Tour package6 nights · 7 daysBy car
Shimla, Manali & Chandigarh by Car
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Quoted for your dates, hotel category and group size.
All-inclusive: breakfast & dinner every day, private-cab sightseeing (an SUV for 4+), transfers in Himachal, GST, tolls, taxes, parking and permits.
10% off this tour. Ask for the code on WhatsApp
In short
Overview
Leisure Himachal's Shimla, Manali and Chandigarh tour is a 6-night, 7-day round trip from Delhi by private car: two nights in Shimla with Kufri, three in Manali with Rohtang Pass, and a night in Chandigarh on the way home. Hotels are on breakfast and dinner. Prices vary by season, and you get our best price by booking with us directly.
The classic Shimla–Manali circuit with your own car, so the drives are part of the holiday rather than an overnight bus. Two nights in Shimla, three in Manali, and an easy finish in Chandigarh before Delhi.
- Route
- Delhi → Shimla → Kufri → Manali → Rohtang Pass → Kullu → Chandigarh → Delhi
- Meals
- Breakfast and dinner at the hotel, every day
- Your own car and driver for the whole week
- Kufri and Shimla's Viceregal Lodge, Christ Church and Mall
- Manali, Rohtang Pass and the Kullu valley
- Chandigarh's Rock Garden and Sukhna Lake on the way back
Included in every package
- Breakfast & dinner At the hotel, every day of the tour.
- Private cab sightseeing With driver and fuel, at no extra cost. An SUV for families or groups of more than 4.
- Transfers We meet you where you arrive in Himachal, at the Volvo stand, airport or station, and drop you back.
- GST & permits included Tolls, taxes, parking and every permit (Rohtang, Ladakh) too. Nothing gets added to the price we quote.
- Bonfire & DJ night Included Included on family and group tours.
On the road
The route, in frames
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01Kalka–Shimla railway
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02Kufri
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03Manali
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04Rohtang Pass
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05Chandigarh
Day by day
The itinerary
- Day 01
Delhi → Shimla
~385 km 8 h
Pick-up from the airport or railway station; the Pinjore gardens and the Timber Trail on the way up.
Night: Shimla
- Day 02
Shimla & Kufri
Kufri in the morning — the Himalayan Nature Park, the Himalayan panorama and pony or yak rides; then Viceregal Lodge (1884–88), Christ Church, the Gaiety Theatre (1887), the old Grindlays Bank building, Scandal Point and the Mall.
Night: Shimla
- Day 03
Shimla → Manali
~235 km 6½ h
Through Mandi, past the Pandoh dam and the Hanogi Mata temple into the Kullu valley.
Night: Manali
- Day 04
Manali sightseeing
Hadimba Temple, the Manu temple, Vashisht's hot springs, Van Vihar, the Tibetan monastery and the Club House; the evening on the Mall.
Night: Manali
- Day 05
Rohtang Pass
~100 km
A round trip of about 100 km to Rohtang Pass (3,978 m), the gateway to Lahaul.
Subject to availability — Rohtang needs a vehicle permit, issued daily under National Green Tribunal limits. We arrange it, and the permit is included.
Night: Manali
- Day 06
Manali → Chandigarh
~265 km 6 h
Down the valley past Kullu's Vaishno Devi temple and shawl weavers to Chandigarh — India's first planned modern city, designed by the French architect Le Corbusier and named after the goddess Chandi, whose Chandimandir temple is nearby.
Night: Chandigarh
- Day 07
Chandigarh → Delhi
~265 km 5 h
The Rose Garden, the Rock Garden and Sukhna Lake, then to Delhi for drop at the station or airport.
Inclusions
What’s included
Included
- 6 nights twin sharing with breakfast and dinner
- Private car with driver from Delhi to Delhi
- Sightseeing by private cab as per the itinerary
- Assistance on arrival and a welcome drink
- Breakfast and dinner at the hotel, every day
- Sightseeing by private cab with driver and fuel, at no extra cost (an SUV for families or groups of more than 4)
- Pick-up and drop from your arrival point in Himachal
- GST, tolls, taxes and parking, so nothing is added to the price we quote
- Every permit the route needs (the Rohtang vehicle permit, Ladakh permits and fees)
Extras on this tour
- Bonfire & DJ night (included)
Not included
- Airfare and train fares
- Personal expenses, optional tours and extra meals
- Anything not listed under inclusions
- The vehicle on leisure days, and after the day's sightseeing
- Guide fees, camera fees and monument entry tickets
- Medical and travel insurance
- Costs from changes you choose to make, flight cancellations, road blocks and the like
Price
How the price is worked out
Prices vary by season. Contact us directly and you'll get a better price than you'll find with other agents. Whatever we quote is all-inclusive: breakfast and dinner every day, sightseeing by private cab (an SUV for families or groups of more than 4), transfers from your arrival point in Himachal, GST, tolls, taxes and parking. The code we send you on WhatsApp takes 10% off. The busy season is 15 April – 15 July; the rest of the year is quieter. Your price depends on:
- Season: 15 April to 15 July (and 20 December to 5 January on the Volvo packages) is the busy season.
- Hotel category: Standard, Deluxe, Luxury or Premium.
- Group size: on the car tours the cost per person falls as the group grows, because you share the car.
- Single occupancy and extra beds are charged at the hotel's rate.
Read what decides the cost of a Himachal tour for the full picture, and how booking works.
Before you go
Shimla, Manali & Chandigarh by Car: questions
How much does the Shimla Manali car tour cost?
Prices vary by season, hotel category and group size, so we quote for your dates. Book with us directly on WhatsApp or by phone and you'll get a better price than through other agents.
Is this tour good for a group?
Yes. Because the car is shared, the price per person drops with each extra traveller; we quote for groups of up to ten.
Why is this tour sometimes called Exotic Himachal?
That was its old name on our listings; the old page also called it Amazing Himachal. It is the same Shimla–Manali–Chandigarh route.
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