Kanatal is roughly 300 kilometres from Delhi by road, taking six to eight hours depending on Delhi traffic and the Mussoorie bypass. The standard route goes via Haridwar, Rishikesh and Narendra Nagar, then climbs along the Chamba-Mussoorie road. Shared taxis run from Mussoorie (38 km, about 1.5 hours) and Dehradun (75 km, two to three hours).
The nearest railway station is Dehradun, with overnight trains from Delhi and Lucknow. Dehradun's Jolly Grant Airport has daily flights from Delhi and Mumbai. From either, a taxi up to Kanatal takes between two and three hours.