Himachal ka Humsafar
Himsafar means a fellow traveller — the one who shares your road. Fold in Him, the Himalayas, and it says exactly what we are: your companion across Himachal. Rides are the spine; activities and experiences layer on top.
Why we exist
Getting around the hills often means a bad trade: pay for a whole cab you may not need, depend on a hotel or personal contact, or physically reach a taxi stand before you can compare availability. Porters, luggage support and local activities are harder still to discover before arrival.
Himsafar is being designed around fairness and clarity. Riders preview preset, surge-free fares and may support shared-seat routes. Drivers keep 100% of ride fares at launch and get paid direct. Local taxi stands and unions are treated as operating partners and trust signals, not obstacles to replace.
Where we're going
We started as Pahadi Rides and grew into a full ecosystem — five ride engines plus activities, experiences, destinations and trip planning. Himachal is the beginning. Uttarakhand, J&K and Ladakh are data entry, not a rebuild.
Rides are the spine
Everything layers on top of getting around well. Nail mobility first, then discovery.
Fair by default
No surge, no commission, driver-direct payment. We never hold ride money.
Himachal first
Go deep in one region before going wide. Local roads, local unions, local hosts.
Not an OTA
No 5-star inventory dumps. Curated stays, activities and experiences only.
Ankit Rakwal
Paror · Palampur · Kangra
A Himachali entrepreneur working across business building, brand strategy, performance marketing and digital growth.
Why this founder
Local context, paired with experience taking ideas to market
Ankit is from Paror near Palampur. His founder thesis comes from a familiar Himachal pattern: useful services exist, but discovering and coordinating them still depends on where you are standing and whom you know.
Public corporate records identify him as a designated partner of Boxedge Solutions LLP, a Bengaluru business focused on brand and growth services. That experience fits Himsafar’s immediate challenge—building local supply, explaining a new behaviour clearly and earning trust route by route. Backend engineering and hill-transport operations remain explicit team-building priorities.
How we are building
The waitlist is not a marketing trick. It is how the operating map gets built.
Demand before rollout
We open routes when enough riders show interest and enough local sellers can serve them properly. That keeps the platform honest instead of pretending every corridor is live on day one.
Local trust before scale
Taxi unions, drivers, guides, hosts and small operators are part of the network. Himsafar works only if they see real value, fair payout and a reason to stay visible.
Travel as a full day, not just a cab
A Himachal trip includes airport pickup, a local ride, a trek, a tea walk, a temple circuit and luggage movement. The product is designed around the whole journey.
Himachal ka Humsafar
We are building this for travellers and local sellers.
Customer signups prove demand. Seller signups prove supply: taxis, bike taxis, parcel trucks, events, experiences, homestays, trips and packages.