Kashmir from Mumbai
Direct flights put Srinagar about three hours from Mumbai. Here is how to plan the trip around them, and the itineraries Mumbai travellers book most.
Flight
Direct, about 3 h
By train
To Katra, then Srinagar
Ideal length
5 to 6 nights
Busiest from Mumbai
May, Diwali, New Year
The short answer
Direct flights from Mumbai to Srinagar take about three hours, so a five or six-night package covers Srinagar, Gulmarg, Pahalgam and Sonamarg without rushing. Arrive by early afternoon to use the first day. We plan the ground arrangements in Srinagar, and add your Mumbai flights on request at the live fare.
Written by Shahid Parvez Khan, founder of Falcon Trails and a Kashmir guide since 2010 · last checked
Most Mumbai travellers fly direct. Morning departures land in time for an afternoon on Dal Lake; evening departures cost you the first day. If direct fares jump in peak weeks, a connection through Delhi is often cheaper and adds a few hours.
The train makes sense only if you are combining Kashmir with Vaishno Devi at Katra.
| Option | Route | Door to Srinagar |
|---|---|---|
| Flight | Mumbai (BOM) to Srinagar (SXR), direct | About 3 h in the air |
| Flight via Delhi | Mumbai to Delhi to Srinagar | 5 to 7 h with the connection |
| Train | Mumbai to Katra (Swaraj Express from Bandra Terminus), then Vande Bharat to Srinagar | About 1.5 to 2 days |
We book flights on request and quote the live fare alongside the package, so you see the full cost before paying anything. We do not publish a flight-inclusive price because fares change every day.
Mumbai’s holiday calendar pushes demand into three windows: the May school holidays, the Diwali break, and Christmas to New Year. All three are peak pricing in Kashmir, and flights from Mumbai fill early. Book eight weeks ahead for May and New Year.
If your dates are flexible, late September and October give you Kashmir at its clearest, with lower hotel rates and easier flights. For snow, which most Mumbai families ask us for first, go between mid-December and February.
Itineraries that fit
Each is reshaped around your dates, flights and group, and quoted in writing before you pay.
All four of the Valley’s great names without rushing: Srinagar, a night in Gulmarg, two in Pahalgam, Sonamarg and the meadows of Doodhpathri.
Price
On request
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An unhurried week for children and grandparents: short drives, two nights in each base, a houseboat, Gulmarg, the Lidder valley and an easy day in the Doodhpathri meadows.
Price
On request
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Snow, kangris and kahwa: two nights in Gulmarg for the gondola, snow play or a first ski lesson, and Srinagar under snow on either side.
Price
On request
quote on WhatsApp
Questions
About 3 hours direct. With a connection through Delhi, 5 to 7 hours including the layover.
No. Trains run from Mumbai to Katra or Jammu Tawi, then you change to the Vande Bharat to Srinagar. It takes one and a half to two days.
Five or six nights. With the flight time, anything shorter spends too much of the trip in transit.
Hotels and a houseboat night in the category you choose, breakfast and dinner, a private cab for all transfers and sightseeing, airport pickup and drop, a shikara ride and one trip coordinator on WhatsApp. Flights, Gondola tickets and local union taxis are quoted separately.
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