Haridwar, Uttarakhand
Taxi Service in Haridwar
Cabs for Har Ki Pauri, the Char Dham road and the short hop to Rishikesh.
Haridwar bookings cluster around the evening Ganga Aarti and around early starts for the Char Dham. Both need timing rather than speed: the roads near Har Ki Pauri close to traffic before the aarti, and the mountain roads are best driven in the first half of the day.
Around Haridwar
- Rishikesh — roughly 25 km, often done as an afternoon.
- Mansa Devi and Chandi Devi — both local, both with ropeways.
- Rajaji National Park — on the edge of town.
Longer routes
- Haridwar to Delhi — roughly 220 km, about 5 hours.
- Haridwar to Dehradun — roughly 55 km.
- Haridwar to Badrinath — roughly 320 km, a full day in the hills.
- Haridwar to Gaurikund, for Kedarnath — roughly 240 km.
Pickups
Haridwar Junction, the bus stand, the ashrams along the Ganga, Bhupatwala and Jwalapur. Near Har Ki Pauri the driver will give you the closest point a car can reach, which changes with the time of day.