Road trips across India

Delhi → Delhi (loop via Agra & Jaipur)

Golden Triangle Drive

India's most popular touring circuit links three of the north's great cities — Delhi, Agra and Jaipur — in a loop of about 720 km. Fast expressways connect them, so the driving is easy and the distances short, leaving time for the Taj Mahal, the forts and palaces of Jaipur, and the ghost-city of Fatehpur Sikri. It is the classic first road trip in India, and a good introduction to Mughal and Rajput history.

Jaipur → Jaisalmer

Jaipur to Jaisalmer Desert Drive

This drive runs west across Rajasthan from the Pink City of Jaipur to the golden fort-town of Jaisalmer on the edge of the Thar Desert, taking in Pushkar''s holy lake and the blue city of Jodhpur on the way. The land grows drier and emptier as you go, ending in dunes and a living sandstone fort. It is a journey of forts, palaces, camel country and big desert skies.

Leh Ladakh - Royal Enfield Trip

Manali → Leh

Manali–Leh Highway

One of the world's great high-altitude drives, the Manali–Leh Highway climbs from the green Kullu valley over a series of 4,000–5,300 m passes to the desert mountains of Ladakh. Across roughly 475 km it crosses Baralacha La, Nakee La, Lachulung La and Tanglang La, past the vast More Plains and the twisting Gata Loops. The road is open only for a few summer months and demands time to acclimatise — but the scenery of glaciers, high pastures and moonscape ridges is unmatched.

Mumbai → Goa

Mumbai to Goa on the Konkan Coast

The coastal route from Mumbai to Goa winds through the Konkan — a green ribbon of the western shore with quiet beaches, fishing towns, seafood and hilltop forts. It is slower and prettier than the inland highway, running past Alibaug, Ganpatipule and the Malvan coast before reaching Goa. Best enjoyed after the monsoon, when the hills are still green and the sea has calmed.