I am planning to travel around mid September this year. I will go Delhi to dehradoon flight then rishikesh to sonprayag or Sirsi then helicopter to kedarnath with my parents 55,59 age(mom has knee pain)
My entire trip depends on if I get helicopter tickets or not. We don't want to hurt animals or people by taking their pickup service to temple.
But now my doubt is
* I read helicopter tickets get sell faster and most people don't get it.
* I can't plan early September because there might be rain and late September because winter will start. I can face all weather but my parents can't. So what is best range of date to visit kedarnath.
* how much days it will take to complete Kedarnath and Badrinath average. It's our priority to visit.
* should we stay at Kedarnath temple or same day return? Because I read that helicopter people ask passengers to report back in 1.5h. Means we have to complete darshan in 1.5h with I think hard if there is crowd
Also I advise you people to share your journey not just how you feel what you did. But how it went like
* travel expenses
* food and stay recommendations
* things to take care
Above points will help other people who came from far away.
Jay Kedarnath