What are the best places to visit near Greater Noida for a weekend?

Mathura–Vrindavan (120 km) and Agra (180 km) down the Yamuna Expressway, Bharatpur (170 km) and Fatehpur Sikri (220 km) beyond them, and Haridwar–Rishikesh (230–255 km), Corbett (250 km), Mussoorie (280 km), Nainital (290 km) and Jaipur (300 km) for a longer weekend.

How far is Haridwar from Ghaziabad?

About 200 km and four hours from Indirapuram via the Delhi–Meerut Expressway and NH-334. A sedan bills ₹3,300 for a day and ₹6,600 for a two-day weekend.

How far is Agra from Greater Noida?

About 180 km and two and a quarter hours from Pari Chowk on the Yamuna Expressway, the shortest Agra drive in the NCR. A sedan bills ₹3,300 for the day, plus the expressway toll at actual.

Which is the nearest hill station to Ghaziabad?

Lansdowne at about 240 km and five and a half hours via Meerut, Bijnor and Kotdwar, then Mussoorie at 260 km and Nainital at 270 km, both about six hours.

Can I do Garhmukteshwar as a half day from Ghaziabad?

Yes. It is 60 km and ninety minutes down NH-9, and bills on the 4 hour / 40 km local package at ₹2,200 plus ₹11 per extra kilometre, about ₹2,420 one-way; the return leg adds ₹11 for each kilometre driven back. The Kartik Purnima fair in November is the busy week.

Do you pick up from Indirapuram, Raj Nagar, Pari Chowk and Jewar?

Yes. Ghaziabad pickups, including Indirapuram, Vaishali, Vasundhara and Raj Nagar, are dispatched from the Ghaziabad zone; Greater Noida, Pari Chowk and Jewar from the Noida zone. Share the area on 7668570551.

Weekend guide · East NCR

Ghaziabad and Greater Noidaweekend drives

Ghaziabad and Greater Noida sit on the eastern edge of the NCR, twenty-five kilometres apart, and their weekends point in different directions. From Ghaziabad the Delhi–Meerut Expressway is the door: Garhmukteshwar on the Ganga in ninety minutes, Haridwar in four hours, Rishikesh in four and a half, Corbett in five, Nainital and Mussoorie in six. From Greater Noida the Yamuna Expressway begins at Pari Chowk: Mathura in under two hours, Agra in two and a quarter, Bharatpur in under three, with Haridwar and Rishikesh at four and a half the other way. A sedan bills ₹11/km on a 300 km per day minimum, ₹3,300 for a day and ₹6,600 for a weekend.

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Updated 12 September 2026 · Fares from the published rate card, Sedan ₹11/km to Tempo ₹23/km

Ghaziabad, nearest: Garhmukteshwar · 60 km
Greater Noida, nearest: Mathura · 120 km
Shared weekend: Haridwar · 4–4.5 hrs
Sedan, weekend: from ₹6,600

This is one guide for two neighbouring cities because they overlap: both use the Meerut expressway for Uttarakhand, and a Ghaziabad family and a Greater Noida family will meet at Har Ki Pauri on the same Saturday evening. But the nearest trips differ completely. Ghaziabad’s are north-east along the Ganga; Greater Noida’s are south down the Yamuna. The two bands below keep them apart, and the third is the shared long-weekend list.

Distances are from Indirapuram for Ghaziabad and from Pari Chowk for Greater Noida. Fares follow the rate card: Sedan ₹11/km, Ertiga or SUV ₹15/km, Innova Crysta ₹18/km, 12-seater Tempo Traveller ₹23/km, on a 300 km per day minimum; under about a hundred kilometres the 4 hour / 40 km local package at ₹2,200 applies instead.

From Ghaziabad

Weekend drives from Ghaziabad: the Ganga and the Uttarakhand hills

The Delhi–Meerut Expressway from Indirapuram or Raj Nagar, then NH-9 east or NH-334 north.

Evening aarti lamps on a Ganga ghat at Haridwar

60 km1.5 hrs

Garhmukteshwar

Ganga ghats, Sunday

The nearest Ganga ghat to the NCR, down NH-9. Quiet most of the year; in November the Kartik Purnima fair fills the riverbank for a week. Bills on the local package: ₹2,420 is the one-way figure, and the return adds ₹11 for each kilometre driven back.

