Kashmir Tour Packages

Read your own government's travel advice first: some governments, the UK's among them, advise against travel to Jammu and Kashmir, including Srinagar, Gulmarg, Pahalgam and Sonmarg, and travelling against that advice can invalidate travel insurance. Check the current advice and your policy before booking. Some sites close from time to time, so we confirm what is open for your dates, and our support runs 24/7 during the trip.

Gulmarg for the gondola, and for snow and skiing in winter. Pahalgam for a slower stay by the Lidder river, with walks or pony rides beyond the town. Sonmarg for the Thajiwas glacier, usually as a day out from Srinagar. The Kashmir Tour — 6 days takes in each of them: a night in Pahalgam, a night in Gulmarg and a day in Sonmarg. Our Gulmarg, Pahalgam and Sonmarg guides describe each place.

Yes. The gondola is run by the Jammu & Kashmir Cable Car Corporation, which sells tickets online through its official website and asks visitors to book there rather than through touts. It runs in two stages: the first to Kongdori, the second higher up the mountain, which depends on the weather. The six-day tour includes stage 1; stage 2 is a separate ticket. On the Kashmir honeymoon, gondola tickets are not included.

From December to February. IMD's 1991–2020 averages for January give Gulmarg about 1°C by day and minus 8°C at night, and Pahalgam about 5°C and minus 6°C. Gulmarg then becomes a ski resort, and the six-day tour names winter as the best time for Gulmarg in particular. Srinagar and the lakes are quiet and cold, and the gondola ride needs your warmest layers.

Yes. Sonmarg used to be cut off by snow and avalanches each winter, but the Sonamarg tunnel, opened in January 2025, gives the road from Srinagar all-weather connectivity. The Zojila pass beyond it, on the road to Ladakh, still closes for the winter. Expect snow at Thajiwas rather than meadows, and check conditions the day before. Sonmarg is the day trip on our six-day tour.

The pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave runs through July and August, on dates fixed each year by the shrine board. Pilgrims set out from Pahalgam and from Baltal, 15 km from Sonmarg, so both places are busy then, and the Anantnag district administration advises booking well in advance for those weeks. If your dates overlap with the yatra, tell us early, so that rooms in Pahalgam can be held.

Between April and October, the season our Kashmir honeymoon is planned for: a houseboat on Dal Lake, shikara rides and the Mughal gardens, then Gulmarg or Pahalgam for the mountains. That runs opposite to Rajasthan and Kerala, where the honeymoon season is winter. Houseboat and hotel costs are listed separately, so you choose the standard, and every trip is quoted in writing before you pay anything.