Dehradun will be the starting point for Har ki Doon Trek. To reach to Dehradun you can choose from air, train, buses or taxi.
Jolly Grant is the nearest airport. It is a domestic air port and is 22km southeast of Dehradun.
| Airlines | Destinations |
| Air India Regional | Delhi |
| IndiGo | Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad |
| Jet Airways | Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore |
| SpiceJet | Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore |
Train station is situated within Dehradun. Following trains operate from Dehradun
| Train Number(s) | Train Name(s) |
| 12055/56 | Dehradun Jan Shatabdi Express |
| 19019/20 | Dehradun Express |
| 14113/14 | Allahabad Link Express |
| 12017/18 | Dehradun Shatabdi Express |
| 14265/66 | Varanasi Dehradun Express |
| 14631/32 | Dehradun Amritsar Express |
| 13009/10 | Doon Express |
| 14041/42 | Mussoorie Express |
| 14119/20 | Kathgodam Express |
| 12205/06 | Nanda Devi Express |
| 12287/88 | Kochuveli Dehradun Superfast Express |
Volvo, AC buses and standard buses function from Dehradun to many places like Delhi ( Anand Vihar ISBT), Haridwar, Lucknow, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and many more. The buses directly take you to Dehradun ISBT.
If you don’t want to travel to Dehradun and are looking for a little shorter route then from Delhi you can directly travel to Rishikesh and from there to Narendra Nagar and from there to Chamba. From Chamba to Uttarkashi and then the route remains same.
Rishikesh to Narendra Nagar – 21 km
Narendra Nagar to Chamba – 43 km
Chamba to Uttarkashi – 88 km
To reach base camp you have to either reach Dehradun or directly Uttarkashi. From there you can either drive on your own or hire a taxi to take you to Sankri. The road is not metal and is rather rough.