Dawn Boat Ride on the Ganges
The essential Varanasi hour: a rowboat past the ghats at sunrise, as the city bathes, prays and wakes.
- Price
- Agree on the fare with the boatman
- Time Needed
- 1–2 hours
- Best Time
- Sunrise
- Address
- Dashashwamedh Ghat, Godowlia, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221001Directions
- Getting There
- Boats leave from Dashashwamedh and Assi ghats.
Why Go
The 80-odd ghats line about 6 km of the river, and from a boat you can see them all as the light comes up: bathers, priests, washers and cremation fires.
Agree on a price before you get in, and go in a rowboat, not a motorboat, if you can.
Tips
- Don't photograph the cremation grounds.
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