Help on route from Delhi to Poanta Sahib & suggestions for Mousourie - Team-BHP

harjeev · 30th March 2009, 15:09

Hey guys
I am planning a trip from Delhi to Poanta Sahib & Mousourie this weekend.
My plan is to leave Delhi early on Friday, be at the gurudwara around lunch time and after some rest leave for mousourie around 3PM via Dehradun.

Is this doable in 1 day
I have attached a map and there are 3 drive options. Which will the best bet?
Any good hotels in Mousourie in the range 1-2k a day. We are 2 couples so need 2 rooms. We plan to stay there maybe for a 1 night. At the max 2 nights
I have earlier stayed in Brentwood. But this was 12 yers back. 5 years back stayed at some hotel which was 5 kms before mousourie. So I have no idea. NEed some hotel advise as well
Any other suggestions will be welcomed

Kindly advise

sudev · 30th March 2009, 15:19

All three are good but modify #1 to read via Karnal-Ladwa-Raduar-Yamunagar-Jagadhri-Kalesar-Paonta-Herbetpur-Dehradun-Mussorie. Also #4 option is Delhi-Pipli-Ladwa-Yamunagar...

Of course you could be adventurous. Enjoy some lovely drive country around Herbetpur and go to Mussorie via Dakpatther-Kalsi-Yamunapul-Mussorie.

All doable in a day.

harjeev · 1st April 2009, 08:36

Thanks Sudev. Somebody told be that option #2 would be good as the truck traffic should be less on that particular route.

But bad news yesterday. We had to cancel the trip as some family function has comeup for this Sunday.
Thanks for the info anyways

mandyrana · 1st April 2009, 15:29

I go once in a month to Yamuna nagar. Option 1 is best one(5 kms less than indir ladwa). Road is good. No trucks and traffic. At 2 places Road is broken and lots of speed breakers. Indri- ladwa road is in very bad condition. On Jagadhri-Paonta raod in Haryana is not good though they were repairing it last month. To use route 1 take right from Jewel chownk to kunjpura in Karnal

woof · 1st April 2009, 16:55

I went to Mussoorie in January during Republic Day weekend.

We stayed at Brentwood Hotel. It's a nice, comfortable hotel, with ample parking space. The only issue is a part of hotel is under construction, and may block your view of the doon valley.

The rooms are huge, and decent. We paid roughly 1600 bucks / night over there.

Freyr · 1st October 2009, 15:25

Hi

I am planning to drive to Mussoorie tommorrow morning from Delhi . Since the Meerut road is in bad shape I was thinking of taking Delhi-Karnal-Kurukshethra Crossing-Yamuna Nagr -Paonta Sahib Route .Is that route ok ?
Or should take right cut from Karnal to Kunjpura/Indri ?
Which route is in better condition and will take less time ?

wanderernomad · 1st October 2009, 20:34

Best bet is Delhi-Shahbad- Saha-Shahjadpur-Naraingarh-Kalaamb-Poanta Sahib-Herbertpur-Dehradun. Good road, less traffic(till Paonta Sahib) and very scenic.

SS-Traveller · 1st October 2009, 21:28

The Yamunanagar-Jagadhri-Paonta Sahib route is in bad shape due to ongoing road work.

@ Freyr: NH58 is not in good shape because of road work at Meerut as well as at Muzaffarnagar - but you can bypass the whole road by following the Upper Ganga Canal road from Muradnagar upto Roorkee. From Roorkee, turn left to Chhutmalpur, turn right towards Dehradun, and onwards to Mussoorie. Good drive. Might have more traffic than usual, people heading out that way on the extended weekend. On the way back you might want to try the route given below, backwards.

@ harjeev: For going to Paonta Sahib, suggest you follow this route: Delhi > Karnal > turn right > Kunjpura > Lakhnauti > Gangoh > Ambahta > Saharanpur > Behat > Timli > turn left (before reaching Herbertpur) > Paonta Sahib. Superb road, some congestion obviously at Saharanpur, but a much better and shorter route than the other options you suggested. Came back from Herbertpur this way on Sunday.

SS-Traveller · 1st October 2009, 22:02

@ harjeev: the route map is given below. Don't ask to go to Sharanpur, or the locals will route you via Shamli - and the Shamli-Saharanpur section is terrible. Always ask to go to the next stop as given in the directions in my previous post.

