4 Nights 5 Days Yoga & Wellness Retreat in Rishikesh
Arrive with your airport transfer already arranged. Practise yoga, experience Ganga Aarti, watch sunrise from Kunjapuri, raft the Ganga, receive Ayurveda and sound healing, explore your Vedic birth chart, travel through sacred Garhwal and finish among the temples, forests and caves of Neelkanth.
This Retreat Begins Before You Reach Anandmaya
You land, and someone is already waiting for you. For the next five days, the logistics begin to disappear and Rishikesh slowly takes their place.
One evening you sit beside the Ganga while lamps glow on the river. The next morning you are above the city watching Himalayan sunrise.
You raft. You receive massage. You lie beneath the vibrations of singing bowls. You explore your own Vedic birth chart. You stand where two rivers become the Ganga.
And before going home, the retreat takes you through the forested pilgrimage route towards Neelkanth Mahadev and Jhilmil Gufa.
Every Day Opens Another Door
Arrival and devotion. Sunrise and adventure. Sacred geography. Personal insight. Then pilgrimage.
Meet the Ganga
Arrive, practise yoga and experience Ganga Aarti at sunset.
Adventure & Restore
Kunjapuri sunrise, rafting, Ayurveda, yoga and sound.
Sacred Garhwal
Devprayag, Raghunath Temple and Vashishta Gufa.
Understand Yourself
Yoga, Vedic Astrology and time to integrate.
The Pilgrimage
Neelkanth Mahadev, Jhilmil Gufa and your journey home.
Airport Pickup & Drop Are Included
Your retreat should begin with ease, not taxi negotiations.
Share your flight details before arrival and your scheduled airport pickup brings you to Anandmaya.
After the final pilgrimage experience, return to Anandmaya, collect your luggage and continue with your scheduled airport drop.
Your Five-Day Rishikesh Journey
Enough structure to experience deeply. Enough breathing room to still feel like a retreat.
Your scheduled transfer brings you to Anandmaya Retreat.
Receive your orientation and settle into your Spacious Comfort AC Room.
Shower, unpack and give yourself time to settle.
Release travel stiffness and begin with movement and breath.
Sit beside the Ganga among lamps, mantra and evening prayer.
Return to Anandmaya for vegetarian dinner and sleep.
Watch morning arrive over the Himalayan landscape.
Return to Anandmaya and reconnect to movement and breath.
Enjoy vegetarian breakfast before rafting.
Experience Rishikesh's adventurous side on the river.
Return, shower and recharge.
Allow traditional bodywork to restore tired muscles.
Let the day slow down through gentle practice.
Relax beneath singing bowls and therapeutic vibration.
Eat and prepare for tomorrow's mountain journey.
Begin the day with practice before departure.
Leave Rishikesh and follow the Himalayan road.
See the sacred confluence where the united river continues with the name Ganga.
Visit the ancient temple dedicated to Lord Rama.
Vegetarian lunch is arranged outside.
Spend quiet time in the ancient meditation cave associated with Sage Vashishta.
Slow, grounded practice after the road journey.
Close the day in deep relaxation.
Begin slowly after the previous day's journey.
Enjoy an unhurried vegetarian breakfast.
Explore your Vedic birth chart, major life patterns, strengths, timing and personal direction.
Eat and give yourself time to integrate the session.
Rest, journal, explore Tapovan or visit the Ganga.
Return to practice before your final pilgrimage day.
Tomorrow takes you deeper into the forests.
Prepare luggage and leave it securely at Anandmaya.
Follow the forested mountain road from Rishikesh.
Visit the sacred Shiva temple connected with the Samudra Manthan tradition.
Leave the busier temple route for a quieter cave setting.
When resident sadhus are present and open to interaction, guests may respectfully spend time around the cave and learn something about the renunciate way of life.
Vegetarian lunch is arranged.
Freshen up and collect your luggage.
Your scheduled transfer completes the journey from arrival to departure.
Your Retreat Includes a Personal Vedic Astrology Session
After exploring Rishikesh outside, take time to explore your own inner map.
Your Vedic birth chart becomes the starting point for a private conversation around life patterns, strengths, timing, purpose and the questions most relevant to you.
