The best way to get from New Delhi to Kanatal is by road only, because Kanatal is well connected by road to Delhi and other major cities like, gurugram, noida, dehradun, haridwar, meerut and etc. So, How To reach Kanatal you will have two options to reach delhi to kanatal via Rishikesh and via Dehradun. Both are very famous cities of Uttarakhand, India and both are connected by train and local and private bus from Delhi.
Delhi to Kanatal is 300 kms
Dehradun to Kanatal is 75 kms
Mussoorie to Kanatal is 42 kms
Rishikesh to Kanatal is 75 kms
Haridwar to Kanatal is 105 kms
Chamba to Kanatal is 14 kms
Dhanaulti to Kanatal is 15 kms
Distance from Delhi to Kanatal camp is 350 kms and usually takes about 8 hrs to Reach camps in Kanatal.
Route 1 : Delhi – Meerut – Muzaffarnagar – Roorkee – Haridwar – Rishikesh – Narender Nagar – Chamba – Kanatal
Route 2 : Delhi – Meerut – Muzaffarnagar – Roorkee – Chhutmalpur – Dehradun – Mussoorie – Dhanaulti – Kanatal
Route 3 : Delhi – Bagpat – Baraut – Shamli – Shahranpur – Dehradun – Mussoorie – Dhanaulti – Kanatal
Luxury and normal Buses to Dehradun, Mussoorie, Rishikesh are easily available from ISBT Kashmiri Gate. One can take an overnight Bus from New Delhi for Rishikesh / Dehradun and use local transport to reach Kanatal. You will get transfers from rishikesh/Dehradun bus stand or your can travel through local bus, but please note local bus timing was fix so plan accordingly.
Dehradun to Kanatal, if you are travelling from Dehradun to kanatal camp traveling time taking around 3 hours to reach by car, and 4-5 hours by bus. A number of local buses run from Dehradun’s ISBT to Kanatal, and taxis can be hired from Dehradun to Kanatal.
Rishikesh to Kanatal, Kanatal is well connected with motorable road locate on Mussoorie-Chamba road. if you are travelling from Rishikesh to kanatal camp traveling time taking around 2-3 hours to reach by car, and 4-5 hours by bus.
Mussoorie to Kanatal, distance is around 50km. if you are travelling from mussoorie to kanatal camp traveling time taking around 1-2 hours to reach by car/bus.
IMPORTENT NOTE:
How to Reach Kanatal by Train
To reach Kanatal by train you will have to 2 options, Nearest railway station to Kanatal is Dehradun which is around 78 Km away and other one is haridwar. You’ll easly reach dehradun/haridwar by train and from Dehradun you will easily get the state government run Buses and taxi at minimal prices, good thing is you don’t have to bargain for the prices of taxi as there is government counter just outside the Dehradun railway station from where you can book taxi easily at any time of the day.
Nearest Railroad to kanatal camps:- Dehradun – 75 kms
A train can be taken till Dehradun and thereafter a vehicle can be hired to the kanatal heights.
Train tickets can easily be booked from irctc.co.in
Train Name & No. |
DEP |
ARR |
DEP |
ARR |
Shatabdi Express/12017-12018 |
06:50 |
11:25 |
18:13 |
22:45 |
Jan Shatabdi/12055-12056 |
15:55 |
19:30 |
06:22 |
10:58 |
NZM-DDN Express/12205-12206 |
23:55 |
04:00 |
00:40 |
05:05 |
Mussoorie Express/14041-14042 |
22:20 |
05:50 |
23:10 |
07:55 |
Utkal Express/18477-18478 |
14:35 |
20:30 |
06:00 |
11:40 |
Nearest Airport: Jolly Grant, Dehradun it’s around 85 Kms from kanatal camp site. You will get taxi at minimal prices, good thing is you don’t have to bargain for the prices of taxi as there is government counter just outside the Dehradun airport from where you can book taxi easily at any time of the day.
You will get local airline from delhi to dehradun like Jet Airways, Spicejet and Air India operate flights between DEL and DED throughout the day.