Brijghat
Ganga aarti
Kartik Purnima fair

Sedan from ₹2,420 one-wayGhaziabad cabs

Evening aarti on the Ganga at Haridwar (representative image for the Ganga plain)

90 km2 hrs

Hastinapur

Jain temples, sanctuary

The Kaurava capital, north of Meerut, with a cluster of Jain temples and a wetland sanctuary. A day, and mostly for the history. ₹2,750 is the one-way local-package figure; the return adds ₹11 per kilometre driven back.

Jain temples
Hastinapur sanctuary
Mahabharata sites

Sedan from ₹2,750 one-wayGhaziabad cabs

200 km4 hrs

Haridwar

Ganga aarti

The Ghaziabad weekend. Four hours up the expressway, the aarti at six, the ropeway temples in the morning and Rishikesh on the way home.

Har Ki Pauri
Mansa Devi ropeway
Chandi Devi

Sedan from ₹3,300Cab to Haridwar

220 km4.5 hrs

Rishikesh

Rafting, cafés

Twenty-five kilometres past Haridwar. Rafting from mid-September to June, the Tapovan strip and a quieter aarti.

Rafting from Shivpuri
Laxman Jhula
Triveni Ghat

Sedan from ₹3,300Cab to Rishikesh

230 km5 hrs

Jim Corbett

Safari

NH-9 through Moradabad and Kashipur. Book the safari before the cab; Dhikala from mid-November to mid-June.

Dhikala
Jeep safari
Kosi resorts

Sedan from ₹3,300Ghaziabad outstation

240 km5.5 hrs

Lansdowne

Quiet hills

Via Meerut, Bijnor and Kotdwar. The nearest hill station to Ghaziabad and the quietest on this list.

Bhulla Lake
Tip-n-Top
Pine forest

Sedan from ₹3,300Lansdowne cab page

260 km6 hrs

Mussoorie

Hill station

The Delhi–Dehradun expressway from the Meerut side. Two nights for the Mall, the falls and Landour.

Mall Road
Kempty Falls
Landour

Sedan from ₹3,300Cab to Mussoorie

270 km6 hrs

Nainital

Lake

NH-9 to Haldwani and up. The lake and the ropeway, then Bhimtal and Sattal on the second day.

Naini Lake
Snow View
Bhimtal

Sedan from ₹3,300Cab to Nainital

From Greater Noida

Weekend drives from Greater Noida: down the Yamuna Expressway

The expressway begins at Pari Chowk. Mathura, Agra and Bharatpur are day trips; Jaipur is a weekend via the outer ring.

120 km1.75 hrs

Mathura & Vrindavan

Temples

The closest real trip from Greater Noida, and the expressway makes it under two hours. Temples in the morning, Prem Mandir at dusk, home by nine.

Krishna Janmabhoomi
Banke Bihari
Prem Mandir

Sedan from ₹3,300Cab to Mathura

180 km2.25 hrs

Agra

Taj, fort

Greater Noida is the closest part of the NCR to the Taj: two and a quarter hours. A day trip that works, or a night for the sunrise entry. Closed Fridays.

Taj Mahal
Agra Fort
Mehtab Bagh

Sedan from ₹3,300Cab to Agra

170 km2.75 hrs

Bharatpur

Birds, Nov–Feb

Via Mathura and across. Dawn is the hour, which means a very early start or the second morning of an Agra weekend.

Keoladeo
Lohagarh Fort

Sedan from ₹3,300Cab to Bharatpur

220 km3 hrs

Fatehpur Sikri

Mughal capital

Forty kilometres past Agra. Pairs with Agra for a two-day weekend, or with Bharatpur for the second day.

Buland Darwaza
Panch Mahal
Salim Chishti

Sedan from ₹3,300Sikri day tour

300 km5 hrs

Jaipur

Forts, bazaars

The outer ring road to NH-48. Two nights: Amber and the old city, Nahargarh at sunset, City Palace on Sunday.

