One can choose hotels from the below link based individual on budget.

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After reaching your hotel, you can start your Manali journey from Mall road, spend 2-3 hours there and have an early lunch, so you can spend rest of the day doing sightseeing.

• There are many restaurants in mall road, depending upon your choice of food, you can visit anyone.
  • Taste of India - 2 km from Mall road - Multi-cuisine restaurant
  • Himalayan Dhaba at Mall Road - Serves Veg & Non-Veg food

Hidimba temple –  A famous temple dedicated to Hidimba Devi. There is a cave inside this temple complex where Devi Hidimba in did tapasya. The temple is built in pagoda style.

• Location: 2 km from the Mall road.

Vashisht Temple  –  An ancient temple, about 3 km from Mall Road, dedicated to Rishi Vashisth who was one of the Saptrishi as per the Hindu religion.

Within the premises of this temple, a hot water spring is present where take bath with the belief that doing so will cure their skin diseases. 

Jogini waterfall – A beautiful and natural waterfall about 4 km from the Vashishth temple, Trek lovers can take a trek to this of about 2 km for this waterfall.

Overnight Stay in Manali

You are recommended to start your day bit early around 7:30 AM and after finishing breakfast at hotel, kindly head towards the Solang Valley.

Solang Valley – It is well-known for its scenic view of snow-capped mountains all around. Various adventure activities take place such as Skiing, Toboggan (sliding on snow) during winters and paragliding, Zorbing in summers.

Lunch can be taken at any food joint located outside the Solang valley activity area.

After Solang visit , you may head back to Manali for further day activities.

Himalayan Nyingmapa Tibetan Buddhist Monastery – On the way back, tourists can stop at one of the most famous monasteries of North India, about  500 meters from Mall road. 

The evening can be spent roaming around on the mall road & shopping from the local souvenir shops.

Dinner Options

• Drifters' Inn & Cafe in old manali- 3 km from Mall road
• Khyber Restaurant - 1 km from Mall road

Overnight stay at hotel.

You can start your day early after having the breakfast at hotel and head toward Manikaran which would be a 3-4 hours of journey.

• Bus option and share cab option is available near the Bus stand.

Manikaran –  A sacred place for Hindus & Sikhs situated in the Parvati valley on banks of the fast-flowing Parvati River.

• If one wishes to stay in Manikaran, then you can explore the hotel options from the below link;

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Shri Manikaran Sahib –  It is believed that Shri Guru Nanak Dev ji visited this place with his disciples and hence it has become a sacred place.

• One can also take a dip in the hot water spring in the gurudwara itself (Hot cave). Langar served in the Gurudwara is mostly prepared in the natural hot water from the spring and is a must-have meal.
• Have Langar at the Gurudwara during lunch time.

Lord Shiva Temple –  There is a popular belief that Lord Shiva & Goddess Parvati stayed at this place for some time, making it a place of religious importance. Cooking rice & chana in natural hot water can be seen here. (Location – Next to Manikaran Sahib)

Return back to Manali.

Kangri dhaba - Homely food in mall road.

Overnight stay at hotel.

• The tourists can start the day with breakfast at the hotel or any local restaurant on Mall Road and then head to Rohtang Pass.]
• Breakfast option - 1947 Cafe - Multi-Cuisine Restaurant

• Rohtang Pass – Located at  13000 feet altitude, One can enjoy the magnificent view of snow-capped mountains.
• Rohtang pass is not accessible during Dec to April period because of heavy rainfall.

Upon arrival at Manali, overnight stay at hotel.

The day can be started with breakfast at the hotel and the tourist attraction Naggar Castle can be explored.

• One can either do the check out formalities in the morning itself and keep the luggage in cloakroom else on the way back, based on the check out time of the hotel.

Naggar castle – A popular tourist attraction (20 kms from Mall Road), which was once the home of Raja Sidh Singh and has now been converted into a heritage hotel. The unique feature of this castle is that it is built without any iron beam and the wood carvings are worth looking at.

Post the castle visit, one can roam around on the Mall road to enjoy the beauty of the surroundings and also have lunch at any local restaurant on the Mall road.

Lunch Option at Shesh Besh Cafe in Old manali which 3 km from Mall road

Check out from hotel & return to the home location. Generally, the buses leave Manali between 4 pm to 5.30 pm for Chandigarh and Delhi.