Adi Kailash Yatra 2027: Dates, Permit, Route and Cost

What the Adi Kailash Yatra is

Two darshans on one permit: Adi Kailash from Jolingkong at the head of the Kuti valley, and Om Parvat from Nabhidhang on the road to Lipulekh, with Gunji between them as the night stop.

Adi Kailash, also called Chota Kailash, rises above Jolingkong, with Parvati Sarovar below it and Gauri Kund a short way off. Om Parvat is the mountain whose snow draws an Om on its face, seen from Nabhidhang. Both stand in the border valleys north of Dharchula, which is why the permit exists. The road reaches both, so the walking is short, at the darshan points. More in the Adi Kailash guide, the Om Parvat guide and how to reach Parvati Kund.

Adi Kailash Yatra 2026 and 2027: when it is open

In 2026 the yatra ran from 1 May to 1 July, stopped for the monsoon, and opened again on 20 September; the last permits of the year are issued on 10 November. No date for 2027 has been announced.

The first phase of 2026 ran 61 days and closed on 1 July (Amar Ujala, 21 September 2026). The second opened on 20 September, once a Bailey bridge was in (The Northern Gazette, 20 September 2026), and its last permits are issued on 10 November (our team at Dharchula, 6 November 2026). Inside that, the district paused permits from 19 to 26 October for the Adi Kailash Parikrama Run: see the race and the permit pause.

For the weather month by month, and the cold at night at each stop, see Adi Kailash weather and temperature. In short, Gunji averages 12°C by day in May and 11°C in October.

The road to Adi Kailash, and how many days it takes

Delhi to Gunji is about 648 km by road, through Pithoragarh and Dharchula; from Gunji, Jolingkong is about 36 km and Nabhidhang about 19 km.

The road leaves the plains at Haldwani or Kathgodam, climbs to Pithoragarh, follows the Kali down to Dharchula, then turns up the Vyas valley to Gunji, 3,200 m. There it forks: up the Kuti valley to Jolingkong for Adi Kailash, or on towards Lipulekh for Om Parvat. The road day by day is in the route guide and the road condition guide.

Dharchula to Lipulekh, the Vyas valley road

Gunji to Jolingkong, the Kuti valley road

The permit for Adi Kailash and Om Parvat

One Inner Line Permit covers both darshans: you apply online on the Pithoragarh district portal, and the SDM's office at Dharchula issues it.

• Apply on the district portal, ilppithoragarh.uk.gov.in.
• Have ready a government photo ID and passport-size photographs.
• Add a fitness certificate from a registered medical practitioner and a self-declaration affidavit, in the formats on the portal.
• Collect the permit at Dharchula before you drive up the Vyas valley.

Travelling with Adi Kailash Explore, help with the permit is part of the trip. The full steps, and what trips people up, are in the permit guide.

What the Adi Kailash Yatra costs

With Adi Kailash Explore it costs ₹18,600 from Pithoragarh, ₹26,300 from Haldwani, ₹30,300 from Delhi a person, with stays, breakfast and dinner, a guide and help with the permit.

Each trip includes the vehicle for the whole route, the hotel and homestay nights, breakfast and dinner, a government-certified guide, help with the Inner Line Permit, and the driver's allowance, tolls and parking. Going on your own is possible too: the yatra without a tour package and the taxi fare from Dharchula set out the costs.

Where you sleep on the yatra

Above Dharchula the nights are in guest houses and homestays at Gunji or Nabi, 3,200 m and higher; Pithoragarh has the hotels.

The stays the team uses on this road, in its own photographs: Gunji's and Nabi's for the nights in the valley, Pithoragarh's for the town nights.

Each village on the road has a page of its own, with its height, its weather now and by month, and the stays listed there: Budhi, Garbyang, Napalchu, Gunji, Nabi, Kuti, Kalapani, Nabhidhang.