Weekend getaways from Lucknow by car

Weekend Getaways from Lucknow by Car

Eight places worth a night from Lucknow, with the drive, the return fare and how the weekend runs.

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Where can you go for a weekend from Lucknow?

8 destinations from Lucknow are worth a night, 135 to 400 km away by road. The closest is Ayodhya at 135 km, about 2.5-3 hours of driving, with the return journey from ₹5,940 in a sedan. 7 work as a two-day weekend; one needs a third day because the drive is too long to justify a single night — the longest being Khajuraho at 400 km.

Destinations
8
Two-day weekends
7 of 8
Nearest
Ayodhya — 135 km
Furthest
Khajuraho — 400 km
Return fare from
₹5,940
Need three days
1 of 8

Fares are the full return journey with a chauffeur, from the published round-trip rate card. Fuel, the driver and GST are included; tolls, parking, state permits and the driver's night allowance are charged at actuals.

Planning a weekend out of Lucknow

Lucknow is central to Uttar Pradesh, and the expressways out of it have changed what a weekend from here means. Agra is under four hours on the Agra-Lucknow expressway, Varanasi around five, and the Nepal-border forests and the Terai wildlife parks are three to four in the other direction.

The day-trip page covers Kakori, Bithoor, Naimisharanya and the places inside an easy return. This page is for the trips that need the night — the river cities, the tiger reserves and the two Buddhist sites that are quiet in a way nothing near Lucknow is.

Return fares are computed from the published round-trip rate card, so what is shown matches the booking page.

8 weekend trips from Lucknow, nearest first

Every fare below is the full return journey with a chauffeur, computed from the published round-trip rate card. Fuel, the driver and GST are included; tolls, parking and any state permit are charged at actuals.

Lucknow to Ayodhya

1 night · 2 days
Distance one way
135 km
Driving time
2.5-3 hours
Sedan, return
₹5,940
SUV, return
₹7,560

The Ram Janmabhoomi temple complex, the Hanuman Garhi fort temple, the Kanak Bhawan, and the Saryu river ghats where the evening aarti happens.

How the weekend runs

Under three hours, but the temple complex involves security queues that take time and the Saryu aarti is at dusk. A night means the ghats in the evening and the main complex early on Sunday before the day crowds.

Best season: Oct-Mar 600 km billedRoute details

Lucknow to Dudhwa National Park

1 night · 2 days
Distance one way
230 km
Driving time
5 hours
Sedan, return
₹5,940
SUV, return
₹7,560

Terai grassland and sal forest on the Nepal border, holding tiger, swamp deer in large herds, and the reintroduced one-horned rhino at the Salukhapur enclosure.

How the weekend runs

Five hours north and safaris are morning and afternoon on booked slots. A day trip is pointless; one night gets two drives. The rhino enclosure and the Kishanpur range are effectively separate half-days.

Best season: Nov-Jun 600 km billed

Lucknow to Varanasi

1 night · 2 days
Distance one way
320 km
Driving time
5-5.5 hours
Sedan, return
₹6,336
SUV, return
₹8,064

The ghats along the Ganga, the Kashi Vishwanath corridor, the Ganga aarti at Dashashwamedh at dusk, and Sarnath nine kilometres out where the Buddha gave his first sermon.

How the weekend runs

Five and a half hours. The two unmissable things are at opposite ends of the day — the aarti at sunset and a boat on the river at sunrise — so the night is not optional. Sarnath on Sunday on the way out.

Best season: Oct-Mar 640 km billedRoute details

Lucknow to Agra

1 night · 2 days
Distance one way
335 km
Driving time
4 hours
Sedan, return
₹6,633
SUV, return
₹8,442

The Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Itmad-ud-Daulah's tomb across the river, and Fatehpur Sikri forty kilometres west.

How the weekend runs

Four hours on the expressway. The Taj at sunrise is the whole reason to stay — the marble changes colour for about twenty minutes after the gates open and the crowd is a fraction of mid-morning. Fort and Fatehpur Sikri Sunday.

Best season: Oct-Mar 670 km billedRoute details

Lucknow to Prayagraj

1 night · 2 days
Distance one way
200 km
Driving time
3.5 hours
Sedan, return
₹5,940
SUV, return
₹7,560

The Triveni Sangam where the Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati meet, Akbar's fort above it, the Anand Bhavan Nehru house, and Khusro Bagh's Mughal tombs.

How the weekend runs

Three and a half hours. The sangam is a boat trip and best at dawn when the two rivers' different colours are clearest. Anand Bhavan and Khusro Bagh fill Saturday afternoon.

Best season: Oct-Mar; Magh Mela in Jan-Feb 600 km billedRoute details

Lucknow to Katarniaghat and Shravasti

1 night · 2 days
Distance one way
190 km
Driving time
4 hours
Sedan, return
₹5,940
SUV, return
₹7,560

The Katarniaghat forest with its Girwa river gharial and Ganges dolphin, and at Shravasti the Jetavana monastery where the Buddha is said to have spent twenty-four rainy seasons.

How the weekend runs

Four hours north. The gharial and dolphin boat runs early and Jetavana is a place to sit rather than see, which makes the combination a two-day trip. Both are close to empty on most days of the year.

Best season: Nov-Jun 600 km billed

Lucknow to Chitrakoot

1 night · 2 days
Distance one way
285 km
Driving time
5.5 hours
Sedan, return
₹5,940
SUV, return
₹7,560

Ramghat on the Mandakini, the Kamadgiri hill circuit walked barefoot by pilgrims, the Gupt Godavari caves, and the Hanuman Dhara spring on the cliff.

How the weekend runs

Five and a half hours south. The Kamadgiri parikrama is a five-kilometre walk and best early, and the Mandakini aarti is at dusk. A night covers both with the caves in between.

Best season: Oct-Mar 600 km billed

Lucknow to Khajuraho

2 nights · 3 days
Distance one way
400 km
Driving time
7 hours
Sedan, return
₹7,920
SUV, return
₹10,080

The western temple group with the Kandariya Mahadeva at its centre, and the quieter eastern and southern groups that most visitors skip entirely.

How the weekend runs

Seven hours each way. Three days rather than two — fourteen hours of driving for one afternoon of carving is not a weekend. The full middle day for all three temple groups plus the evening light show.

Best season: Oct-Mar 800 km billed

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