Hill Stations In India - Destinations For Summer Holidays

When the heat starts getting on your nerves and even mundane activities become a burden then that is the time for you to listen to your body clock, pack and head towards Indian hill stations that are personification of leisure, pleasure, natural beauty, value for money and adventure-all rolled into one.

Interestingly most of the states of India have hill stations-some are extremely exotic and are extremely popular tourist destinations, while others are smaller and quieter places with less hubbub and limited tourist infrastructure. But all in all most offer an exceptional experience states Erco Travels agent.

Hill Stations Packages from Mumbai

There are certain states like Jammu and Kashmir, where each city is a hill station. From Srinagar to Pahalgam-each of these places are synonymous with natural beauty, adventure, cool ambience, good boarding and lodging facilities and excellent cuisine.

Moving on from Jammu and Kashmir to Northern India in general, some of the famous hill stations are Almora, Nanital, Bhimtal, Mussorie, Ladakh, Pithoragarh and Ranikhet to name a few. Many of these destinations like Nanital and Mussorie have become saturated and too crowded yet the areas still retain their natural charm. So Erco Travels also suggest destinations like Ladhakh to tourist keen to explore pristine areas and just enjoy the cool serene ambience in the lap of awe-inspiring natural beauty.

Ladakh is an extension of the Gobi desert and Tibetan plateau. It comprises of some of the worlds highest and harshest terrain. Large stretches of stark high altitude deserts makes this a forbidding landscape to view even from within the safe embrace of an aircraft  but there is also a strange beauty, an attraction that is almost addictive. In fact if driving down to the destination gives one the feeling of being on the roof of the world. As you get higher, the gentle greens of the verdant valley slowly gives way to the harsh dry deserts of higher altitude and the stark, startling beauty of the painted mountains just stare back in your face. However it is the inaccessibility of the higher reaches of this region is what makes it so attractive.

Similarly hill stations nestled in the ranges of Himalayas are a class amongst themselves. Amidst the snow-capped peaks tumble icy streams that mature into the legendary rivers of the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra. Stepping out of the lush valleys they nurture the fertility of the vast Indo-Gangetic Plain that skirts the foothills.

The hill stations in the Southern India are very different from that of North India. Some of the popular destinations of this region are: Conoor, Coorg, Ooty, Kodiakanal, Munnar and Panchgani to name a few. These are characteristics, though not necessarily, of undulating tea gardens, or beauty of s different kind, which is so very diverse from that of Northern regions destinations. What is similar in all these areas is the feeling of oneness with nature and miles and miles of lush greenery which is very soothing and refreshing to eyes and has the mystical power to make you forget all worries by its mere glimpse.