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36 Manali 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 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 Manali? Read the Manali guide first.

Showing the 10 plans that stop at Jana water falls.Show all 36
Naggar and the left bank — two days below Manali1 night · 2 days · CouplesTemples & heritage
Naggar and the left bank — two days below Manali
A night at Naggar below Manali: the castle from around 1460, the temples and the Roerich gallery; then lunch at the Jana Falls dhabas and a temple walk.
Best Mar–Jun · Sep–Dec
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The Kullu valley from Naggar Castle's balcony2 nights · 3 days · FamilyClassic
Manali with parents — three gentle days, short walks, no altitude
A three-day Manali plan for travelling with parents: everything by car with a short walk at the end — the grove, the museum, the meadow, the baths, the castle.
Best Mar–May · Sep–Nov
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Hadimba temple's pagoda roofs among deodars2 nights · 3 days · FriendsRoad trip
A Manali weekend from Delhi — two nights, one overnight bus each way
A Delhi–Manali weekend by overnight bus: the town on foot the first morning, Solang and Sissu through the tunnel on the full day, Naggar on the way to the bus.
Best Mar–Jun · Sep–Dec
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Hadimba temple's pagoda roofs among deodars2 nights · 3 days · First visitClassic
Three days in Manali — the classic first visit
A three-day Manali itinerary: the temples and Old Manali on foot, Solang and the Atal Tunnel to Sissu with no permit, then Naggar Castle on the way out.
Best Mar–Jun · Sep–Dec
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Deodars heavy with fresh snow2 nights · 3 days · Slow travelAutumn
Manali in November — three days between autumn and the first snow
Three days in Manali in November: the quiet town in low clear light, the pass in its last open days or the tunnel to a wintry Sissu, the last colour at Naggar.
Best Nov
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Manali for couples — three unhurried days2 nights · 3 days · CouplesClassic
Manali for couples — three unhurried days
A slow three-day Manali plan for two: late starts, hot springs in town, the castle terrace and a waterfall lunch at Naggar, then Solang at dawn and the river.
Best Mar–May · Sep–Dec
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Manali in October — four days in the clearest month3 nights · 4 days · First visitAutumn
Manali in October — four days in the clearest month
Four days in Manali's clearest month: the cedar grove and hot springs, Rohtang Pass before it closes, Solang and the shrine walk, the orchards of Naggar.
Best Oct–Nov
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Hadimba temple's pagoda roofs among deodars4 nights · 5 days · Slow travelClassic
Five days in Manali, slowly — one thing a day
A five-day Manali plan at one thing a day: the temple and Old Manali, Naggar Castle and Jana Falls, the hot springs, the tunnel to Sissu, then the forest.
Best Mar–May · Sep–Nov
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Five days in Manali — the whole valley, first time, pass included4 nights · 5 days · First visitClassic
Five days in Manali — the whole valley, first time, pass included
A five-day first-visit Manali plan in season: the town on foot, the tunnel to Sissu, Rohtang at six, Naggar and Jana Falls, then Solang and the springs.
Best May–Jun · Sep–Oct
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The Manalsu tumbling past Old Manali under deodars6 nights · 7 days · WorkationClassic
A week's workation in Manali — work the days, use the ends
Seven days in Manali with a laptop: five weekdays at a desk in Old Manali with the forest, hot springs and grove in the breaks, then Solang and Naggar.
Best Mar–May · Sep–Nov
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Questions people ask

How do I choose between the 36 Manali 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.