Amber Fort
Hawa Mahal
Nahargarh

Sedan from ₹3,300Cab to Jaipur

230–255 km4.5–5 hrs

Haridwar & Rishikesh

Ganga weekend

The shared weekend: the Noida–Greater Noida link to the Meerut expressway, then NH-334. Haridwar on Saturday, Rishikesh on Sunday.

Har Ki Pauri
Laxman Jhula
Rafting

Sedan from ₹3,300Cab to Rishikesh

Weekend drives from Ghaziabad and Greater Noida

Two distance columns, one for each city. Sedan fares at ₹11/km on a 300 km per day minimum; trips under 100 km bill on the local package.

Distance and drive time from Ghaziabad (Indirapuram) and Greater Noida (Pari Chowk) with the sedan fare for a day and a weekend
Destination	From Ghaziabad	From Greater Noida	Sedan, day	Sedan, weekend
Garhmukteshwar	60 km · 1.5 hrs	100 km · 2 hrs	₹2,420 local, one-way	—
Hastinapur	90 km · 2 hrs	120 km · 2.5 hrs	₹2,750 local, one-way	—
Mathura–Vrindavan	150 km · 2.5 hrs	120 km · 1.75 hrs	₹3,300	₹6,600
Agra	210 km · 3.5 hrs	180 km · 2.25 hrs	₹3,300	₹6,600
Bharatpur	220 km · 3.5 hrs	170 km · 2.75 hrs	₹3,300	₹6,600
Haridwar	200 km · 4 hrs	230 km · 4.5 hrs	₹3,300	₹6,600
Rishikesh	220 km · 4.5 hrs	255 km · 5 hrs	₹3,300	₹6,600
Jim Corbett	230 km · 5 hrs	250 km · 5.5 hrs	—	₹6,600
Lansdowne	240 km · 5.5 hrs	265 km · 6 hrs	—	₹6,600
Mussoorie	260 km · 6 hrs	280 km · 6 hrs	—	₹6,600
Nainital	270 km · 6 hrs	290 km · 6.5 hrs	—	₹6,600
Jaipur	320 km · 5.5 hrs	300 km · 5 hrs	—	₹7,040 / ₹6,600
Shimla	330 km · 7 hrs	370 km · 7.5 hrs	—	₹7,260 / ₹8,140

Weekend = two days at the 300 km per day minimum, or the actual round trip if longer (Jaipur: Ghaziabad ₹7,040, Greater Noida ₹6,600; Shimla: Ghaziabad ₹7,260, Greater Noida ₹8,140). Local package: ₹2,200 for 4 hr / 40 km plus ₹11 per extra kilometre. Tolls at actual.

Ghaziabad

What is the best weekend drive from Ghaziabad?

Haridwar and Rishikesh, and it is not close, because Ghaziabad has the fastest road to them in the whole region. The Delhi–Meerut Expressway starts at the UP Gate and NH-334 continues from Meerut through Muzaffarnagar and Roorkee; four hours from Indirapuram to Har Ki Pauri if you leave by six. Saturday is the aarti; Sunday is Rishikesh for rafting, the bridges and the quieter aarti at Triveni Ghat.

For a Sunday rather than a weekend, Garhmukteshwar is the answer: ninety minutes down NH-9 to the Ganga at Brijghat, a morning on the ghats, lunch, and home. It bills on the local package, not as an outstation trip.

Ram Jhula bridge at Rishikesh — Rishikesh on the second day of Ghaziabad’s best weekend.

Greater Noida

What is the best weekend drive from Greater Noida?

Agra with Bharatpur or Fatehpur Sikri, over two days. Greater Noida is the closest point in the NCR to the Taj, and the expressway from Pari Chowk makes the drive two and a quarter hours. Do the Taj at sunrise on Sunday after a Saturday of the fort and Mehtab Bagh, then Fatehpur Sikri or the birds at Keoladeo on the way back.

For a day rather than a weekend, Mathura and Vrindavan are under two hours and the day writes itself: Krishna Janmabhoomi, Banke Bihari before noon, Prem Mandir lit at dusk, Vishram Ghat aarti, home by nine.

