15 Kasol itineraries.

From a day plan to a week, for a first visit, a couple, a family, a trek or a snow morning — each a different trip, each with real drive times, and any of them yours to copy and change.

Pick by nights first (day plans, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 nights are covered), then by who is going and the month. Every plan opens to a day-by-day with the minutes between stops, where to stay, what it costs on the ground, and a button that copies it into your own trips. New to Kasol? Read the Kasol guide first.

Malana from Kasol — a day out to the village with its own rules, and how to behave there

Day plan · First visit · Temples & heritage

A one-day plan from Kasol to Malana: taxi via Jari to the road-end, an hour's climb to the village, how to behave there, and back to the river by afternoon.

Best Mar–Jun · Sep–Nov

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The Parvati over its boulders at Kasol, pines on the bank

Kasol in two days — the river, the bridge to Chalal and Manikaran's springs

1 night · 2 days · First visit · Classic

A two-day Kasol plan for a first visit: the market and the footbridge, the pine walk to Chalal, Manikaran's gurdwara and hot springs, with measured road times.

Best Mar–Jun · Sep–Nov

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Tosh village stacked on its slope above the Parvati

Three days in Kasol — Chalal, the road-end and Tosh, then Manikaran

2 nights · 3 days · First visit · Classic

The classic three days in Kasol: the river and Chalal, the taxi past Barshaini and up to Tosh, Manikaran's springs on the way out, with measured times.

Best Mar–Jun · Sep–Nov

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The hot-spring pool at Kheerganga with the valley behind

Kheerganga from Kasol — the walk up the valley, a night by the spring, and down

2 nights · 3 days · Trekkers · Walks & treks

The Kheerganga trek done properly: Barshaini, Nakthan, Rudranag, a night by the spring, down via Kalga, Manikaran's tanks on the way out. Times and bands.

Best Apr–Jun · Sep–Nov

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Kasol in winter — three days with the snow at Tosh and the hot springs after

2 nights · 3 days · Couples · Snow

Kasol from December to February in three days: the half-closed town, a night in Tosh under snow with a stove and a quilt, Manikaran's hot tanks on the way down.

Best Jan–Feb · Dec

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Autumn trees below fresh snow on the Parvati range in November

Kasol in October and November — three clear days: Rasol, the harvest villages, Tosh at dawn

2 nights · 3 days · Photographers · Autumn

Three days in Kasol in October and November: clear skies after the rains, days of about 28 °C and nights of 10 °C, the walk to Rasol, Tosh at dawn, Pulga.

Best Oct–Nov

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The Parvati running high through pines below Kasol

Kasol in the monsoon — three days of what still works when the river is high

2 nights · 3 days · Slow travel · Monsoon

Kasol in July, August and September: what the rain closes and what it does not — Chalal, Manikaran's springs, a walk if the sky allows, the cheapest rooms.

Best Jul–Sep

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The Parvati river running through pine forest at Kasol

Kasol from Delhi for a weekend — two overnight buses, two days in the valley

2 nights · 3 days · Budget · Classic

Kasol on two overnight buses from Delhi: out Friday, Bhuntar by dawn, the river and Chalal on Saturday, Manikaran's springs on Sunday, back by Monday morning.

Best Mar–Jun · Sep–Nov

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The Parvati running through pines below Kasol

Kasol for couples — three slow days on the far bank, a steep walk and the springs at dusk

2 nights · 3 days · Couples · slow

Three quiet days in the Parvati valley for two: sleep in Chalal, climb to Rasol, take Manikaran's springs at dusk, breakfast at Tosh on the way out.

Best Mar–Jun · Sep–Nov

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The footbridge at Kasol over the Parvati

Kasol on a budget — three days by bus, with the free walks and the langar

2 nights · 3 days · Budget · Classic

Kasol for three days without a private taxi: the valley bus from Bhuntar, a market dorm, the river path to Chalal, the lanes of Tosh, the langar at Manikaran.

Best Mar–Jun · Sep–Nov

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Tosh in the distance above the Parvati and the dam pond at Pulga

Kasol with friends — four days: a Tosh night, the Kheerganga walk, and Chalal to finish

3 nights · 4 days · Friends · Classic

A four-day Kasol plan for a group: a night in Tosh, the walk to Kheerganga and a night by the spring, down to Chalal, Manikaran on the way out.

Best Apr–Jun · Sep–Nov

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Kasol and Manali in five days — two nights on the Parvati, two on the Beas, the left bank between

4 nights · 5 days · First visit · Multi-hub · starts in Kasol

Two nights on the Parvati and two on the Beas: Chalal, Tosh and Manikaran, the Naggar road with the castle for lunch, then Solang, Vashisht and Hadimba.

Best Mar–Jun · Sep–Nov

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A slow week in Kasol alone — one base, one walk a day, and nowhere to be

6 nights · 7 days · Solo · slow

Seven days in the Parvati valley from one room in Chalal: Rasol, Kheerganga as a day walk, Manikaran's tanks, the high villages — hard days and easy ones.

Best Mar–Jun · Sep–Nov

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The Parvati through pines on the Chalal side

A working week in Kasol — a café base in Chalal, the valley on the weekend

7 nights · 8 days · Workation · Classic

A working week in the Parvati valley: a room and a desk on the far bank at Chalal, the signal and the power told honestly, and a night in Tosh at the weekend.

Best Mar–Jun · Sep–Nov

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Himachal in ten days — Shimla, Manali, Kasol, Dharamshala and Dalhousie

9 nights · 10 days · First visit · Multi-hub · starts in Kasol

Ten days in Himachal: Shimla, Manali with Solang and Sissu, Kasol with Manikaran and Tosh, McLeod Ganj, then Dalhousie and Khajjiar, with measured drive times.

Best Mar–Jun · Sep–Nov

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Questions people ask

How do I choose between the 15 Kasol itineraries?

Start from how many nights you have — the cards say it in the corner — then who is going. A first visit with two or three nights takes the classic plan; couples, families and friends have their own; the season plans fit the month you are coming. Every plan is a real trip, and any can be copied and changed.

What does "Copy to my trips" do?

It puts the whole plan — every day and every stop, with our measured drive times — into your own trip on HimLocal, where you can add a night, drop a stop or move a day. The published plan stays as it is; your copy is yours. A free HimLocal account takes a minute.

Are the drive times and prices real?

The minutes between stops come from our own road routing on OpenStreetMap data, and every plan was checked against a daily budget so no day asks more than a day allows. Prices are typical local bands with the date we checked them — operators quote on the day, and nothing here is a booking.

Photographs by Wikimedia Commons contributors (CC0, CC BY, CC BY-SA), resized; each picture is credited on its own page.