Distance-banded guide · Delhi

Places to visit near you:a distance-banded guide from Delhi

From the middle of Delhi, the places worth visiting sort themselves into four rings. Inside 50 km are the day-outs that fit a local package: Qutub Minar, Akshardham, the Red Fort and India Gate inside the city. Within 100 km are Sultanpur, Manesar, Sohna and Damdama. Within 200 km are Neemrana, Mathura–Vrindavan, Alwar, Kurukshetra, Bharatpur and Sariska. Within 300 km are Agra, Jaipur, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Chandigarh, Corbett, Mussoorie, Nainital and Kasauli. A half-day cab inside the first two rings is ₹2,200; anything past 100 km bills as an outstation trip from ₹3,300 one-way, ₹6,600 for a same-day return.

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Inside 50 km
Local package ₹2,200
Within 100 km
2 escapes
Within 200 km
6 day trips
Within 300 km
9 weekends

Search asks “places to visit near me”; the useful answer depends on how far you are willing to drive. So this guide is banded by distance from central Delhi, with Qutub Minar as the reference point, and each band tells you what kind of day it gives you and which fare applies.

The fare rule is simple. Up to about a hundred kilometres a trip is a local run and bills on the 4 hour / 40 km package at ₹2,200 for a sedan, or the 8 hour / 80 km full-day package. Beyond that it is an outstation trip at ₹11/km on a 300 km minimum, which is ₹3,300 one-way for a sedan and covers anything up to Nainital; a same-day return bills as a round trip at ₹6,600, and the same-day tour packages to Mathura–Vrindavan, Kurukshetra and Neemrana have their own published prices.

Ring one

Inside 50 km: places to visit near you today, on a half-day package

Everything here is inside or on the edge of the city. A 4 hour / 40 km sedan package is ₹2,200; the full-day 8 hour / 80 km package covers two or three of them.

Qutub Minar & Mehrauli
South DelhiHalf day

Qutub Minar & Mehrauli

History, archaeological park

The tallest brick minaret in the world and a whole archaeological park of tombs, step-wells and mosques behind it that most visitors never walk into. Two hours is enough for the minar, four for the park.

  • Qutub Minar
  • Mehrauli Archaeological Park
  • Jamali Kamali
Local package ₹2,200Delhi day tour
Akshardham
East DelhiHalf day

Akshardham

Temple, evening show

Closed on Mondays, no phones or cameras inside, and at its best from four in the afternoon so you finish with the water show after dark. The exhibitions take two hours on their own.

  • Main mandir
  • Sahaj Anand water show
  • Exhibitions
Local package ₹2,200Temple tour
Red Fort & Old Delhi
Old DelhiHalf day

Red Fort & Old Delhi

Mughal Delhi, food

Closed Mondays. Do the fort first thing, then walk to Jama Masjid and eat your way down Chandni Chowk. The car waits at the Red Fort parking; the lanes are for feet and rickshaws.

  • Red Fort
  • Jama Masjid
  • Chandni Chowk
Local package ₹2,200Old Delhi food tour
India Gate & Raj Ghat
Central DelhiEvening

India Gate & Raj Ghat

Evening drive, lawns

The evening circuit: Raj Ghat before it closes, then India Gate as the lights come on and the lawns fill. The best of the city for a first-time visitor with two free hours.

  • India Gate
  • Kartavya Path
  • Raj Ghat
Local package ₹2,200Delhi night tour

Ring two

Within 100 km: places to visit near Delhi for a full day out

These are the last of the local-package runs. The full-day 8 hour / 80 km package, or the local rate with extra kilometres, still beats an outstation booking.

Migratory birds on the Keoladeo wetland at Bharatpur, the same winter species that reach Sultanpur
50 km1–1.5 hrs

Sultanpur & Manesar

Winter birding, resort day

Sultanpur National Park is a wetland forty minutes past Gurgaon that fills with migratory birds from November to February; go at dawn and be back for lunch. Manesar next door is the ring of resorts with day passes and pools for the rest of the year.

  • Sultanpur bird sanctuary
  • Manesar resorts
  • Aravalli edge
Local package ₹2,200 + kmGurgaon local taxi
Aravalli hills near Sariska, similar country to the Sohna ridge south of Gurgaon
60 km1.5 hrs

Sohna & Damdama

Aravalli day out, lake

South of Gurgaon in the Aravalli ridge: a lake with boating and camping, hot sulphur springs at Sohna and a run of farm-stay resorts that do day passes. A Sunday, not a weekend.

  • Damdama Lake
  • Sohna hot spring
  • Aravalli farm stays
Local package ₹2,200 + kmGurgaon local taxi

Ring three

Within 200 km: day trips from Delhi that are worth the early start

Outstation billing begins here: ₹3,300 one-way for a sedan on the 300 km minimum, ₹6,600 if the car brings you back the same day; the same-day tour packages to Neemrana, Mathura–Vrindavan and Kurukshetra are priced on their own pages. Leave by six and every one of these is a day trip; several deserve a night.

