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Trek notes, road-trip blueprints, and excuses to leave the ring road.
Shrine Board figures show footfall down from 13.13 lakh in June to 6.25 lakh in August. For a student in Jammu, that makes mid-September the easiest walk of the year.
A fresh NHLML tender asks consultants to write DPRs for seven J&K ropeways, two on the Jammu side: Nasri Tunnel–Sanasar and Bhaderwah–Seojdhar. What a DPR decides.
A complete 48-hour itinerary for Jammu college groups looking for cool mountain air under ₹1,500 per head.
The Katra–Sanjichhat fare rises 16.4% on 1 November. What the ticket actually buys you, what it does not, and why booking before then locks the old rate.
A stretch of the Chenab between Reasi and Akhnoor Fort has been designated for cruise-based water transport, with ten 20-seat hybrid eco-vessels ordered and delivery expected March 2027.
September and October are one of only two flyable windows at Sanasar. You need to be over 15, weigh 45–85 kg, and bring warm gloves. A car is not on the list.
Six projects, one target: get 20% of Vaishno Devi pilgrims to stay. Here is what is approved, what is only a proposal, and what you can actually visit first.
Jammu's scrap-metal monument park has pulled nearly 47,000 people and about ₹34 lakh in ticket revenue since opening. On 30 August the city started programming it with live music.
Trains 04688 and 04687 have been restored between Budgam and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra from August 29, after a suspension of roughly two months.
After years of delays and torn-up streets, the ₹15.74 crore heritage trail through Jammu's old city is done — cobbled lanes, sandstone footpaths and no overhead cables.
Skyview's operator says the Sanget-Patnitop ropeway is closed from August 19 through September 5. Check before making the two-hour drive from Jammu.
Eight months ago the project was stalled over unapproved plans and an unanswered question about who buys the sharks. It is now being stocked, with an opening targeted for late autumn.
The Forest Minister has ordered new aviaries, a butterfly park and — the useful bit — a Smart City bus link to Nagrota. Meanwhile: ₹80 in, ₹200 for the buggy, closed Tuesdays.
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Trains 26407/26408 have been approved for the Jammu Tawi-Srinagar route. The two existing pairs run near-full. Here is what is confirmed, and what still isn't.
J&K Tourism's own page puts the Sanasar paragliding season at September and October. Here is the eligibility bar, how to get there from Jammu, and what nobody publishes.
BRO opened the 2.79-km tunnel through the Kalidhar range on August 16. Light and medium vehicles only, three metres wide maximum, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The Railway Board has approved extending trains 19223/19224 from Jammu Tawi to Katra, with a halt at Udhampur. The start date has not been notified yet.
Real, current prices for Jammu's closest hill weekend - the Skyview gondola, government huts and the height limits nobody tells you about - plus why this week needs a phone call first.
Ladakh's four-day Black-necked Crane Festival is drawing conservationists and tourists this week. Jammu has a notified wetland with thousands of migratory birds of its own — and a single festival there hasn't been repeated in two years.
Every woman in J&K rides JKRTC and Smart City buses free. Every student gets 50% off JKRTC fares. Both are official — and both are routinely not claimed.
Ladakh's new high-altitude wildlife safari trains locals as guides and photographers. Kishtwar National Park has India's second-highest snow leopard density — and no such push yet.
Fourteen monument replicas welded from tyres, e-waste and machine parts now stand on 40 kanals of what was a garbage dump. Here's what's actually there — and what hasn't been announced.
Three hours from Jammu, the Kathua town of Basohli pairs a 300-year-old painting tradition with a cable-stayed bridge over the Ravi and a riverside locals call Mini Goa.
About 120 km from Jammu, the deodar meadows of Mantalai and the ancient shrine at Sudh Mahadev offer a quieter, cheaper monsoon escape than the usual Patnitop run.
The old city's Dogra palace now has a café, a heritage library, a 12D theatre and a kids' zone — turning Mubarak Mandi from a monument you walk past into an actual day out.
Skip the crowded hill stations. Akhnoor packs a riverside fort, an ancient Buddhist site and a coronation ghat into an easy, cheap half-day from Jammu city.
Green hills, cool air and easy drives — here's how to do Patnitop, Sanasar and Bhaderwah as monsoon weekend trips from Jammu, plus the safety basics.
The Jammu Tawi-Srinagar Vande Bharat covers 266 km in about five hours from Rs 715, far cheaper than flying. Here's what young travellers should know before they book.
Jammu Smart City has launched a boating facility at the Tawi Riverfront, paddle boats, rafts, motor boats and shikaras, open daily for Rs 100 a ride. Here is what you get.
For ₹100 and 15 minutes, you can now glide down the Tawi on a shikara, paddle boat or motorboat. Here's everything about Jammu Smart City's new riverfront boating deck.
Jammu just got its own AC electric hop-on-hop-off bus. 'Raahi: Hop Jammu' runs four themed lines — Tirath, Chenab, Sarhad and Fun — to explore the city green and cheap.
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A 3-km tunnel tube is set to open on NH-44 ahead of the Amarnath Yatra. For students and weekend travellers, the notorious Jammu-to-Kashmir grind is about to get shorter and safer.
Fourteen world and Indian landmarks rebuilt from scrap, an electric-bus push and a greener city — inside the Smart City makeover landing in Jammu this summer.
The Tawi Trekkers’ Duggar Gaurav Adventure Awards celebrate the local climbers — Everest summiteers among them — quietly building Jammu’s reputation as an adventure-tourism region with serious mountaineering pedigree.
With the Amarnath Yatra set to begin in early July, Jammu spends late June transforming into the pilgrimage’s busy front door. Here is how the season reshapes the city — and how young residents can navigate it.
India’s self-styled lavender capital threw open its fields for the fourth edition of the Lavender Festival under the theme “Lavender Goes Global.” Here is what made the two-day Chenab Valley spectacle worth the drive from Jammu.
As Jammu city bakes past 40 degrees, the hill retreats of Patnitop, Sanasar, Bhaderwah and Kishtwar fill up fast. Here is how to plan a smart, crowd-aware escape.
Summer sends pilgrim numbers to Mata Vaishno Devi soaring. A quick explainer on the peak yatra season, the routes on offer, and why it matters far beyond Katra.
As the slopes turn purple, Bhaderwah readies for its flagship lavender celebration — part flower show, part music evening, part shop window for the Chenab Valley’s Purple Revolution.
April is the sweet spot — warm enough to leave the jacket, cool enough in the hills to need it. A practical roundup of short trips from Jammu, from Patnitop’s meadows to Bhaderwah’s valleys.