It becomes part of the deeper retreat question: What are you returning home to?
End Where Temple Roads Become Forest Paths
Your last day is not spent waiting to check out. It becomes one final journey into the spiritual landscape surrounding Rishikesh.
A Shiva Temple in the Himalayan Forest
The road climbs away from Rishikesh through green mountain valleys towards Neelkanth Mahadev.
Hindu tradition connects the site with the Samudra Manthan, when Shiva consumes the poison that emerges from the cosmic ocean and becomes Neelkanth, the blue-throated one.
Step Away From the Main Pilgrimage Road
Continue towards a quieter cave landscape associated with spiritual practice and the sadhu tradition.
When resident sadhus are present and comfortable interacting with visitors, guests may have the opportunity to sit respectfully and experience something of India's living renunciate culture.
It is intentionally not staged or guaranteed. Genuine encounters should remain human.
Come Back to Anandmaya
Retreat life is also made of small things: a yoga mat, a warm meal, a quiet corner and somewhere that begins to feel familiar.
Spacious Comfort AC Room
Four nights in Anandmaya's most spacious comfort room category are included.
Your private base between yoga, excursions, massage and sacred journeys.
Comfort Matters When Your Days Are Full
After rafting, mountain roads, temples and caves, a private comfortable room becomes part of the retreat.
Return, shower, stretch out, write, read or sleep. Your room gives you enough space to recover before the next experience begins.
From Airport Arrival to Airport Departure
Arrive in Rishikesh and let Anandmaya take care of the journey.
One Price. Five Days. Almost Nothing Left to Organise.
Single Sharing
$399Total package price for 1 guest
- Airport pickup & departure drop
- 4 nights Spacious Comfort AC Room
- Vegetarian meals
- Yoga & pranayama
- Sound healing
- Ayurvedic massage
- Private Vedic Astrology session
- Ganga Aarti
- Kunjapuri sunrise
- River rafting
- Devprayag & Vashishta Gufa
- Neelkanth & Jhilmil Gufa
- Scheduled excursion transport
Couple Sharing
$699Total package price for 2 guests
- Airport pickup & departure drop
- 4 nights Spacious Comfort AC Room
- Vegetarian meals for two
- Yoga & pranayama
- Sound healing
- Ayurvedic massage for each guest
- Vedic Astrology session for each guest
- Ganga Aarti
- Kunjapuri sunrise
- River rafting
- Devprayag & Vashishta Gufa
- Neelkanth & Jhilmil Gufa
- Scheduled excursion transport
Choose a Shorter Retreat or Stay to Learn
Five days may be exactly what you need. Or you may want something shorter, or much deeper.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are airport pickup and drop included?
Yes. Scheduled airport pickup on arrival and scheduled airport drop after completion of the retreat are included. Please provide your flight details in advance.
Is Vedic Astrology included?
Yes. Each participant receives a private Vedic Astrology consultation. Please provide your date of birth, accurate birth time and birthplace in advance.
Which room is included?
Four nights in Anandmaya Retreat's Spacious Comfort AC Room are included.
Are all the excursions included?
The scheduled package includes Ganga Aarti, Kunjapuri sunrise, river rafting, Devprayag, Vashishta Gufa, Neelkanth Mahadev and Jhilmil Gufa.
Will we definitely meet a sadhu at Jhilmil Gufa?
Jhilmil Gufa is a living spiritual environment rather than a staged attraction. Resident or visiting sadhus may be present, and respectful interaction may be possible when they are comfortable meeting visitors. A particular sadhu cannot be guaranteed.
Is Ayurvedic massage included?
Yes. One full-body Ayurvedic massage per guest is included.
Are meals included?
Vegetarian meals are included according to the programme, including arranged lunch during the longer excursion days.
Can the itinerary change?
Yes. Outdoor activities and excursion timings may change according to weather, river conditions, traffic, seasonal conditions, temple access and local operational needs.
Arrive as a Traveller. Leave Carrying a Story.
Sunrise above Rishikesh. Fire beside the Ganga. Rafting through the river. Sound filling the yoga hall. Your birth chart opening a conversation. Devprayag beneath the mountains. Silence inside a cave. Shiva's temple in the forest. And one final road towards Jhilmil Gufa.