Neemrana Fort
120 km2 hrs

Neemrana Fort

Fort lunch, zip line

The first stop past the 100 km line, which is why it bills as outstation; but a day at the fort with lunch on the ramparts and the zip line in the afternoon is the best single day out of Delhi on the Jaipur road. There is a same-day tour package for it.

  • Fort Palace
  • Baori step-well
  • Zip line
Sedan from ₹3,300Same-day Neemrana
Mathura & Vrindavan
160 km2.5–3 hrs

Mathura & Vrindavan

Temples, aarti

The most-visited day trip from Delhi. Krishna Janmabhoomi in the morning, Banke Bihari before it closes at noon, Prem Mandir lit at dusk, and Vishram Ghat aarti before the drive home on the Yamuna Expressway.

  • Banke Bihari
  • Prem Mandir
  • Krishna Janmabhoomi
Sedan from ₹3,300Cab to Mathura
Alwar
160 km3 hrs

Alwar

Fort, lake, museum

A fort-topped town with a lake palace and one of Rajasthan’s better museums, and almost nobody there. Sariska tiger reserve is thirty-five kilometres on for an overnight.

  • Bala Quila
  • Siliserh Lake
  • City Palace museum
Sedan from ₹3,300Cab to Alwar
Sukhna Lake at Chandigarh, shown in place of Brahma Sarovar at Kurukshetra
170 km3 hrs

Kurukshetra

Mahabharata sites

The battlefield of the Mahabharata, up NH-44. Brahma Sarovar at sunset is the reason to come; Jyotisar, where the Gita is said to have been spoken, and the museum fill the afternoon. There is a same-day tour that does all three.

  • Brahma Sarovar
  • Jyotisar
  • Krishna Museum
Sedan from ₹3,300Same-day tour
Bharatpur
185 km3–3.5 hrs

Bharatpur

Birdwatching

Keoladeo is best at dawn, which means an overnight or a four o’clock departure. November to February is the migratory season; the park is quiet and green the rest of the year.

  • Keoladeo National Park
  • Lohagarh Fort
Sedan from ₹3,300Cab to Bharatpur
Sariska
200 km4 hrs

Sariska

Tiger reserve, temples

The nearest tiger reserve to Delhi. Safaris run morning and afternoon from October to June; the Neelkanth temple ruins and the Pandupol Hanuman temple are inside the park and reachable by road.

  • Jeep safari
  • Neelkanth temples
  • Pandupol
Sedan from ₹3,300Sariska same-day

Ring four

Within 300 km: the weekend ring

Everything in this ring is a night away. The sedan fare is still ₹3,300 one-way, because none of these exceeds the 300 km minimum; a two-day round trip is ₹6,600.

Agra
230 km3–3.5 hrs

Agra

Taj, Agra Fort

Yamuna Expressway from the Noida end; the Taj is closed on Fridays. Stay the night for the sunrise entry, and see Fatehpur Sikri on the way back.

  • Taj Mahal
  • Agra Fort
  • Fatehpur Sikri
Sedan from ₹3,300Cab to Agra
Haridwar
230 km4–4.5 hrs

Haridwar

Ganga aarti

The Ganga leaves the hills here. Har Ki Pauri aarti at dusk, the two hilltop temples by ropeway the next morning.

  • Har Ki Pauri
  • Mansa Devi
  • Chandi Devi
Sedan from ₹3,300Cab to Haridwar
Rishikesh
250 km5 hrs

Rishikesh

Rafting, yoga

The Ganga at its cleanest and the rafting season from mid-September. Cafés in Tapovan, the Beatles Ashram, and the quieter evening aarti at Triveni Ghat.

  • Laxman Jhula
  • Rafting
  • Triveni Ghat
Sedan from ₹3,300Cab to Rishikesh
Chandigarh
250 km4–4.5 hrs

Chandigarh

Planned city

Le Corbusier’s city; the Rock Garden and the lake, and the doorway to Kasauli and Shimla.

  • Rock Garden
  • Sukhna Lake
  • Capitol Complex
Sedan from ₹3,300Cab to Chandigarh
Jim Corbett
260 km5–5.5 hrs

Jim Corbett

Safari

India’s oldest national park. Book the safari slot first; the resorts along the Kosi make the wait pleasant.

  • Dhikala
  • Jeep safari
  • Ramganga
Sedan from ₹3,300Cab to Corbett
Jaipur
280 km4.5–5 hrs

Jaipur

Forts, bazaars

Two nights: Amber and the old city, Nahargarh for sunset, bazaars after dark.

