California NP and San Diego

California 2023 Trip

Flight from BWI to San Diego

Day-1 ( Apr 14)

San Diego Zoo

Day -2

San Diego  Animal Safari

Day- 3 

Drive to Joshua Tree NP

Hidden Valley Trail

Split Rock 

Skull Rock

Cactus Garden

Day - 4 Channel Islands NP

Santa Cruz Island (Scorpian cove pier)

Cavern Point loop trail 

Day - 5 Big Sur drive

Elephant Seals

Bixby bridge

Day -6 Pinnacles NP

Moses Spring , Bear Gulch Cave and Rim Trail 

Day- 7 Sequoia and Kings Canyon 

Sequoia NP

Visitor Center

Drove up to Hospital Rock. 

Due to road closures could not see Giant Sequoias)

Kings Canyon NP

Visitor Center

General Grant Sequoia Trail (0.7 mile)

Drive to SFO for a family function

Flight from SFO to WAS

Char Dham - Oct 2022

Landed in Dehradun on Sep 30, 2022

Day - 1 (Oct 1)

Char Dham delayed by one day due to weather and hence went to Rishikesh & Haridwar

Rishikesh- Ram Jhula & Trek to Lakshman Jhula

Hardwar - Bharath Mata temple & Ganga Snan

Day - 2 (Oct 2)

Heli trip to Kharsali

6 km trek to Yamunotri by Goda

Yamunotri Darshan and back to hotel ( Kharsali) for night stay 

Day - 3 (Oct 3)

Heli trip to Harsil

Drive from Harsil to Gangotri (22 km)

Gangotri Darshan 

Evening visit to local village 

Drive back to Harsil and night stay

Day - 4 (Oct 4)

Heli trip to Sersi and another Heli trip to Kedar otemple

Kedar temple Darshan, Shankara temple & Trek to Bhairav temple

Back to Sersi for night stay

Day - 5 (Oct 5)

Heli trip to Badrinath 

Temple Darshan 

Mana village, Saraswati origin, Ganesh Guha

Day -6 (Oct 6)

Heli trip to Dehradun 

local sights (sarasradhara falls)and flight to Chennai