Some devotees may decide to visit Vrindaban during their visit to India for Navadvipa parikrama, so the information for traveling to Mathura or Vrindaban may be useful. Otherwise a trip to Navadvipa will require an onward internal flight or train. Due to the high cost of flights, most devotees will be traveling by train to Navadvipa.

If you decide to visit Vrindaban before going to Navadvipa, depending on what time your flight arrives, you might prefer to push on through to Vrindaban Dham and get settled there. If your flight gets in between about five PM and midnight, everything will be closed by the time you get to Mathura or Vrindaban, so you'd be better off staying the night in a Delhi hotel and taking the train (or taxi) to Mathura or Vrindaban the following day.

Some time in the future, there will be a Delhi Gaudiya Math in Janakpuri which will cater to the needs of devotees arriving and departing from Delhi. The cornerstone was laid by Srila Gurudeva and many assembled dignitaries and devotees just after the Vraja mandala parikrama 2003. Presently the place is a building site.

Taxis to Vrindaban can be pre-booked by calling a taxi company whose main business is transporting devotees to and from Vrindaban. This is highly recommended for first-timers, ladies travelling alone, or anytime you have a lot of baggage. These are the recommended companies, in no particular order:

 

• Dharamveer Travel , Divakar and Rakesh Singh, 91 -565 254 0524 Mobile 91 9412 280 546
  Shop No. 11 opposite ISKCON temple, Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
  
• KB Travels (Dinesh) at  011-91-565-244-2223
• Dharmendra Gautam at (Mobile) 011-91-941-228-0190 or (home) 011-91-565-254-0202, 011-91-565-311-8674, Office 011-91-565-254-0233 or 011-91-565-254-0084
  or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Gopal Prasad Taxi Service 011-91-(565)244-2493 or 244-4168, Mobile +91-94-1222-6793 

Please see taxi rates page for latest phone numbers and rates.

The time difference to India is GMT + 5.30 Hours all year long. Fix the price when you call. The last time I went it was Rs 1500, but that fluctuates a bit according to the season and government price for diesel. Make sure to give your name and flight details and have them read them back to you.

Arriving at the New Delhi airport can be disorienting for the first-time visitor. There are the immigration, baggage claim and customs formalities to deal with. Though tedious, this is not normally a problem.