  • Amber Fort
  • Hawa Mahal
  • City Palace
Sedan from ₹3,300Cab to Jaipur
Mussoorie
290 km6–6.5 hrs

Mussoorie

Hill station

The nearest hill station to Delhi, and a proper one; Landour above it is the quiet half.

  • Mall Road
  • Kempty Falls
  • Landour
Sedan from ₹3,300Cab to Mussoorie
Nainital
300 km6.5–7 hrs

Nainital

Lakes

Right on the 300 km line. The lake town and its quieter neighbours, Bhimtal, Sattal and Naukuchiatal.

  • Naini Lake
  • Snow View
  • Bhimtal
Sedan from ₹3,300Cab to Nainital
Kasauli
300 km5.5–6 hrs

Kasauli

Colonial walks

An hour short of Shimla and a fraction of the crowd. A walking town with a church, a view and a pine forest.

  • Monkey Point
  • Christ Church
  • Mall walk
Sedan from ₹3,300Cab to Kasauli

Places to visit near Delhi, by distance ring

Distances from central Delhi. Inside 100 km a sedan bills the local package; beyond it the outstation rate applies on a 300 km minimum, so every place in rings three and four is ₹3,300 one-way for a sedan. A same-day return is a round trip at ₹6,600; the same-day tour packages to Neemrana, Mathura–Vrindavan and Kurukshetra carry their own published prices.

Distance rings from central Delhi with drive time, the kind of day each place gives, and the applicable sedan fare
PlaceRingDistanceDrive timeWhat kind of daySedan fare
Qutub Minar, Akshardham, Red FortInside 50 kmIn city30–60 minHalf day each₹2,200 (4 hr / 40 km)
Sultanpur & ManesarWithin 100 km50 km1–1.5 hrsDawn birding, resort day₹2,310 (local + km)
Sohna & Damdama LakeWithin 100 km60 km1.5 hrsSunday out₹2,420 (local + km)
NeemranaWithin 200 km120 km2 hrsDay trip or one night₹3,300 one-way
Mathura–VrindavanWithin 200 km160 km2.5–3 hrsLong day trip₹3,300 one-way
AlwarWithin 200 km160 km3 hrsDay trip or one night₹3,300 one-way
KurukshetraWithin 200 km170 km3 hrsDay trip₹3,300 one-way
BharatpurWithin 200 km185 km3–3.5 hrsDawn trip, one night₹3,300 one-way
SariskaWithin 200 km200 km4 hrsOne night₹3,300 one-way
AgraWithin 300 km230 km3–3.5 hrsOne night₹3,300 one-way
HaridwarWithin 300 km230 km4–4.5 hrsOne night₹3,300 one-way
RishikeshWithin 300 km250 km5 hrsOne or two nights₹3,300 one-way
ChandigarhWithin 300 km250 km4–4.5 hrsOne night₹3,300 one-way
Jim CorbettWithin 300 km260 km5–5.5 hrsTwo nights₹3,300 one-way
JaipurWithin 300 km280 km4.5–5 hrsTwo nights₹3,300 one-way
MussoorieWithin 300 km290 km6–6.5 hrsTwo nights₹3,300 one-way
NainitalWithin 300 km300 km6.5–7 hrsTwo nights₹3,300 one-way
KasauliWithin 300 km300 km5.5–6 hrsOne or two nights₹3,300 one-way

Round trips bill per day: a same-day return or two days is ₹6,600 for a sedan. Tolls, parking and monument tickets are extra. Ertiga ₹15/km, Innova Crysta ₹18/km, Tempo Traveller ₹23/km on the same rules.

Today

What are the best places to visit near me today, without leaving Delhi?

Delhi is the answer to its own question for most of the year. The four half-day circuits above cover the monuments people fly in for, and a full-day package strings two of them together: Qutub Minar and Mehrauli in the morning, lunch in Hauz Khas, Humayun’s Tomb and India Gate in the afternoon, Akshardham for the evening show. Mondays are the trap: the Red Fort, Akshardham and most museums are shut, so make Monday the Mehrauli-and-Lodhi day.

The half-day package is four hours and forty kilometres for ₹2,200 in a sedan; the full-day package is eight hours and eighty kilometres. Both are cheaper than three separate app rides across the city, and the car waits while you are inside.

Delhi full-day city tour

Raj Ghat memorial lawns in DelhiCentral Delhi
Raj Ghat before it closes, then India Gate: the evening circuit for a first visit.

Rules of thumb

How far can I comfortably go for a day trip from Delhi?

Two hundred kilometres each way is the honest ceiling for a day trip. At three hours out and three back you still have six hours at the destination if you leave at six, which is enough for Mathura–Vrindavan, Alwar, Kurukshetra or Neemrana. Agra at 230 km is done as a day trip constantly, and the Yamuna Expressway makes it possible, but the sunrise Taj is only available to people who stayed the night.

