The Twelve-Day "Hunt For a Legendary Game fish Expedition"

Arrive in New Delhi International Airport; the Himalayan Outback representative will meet you here. You will be transferred to a hotel where you can rest and refresh yourself before you start your adventure.

Board the overnight train from Delhi to Haridwar, accompanied by our representative.

Arrive at Haridwar, early in the morning. A drive follows to the holy town of Rishikesh some twenty five (25) kilometers from there, where the team will have breakfast and freshen up.

Start driving soon after breakfast to Devprayag a 2 1/2 hour drive from the hotel.

Devprayag is where the River Ganges begins and is also where we start our expedition. The Himalayan Outback team will meet the group on the banks of the river - this is where the expedition begins! Each member of the expedition will be provided with gear that will be required for the trip. After a safety briefing from your river guide, we will begin the expedition down the river in 16' rafts to access the most lucrative beats on the river. Packed lunches will be provided as we take a break on one of the pristine sand beaches. We will be rafting down stream to the famous Byas Ghat beat, the confluence of the Nayar stream with the Mighty Ganges River. This is where John Bailey and Paul Boot shot the famous "Casting for Gold" documentary back in 1989.

We will reach the beat at approximately 1400 hrs. After everybody settles into tents and takes a small break we will start fishing at Byas Ghat that evening.

Spend the day fishing at Byas Ghat. The Nayar is a crystal clear rivulet, which runs into the mighty Ganges - it is at this point where some of the larger Mahseer have been caught.

There's good fly - fishing in the Nayar and along the beat, at the confluence the fly-fishing is excellent, you will catch many Mahseer here - especially at this time of the year. We will spend the whole day exploring this beat.

Depending on the fishing conditions, we have the option of drifting further downstream or continuing to fish at Byas Ghat. Further down there are other interesting beats to be fished. So depending on the results at Byas Ghat we will decide whether we should continue fishing at this location or mover down river.

After the morning's fishing session, the expedition will float down to Kaudyala, where we transfer to vehicles. We will reach the hotel after lunch (a picnic lunch on the banks of the river will be arranged).

Settle into the hotel and relax, we will organize a tour into the holy town of Rishikesh in the evening for you to witness the evening prayer ceremony (aarti). We will return to the Hotel in time for dinner. Over night at the comfortable hotel, relax and get ready for another adventure.

Departure from the hotel at 0500 hrs, breakfast will be provided on route this beautiful drive. Arrive at camp on the Yammuna at 1000hrs, and settle into camp. Float down into the lake in the evening and fish into the night. Over night at camp on the banks of the river.

Fish the morning the lake and the rivers section. Soon after breakfast we head out to the Mahseer sanctuary where you experience large numbers of these powerful fish very close. This is followed by lunch and a drive to the starting point of your trek, which is a forty (40) minute drive from the Mahseer sanctuary.

A beautiful trek along the river leads you to some of the very remote sections of the river. Several pools are located here, which are seldom fished. This trek takes approx. two hours. You will be at the camp by teatime and can start fishing almost as soon as you get there.

Fish through the day, the pools, there is a series of them all along, this is a stunning bit of river, we will suggest you fly fish.

Fish through the day and into the night - there are very large fish there and they have not many places to go to and they are in the vicinity but are spooky

Fish through the day at the pools moving up and down the river.

Enjoy the area when not fishing, swim in this pristine river. From atop you can observe the monstrous fish as they swim up and down the river!

Begin the trek rather early in the morning to back from where you started it. Drive back to the railway station, from where you board the comfortable Shatabdi Express train to New Delhi, which gets you there by 2130hrs.

Overnight in hotel in New Delhi.

You will be escorted back to the Airport, whenever your flight leaves, in the course of the day.