A ₹200 Forest Entry Fee Opens Access to Mussoorie’s Best Himalayan Panorama at Benog Tibba

A ₹200 Forest Entry Fee Opens Access to Mussoorie's Best Himalayan Panorama at Benog Tibba

Fewer than 12 percent of tourists who travel to Mussoorie each year make it as far as Cloud’s End, according to estimates cited by the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board — and an even smaller fraction continue on foot into the Benog Wildlife Sanctuary to reach Benog Tibba. That oversight, local trekking guides say, leaves the … Read more

A Cab Driver Showed Me Mussoorie’s Best Sunrise — Not Gun Hill

A Cab Driver Showed Me Mussoorie's Best Sunrise — Not Gun Hill

Everyone tells you to watch the sunrise from Gun Hill. Every travel blogger, every hotel brochure, every well-meaning relative who visited Mussoorie in 1998 — they all point you to the same spot. But here is the uncomfortable truth: Gun Hill is one of the most overrated sunrise experiences in the entire Garhwal Himalayas. I … Read more