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.

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2 nights · 3 days · PhotographersClassic

Manali for photographers — three days of light

Three days of Manali's best light: the cedar grove at dawn and Old Manali at dusk, the pass road early for the widest valley, the tunnel to Lahaul's thin sky.

Best Jan · Mar–Jun · Sep–Dec

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2 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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2 nights · 3 days · FriendsAdventure

Manali with friends — three days of paragliding, waterfalls and the snow line

A three-day Manali plan for a group: paragliding off the Solang ridge at dawn, the Jogini falls and hot springs on foot, then the Rohtang road to the snow line.

Best Mar–Jun · Sep–Nov

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3 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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3 nights · 4 days · First visitClassic

Four days in Manali — the valley, the pass and the meadow

A four-day Manali itinerary: the temples on foot, a full day up to Rohtang Pass with the permit sorted, a slow day at Naggar Castle, then waterfall walks.

Best May–Jun · Sep–Oct

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3 nights · 4 days · TrekkersWalks & treks

Bhrigu Lake from Manali — a four-day trek plan

A four-day Manali trip built round the Bhrigu Lake trek: a climb to Jogini Falls first, two days from Gulaba to the lake at 4,235 m and back, then the grove.

Best Jun · Sep–Oct

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4 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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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.