Garhwal is a portion of Uttarakhand state of India. It comprise of 7 district i.e Chamoli, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarkashi, Dehradun, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal and Haridwar. It is always covered by the snow peaks, beautiful valleys, huge flat grasslands or pretty surrounding, mighty pure rivers and has a large variety of different rich and exotic flora and fauna. There are famous and important tourist location to visit in Garhwal. Some of them are like Mussoorie (hill queen), Chamoli (God’s land), new Tehri, Pauri and so on.
The Char Dhams is started from Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath and end at Badrinath. Haridwar and Hemkund Sahib are very religious and pure location visited by lakhs of pilgrims from all over the world. Garhwal is also a adventure sport for tourists as paradise. They can travel from Nanda Devi Kamet, Pindari and the Gaumukh. The tourists can enjoy slide in Auli and Dayara Bugyal. Adventure sports like jumping, rafting, bungee, boating, angling, Aero sport and hand gliding and paragliding can be done in the yoga capital of the world and Pauri Garhwal i.e Rishikesh.
Garhwal has exotic flora and fauna and the pappy green jungles are abundant with oak, pine, juniper, rhododendron and birch trees. The wildlife tourism is also rich in Garhwal for the people who love animals like tigers, leopards, elephants, Himalayan bear, wolves, snow leopards and varieties of deer such as barking deer and the musk deer that can be seen in the wild life sanctuary national park. The Rajaji national park, Corbett national park, Govind wildlife sanctuary, Kedarnath wildlife sanctuary, Nanda Devi wildlife sanctuary, Assan barrage and Chilla are well known wildlife sanctuaries of the Garhwal.
The world’s biggest dam with height of around 830 metes and have capacity to generate around 2500 megawatts is established in the Tehri Garhwal district of Garhwal. The Tehri dam also provides clean drinking water to population 40 lakhs living in and around Delhi. Dehradun, Rishikesh and Haridwar railway station and airport have good construction of road, train and air connectivity from New Delhi.
The Garhwal region is a heavenly beauty and tourism is the most valuable portion of Garhwal region with more than lakhs of tourist visiting Garhwal every year. It is a section of Uttarakhand tourism. It is complete package for the tourist visiting the region to open and de-stress with their family and friend.
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