Same-day Agra tour from Noida

Shared

Which weekend drives work equally from Ghaziabad and Greater Noida?

Haridwar, Rishikesh, Corbett, Nainital and Mussoorie are within half an hour of each other from the two cities, because Greater Noida reaches the Meerut expressway through Noida in twenty-five minutes. Jaipur is close to the same from both, via the outer ring, though the extra twenty kilometres from Ghaziabad tip the weekend over the 600 km minimum. The only real asymmetry is the Yamuna Expressway, which Ghaziabad has to cross the city to reach, and which is why Agra is an hour further from Indirapuram than from Pari Chowk.

Jeep safari in Jim Corbett National Park — Corbett is five hours from either city on NH-9; the safari slot is the thing to book first.

Cost

What does a weekend cab from Ghaziabad or Greater Noida cost?

A day trip within 300 km bills ₹3,300 for a sedan and a two-day weekend ₹6,600: the 300 km per day minimum at ₹11/km, with fuel and driver inside the figure and tolls at actual. An Ertiga is ₹4,500 and ₹9,000, an Innova Crysta ₹5,400 and ₹10,800, a 12-seater Tempo Traveller ₹6,900 and ₹13,800. Garhmukteshwar and Hastinapur, under a hundred kilometres from Ghaziabad, bill on the 4 hour / 40 km local package instead.

Ghaziabad cab service

Season

When are these weekend drives at their best?

October to March for Mathura, Agra, Bharatpur and Jaipur, and for Garhmukteshwar’s Kartik Purnima fair in November. March to June for the hills: Mussoorie, Nainital and Lansdowne. Haridwar and Rishikesh run all year, with rafting from mid-September to June. Corbett’s Dhikala zone opens mid-November and closes mid-June.

Fare box

A day or a weekend from the east NCR

The one-day column covers Mathura, Agra, Bharatpur, Haridwar or Rishikesh as a day; the two-day column covers a night in any of them or in Corbett, Mussoorie, Nainital or Jaipur.

Outstation trips bill a 300 km/day minimum; tolls, parking and state permits are extra at actual.
Driver allowance and fuel are included. No advance for most bookings; pay after the trip.
Fixed fares, no festival or weekend surge.

Get the weekend quote Outstation cabs from Noida

One-day and two-day cab fares from Ghaziabad or Greater Noida by vehicle
Vehicle	Seats	Rate	One day	Weekend
Sedan (Swift Dzire, Etios)	4	₹11/km	₹3,300	₹6,600
Ertiga / SUV	6	₹15/km	₹4,500	₹9,000
Innova Crysta	6–7	₹18/km	₹5,400	₹10,800
Tempo Traveller (12-seater)	12	₹23/km	₹6,900	₹13,800

300 km per day minimum. Trips whose round trip exceeds 600 km bill actual distance. Tolls at actual.

In pictures

North to the Ganga, south to the Yamuna

Mansa Devi, Haridwar
The ropeway on Sunday morning.

Mehtab Bagh, Agra
Two and a quarter hours from Pari Chowk.

Banke Bihari
Under two hours from Greater Noida.

Bhulla Lake, Lansdowne
The nearest hill station to Ghaziabad.

From the drivers

Three things the drivers would tell you

Ghaziabad: use the expressway from UP Gate

The Delhi–Meerut Expressway starts at the UP Gate and is the whole reason Haridwar is four hours from Indirapuram. Avoid the old NH-58 through Modinagar.

Greater Noida: Pari Chowk is the start line

Be at the expressway toll by seven for the Agra day. Jewar pickups are closer still.

Tell us Indirapuram or Raj Nagar, Pari Chowk or Jewar

The two cities are dispatched from different zones. Naming the area puts the driver at your gate for the early start.

Questions people ask

Frequently asked questions

FAQs

Garhmukteshwar (60 km) and Hastinapur (90 km) for a Sunday; Haridwar (200 km), Rishikesh (220 km), Jim Corbett (230 km), Lansdowne (240 km), Mussoorie (260 km) and Nainital (270 km) for a weekend, all via the Delhi–Meerut Expressway. Mathura (150 km) and Agra (210 km) lie the other way.

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