Kashmir from Pune
Pune has no year-round direct flight to Srinagar, so the trip starts with a choice: connect through Delhi, or drive to Mumbai for the direct flight. Here is how to decide.
Flight
Via Delhi or Mumbai
Door to door
6 to 9 hours
Ideal length
6 nights
By train
Jhelum Express to Jammu
The short answer
Most Pune travellers fly to Srinagar with one connection, usually through Delhi, which takes six to nine hours door to door. Some prefer the three-hour drive to Mumbai for a direct flight. Either way, the travel days are long, so a six-night trip gives you five real days in Kashmir. We arrange flights on request at the live fare.
Written by Shahid Parvez Khan, founder of Falcon Trails and a Kashmir guide since 2010 · last checked
Check whether any seasonal direct flight is running for your dates; otherwise, a morning connection through Delhi is the most reliable way to reach Srinagar the same afternoon.
We time your first day around your arrival: an afternoon shikara if you land early, straight to the hotel if you land late.
| Option | Route | Door to Srinagar |
|---|---|---|
| Flight via Delhi | Pune (PNQ) to Delhi to Srinagar | 6 to 9 h with the connection |
| Drive + direct flight | Pune to Mumbai airport by road (≈ 3 h), then direct to Srinagar | 7 to 8 h |
| Train | Jhelum Express, Pune to Jammu Tawi, then Vande Bharat to Srinagar | About 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 We do not publish a flight-inclusive price because fares change every day.
Pune travellers book heavily around the May school holidays and Diwali. October, just before Diwali, is the sweet spot: autumn colour, clear skies and lower rates. For snow, choose January or February and allow a buffer day before your flight home.
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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Slower and quieter: a houseboat night on Nigeen Lake, a night in Gulmarg, two by the river in Pahalgam, and time left empty on purpose.
Price
On request
quote on WhatsApp
Questions
Not most of the year. Most travellers connect through Delhi or drive to Mumbai for a direct flight.
Six to nine hours by air with one connection, or about two days by train via Jammu Tawi.
Six nights, so the long travel days do not eat the trip.
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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