INCREDIBLE HARYANA

HARYANA

Haryana pioneered into the field of tourism with the launching of its concept of highway tourism. Making the best of the presence of national highways that crossed through it, Haryana Tourism decided to cater to the highway traveller. Next, It set up tourist complexes on the national highways.  It opened recreation centres at district headquarter towns to cater to the local residents. With a well established infrastructure, it soon began to develop destination stations around Delhi-the National Capital and began to identify places of tourist interest in the State where tourism facilities could be developed.

Whereas the seventies saw the initial establishment of the tourism strategy and infrastructure, the eighties saw Haryana Tourism concentrate on promoting cultural and pilgrim tourism. The nineties brought in Adventure and Golf Tourism. The turn of the century is seeing Haryana Tourism venturing into privatization, village tourism, development of new locations and the opening of crafts centres. Beginning with one resort in 1966, today Haryana Tourism runs 44 tourist complexes dotted all over the State. The resorts provide a wide range of tourist facilities such as a hotel, motels, restaurants, bars, fast food centres, health clubs, conference halls and recreational facilities like lakes for boating, picnic hides and children's parks. 777 guest rooms are available in the resorts run by Haryana Tourism.

For More Information. Please Contact:

Delhi

Haryana Govt. Tourist Bureau, 36, Janpath Chanderlok Building, New Delhi. Tel : 011-23324910-11. Fax: 23713373. Email : haryanatourism74@gmail.com

Head Office

Haryana Tourism Corporation Limited SCO 17-19, Sector 17-B, Chandigarh-160017 Tel : 0172-2702955-57, 0172-2720437. Fax : 0172-2703185, 2702783 Email : haryanatourism@gmail.com

                      

NH 1	NH 2	NH 8	NH 10	NH 22
Kingfisher (Ambala)	Sunbird (Surajkund)	Shama (Gurgoan)	Shikra (Asakhera)	Yadavindra Garden (Pinjore)
Parakeet (Pipli)	Rajhans (Surjkund)	Jungle Babbler (Bharuhera)	Surkhab (Sirsa)	Red Bishop (Panchkula)
Karna Lake (Kernal)	Badkhal Lake (Faridabad)		Papiha (Fatehabad)	Jatayu (Mansa Devi)
Oasis (Kernal)	Hermitage (Surajkund)		Blue Bird (Hissar)
Skylark (Panipat)	Magpie (Faridabad)		Flamingo (Hissar)
Blue Jay (Samalakha)	Aravalli Golf Course (Faridabad)		Tilyar Lake (Rohtak)
Ethnic India (Rai)	Dabchick (Hodel)		Myna (Rohtak)
	Lakeview Huts(Faridabad)		Gauriyya (Bahadurgarh)

National Highway 1
National Highway 2
National Highway 8
National Highway 10
National Highway 22

                                        

Haryana, A Hot MICE Destination For Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions

Rajhans Convention Centre Tilyar Convention Centre

 Heritage Tourism                                          

In Haryana, you hear the echo of the past everywhere.

Its history is a rich tapestry of the ancient, the medieval and the modern. The highway of history, Haryana bears the footprints of kings and warriors, saint and sages, sufis & savants. The continuity of its rich past, has been unbroken through ages, with legends of the epic heroes and places of pilgrimage like temples, sarovars and dargahs. The resilience of the spirit of its people finds resurgence against a continuous back-drop of invasions and battles – triumphs and conquests!

Yadavindra Gardens (Pinjore)Heritage Resort located in the midst of 17th Century Mughal Gardens Bhima Devi Temple (Pinjore) Built in 9th and 11th century A.D. Raja Nahar Singh Fort Ballabgarh, Faridabad 18th century fort

