Char Dham Yatra 2026,
from Haridwar

Riverside Hotels, Bhupatwala

A ten-minute walk from Har Ki Pauri, which matters on the evening you arrive and want to see the aarti without arranging transport. Rooms are properly heated, the water runs hot, and the kitchen does a pure-veg thali that most guests remember better than they expect to.

• Hot water 24 hrs
• Room heater on request
• Lift access
• Secure parking
• Pure-veg restaurant

Altitude

314 m

Nights

Arrival and departure night

Rooms

Twin-sharing deluxe · Triple-sharing family · Connecting rooms for groups

Meals

Breakfast and dinner included

Valley Lodges, Yamuna Valley

Simple, clean and warm, in a town of about six thousand people surrounded by apple orchards. You arrive tired, eat early and leave at first light, so this is a bed and a hot dinner rather than a destination — and it is a good one.

• Hot water by geyser
• Extra blankets
• Parking
• Veg kitchen
• Power backup

Altitude

1,220 m

Nights

1 night before Yamunotri

Rooms

Twin-sharing · Triple-sharing

Meals

Breakfast and dinner included

Mobile signal is patchy here. BSNL and Jio hold up best.

Bhagirathi Riverside Stays

River-facing rooms on the Bhagirathi, with the water loud enough at night that most people sleep well. Two nights here is the most rest the Char Dham itinerary gives you, and the town is worth the walk — Kashi Vishwanath temple and the Shakti Devi trident are both ten minutes away.

• 24-hr hot water
• River-facing balcony
• In-house restaurant
• Doctor on call
• Laundry

Altitude

1,165 m

Nights

2 nights, either side of Gangotri

Rooms

River-view twin · Standard twin · Family triple

Meals

Breakfast and dinner included

Kedar Valley Resorts

The best-positioned stay on the circuit — north-facing rooms look straight up the valley at Chaukhamba, and on a clear morning the peak turns gold while you are still having tea. You leave at 3 AM for Kedarnath, so the kitchen packs breakfast for the road.

• Hot water 24 hrs
• Valley-view rooms
• Packed breakfast for early starts
• Oxygen available
• Parking

Altitude

1,319 m

Nights

1–2 nights around Kedarnath

Rooms

Valley-view deluxe · Standard twin · Triple-sharing

Meals

Breakfast and dinner included

Ask for a north-facing room when you check in. It costs nothing and the view is the whole point.

GMVN Huts & Registered Camps

Let us be straight about this one: at 3,583 m, in a settlement that is rebuilt every season, accommodation is a heated hut with a bed and blankets. There is no lift, the water is heated by bucket, and the walls are thin. What you get instead is being three hundred metres from the temple at 4 AM for the rudrabhishek, which is why anyone stays up here at all.

• Heavy quilts and blankets
• Bucket hot water
• Common dining
• Medical post nearby
• Oxygen on call

Altitude

3,583 m

Nights

1 night at the shrine

Rooms

GMVN twin hut · Dormitory bunk · Camp tent with cot

Meals

Simple veg dinner and breakfast

Rooms at Kedarnath are allotted by GMVN and cannot be pre-blocked far in advance. We confirm your allocation the day before.

Temple-side Hotels, Badrinath

Walking distance from the temple and from Tapt Kund, which is what you want when the 4:30 AM Bal Bhog darshan comes around. Rooms are warm and plain. Some upper floors catch Neelkanth peak through the window, and if you get one of those, set an alarm for twenty minutes before sunrise.

• Room heater
• Hot water
• Walking distance to temple
• Veg restaurant
• Oxygen available

Altitude

3,133 m

Nights

1 night at the shrine

Rooms

Twin-sharing · Triple-sharing · Peak-view room where available

Meals

Breakfast and dinner included

Badrinath fills completely on weekends in May and June. Early booking decides whether you are near the temple or a kilometre out.