Manali · Experiences

Things To Do in Manali

Honest guides to each experience — how far it is, when to go, how hard it is and what to carry.

Guides

Pick your day.

The open meadow 13 km up the valley where Manali does its paragliding, ropeway and snow.

Half a day to a full day · Easy

A 9.02 km tunnel under the Rohtang range that drops you into the high desert of Lahaul in minutes.

Full day, roughly 6 to 8 hours · Easy

A short forest climb from Vashisht to a tiered waterfall with the whole Kullu valley behind you.

2 to 3 hours round trip · Easy to moderate

A 1553 cedar-wood shrine standing in a grove of deodars a kilometre from Mall Road.

45 minutes to an hour · Easy

Stone houses, orchard paths and a café lane above the Manalsu stream, two kilometres from town.

Half a day · Easy, with a steady uphill from the bridge

Grade II–III water on the Beas between Pirdi and Jhiri, about an hour and a half from Manali.

1 to 2 hours on the water; half a day with travel · Moderate

The town's main pedestrian strip — shawls, cafés and the evening crowd, a kilometre from our villa.

1 to 3 hours · Easy