Tourist places within 100 km of Agra,nearest first
Within a hundred kilometres of Agra there are eleven places worth the drive, with Gwalior just beyond. Nearest are Sikandra and Keetham lake (Sur Sarovar) at ten to twenty kilometres inside the city’s edge; then Fatehpur Sikri at 40 km, Firozabad at 45, Bharatpur’s Keoladeo park at 55, Mathura at 58, Vrindavan and Bateshwar at 70, the Chambal ravines at 70, Govardhan at 85 and Deeg at 95. All of them bill on the local package, ₹2,200 for four hours and forty kilometres in a sedan plus ₹11 for each kilometre beyond, so a Fatehpur Sikri or Bharatpur run costs less than an outstation fare.
Updated · Fares from the published rate card, Sedan ₹11/km to Tempo ₹23/km
- Within 50 km
- 5 places
- 50–100 km
- 6 places
- Furthest
- Deeg · 95 km
- Sedan, half day
- from ₹2,200
Agra is a city people leave the morning after the Taj, which is a pity, because the hundred kilometres around it hold a Mughal ghost capital, a wetland the size of a town, the birthplace of Krishna, a river full of gharials and two palace complexes almost nobody visits. This guide runs outward from the city in order of distance, so you can see what fits the time you have.
All distances are from the Taj east gate. Fares follow the rate card and, because every place here is under a hundred kilometres, they bill on the local package rather than as outstation trips: ₹2,200 for a sedan for the first four hours and forty kilometres, ₹11 for each kilometre after that, and the 8 hour / 80 km full-day package for the longer runs.
Ring one
Within 50 km: the half-day runs
Each fits the 4 hour / 40 km package with a few extra kilometres. Fatehpur Sikri and Bharatpur pair into one full day.
Sikandra
Akbar’s tomb, gardens
Akbar’s tomb on the Mathura road, in a garden where blackbuck and langurs wander. Under-visited because it is on the way out of town; go on the morning you leave for Mathura.
- Akbar’s mausoleum
- Kanch Mahal
- Deer in the gardens
Keetham Lake (Sur Sarovar)
Birds, bear rescue centre
A reservoir on the Mathura road with a bird sanctuary and the Wildlife SOS sloth bear rescue centre, which takes visitors by appointment. A quiet morning before the road north.
- Sur Sarovar sanctuary
- Wildlife SOS bear centre
- Sur Das memorial
Fatehpur Sikri
Mughal ghost capital
Akbar’s capital for fourteen years, abandoned for want of water and preserved because nobody built over it. The Jama Masjid and Buland Darwaza are free; the palace complex is ticketed. Three hours is right.
- Buland Darwaza
- Panch Mahal
- Salim Chishti’s tomb
Firozabad
Glass bangles, workshops
The glass city: the bangle bazaar and, if you ask, a working furnace. Not a monument town, but the most unusual afternoon within an hour of the Taj.
- Bangle bazaar
- Glass furnaces
- Kotla
Bharatpur (Keoladeo)
Birds, dawn
A UNESCO wetland twenty minutes past Fatehpur Sikri. From November to February it fills with migratory birds; the rickshaw guides inside know every nest. Go at opening time and combine with Fatehpur Sikri on the way back.
- Keoladeo National Park
- Lohagarh Fort
- Cycle-rickshaw guides
Ring two
50 to 100 km: the full-day runs
These want the 8 hour / 80 km package. Mathura and Vrindavan pair; Govardhan and Deeg pair; Chambal and Bateshwar pair.
Mathura
Krishna Janmabhoomi
The birthplace of Krishna, an hour up the Delhi highway (NH-19). The Janmabhoomi complex in the morning, Dwarkadhish before noon, and the Vishram Ghat aarti on the Yamuna at dusk.
- Krishna Janmabhoomi
- Dwarkadhish
- Vishram Ghat aarti
Vrindavan
Banke Bihari, Prem Mandir
Twelve kilometres beyond Mathura. Banke Bihari closes at noon and reopens after five; Prem Mandir is lit from dusk. Between them, ISKCON and the ghats.
