India Road trips

10 curated road trips in India — Leh–Manali Highway, Spiti Valley Circuit via Kinnaur and Kunzum, Classic Rajasthan: Delhi to Udaipur. Mapped stops, distance, duration, best season, and practical route notes.

These 10 routes range from 130 to 1700 km and from 2 to 12 days, across 1 country. Top picks: Leh–Manali Highway, Spiti Valley Circuit via Kinnaur and Kunzum, Classic Rajasthan: Delhi to Udaipur.

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  LegendaryLeh–Manali HighwayIndia · Approximately 475 km · 3 daysThe classic high road from Leh to Manali, slowed to three daylight stages through More Plains, Gata Loops, Sarchu and Jispa before the reliable Atal Tunnel alignment.SUV onlyOff-road sections
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  IconicSpiti Valley Circuit via Kinnaur and KunzumIndia · Approximately 800 km · 10 daysThe complete ten-day circuit climbs gradually through Kinnaur, Nako and Tabo, gives Kaza and Pin Valley real time, then crosses Kunzum to Chandratal and Manali.SUV onlyOff-road sectionsPermit requiredLoop / circuit
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  LegendaryClassic Rajasthan: Delhi to UdaipurIndia · Approximately 1,700 km · 12 daysTwelve days along Rajasthan’s classic fort-and-palace arc, balancing full Jaipur, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer and Udaipur days with one purposeful Pushkar night and one transfer-only desert-to-Ranakpur stage.
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  IconicGuwahati to Tawang via Nameri and Sela TunnelIndia · Approximately 590 km including the Tawang excursion · 5 daysFive days from the Brahmaputra plain to Tawang, with Nameri, a gradual Dirang night, the all-weather Sela Tunnel, Nuranang Falls, a full monastery day and a permitted frontier excursion or local fallback.SUV onlyPermit required
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  IconicKerala Coast and Western GhatsIndia · Approximately 550 km · 8 daysEight days from Fort Kochi through Munnar and Periyar to one Alappuzha backwater base, then a direct Kollam–Varkala finish without reverse-order hill transfers.
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  IconicScenic Konkan Coast: Mumbai to GoaIndia · Approximately 650 km · 7 daysSeven deliberate coastal stages through Alibag, Murud-Janjira, Dapoli, Ganpatipule, Ratnagiri and Malvan, ending directly in Panaji with no Palolem reversal.
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  LegendarySrinagar–Leh–Manali HighwayIndia · Approximately 907 km · 6 daysThe complete 907 km trans-Himalayan drive, broken into Srinagar–Sonamarg, Sonamarg–Kargil, Kargil–Leh, a full Leh rest day, Leh–Sarchu and Sarchu–Manali.SUV onlyOff-road sections
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  NotableTamil Nadu Temple Route: Chennai to MaduraiIndia · Approximately 850 km · 7 daysA seven-day temple progression through Kanchipuram, Mahabalipuram, Chidambaram, Thanjavur, Srirangam, Rameswaram and Madurai, with every major transfer identified.EV-friendly
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  IconicLeh to Hunder via Khardung LaIndia · Approximately 127 km one way · 2 daysThe classic 127 km Leh–Khardung La–Diskit–Hunder crossing, followed by a relaxed Nubra morning rather than an implausible same-day Turtuk detour.SUV onlyOff-road sectionsPermit required
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  IconicMumbai to Goa via NH 66India · Approximately 620 km · 4 daysA four-day highway-focused alternative from Mumbai to Panaji, selecting Chiplun, Ganpatipule, Ratnagiri and Malvan instead of duplicating the slow Alibag–Murud–Dapoli coast.