Freyr · 5th October 2009, 15:41

SS Traveller ,Thanks for the route guide

I took the Karnal Paonta Sahib route to get to Mussoorie
Lost direction at Kunjpura and went to Yamuna Nagar from there To Ponta Sahib
Actually at Kunjpura I was told that there is no pucca road to cross Yamuna near Ganghor(maybe wrong info ) and the road was flooded
The Yamuna Nagar Paonta Saheb stretch is really bad for the first 15kms
But after that the ride was good

While coming back I took the road from Kempty Falls to Vikas Nagar This is the highway NH123 along River Yamuna .It was an amazing road with literally no traffic .The ride was rough but the view was awesome
I would recommend the road to anyone seeking some adventure

joybhowmik · 14th November 2009, 17:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Freyr

SS Traveller ,Thanks for the route guide

I took the Karnal Paonta Sahib route to get to Mussoorie
Lost direction at Kunjpura and went to Yamuna Nagar from there To Ponta Sahib
Actually at Kunjpura I was told that there is no pucca road to cross Yamuna near Ganghor(maybe wrong info ) and the road was flooded
The Yamuna Nagar Paonta Saheb stretch is really bad for the first 15kms
But after that the ride was good

While coming back I took the road from Kempty Falls to Vikas Nagar This is the highway NH123 along River Yamuna .It was an amazing road with literally no traffic .The ride was rough but the view was awesome
I would recommend the road to anyone seeking some adventure

I did this trip this month - on my new Innova - and tested all 4 suspension springs/joints

. The road from Yamuna-Nagar to Chhachhrauli is not "just bad" - it does not exist anymore. All I found was a dirt track with parallel mounds of earth stacked up (showing that trucks had gone that way). I even got my undercarriage stuck in a couple of esp. bad spots (god help a car with low ground clearance).

My recommendation is to try reaching Sahranpur instead of taking the right turn at Karnal - as any road will be better than my experience on 4th November'09.

On the return trip to Delhi - I chanced the bad traffic on the Dehradun - Meerut- Delhi route rather than risk hitting my new undercarriage again.

Akadian · 19th November 2009, 07:17

Hi,

If you want to go via Saharanpur, then use Karnal - Indri - Ladwa - Yamunanagar - Right turn - Saharanpur route. Not worth going to Kunjpura and all, IMO. After Saharanpur, the route has been well described already

Cheers

30th March 2009, 15:09	#1 (permalink)
harjeev Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Delhi Posts: 1,172 View My Garage	Help on route from Delhi to Poanta Sahib & suggestions for Mousourie Hey guys I am planning a trip from Delhi to Poanta Sahib & Mousourie this weekend. My plan is to leave Delhi early on Friday, be at the gurudwara around lunch time and after some rest leave for mousourie around 3PM via Dehradun. Is this doable in 1 day I have attached a map and there are 3 drive options. Which will the best bet? Any good hotels in Mousourie in the range 1-2k a day. We are 2 couples so need 2 rooms. We plan to stay there maybe for a 1 night. At the max 2 nights I have earlier stayed in Brentwood. But this was 12 yers back. 5 years back stayed at some hotel which was 5 kms before mousourie. So I have no idea. NEed some hotel advise as well Any other suggestions will be welcomed Kindly advise Attached Thumbnails __________________ 2007 Tata Safari 2.2 VTT 4x2 2000 M&M MM550 XD 4x4 1985 M&M CJ3B(RHD) 4x4 1963 WILLYS CJ3B(LHD) 4x4 (In hibernation)

30th March 2009, 15:19	#2 (permalink)
sudev Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Faridabad Posts: 1,114	All three are good but modify #1 to read via Karnal-Ladwa-Raduar-Yamunagar-Jagadhri-Kalesar-Paonta-Herbetpur-Dehradun-Mussorie. Also #4 option is Delhi-Pipli-Ladwa-Yamunagar... Of course you could be adventurous. Enjoy some lovely drive country around Herbetpur and go to Mussorie via Dakpatther-Kalsi-Yamunapul-Mussorie. All doable in a day. __________________ Sudev

1st April 2009, 08:36	#3 (permalink)
harjeev Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Delhi Posts: 1,172 View My Garage	Thanks Sudev. Somebody told be that option #2 would be good as the truck traffic should be less on that particular route. But bad news yesterday. We had to cancel the trip as some family function has comeup for this Sunday. Thanks for the info anyways __________________ 2007 Tata Safari 2.2 VTT 4x2 2000 M&M MM550 XD 4x4 1985 M&M CJ3B(RHD) 4x4 1963 WILLYS CJ3B(LHD) 4x4 (In hibernation)

