During recent trip to Naukuchiataal, all of our office folks tried Paragliding and it was a great fun... Its 6 kilometers form the lake and one has to trek 400 meters to take off for the flight :)
Here is our first hero to take the flight in the air.. Paraglider take off from a cliff and land down in a village near to the lake... Its 15-20 minutes ride depending upon the flow of the air... They charge 1300 rs for that.. I had already done paragliding at SONLANG Valley near Manali in Himachal Pradesh and BIR BILLING in Kangra Valley... So it was not worth spending 1300 .. For first time experience, its worth... Also one can negotiate to get a deal for 800-1000 in case group comprises of more than 5...
After feeling the excitment, most of my friends tried a ride in air... during the ride, many of them thought that I am clicking their photographs ... and you know... there was no pic with clear face :(
One of our friend screaming while taking off for the flight in air....
Road connecting lake and the place where paragliding happens... This road was very beutiful and had few patches on the way...
Coloful hills arond paragliding area at Naukuchiataal... This is a view of hills parallel to the place where paragliders take off....
Tarun and his family taking rest on the half way while climbing to paragliding club....
Another photograph of the road leading to Pragaliding place from Naukuchiataal..
All of them want to try paragliding and waiting for gliders to come back.... Actually there were only 5 gliders there and they used to take them back from the landing place... All this used to take 30 minutes at least...
A view of the lake from Paragliding place @ Naukuchiataal, Uttrakhand, INDIA...
This is the landmark to find out the place where paragliding happens in Naukuchiataal... When we were driving towards it, we moved ahead and missed this board.... after some distance, we asked a gentleman on the way and got to know that borad was the point form where we had to climb to a small hill...
Another paraglider in sky with clouds @ Naukuchiataal, Uttrakhand, INDIA
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