ABHA (About Best Himalayan Adventures) – July 2019

Cost Box

Go

Dehradun – Rudraprayag by an ordinary

private bus: ₹235 per passenger

Rudraprayag – Badhani Lake by a non-

shared taxi (Datsun): ₹2,600

The tariff depends on the vehicle model

hired. Taxis can accommodate 4 to 10

passengers. The tariff may go up to ₹4,000

depending on the vehicle.

Gaithan on Badhani Tal route has a

helipad.

Getting around

On foot

Shared and non-shared jeeps and taxis

Buses pick and drop passengers in the

market. The bus stand is mere a parking

lot. Enquiry counter was neither at the

stand nor in the market in April 2019.

Eat

Rudraprayag Town: Dhabas, in-house

restaurants, and sweet shops mainly serve

Indian food.

Along the Driving Route: Mayali has

dhabas. But if there is no parking in the

small transit point, having meals would

be difficult. There were hardly any dhaba

or restaurant along the road beyond the

point. Only one or two mini snack-cum-

grocery-cum-vegetable shacks and tea

stalls sold a small inventory.

Sleep / Stay

Rudraprayag town provides 2-, 3-, and

4-bed rooms for ₹1,250 – 7,400 per night

exclusive of taxes. Eight types of rooms

cater to all classes of the travelers: AC,

deluxe, family, non-AC, premium, super

deluxe, superior, and suites. Many of the

hotels stand on Badrinath Highway, a

brief drive from the heart of the town.

Badhani Tal does not have hotels.

Mobile Network, Internet, and

STDs

Between Surajprayag and Gaithan, the

signals were on and off. Mobile signal

disappeared after Ponthi. The mobile

signal was extremely spotty in Badhani

village and around the lake. Although, a

local visitor was talking over phone at the

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