Hey! Hi Namaste this is Tulip Roy. As exotic it may sound there so much more to than that. Lansdowne is just one of hill stations you need to cool down and enjoy your life with leisure and amazingly it has so much to offer you other than leisure. So come with me on this journey.
Now I would say if you are going to Lansdowne, give it 2 days, not more, not less. If you ask about the time, than any time works, any season works, it’s always a pleasant atmosphere here, be it summer or winter, oh! You would love it in Monsoon. Though try to go in summer, the locals favor it more.
Some facts to know is that, you have to walk a lot if you want to get anywhere here, other is that everything is owned by or controlled by the military, so you would love it all, the cleanliness, the peace, the arrangement, all the places here. If you are going in summer, try to take as much as comfortable clothes cause it won’t be that hot and you gotta walk a lot.
How to get there
You initially have to get to Kotward, you can get a bus or train from Delhi to Kotward. From Kotward, Lansdowne is 42 km, you can get a cab from the station to Lansdowne which will cost you around Rs.70. you can return the same way.
These cabs will drop you at Cannt Market, which is the main area of Lansdowne, you should stay here and will get cheap hotels and costly ones too. You can also take your own personal car to Lansdowne if you live in or near Delhi, from Delhi Lansdowne is almost a drive of 5 and a half hours, I would advise you to take a small and good car as many of the tourist destinations, which (you should) you will be visiting, will have really small and steep roads.
Stay
I would advise you to stay at one of the 2 places, first one is in Cannt Market, this is like the capital of Lansdowne, it has the market to support and thus is a good area to stay. I stayed at Mayur hotel, which had a luxuries hut on the top, it was really nice and personal hut (just like having your own house).
It cost me around RS. 2,500, you can bargain. Apart from that you can also take rooms which will not cost you much.
The second one I recommend is stay at The tourist rest house at tip n top( I will tell you about this later, it is an tourist attraction which overlooks the whole view of the valley) which is again owned by the military, you can get huts here at the same cost of Rs. 2,500.
Rooms here are cheap
The main Tourist Attraction
Now there are 9 tourist attractions here, the ones I omitted are not really worth to see, but there are some that I added. All of the places here I mention here should be visited for a complete outlook of Lansdowne’s beauty.
Cannt Market: If you already aren’t staying here, this is a small and local market; it has a steep, lowering. The market is cheap and small stuff such as key rings etc is available here. You have to once visit here because there are 3 things to see here, one is the Gandhi Park, which isn’t much, it isn’t even open. For the other 2, read futhure.
Shree Kaleshwar mandir: This is a temple for the military, it is just down the road of the Cannt market (ask a local). The way to it is really gorgeous and it’s a small cute little temple of god Shivji. Inside the temple there are several small bells which people have hanged, each for a wish to be granted. You can put your hand on the starting point of the bells and walk, for them to ring one after another in symphony. One more reason you should visit here is, that you would like the ambiance, which isn’t much, but the journey is enough. This temple is visited and mainted by the religious military guys, they come here often to pray, if you come here in the morning at 7, then you can catch a whole lot of them!! Do visit once!
St. John Church : This is a small and warm church. It is almost empty, you would love it here, there are so many flowers here that you would brighten up. There is a register there, in which you can write your name and whereabouts and comments about the church, do visit once great place to take snaps and sit down in holy presence for a moment of peace. If you have a car then directions for all the tourist attractions are everywhere.
St. Mary Church: This church is more smaller than the first one but it has more to offer you than the first, if you reach in a good time you can see a movie inside about the history ( Rs. 10 per person) and buy a guide to Lansdowne. It is not at much a distance from the first church.
Tip in top: as the name suggest it is point (here is where The tourist rest house is situiated) where you can see the whole of Lansdowne, it is gorgeous, and a great view, you can take a lot of snaps. The view is magnificent and will want you to believe in
well, something.
1. Bhulla Tal: This is a small and cozy lake, the water is cold and beautiful. Near the lake there is a school too. You can boat here (Rs. 50 per person) there is a lots to eat here. If you have kids, they will be happy to come here as there is small park, rabbits, guinea pigs and also ducks in the lake. This is nice place to hang out and have lunch.
1. Bhem Pakora: Now comes the grand finale, the funny part about this is that it isn’t even grand. Now if you have a small car like maybe an alto, then you can go down the small and step roads that lead you to Bhem Pakora. Now what is it? It is a rock on a rock, which vibrates, when you push it, I did it!
But what’s grand is the 1.5 km of walk on this amazing little road. You have to walk here and feel amazing, this is really amazing and a real hard work to get to rocks that vibrates. Here you can get a lots of Chuttis, which feel from these amazing shaped trees, you can collect a bunch here.
Others
Lansdowne is a really beautiful, little hill station, which is military controlled. The animal here, dogs have so much fur and look so good that you would want to steal one home. The people are good. The food here is only of the hotel, the taste is not much spicy but good. The only things you get on road to Lansdowne is a maggi corner, which is very small and owned by a very humble and sweet guy. I would say do visit here once if you can, its worth it!!
P.S. thanks for reading, I would love a comment! Thanks!
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