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Viewpoint
Chikmagalur, Karnataka
Karnataka's highest peak, a popular sunrise trek with sweeping Western Ghats views.
Experience
Nainital, Uttarakhand
The town's central lake, famous for boating and the lakeside Mall.
Mount Abu, Rajasthan
The lake at the centre of Rajasthan's only hill station, up in the Aravallis, and the reason Mount Abu gets called an oasis in the desert — a plateau twenty-two kilometres long carrying rivers, waterfalls and evergreen forest, in a state that has very little of any of them. Pedal boats go out from the shore and the walk around the water is the town's evening ritual. The rock formations on the ridge above have collected names over the years; Toad Rock is the one everybody photographs. The lake is treated as sacred, so it is a place to walk around rather than swim in.
Attraction
Gangtok, Sikkim
Founded in 1958, holding one of the largest collections of Tibetan manuscripts outside Tibet along with thangkas and ritual bronzes. Quiet enough to take your time in; check the day's opening hours before making the trip.
Kalpa (Kinnaur), Himachal Pradesh
Kinnauri kath-kuni construction — alternating courses of timber and dry stone, which is what keeps these buildings up through earthquakes. Photography inside is usually not allowed, and visitors are sometimes asked not to enter the sanctum.
Girnar Hills, Gujarat
A walled cluster of marble Jain temples around the 3,500-step mark, built between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries. Neminath's temple at the centre is the main one, and the courtyards are the first flat ground on the climb, so most people rest here.
Sonamarg, Jammu & Kashmir
A scenic mountain stream junction where the reddish waters of the Nilagrad meet the Sindh River, revered locally for healing properties.
Ooty (Udhagamandalam), Tamil Nadu
The historic UNESCO World Heritage steam toy train that winds scenic tracks across deep gorges, high bridges, and dark pine valleys.
Food
Old Manali, Himachal Pradesh
The cobbled lane of German bakeries, music cafes and hostels that defines the village.
Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh
A scenic picnic spot featuring natural water springs, cascading waterfalls, and a monument dedicated to freedom fighter Sardar Ajit Singh.
Kasol, Himachal Pradesh
Rocky banks along a fast, very cold river, loud enough that you cannot hold a conversation beside it. Do not swim — the Parvati has a bad record and the current is far stronger than it looks.
Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu
Three granite pillars standing about a hundred and twenty metres, side by side. The viewpoint is fenced and ticketed. Like everything on this ridge it is either remarkable or completely white with fog.
Shillong, Meghalaya
The buzzing market and cafe districts at the heart of Shillong's food and music scene.
Kullu, Himachal Pradesh
The historic 17th-century spiritual anchor of the valley housing the sacred royal idol of Lord Rama.
Coorg (Madikeri), Karnataka
A small pavilion in a public garden where the Kodagu rajas came to watch the sun go down, and the view west over the valleys is still the reason. Crowded at dusk, with a musical fountain you may or may not want.
A large multi-storey Tibetan Buddhist monastery 24 km away, and the principal international seat of the Karma Kagyu lineage.
Hidden Gem
Patnitop, Jammu & Kashmir
A small natural lake in a bowl of meadow 20 km away, off most itineraries, and used for paragliding and wilderness camping.
Saputara, Gujarat
The lake in the middle of town, with boats on it and a path around the edge. Half an hour, and it is what everyone does on arriving.
A cable car from the town up to the sunset point, which saves a climb and is the only reason most people get up there. Short queues on weekdays, long ones at dusk on Sundays.
A single-room state museum of Dang tribal material — instruments, masks, wedding dress, farming tools. It takes twenty minutes and is better than it has any need to be. Small enough for half an hour, and it shuts for a break in the middle of the day.
Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh
A dramatic high mountain pass (~4,170 m) with a sacred lake.
Jibhi, Himachal Pradesh
About five kilometres of level forest walking from Jalori Pass, through old oak. There is a small temple to Budhi Nagin at the water and a tea stall on the way. Snow shuts the pass in winter.
Doodhpathri, Jammu & Kashmir
The fast-flowing rocky riverbed downstream where the water creates a distinctive white frothy layer over granite boulders.
Leh, Leh & Ladakh
Built in 1991 by a Japanese Buddhist order, reached by five hundred-odd steps or by road. Sunset is when everyone comes. At this altitude the stairs are harder than they look on your first day in Leh.
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