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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 9 plans that stop at Van Vihar.Show all 36
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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Apple blossom against the sky in a Manali orchard2 nights · 3 days · CouplesClassic
Manali in spring — three days of blossom below and snow above
Three days in Manali in March and April: the empty town, the hot springs, the tunnel to a Sissu still under snow, Naggar's orchards in blossom. No crowd.
Best Mar–Apr
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Monsoon mist through grass and deodars near Manali2 nights · 3 days · Slow travelMonsoon
Manali in the monsoon — three slow, green days
Manali in July and August: the forest path, the museum, Naggar Castle under a roof, the hot springs and Old Manali — three green days that need no high road.
Best Jul–Sep
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Manali in May and June — three days when everything is open2 nights · 3 days · First visitPeak season
Manali in May and June — three days when everything is open
Three days in Manali's fullest weeks, each started before the crowd: Solang at dawn and the Jogini walk, Rohtang Pass newly open, the shaded town after.
Best May–Jun
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Paragliders landing at Solang's meadow3 nights · 4 days · FamilyClassic
Manali with kids — four easy days
Four easy days in Manali with children: a river park and the temple grove, Solang's meadow, snow through the tunnel to Sissu with no altitude, and the forest.
Best Mar–Jun · Sep–Dec
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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.