Adventure sports in India are fast gaining popularity among the people. India, as a country, has fast emerged as one of the most famous destination for adventure sports in the world.Adventure sports in India include the rafting, mountaineering, paragliding, parasailing, scuba diving, snorkeling, bunjee jumping, and sky diving. Skiing in Jammu and Kashmir, River Rafting in Himachal Pradesh, mountaineering in Uttarakhand, trekking in Arunachal Pradesh, scuba diving in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep Islands, flying Fox in Kerala, Bungee Jumping in Karnataka, water sports in Goa, paragliding in Maharashtra and rock climbing in Madhya Pradesh are the popular adventure sports which are promoting tourism in Indian states.
As a country, India offers great opportunities for adventure travellers, who are looking for a variety of experience. The Indian topography is such that, because of its diversity and variation from snow capped mountains on the one hand, to sea and desert on the other - all this make Indian sub continent an ideal adventure sports destination.
India as a nation has great potential for adventure sports. Right from trekking, paragliding, mountaineering and rafting to scuba diving, India promises to offer the enthusiastic traveller an experience of a lifetime. India as a nation offers great deal of excitement to the tourists. The northern part of the country offer wonderful opportunity like trekking, mountaineering, paragliding, skiing and river rafting. And the southern part of India forms the amazing destination for water sports.
Mountaineering in Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand is one of the best places for mountaineering and climbing activities. Most of the areas of Uttarakhand is either covered by the thick forest or snow covered mountains with rocky hills and beautiful meadows. The mountain climbing in Uttarkhand is a very challenging sport and needs skills to choose and perform the right technique at the right time, effectively and efficiently Garhwal and Kumon region of Uttarakhand offers mountaineering, ski, rafting, hiking and rock climbing sports in India.
Glacier Trek from Gangotri, Uttarakhand
The trekking experience at high reaches of Uttrakhand, Gaumukh Glacier in Gangotri is phenomenal. The trekking is best recommended for adventure lovers fond of rock-climbing, boulder- hopping and glacier traversing. The trek is also a treat for nature lovers due to the range and diversity of plant and animal life. The herds of Bharal are often spotted on these mountain ridges. The abundance of silver birch has given birth to the name Bhojkharak, while it is also called Chirbasa because of the clumps of blue pine in the region.
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