- Banke Bihari
- Prem Mandir
- ISKCON
Bateshwar
Yamuna temples, cattle fair
A line of white Shiva temples along a bend of the Yamuna, seventy kilometres south-east. Empty except in November, when the cattle fair brings the whole district.
- 101 Shiva temples
- Yamuna ghats
- November cattle fair
Chambal safari
Gharials, dolphins, ravines
The National Chambal Sanctuary from the Bah side: a boat on one of the cleanest rivers in the north, with gharials on the sandbanks and, with luck, Gangetic dolphins. The ravines are the other India.
- Boat safari
- Gharial and mugger
- Skimmers and dolphins
Govardhan
Parikrama, Kusum Sarovar
The hill Krishna lifted, and the twenty-one kilometre walk around it. Kusum Sarovar’s sandstone chhatris at sunset are the most photographed thing in Braj that most visitors never see.
- Govardhan parikrama
- Kusum Sarovar
- Mansi Ganga
Deeg
Palaces, water gardens
The Jat rulers’ summer palaces, forty kilometres past Bharatpur, with the finest water gardens in the region and almost no visitors. Right at the edge of the hundred-kilometre ring.
- Deeg water palaces
- Gopal Bhawan
- Monsoon fountains
Gwalior (just beyond)
Hill fort, Jai Vilas
Twenty kilometres outside the ring, so it bills as an outstation day, but the fort is one of the great ones and the same-day tour is a classic. Included so the list is honest about what sits just past a hundred.
- Gwalior Fort
- Jai Vilas Palace
- Tansen’s tomb
Tourist places within 100 km of Agra: distance, time and fare
Distances from the Taj east gate. Sedan fares on the local package: ₹2,200 for 4 hours and 40 km, then ₹11 per extra kilometre one-way; the full-day 8 hr / 80 km package suits the pairings.
| Place | Distance | Drive time | Visit | Best | Sedan, one-way |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sikandra (Akbar’s tomb) | 10 km | 25 min | 1.5 hrs | Oct–Mar | ₹2,200 |
| Keetham Lake | 20 km | 40 min | 2 hrs | Nov–Feb | ₹2,200 |
| Fatehpur Sikri | 40 km | 1 hr | 3 hrs | Oct–Mar | ₹2,200 |
| Firozabad | 45 km | 1 hr | 2 hrs | Any | ₹2,255 |
| Bharatpur (Keoladeo) | 55 km | 1.25 hrs | Half day | Nov–Feb | ₹2,365 |
| Mathura | 58 km | 1.25 hrs | Half day | Oct–Mar | ₹2,398 |
| Vrindavan | 70 km | 1.5 hrs | Half day | Oct–Mar | ₹2,530 |
| Bateshwar | 70 km | 1.5 hrs | 2 hrs | Nov (fair) | ₹2,530 |
| Chambal safari | 70 km | 1.5 hrs | Half day | Nov–Mar | ₹2,530 |
| Govardhan | 85 km | 1.75 hrs | Half day | Oct–Mar | ₹2,695 |
| Deeg | 95 km | 2 hrs | 2 hrs | Monsoon fair days | ₹2,805 |
| Gwalior (just beyond) | 120 km | 2.5 hrs | Full day | Oct–Mar | ₹3,300 outstation |
A return with the car waiting bills the published ₹3,800 8 hr / 80 km sedan package, or twice the one-way fare where the round trip runs longer; longer days quoted on request. Ertiga ₹2,500 base and ₹15/km; Innova Crysta ₹2,800 base and ₹18/km. Monument tickets and parking at actual.
One day
What is the best one-day trip from Agra within 100 km?
Fatehpur Sikri and Bharatpur together, in that order. Leave at eight, be at Buland Darwaza by nine before the heat and the guides, and give the palace complex two hours. Bharatpur is twenty minutes on; in winter the park is worth the whole afternoon by cycle-rickshaw, and even outside the migratory season the resident painted storks and the fort in the town fill three hours. Back in Agra by six.
The second-best day is the Braj day: Mathura in the morning, Vrindavan after lunch, Prem Mandir at dusk and Vishram Ghat aarti before the drive home. Both days bill on the full-day package.
Fatehpur Sikri · 40 kmWildlife
Is there any wildlife near Agra within 100 km?