Cactus Garden                                      

A visit to Panchkula in Haryana is incomplete without  making a trip to the Cactus Garden . Cactus Garden is Asia's biggest garden devoted to rare and endangered species having more than 3500 species. The out door Cactus Garden has 25 raised ground features, 3 water bodies with water ways. On raised mounds about 800 species of Cacti and Succulents have been naturalized. Echinocactus grusonii have extensively been used as main landscape plant. A group of Bursera (Mexican Origin) are in shape of big trees. A thick elongated Cactus Carnegia gigantea (Saguaro Cactus of Arizona) a slow growing Cacti can attain height of 30 feet to 40 feet . Collection of Pachypodium extremely rare plants are also in cultivation. Fouquiria spendens is from Arizona ,Gardens has three species of it. Adenia Venenata was field collected from Yemen. It belongs to Passifloraceae family. The Garden has 272 species of genus Mammillaria and 160 species has been naturalized out door. The magnificent plants of Aloe speciosa, Aloe ferox & other exotic species can be seen here. In low growing cacti such as Mamillarias, Astrophytum, Notocacti and several other species have been used in the fore ground of the feature. Bonsai collection of succulent and non succulent plants has been created and gifted by J.S.Sarkaria. This educative collection displays different styles of bonsai. Garden has nine glass houses having collection of practically all the know genera of cactus. Garden also has highly representative collections of Haworthias, Aloes and Gasterias. Plants are also available for sale

Pilgrim journey through Haryana. The pilgrim's progress in Haryana is deeply rooted in devotion, legend                                              and mythology. Though a number of temples dot the State, the focus of pilgrim movement in Haryana is concentrated in the 48-kosas  of land that was once called Kurukshetra.  The area covered 360 places of pilgrimage.  Today, this area primarily covers centres of pilgrimage in modern Kurukshetra, Jyotisar, Thanesar and Pehowa towns. Another concentration of pilgrim centres can be seen around Chandigarh For Pilgrim Destinations Click Kurukshetra Jyotisar Thanesar Pehowa Panchkula     Haryana - a state that blazed a trail of holiday traditions, with its Tourism Policy, 2008 - could well be called the land where perfect vacations begin. Tourist complexes of Haryana Tourism dot the five national Highways passing through the state. Helping you kick off your shoes and relax with pampered treatment. Haryana is vibrant and lively with all its natural beauty blended beautifully with folk culture and traditional ethos. Haryana is also known for its world class courses and is immensely popular among the golfing fraternity. Haryana Tourism has taken the initiative to promote Golf Tourism in the state and taken golfing to new frontiers. The state has some truly amazing golf course, which offer you world-class  ambience and facilities.                           Come to Haryana Tourism for that Adrenal Rush Haryana Tourism is organizing Soft Adventure Activities at its various tourist resorts, with the aim to inculcate leadership, team-work, sincerity, honesty, national integration, eco friendly and brotherhood qualities in the participating youth. All these activities are held under the guidance of atrained & qualified quide, following all safety measure. Some of the most undertaken activities are Trekking and Nature Trail Rock Climbing & Rappling Boating, Canoing and Kyaking River Crossing Target Practise Bird watching and Flora-Fauna Identification Green practices and Ecology Balance Rural Games Sustainable Tourism Practices. Some of the best adventure tourism destinations are

                      

Resplendent & Vibrant That's Surajkund for you!

Come February'2013 Karnataka- The Karnataka vibrant is the theme state for this year Mela. Introduction How to reach Past Melas Mela 2013  Surajkund is the annual fair that showcases the finest handlooms, handicrafts, authentic fragrances & flavours of rich Indian cuisines. National and State awardees craft persons from every corner of India wind their way to Surajkund. The craft persons from SAARC Nations are also participating in the Surajkund Crafts Mela. 27th Surajkund International Crafts Mela offers a lot of Fun, Frolic, Entertainment and exclusive shopping. In the rural ambience, craftperson will display and demonstrate their finest crafts work that is set to capture your hearts. The authentic fragrances & flavours of rich Indian cuisines will kindle your taste buds. Tap your feet with the beats of enthralling folk dancers from the various parts of the country. Surajkund is an annual fair that showcases the finest handlooms, handicrafts, authentic fragrances & flavours of rich Indian cuisines. National and State awardees artisans from every corner of India make their way to Surajkund. The craftspersons from SAARC nations, Eurasian countries like Tajikistan, Uzbekistan & Kyrgystan would be displaying and selling the best of handlooms and handicrafts items at the Surajkund International Crafts Mela.

Organizing Agency