Chardham Helicopter Tour 5Nights/6Days

Hotels & Resorts changes subject to availability

• Dehradun - Hotel Hyatt centric / Similar
• Kharshali, Helicopter base of Yamunotri - Holy Yamuna Kirti Cottages or similar.
• Harshil, Helicopter base of Gangotri - Hotel Namami Retreat or similar.
• Guptkashi - Hotel Kedarkantha Resorts or similar.
• Badrinath -  Hotel Lord's palace / similar.

GUIDELINES / TERMS & CONDITIONS
Chardham / Do Dham / Ek Dham Heli-tours are booked as per desired departure date ex-Dehradun / Haridwar, however, passengers are advised to arrive one day prior to the yatra date in order to be on time and get all briefing done the prior journey. A complimentary one-night stay with Dinner at Dehradun/ Rishikesh (Wherever applicable) is provided on the arrival date and the helicopter tour commences on day 02 from Dehradun. We even strongly advise Pilgrirmage to keep one reserve day after the completion of the yatra in order to cater for any lost day during the
yatra owing to bad weather etc.

Flight Timings
This is a daily fixed departure helicopter tour and all departure timings for each destination are pre-planned. Therefore, passengers must ensure to leave the hotel as per the scheduled estimated time of departure each day of the tour, or else the delayed or No show shall be treated as cancelled without any refund.

Helicopter & VIP Restrictions
Helicopters flying pilgrims in the Chardham sector are mainly single-engine machines and the maximum seating capacity is 06 passengers + 01 pilot. Single-engine helicopters are debarred from flying the following VIP as per
DGCA SOP (Standard Operating Procedures).
• Speaker Lok Sabha
• Dy. Chairperson Rajya Sabha
• Central Ministers of Cabinet Rank
• C J I Supreme Court
• Governors of State
• Chief Ministers of State
• State Ministers of Cabinet Rank • SPG Protected – Z category only.

Helicopter Weight Limitation
The maximum weight capacity of the helicopter is 450 kgs (excluding baggage weight). Passengers are taken on board depending upon the load, weather, temperature conditions, etc and the pilot’s call shall be final. The total weight of all passengers on board must be within this limit. Hence, passengers are required to provide us with their exact weights with heavy clothes at the time of booking in order to shuffle passengers between helicopters to maintain the right weight of the helicopter for safe flying.

Baggage Allowances
Only one baggage weighing a maximum of 5 kg is allowed per passenger. Guests are not permitted to carry suitcases or any other bags in the helicopter due to size constraints of boot space in a helicopter. Therefore, only duffle/handbags are to be carried on the tour. In view of helicopters’ limited weight-carrying capacity, operators  reserve the right to shuffle passengers between helicopters to manage the right weight for safe flying in the hills. Therefore, passengers traveling together may not be accommodated in the same helicopter flight at times on way to the same destination

Flight Safety & Discipline 

The operator reserves the legal right to deboard passengers, who are unruly, abusive, intoxicated, sick, mentally unfit, or whose boarding is deemed unsafe for the flight. No refund shall be applicable to the such passenger(s).

• Extra Weight
  Perfect load factor is always maintained by helicopters while flying over mountains for safety reasons and ismore adhered to commercial flying. 75 kgs /- per passenger is the prescribed average weight of a passenger along with their handbags while flying within a group of 06 or fewer. Although any passenger beyond 75 kg can be flown by paying extra weight charges and taking up the tour.
• We confirm the full helicopter booking only after receiving weights from passengers and by maintaining the weight below 450 kgs per helicopter. Rs. 3000/- per kg for Chardham Trip and Rs.2,000/- for Dodham shall be charged for any extra body weight beyond 75 kgs and to be paid at Dehradun before the flight.
• Extra weight charges are also applicable for the palki at Yamunotri @ Rs. 300/- per extra kgs beyond 75 Kgs body weight and to be paid at Yamunotri.
• We shall enforce deboarding of passenger/s without any refund if actual weight exceeds much beyond the weights conveyed during booking or shall be allowed boarding after paying applicable extra weight charges. In such excess weight scenarios, the final call shall be of the helicopter pilot.

Note
Guests are strongly advised to disclose the accurate body weight with clothes/shoes/ handbags on at the time of booking and any major variation might lead to the unfortunate de boarding of such passenger without any refund. The Pilot & the operation crew of the aviation crew shall have the final call on the same.

Single Person Supplement
The pilgrims are charged per seat basis on a double/twin accommodation sharing basis at all destinations and the separate single occupancy room if any, shall be chargeable @ INR 35,000/- per person for Chardham 4 Nights / 5 Days (Tax Inclusive) & @ INR 20,000/- per Person for Do Dham 3 Nights / 4 Days (tax inclusive) over & above the package cost.

Infant / Senior Citizen Policy
Children below 02 years are treated as infants and are accommodated free of charge along with guardians. For verification of the age of the child, ID proof/birth certificate shall be checked before boarding. Children above 02 years flying by helicopters are considered adults as per DGCA SOP and are thus charged at par with an adult. Moreover, there are no provisions for any discount for senior citizens.