Wind as your fuel and engine, be ready to fly from a hill in Gujarat

Ahmedabad, 20 December 2013

Gujarat Tourism has announced the dates of this year’s Saputara Paragliding Festival.

According to an announcement, the Saputara Paragliding Festival 2013-14 will be organized during 21st December 2013 and 2nd January 2014. The paragliding activities would take place subject to the favorable weather conditions during this period. Permitted by weather condition, the daily timings will be 8.00 1m to 12.00 pm and 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm. Charges are fixed at Rs. 1500 per flight. 0999 80 88 001 and 0981 654 4738 are cell numbers for booking. Reporting place is Jain temple, Saputara.

After two years long study by an experts team led by consultant Captain Rajiv Thakkar, three places were identified for paragliding activity in Saputara in year 2011. They were; Jain temple, Governor hill and sunset point.

Gujarat’s first ever Glideventure paragliding tandem festival was organized here in December 2011. As many as 16 paragliders from China, Russia, France and India are participating in this activity.A single paragliding experience was offered for Rs 1500 while parasailing for Rs 300.

The activity got momentum when in May 2012 during the summer festival, 88-year-old freedom fighter Ghelubhai Nayak and then local BJP MLA Vijay Patel enjoyed paragliding.

For adventure lovers, it is heartening to see that paragliding is now regularly organized activity at Gujarat’s only hill-station.