© R Singh · CC BY 2.0T3
75 pts
Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh
The source of the Narmada, on a Maikal plateau where three mountain ranges meet and two rivers rise flowing in opposite directions.
10 hrs4.6(460)EasyRarely crowded
© R Singh · CC BY 2.0Narmada — Source to Ghats
Follow the river from the spring where it rises on the Maikal plateau to the Holkar ghats at Maheshwar, taking in the marble gorge at Bhedaghat and the island Jyotirlinga on the way. Six days, the length of Madhya Pradesh.
- Duration
- 6 days
- Distance
- 928 km
- Check-in points
- 210 pts
The route
Stops, in order
- 1AmarkantakAnuppur · Madhya PradeshThe source of the Narmada, on a Maikal plateau where three mountain ranges meet and two rivers rise flowing in opposite directions.75 pts
- 2
Bhedaghat & Dhuandhar FallsJabalpur · Madhya PradeshThe Narmada cutting a gorge through 100 ft marble cliffs, then dropping 30 m at Dhuandhar in a fall so violent it throws permanent mist.30 pts - 3
OmkareshwarKhandwa · Madhya PradeshA Jyotirlinga on a Narmada island shaped like the Om symbol, circled by a 7 km parikrama path.30 pts - 4
MaheshwarKhargone · Madhya PradeshAhilyabai Holkar's riverside capital — a fort, a ghat that runs the length of the town, and the handloom she founded in 1767, still weaving.75 pts
Each stop in detail
© R Singh · CC BY 2.0© Aksveer · CC BY-SA 4.0T2
30 pts
Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
The Narmada cutting a gorge through 100 ft marble cliffs, then dropping 30 m at Dhuandhar in a fall so violent it throws permanent mist.
6 hrs4.5(2640)EasyGets crowded
© Deveshc92 · CC BY 4.0T2
30 pts
Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh
A Jyotirlinga on a Narmada island shaped like the Om symbol, circled by a 7 km parikrama path.
8 hrs4.6(1840)ModerateGets crowded
© Lukas Vacovsky · CC BY-SA 3.0T3
75 pts
Khargone, Madhya Pradesh
Ahilyabai Holkar's riverside capital — a fort, a ghat that runs the length of the town, and the handloom she founded in 1767, still weaving.
8 hrs4.8(620)EasyModerate crowds