Day 1 / Jammu & Kashmir
Day 1 · Into the Foothills: Jammu to Udhampur
Theme: Arrival and First Tastes of Dogra Land
We meet you at Jammu Airport or Railway Station and head north into the hills towards Udhampur. The drive is part of the welcome: we stop for crisp, piping-hot pakoras at the roadside stalls near Nandni, and again at Tikri for Kalari Kulcha — a soft kulcha filled with melted kalari, the local mountain cheese. By late afternoon you settle into your stay in Udhampur. As the evening cools, your host sits with you over tea and shares stories of the Dogra past, and a little of what the springs will show you tomorrow.
