History

Traveling hosteller's style, as known today, was the brain child of a creative and dedicated German school teacher, Richard Schirmann, who conceived and nursed the idea in 1909, with the objective of channelizing the energies of the young for the recreational, educative and creative purposes. Gradually it became a world movement for youth travel.

Objectives

YHAI offers a wholesome, rejuvenating opportunity for the desire to travel in a special and cheapest manner. It covers trekking, hiking, biking, canoeing or even mountaineering. The motto of the Association is: "Wandering one gathers honey" which conveys the idea to: explore 'at your own steam' as far as possible-call it wandering-not aimlessly but gathering knowledge and being creative. It makes you acquainted with the countryside in a much intimate manner, gain first hand knowledge and appreciation of nature to become accustomed with various approaches of life in varying situations. How? Because you see traveling slowly, appreciate traveling simply, learn traveling with an open mind and so develop self-initiative.
The aims and objects of YHAI (Delhi State Branch) are:

• To encourage yout travel and provide low cost, good   accommodation.

• To foster friendly relations between te urban and rural youth.    

• To promote inter-state contacts, national integration and inter-national    friendship

• To instill among the youth a sense of adventure and awareness of environment

• To organize and conduct collective outdoor adventure activities at 'no profit no loss basis.

What does YHAI (Delhi State Branch ) Offers

It organizes expeditions and adventure sports, such as trekking in mountains, in deserts. It holds camps and workshops on control of environment and pollution, training in youth-leadership for inculcating self-discipline and self-initiative in the youth. Besides holding special camps for the tribal and border area youth, it also holds short training camps for photography training, yoga etc.