Paragliding in India

Paragliding Package

Distance	(31 Oct / 31Dec)	(Mar/Apr)	(May/jun)
100 MTR	700 INR	800INR	850INR
200 MTR	1300INR	1400INR	1500INR
1000 MTR	2500INR	2700INR	2800INR
3000 MTR	4000INR	4150INR	4250INR

Transportation for finishing point to main road.


The man’s wishing to take to the air like a bird is perhaps the reason for the origin of aero sports. Paragliding is possibly the trendiest aero sport in the world. Although a new concept in India but the fashion is now easily spread up here. It’s the exhilarated sensation which you get while paragliding is what makes it an obsession for adventure enthusiast all over the world. India with such breathtaking mountains and hills is nowadays becoming a huge demand for paraglide pilots from all over the world. Paragliding is a sort of aero sport which is amongst the most in style adventure sports in the world. This breathtaking aero sport allows you to fly high in the air. Paragliding has its origins in 1940s though its fame shot only during 1980s. That makes paragliding one of the newest entrants in the directory of adventure sports.

The Himalayan mountain ranges of Uttarakhand put forward a host of paragliding opportunities and are considered amid some of the most excellent in the world. The haughty mountain peaks of Uttarakhand make perfect locations for the sport of paragliding.

The unique topography of this eye-catching hill state - Uttarakhand - with splendid Himalayas in the north and plains of Tarai in the south, promise an memorable experience of paragliding over densely forested, luxuriant green deep cut valleys, cradled in snow covered Himalayan surroundings.

Uttarakhand offers an ultimate paragliding destination for both, the skilled and the trainee para gliders. Here, delight paragliding rides as well as training courses in paragliding are conducted by several paragliding clubs, schools and organizations.

The paragliding gives us a fantastic opportunity to fly like birds and discover the world from their view. This sport requires minimum technical knowledge and with the assist of an qualified pilot you can fly across the picturesque grassland and rivers. The paraglider at times achieves the altitude of thousands of feet, sometimes even surpassing the height of their begin site.

The paraglider is an elliptically formed wing made of unique non-porous stuff usually rip-stop nylon. The paraglider wing itself is a mere 15 pounds of nylon or dacron cloth, fabricated into a series of ram air inflatable cells, to which is sewn an array of thin supporting lines which attach to the pilot's harness.

The paraglider pilot launches by inflating the paraglider canopy over his head and then running down the slant of the hill, into the existing wind, until the canopy lifts him away from the surface of the earth. The smooth and calm air of early morning or evening helps the pilot in launching himself from any convenient hillside and glide smoothly and silently to a gentle landing thousands of feet below. During the midday the active air helps and experienced pilot to launch into soaring conditions, where the hot air carries the glider to thousands of feet.

In India paragliding is quite fashionable in Mumbai and Pune where the hills near the two cities give ideal conditions for paragliding. The manali region in Himachal Pradesh is also a good choice for paragliding. Ooty and Kodaikanal are the best destinations in Tamil Nadu where you can get pleasure from the activity of paragliding to the most. In the above mentioned places there are a few schools that instruct for paragliding.

Physical fitness is one of the essentials for paragliding in addition you need to be mentally geared up for it. The risk involved in paragliding is quite high and you should be alert and follow all the safety precautions. However if you follow all the instructions of the instructor/pilot, paragliding will be an memorable experience.

Paragliding, though a thrilling aerosport, requires certain level of physical and mental fitness. It is advised that people with high blood pressure or any heart disease and those with fear of heights, must not undertake paragliding. Also, it is required that a person must not be overweight since paragliding doest require a good amount of agility and physical endurance. Having said this, paragliding is not very difficult to learn. All you need is curiosity, enthusiasm and love for thrill.