Beyond 250 km, the drive starts to eat the day. Haridwar, Rishikesh and Chandigarh are one-night trips; Corbett, Jaipur and the hill stations want two. The bands above are drawn on that logic rather than on distance alone.

Which side of town

Which places near me are easiest from south, east and north Delhi?

The city is big enough that your neighbourhood changes the answer. From south Delhi and Gurgaon, NH-48 makes Neemrana, Alwar, Sariska and Jaipur the natural directions and Sohna–Damdama the Sunday outing. From east Delhi, Noida and Ghaziabad, the Yamuna Expressway carries you to Mathura, Agra and Bharatpur, and the Meerut Expressway to Haridwar, Rishikesh and Corbett. From north and west Delhi, NH-44 to Kurukshetra, Chandigarh, Kasauli and Shimla is the road that does not involve crossing town.

There are separate guides for the biggest catchments: the Gurgaon weekend guide, the Noida one-day and two-day drives, and the Ghaziabad and Greater Noida weekend drives.

Noida weekend trips: one-day and two-day drives

By season

Which places near Delhi are best in this season?

October to March is the season for everything on the plains: the Delhi monuments, Mathura, Agra, Alwar, Jaipur, and Bharatpur for the migratory birds from November. April to June turns the same list into a heat endurance test and sends the region to the hills: Mussoorie, Nainital and Kasauli in ring four, and Shimla just beyond it.

The monsoon, July to mid-September, is the quiet season. Rafting stops at Rishikesh and the hill roads are prone to landslides, but Haridwar, the Aravalli lakes near Sohna and the Delhi gardens are at their greenest. Corbett’s Dhikala zone closes for the rains and reopens in mid-November.

Lohagarh Fort at BharatpurBharatpur · Nov–Feb
Bharatpur’s fort and its wetland are a winter trip; the birds arrive in November.

Fare box

What a day out from Delhi costs

Inside the city and up to about a hundred kilometres, the local packages apply. Past that, an outstation sedan is ₹11/km on a 300 km minimum, which is why every place in rings three and four is the same ₹3,300 one-way. A same-day return is a round trip and bills two ways, ₹6,600 for a sedan; the same-day tour packages to Neemrana, Mathura–Vrindavan and Kurukshetra are priced separately on their own pages.

  • 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.
Ask for today’s fareLocal package details
Cab fare for a day out from Delhi by product and vehicle
VehicleSeatsRateFare
Sedan, 4 hr / 40 km local package4package₹2,200
Sedan, 8 hr / 80 km full-day package4package₹3,800
Sedan, outstation one-way (up to 300 km)4₹11/km₹3,300
Sedan, outstation same-day return4₹11/km₹6,600
Ertiga / SUV, outstation one-way (up to 300 km)6₹15/km₹4,500
Innova Crysta, outstation one-way (up to 300 km)6–7₹18/km₹5,400
Tempo Traveller 12-seater, outstation one-way (up to 300 km)12₹23/km₹6,900

Local packages: extra kilometres at the vehicle’s per-km rate, extra hours as published. Outstation: tolls, parking and monument parking at actual.

In pictures

The four rings, in pictures

Delhi skyline and monuments, the centre of the distance ringsInside 50 km

Ring one: the city itself

Half-day circuits on the local package.

Ring three: Neemrana’s step-well120 km

Ring three: Neemrana’s step-well

Nine storeys down, five minutes from the fort.

Ring three: Vishram Ghat160 km

Ring three: Vishram Ghat

Evening aarti on the Yamuna at Mathura.

Ring four: the Taj230 km

Ring four: the Taj

Sunrise entry for those who stayed the night.

Ring four: Bhimtal300 km

Ring four: Bhimtal

Quieter than Nainital, twenty minutes away.

From the drivers

Three things the drivers would tell you

Monday is the museum-closed day

The Red Fort, Akshardham, the National Museum and most galleries shut on Mondays. Make Monday the Mehrauli, Lodhi Garden and Humayun’s Tomb day; those stay open.

Local package first, outstation only past 100 km

For anything up to Sohna, Manesar or Murthal the 4 hr / 40 km package is the cheaper product. Ask for it by name; it is the same car and driver.

Leave from the right side of town

Tell us your pickup area and we dispatch from that zone; a south Delhi pickup for a Haridwar trip loses an hour before the expressway.

Questions people ask

Frequently asked questions

FAQs

Inside the city: Qutub Minar and Mehrauli, Akshardham, the Red Fort and Old Delhi, India Gate and Raj Ghat, all on a half-day local package. Within 200 km: Neemrana, Mathura–Vrindavan, Alwar, Kurukshetra, Bharatpur and Sariska. Within 300 km: Agra, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Chandigarh, Jim Corbett, Jaipur, Mussoorie, Nainital and Kasauli.
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