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Jammu - Patnitop

Mini Switzerland in India

We boarded the train from New Delhi Railway station to katra railway station, and then for Patnitop we hired a private taxi...

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Day 1

First day we reached at katra and took blessings from Mata Vaishno Devi Darbar by tracking 15 k.m.

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Day 2

Photography

Patnitop is also known as crown of India, we reached patnitop by rental car in around 4 hours from katra, then we checked in the hotel and enjoyed the beautifull view of mountains from our balcony, and then snowfall started and we played in the snow.

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Day 3

Trekking

Then on the next day we visited nathatop which is the small trek from Patnitop around 2 k.m. and the famous tourist spot.

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Para Gliding

Sanasar lake in summers usually covers with lush green plants and is famous spot for boating and paragliding, but due to heavy snow fall it was all covered with snow and paragliding was not allowed during that weather.

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Patnitop park which is also known as children's park is basically famous for skiing and horse riding..we stayed there for quite long.

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Shopping

On our way back to katra we visited the famous local market of Patnitop which is situated in Udhampur district that is "Kud Market" which is famous for sweets and clothes we bought the famous sweet known as "Patisa".

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After visiting kud market we returned to katra and boarded the train from katra railway station to New delhi.