Paragliding is as safe as you make it. The safety checks, quality of equipment, preparedness, wind, air pressure and visibility are the main factors that decide how safe the flight would be. With a large number of paragliding sites came up in recent years, Himachal has emerged as the top destination for paragliding in the

Following increasing cases of accidents in adventure tourism activities in Kullu, the district administration has ordered to seal the unauthorized paragliding sites and take strict action on illegal river rafting in Beas. Kullu deputy commissioner Yunus ordered SDMs and district tourism and development officer to destroy the paragliding infrastructure at Dobhi, Talogi, and Bijli Mahadev.

Tourist destination Kullu-Manali, which is internationally renowned for adventure sports, may soon become the paragliding hub of the country as six new paragliding sites have been explored by the technical committee of state government. A technical committee comprising of experts from different fields are carrying out recce of Kullu district and taking test flights to

Two months after Kullu administration had imposed a complete ban on water and aero sports following fierce monsoon, the ban has been lifted after the weather conditions returning to normalcy. Thousands of tourists visiting Manali will be able to enjoy paragliding, river rafting, river crossing and other sports associated to water from today. Given the

 River rafting, river crossing, canoeing and all the water sports have been banned in Kullu. Given the rising water level in Beas, Parbati and other water streams of the district, administration has taken this decision for the safety of tourists. River Beas, Parbati and their tributaries are in spate and following heavy rains on hills

Tourist resorts of Manali is not witnessing the regular flow of tourists but here is some good news for those operating adventure activities in the state. Thousands of tourists, mostly domestic, are planning their visit to Himachal Pradesh for adventure games during winters. According to travel agents, they are receiving thousands of enquiries for skiing,

MANALI: The urge to fly over the snow-covered Deodar trees has resulted in a beeline of adventure lovers to picturesque Solang Valley near Manali for paragliding. Four-feet snow is greeting visitors to the valley for other adventure sports, too, but skiing, sledging and paragliding is attracting most of them. Manali saw a bright sunny day