. The view of the valley from there was fantastic and they had a small tower for shutterbugs.
If you want to take the experience of local livings of mountain villages in peace away from rushes you can stay there.
There local food and raita is good.
From return to kausani-Almora-Nainital
Almora is the hub of culture with the aroma of a perfect pahari hill station. Gratefully, it is still away from the development from a tourist point of view that has helped the city sustain its authenticity and originality of its genesis.
We captured the superb sceneries which we used to see in our desktop wallpapers.
Almora
Almora is the hub of culture with the aroma of a perfect pahari hill station. Gratefully, it is still away from the development from a tourist point of view that has helped the city sustain its authenticity and originality of its genesis.
We captured the superb sceneries which we used to see in our desktop wallpapers.
Running parallel to the Naini Lake, the Mall Road is 1.5 km long and connects the two ends of Nainital town, Mallital and Tallital. It serves as the prime location for culture, food and shopping for the visitors coming from different ends of the world.
Mall road is your go-to place for some delicious food, especially if you are a momo-lover, it is heaven for you. Other attractions include local craft, woollens and candles. If, after the exceptional scenic beauty Nainital has something to offer to its visitors, it’s the candles and other aromatic products.The Mall Road is most famous for shopping. You can shop for a wide variety of candles, woollens, wooden artifacts and aroma products. Also look out for fruit derivatives like jams, candies, juices, syrups, bamboo fabric and the Bal mithai which is staple sweet of Nainital.
We returned to nainital at 4 pm approx and our return bus is at 9 pm ,so we decided to explore the local places of Nainital.
Naina Devi Temple
On the edges of the Naini Lake, stands the Naina Devi Temple, a famous Hindu pilgrimage site in Nainital. According to the legends, Naina Devi temple came into existence when Lord Shiva was carrying the corpse of Sati, and her eyes fell to the ground where the temple currently stands. The town, the lake, and the temple borrow its name Naina (eyes) Devi temple. Finding its ways from Kushan period, popularly known as Nanda or Naina Devi in the Kumaon region.
MALL ROAD
Running parallel to the Naini Lake, the Mall Road is 1.5 km long and connects the two ends of Nainital town, Mallital and Tallital. It serves as the prime location for culture, food and shopping for the visitors coming from different ends of the world.
The Mall Road is most famous for shopping. You can shop for a wide variety of candles, woollens, wooden artifacts and aroma products. Also look out for fruit derivatives like jams, candies, juices, syrups, bamboo fabric and the Bal mithai which is staple sweet of Nainital.
If you want to spend some quality time apart from the crowds you can try this trip.with full of thrill and scenic beauty.
Nainital-Delhi
We took the bus at 9 pm and back to delhi at 5 am next day.
If you have a more time you can also explore the Binsar ,Munsyaari.