Kashmir Unhurried
With Your Own Kitchen

Two nights each in Sonmarg, Gulmarg, Srinagar and Pahalgam, so no valley gets rushed. A dedicated chef travels with the group, which means familiar food arrives hot at 8,000 feet. This is Kashmir taken at walking pace, with four-star stays throughout and someone else worrying about dinner.

Mornings bring a gentle glacier walk in Sonmarg, the Gondola’s Phase 1 lift into Gulmarg’s high meadow, a 6 am shikara ride past Dal Lake’s floating vegetable sellers, and an old-city walk through Srinagar’s bakeries. Pahalgam closes the trip with the Lidder river and short drives to Betaab valley and Aru.

The valley climbs from Sonmarg’s glacier-fed river to Gulmarg’s alpine bowl above 3,000 metres, then settles into Srinagar’s lakes and Mughal terraced gardens before Pahalgam’s cold, loud river town. A dedicated vegetarian chef travels throughout, so the food stays as familiar as the scenery changes.

Some moments are built for lingering: your chef handing hot pakoras through a houseboat window while it rains on Dal Lake; the Gondola cresting the ridge as the whole Kongdoori bowl opens up white below; and a 6 am shikara gliding past the floating vegetable market, lotus leaves brushing the hull.

Built for multi-generation families, pure-veg households, and anyone who has postponed Kashmir waiting for the right plan. Not for travellers chasing nightlife or a packed adventure roster — the pace here is deliberately unhurried, and evenings end early.