Uttarakhand Char Dham Yatra is a journey of faith and the most significant event in your lifetime. During your visit to Char Dham, It is advisable not to hurt the religious sentiments of the people or litter the waste in such remote and scenic locations. We have managed to list down few tips, things to do and things to avoid during your Char Dham Tour of Uttarakhand. Chardham Yatra occurs on the high altitude area and pilgrims have to do trekking to visit some shrines, for which pilgrims need and good physics and there are other things that pilgrims should need to know before visit Uttarakhand Chardham yatra.
Things to carry during Chardham Yatra: –
- Carry a small first aid box with some bandage, anti fever tablets, pain killer, cold cough reliever tablets, antibiotic, antiseptic cream, Dettol, etc. always carry doctor prescribed medicines for some general ailments.
- One should eat boiled and fried food instead of raw vegetables, ice drinks and salads because boiled food is much safer to eat.
- Always carry a hand sanitizer because water is always not healthy and available.
- Always carry lighter and torch with extra batteries in hilly areas because light may go off anytime.
- One must carry extra batteries and films for the digital cameras and handycams because availability electricity at every place is fluctuate.
- Warm clothes will be required to keep you away from cold wind of Himalayas. Please carry following clothing and accessories with you:-
- Jacket
- Pullover
- Warm trousers and pants
- Loose pants
- Full sleeves T-shirt
- Raincoat with hood
- Socks
- Scarf
- Gloves
- Monkey Cap
- Towels
- Boots and Shoes
- Ladies are advisable to wear pants and salwar kameez instead of loose clothing like Saree.
- Don’t forget to carry Sunglasses, Sun hat, umbrella, pocket Knife, rain gear, tovel, bags, Sunscreen, moisturizers, etc. during travel.
- You should carry dry fruits, chocolates, Glucose because these things can give you instant energy during trekking and long jams.
- Please carry your BSNL, Jio, Vodafone, Airtel numbers with you because these connections works perfectly in hilly regions but sometimes it is difficult to get connections in some areas. so, if you have any serious medical emergency then you may contact at ‘108’ (The Mobile emergency service from Government of Uttarakhand).