6 Kullu 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 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 Kullu? Read the Kullu guide first.

Kullu town along the Beas with wooded hills behind it

Day plan · First visittemples-heritage

One day in Kullu — the Raghunath temple, the bazaar, the ground at Dhalpur and the hill temple above the town

A day in Kullu town: the Raghunath temple at Sultanpur, the shawl bazaar, the Dhalpur fair ground and the carved hill temple at Bhekhli, with measured times.

Best Mar–Jun · Sep–Nov

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The temple buildings on the ridge at Bijli Mahadev with the tall staff above them

Day plan · walkersWalks & treks

Bijli Mahadev in a day from Kullu — the road to Chansari, the climb to the ridge and a late lunch in the bazaar

Bijli Mahadev from Kullu in a day: 15 km to the road-end at Chansari, a 2.8 km climb of about 96 minutes, an hour on the ridge and a late lunch in the town.

Best Mar–Jun · Sep–Nov

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The wooden shrine and courtyard at Bijli Mahadev on its ridge

1 night · 2 days · First visittemples-heritage

Two days in Kullu — the ridge temple on the first morning, the town, the river and the stone temple at Bajaura on the second

Two days in Kullu: the climb to Bijli Mahadev on the first morning, then Dhalpur, rafting at Pirdi and the stone temple at Bajaura, with measured road times.

Best Mar–Jun · Sep–Nov

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A raft with paddlers in helmets on the Beas

1 night · 2 days · FriendsAdventure

Two days on the Beas from Kullu — rafting at Pirdi, a night on the gravel at Raison and the confluence at Bhuntar

Two days on the Beas: a rafting run from Pirdi below Kullu, a night on the gravel bank at Raison and the Parvati confluence at Bhuntar, with prices and times.

Best Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct

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The wood-and-stone front of Naggar Castle under its slate roof

1 night · 2 days · Couplesslow-travel

The left bank in two days from Kullu — Raison on the river, the castle at Naggar and the waterfall above Jana

Two slow days on Kullu's left bank: the river at Raison, the castle at Naggar, and the waterfall and dhabas above Jana, with measured road times and prices.

Best Mar–Jun · Sep–Nov

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Palanquins and crowds on the Dhalpur ground at Kullu during Dussehra

2 nights · 3 days · festivalfestivals

Three days at Kullu's Dussehra — the ground before it fills, the chariot on the first day, and the ridge on the morning after

Three days at Kullu's Dussehra: the maidan and temple before the fair starts, the chariot on the first day, and the climb to Bijli Mahadev on the morning after.

Best Oct

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Questions people ask

How do I choose between the 6 Kullu 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.