Para Gliding in India

¤ India's Diverse Geographical Features Support Para Gliding Adventure Sports

Besides other adventure sports options available in India, the sub-continent is fast attaining world recognition, as a perfect destination for a hang gliding, hand gliding adventure sport in India.
India's vast and diverse geographic features offer a variety of sites and absolute flying conditions, almost anything a para glider pilot could wish for, flying through mighty Himalayas, flying over the blue seas or flying over the vast desert regions of India.


¤ Himalayan Adventure With Para Gliding

The north India - the abode of 'the mighty Himalayas' --the biggest mountain range in the world offers challenging conditions for hand paragliding to the flying lovers. The Himalayan region of Ladakh and Zanskar faces rough weather where the winds are unpredictable and sandstorms blow up within minutes, here heavy - duty gear is required with excellent skills over flying.
Towards the lower Himalayas, the states like Himachal Pradesh and Uttranchal offers a perfect site for hang para gliding.


¤ Para Gliding Sports In Coastal Regions of India

Coastal flying is possible from the cliffs of north Goa, Rantnagari and other smaller seaside villages on the western coast. Here the calm sea breezes flows through the region, creating magical lift bands that gives pilots a pleasure of a smooth flying.
Later in the evening as the sunsets in the horizon the wind speeds lessen down, the enthusiast soar for hours on end and cruise comfortably into the sunset.
At the bottom of the Indian peninsular, Ooty and Kodaikanal also have ample opportunities for this adventurous sports.


¤ Accommodation Facilities

Accommodation, food, transportation and the healthy flying conditions prompt the serious pilots to look forward to spend a few months in the flying zones of India to improve their flying skills and enjoy the hang para gliding sports up to its full core.


¤ The Best Time To Take Up The Sports

The best time to take up the hand para gliding sport is between April to June and September to November at the onset and tail end of the southeast monsoons when winds are constant and hopefully not too wet.