1st April 2009, 16:55	#5 (permalink)
woof BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Delhi Posts: 77	I went to Mussoorie in January during Republic Day weekend. We stayed at Brentwood Hotel. It's a nice, comfortable hotel, with ample parking space. The only issue is a part of hotel is under construction, and may block your view of the doon valley. The rooms are huge, and decent. We paid roughly 1600 bucks / night over there. __________________ Swift Vdi (Sep 2007) - 48000 kms \| i10 Magna Kappa (Oct 2008) - 4000 kms \| Santro Xing XG (Nov 2004) - 71000 kms

1st October 2009, 15:25	#6 (permalink)
Freyr Newbie Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Delhi Posts: 6	Mussoorie Road Via Paonta Sahib Hi I am planning to drive to Mussoorie tommorrow morning from Delhi . Since the Meerut road is in bad shape I was thinking of taking Delhi-Karnal-Kurukshethra Crossing-Yamuna Nagr -Paonta Sahib Route .Is that route ok ? Or should take right cut from Karnal to Kunjpura/Indri ? Which route is in better condition and will take less time ?

1st April 2009, 15:29	#4 (permalink)
mandyrana BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Faridabad Posts: 45	I go once in a month to Yamuna nagar. Option 1 is best one(5 kms less than indir ladwa). Road is good. No trucks and traffic. At 2 places Road is broken and lots of speed breakers. Indri- ladwa road is in very bad condition. On Jagadhri-Paonta raod in Haryana is not good though they were repairing it last month. To use route 1 take right from Jewel chownk to kunjpura in Karnal

1st October 2009, 20:34	#7 (permalink)
wanderernomad BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Delhi Posts: 716 View My Garage	Best bet is Delhi-Shahbad- Saha-Shahjadpur-Naraingarh-Kalaamb-Poanta Sahib-Herbertpur-Dehradun. Good road, less traffic(till Paonta Sahib) and very scenic. __________________ The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

1st October 2009, 21:28	#8 (permalink)
SS-Traveller Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: New Delhi Posts: 1,318	The Yamunanagar-Jagadhri-Paonta Sahib route is in bad shape due to ongoing road work. @ Freyr: NH58 is not in good shape because of road work at Meerut as well as at Muzaffarnagar - but you can bypass the whole road by following the Upper Ganga Canal road from Muradnagar upto Roorkee. From Roorkee, turn left to Chhutmalpur, turn right towards Dehradun, and onwards to Mussoorie. Good drive. Might have more traffic than usual, people heading out that way on the extended weekend. On the way back you might want to try the route given below, backwards. @ harjeev: For going to Paonta Sahib, suggest you follow this route: Delhi > Karnal > turn right > Kunjpura > Lakhnauti > Gangoh > Ambahta > Saharanpur > Behat > Timli > turn left (before reaching Herbertpur) > Paonta Sahib. Superb road, some congestion obviously at Saharanpur, but a much better and shorter route than the other options you suggested. Came back from Herbertpur this way on Sunday. __________________ “Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its existence” ~ James Bryce Last edited by SS-Traveller : 1st October 2009 at 21:30.

1st October 2009, 22:02	#9 (permalink)
SS-Traveller Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: New Delhi Posts: 1,318	@ harjeev: the route map is given below. Don't ask to go to Sharanpur, or the locals will route you via Shamli - and the Shamli-Saharanpur section is terrible. Always ask to go to the next stop as given in the directions in my previous post. Attached Images __________________ “Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its existence” ~ James Bryce

5th October 2009, 15:41	#10 (permalink)
Freyr Newbie Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Delhi Posts: 6	SS Traveller ,Thanks for the route guide I took the Karnal Paonta Sahib route to get to Mussoorie Lost direction at Kunjpura and went to Yamuna Nagar from there To Ponta Sahib Actually at Kunjpura I was told that there is no pucca road to cross Yamuna near Ganghor(maybe wrong info ) and the road was flooded The Yamuna Nagar Paonta Saheb stretch is really bad for the first 15kms But after that the ride was good While coming back I took the road from Kempty Falls to Vikas Nagar This is the highway NH123 along River Yamuna .It was an amazing road with literally no traffic .The ride was rough but the view was awesome I would recommend the road to anyone seeking some adventure

19th November 2009, 07:17	#12 (permalink)
Akadian BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Karnal Posts: 149	Hi, If you want to go via Saharanpur, then use Karnal - Indri - Ladwa - Yamunanagar - Right turn - Saharanpur route. Not worth going to Kunjpura and all, IMO. After Saharanpur, the route has been well described already Cheers __________________ Indigo CS LX Tdi '09 Hyundai Getz '05 Ex-Bullet Thunderbird '06 Ex-Yamaha RX100 '96

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