The said tree has the heart carved by the two lovers and has become a picnic spot for honeymooning couples since then.
After doing the Kufri round I went to the adjacent Himalayan Deer Park where I spotted couple of deer, which are in danger of getting extinct! If you have more time at hand, you can proceed to Narkanda. Narkanda is known for its beautiful vistas.
How to Reach: The best way to visit Kufri is train journey. First take Howrah-Kalka Mail to Kalka, the last station on this broad gauge line. From here you must take either normal toy train or faster one called Shivalik Deluxe for a lifetime experience. The train takes you to Shimla from where you can hire taxis or take bus to Kufri.
Where to Stay: Shimla is full of hotels. In fact there are too many of them. Depending upon your budget, you can choose any of them. Most of them are near the Mall road.
By - Ajay Chaturvedi
I was not impressed. I had thought it would be some green meadow but there was no sign of any green there. All I could see was garbage thrown everywhere; couple of yaks being paraded by their owners for hire to sit on and get photographed and few kiosks selling foodstuff and drinks. There were horse droppings everywhere. I am told during winter Kufri gets good snow and tourists, especially honeymooners, throng it to play in the snow. I was there in the month of November, which is not the time for snow. So you if plan to visit Kufri, try to schedule your trip towards the end of December. If you are lucky, you might see Kufri in its full beauty. My horse handler was pretty good. He did his best to make my ride worthwhile with his info nuggets, mainly what all films were shot there. He pointed to a small hut, which he said was used in the movie called ‘King Uncle’ (starring Jackie Shroff and Shahrukh Khan). He also mentioned about a tree shown in the hit movie ‘Pyar Jhukta Nahin’ starring Mithun Chakraborty and Padmini Kolhapure.