More than most people expect. Keoladeo at Bharatpur is one of the great bird reserves of Asia, at 55 km. The National Chambal Sanctuary, 70 km south-east, is the place to see gharials, muggers, Indian skimmers and, on a good morning, Gangetic dolphins from a boat. Keetham lake, 20 km on the Mathura road, has a bird sanctuary and the Wildlife SOS bear centre. Sur Sarovar and Keoladeo are November-to-February destinations; Chambal runs from November to March, when the water is clear and the sandbanks are out.
Cost
What does a cab for these day trips from Agra cost?
Because every place on this page is under a hundred kilometres, the trips bill on the local packages rather than as outstation fares. A sedan is ₹2,200 for the first four hours and forty kilometres, with kilometres beyond that at ₹11; the published full-day package is ₹3,800 for eight hours and eighty kilometres, and a same-day return bills as twice the one-way fare where that runs higher. Fatehpur Sikri one-way is inside the base package; Bharatpur adds fifteen kilometres; Deeg adds fifty-five. Longer days are quoted on request.
An Ertiga starts at ₹2,500 and ₹15 a kilometre, an Innova Crysta at ₹2,800 and ₹18. Monument tickets, the Chambal boat and Keoladeo rickshaws are paid at actual. The one exception is Gwalior, which at 120 km bills as an outstation day at ₹3,300.
Season
When is the best time for the places around Agra?
October to March for everything with stone in it: Fatehpur Sikri, Sikandra, Gwalior and the Braj temples are pleasant in the cool months and brutal in May. Birds run November to February at Keoladeo and Keetham. Chambal is November to March. Deeg is the one summer-and-monsoon place: its fountains are run on the days of the monsoon-season Deeg fair (dates vary; check before travelling), and the water gardens make sense only then. Bateshwar’s cattle fair falls in November around Kartik Purnima.
Govardhan · 85 kmOnward
Which of these can I combine with leaving Agra for Jaipur or Delhi?
Fatehpur Sikri, Bharatpur and Deeg all lie on the Jaipur road, so they are the natural stops on the day you leave for Jaipur; the Agra–Jaipur one-way cab page quotes that corridor. Sikandra, Keetham, Mathura, Vrindavan and Govardhan lie on the Delhi road and are the stops on the way back to the capital. Chambal and Bateshwar are off both routes and want their own day.
Fare box
Agra to Fatehpur Sikri and Bharatpur in a day
The classic day trip from Agra. A same-day return bills as twice the one-way fare, which for Bharatpur at 55 km comes to ₹4,730 in a sedan (about 110 km in all).
- 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.
| Vehicle | Seats | Rate | Full day, ~110 km |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sedan (Swift Dzire, Etios) | 4 | 2 × one-way (₹2,365) | ₹4,730 |
| Ertiga / SUV | 6 | full day, on request | On request |
| Innova Crysta | 6–7 | full day, on request | On request |
| Tempo Traveller (12-seater) | 12 | full day, on request | On request |
Sedan: twice the Bharatpur one-way local fare of ₹2,365 (₹2,200 for 4 hr / 40 km plus 15 km at ₹11). Only the sedan full-day rate is published; SUV, Innova and Tempo full-day fares are quoted on request. Tickets, guides and park rickshaws at actual.
In pictures
Around Agra, within a hundred kilometres
40 kmFatehpur Sikri
Akbar’s abandoned capital, an hour west.
55 kmKeoladeo, Bharatpur
The wetland in migratory season.
58 kmVishram Ghat, Mathura
Aarti on the Yamuna at dusk.
70 kmBanke Bihari, Vrindavan
Darshan before noon or after five.
40 kmJodha Bai’s palace
Inside the ticketed complex at Sikri.
Three things the drivers would tell you
Sikri before nine
The guides and the heat arrive together at Fatehpur Sikri. Be at Buland Darwaza when it opens and you will have the courtyard almost alone.
Book the Chambal boat ahead
The sanctuary boats run from the Bah side and need a day’s notice in season. Tell us the date and we fix the slot with the drive.
Pair the trips by road
Sikri with Bharatpur, Mathura with Vrindavan, Chambal with Bateshwar, Govardhan with Deeg. Each pair is one full-day package, not two half days.
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