SAMIRA'S BIRDS & BUTTERFLIES PARK-SPASHRAM GANGA BEACH RETREAT, Rishikesh

The property offers a private beach with a unique raft in and raft out option, available from November 2024 to June 2025. Guests can access on-site adventure activities such as white water rafting, rock climbing, rappelling, and river crossing at the adventure skilling theatre. Evening entertainment includes themed dinner nights, aarti ceremonies on the beach, and driftwood log fires with live guitar music.

All rooms come with a verandah and river and mountain views, plus a private bathroom with slate tile flooring. The property has meandering paths and country-style steps; for guests with mobility issues, special carry-the-person arrangements can be made for once-in and once-out of the property at an additional fee. Room types include the Cliff Hangar Honeymoon Cottage, the Writer and Artist's Retreat, and tents with bio toilets set in forest groves.

Samira'S Birds & Butterflies Park-Spashram Ganga Beach Retreat is located 32 km from Laxman Jhula, 32 km from Ram Jhula, and 18 km from Triveni Ghat. Parmarth Niketan Ashram is 32 km away, and Deoprayag, the confluence of the true Ganges, is also 32 km from the property. Jolly Grant Airport is 52 km from the resort, and the hotel provides airport shuttle service and car hire.

On-site Ayurvedic spa services, including massage, yoga classes, and meditation, are available but require advance notice. The property maintains pre-existent medicinal plants and herbs, adding new ones for ethnobotanical benefits. Guests can also use the open-air bath, solarium, and spa lounge for relaxation.

The estate is maintained as a mini biosphere with no pesticide use to protect birds, butterflies, bees, and insects. The Birds Butterflies and Botany Park attracts wildlife such as wild boar, and the sound of leopard and goral antelope may be heard across the river. Policies disallow electronic music but allow guitars without electronic acoustics to preserve natural sounds.

Private beach: Raft-in and raft-out access to a natural silver-sand beach

Adventure: On-site white water rafting, rock climbing, rappelling, and river crossing

Wildlife: Mini biosphere with no pesticides, home to birds, butterflies, wild boar, and leopard

Wellness: Ayurvedic treatments, yoga, and meditation with advance notice required

Rooms: Verandah with river and mountain views; Cliff Hangar Honeymoon Cottage and Writer's Artist Retreat

Mobility: Special carry-the-person arrangements for guests with walking difficulties

Eco-policy: No electronic music allowed; guitars without electronic acoustics only