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Forts of the Kaimur

Three days nobody else is doing

Sher Shah's tomb in its lake, the mountaintop fort of Rohtasgarh, two monsoon waterfalls and a 1,400-year-old temple — the best short trip in Bihar and almost unknown.

Forts of the Kaimur
© Paramanu Sarkar · CC BY-SA 4.0
The route at a glance
Length
3 days / 2 nights
Start
Base in Sasaram; Varanasi or Gaya for flights
Pace
Steady
Theme
Forts & heritage
For
Travellers who have done the famous places; history and landscape lovers
Sleeps in
Sasaram · —
Comfortable
₹3,000–4,500
Premium
₹6,000–9,000

Budgets per person, two sharing, car and driver included. Flights excluded.

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Places on this route
  1. Sasaram
  2. Rohtasgarh Fort
  3. Dhua Kund & Manjhar Kund
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Part of Outdoors & Adventure, Forts, Tombs & Ruins, Waterfalls in Bihar, Eco Circuit

Day by day

How the 3 days run

  1. Sasaram

    Day 1 · sleep in Sasaram

    Sasaram

    Sher Shah's tomb at opening; Hasan Khan's tomb; Tarachandi at dusk.

    Rohtas · best October – March

  2. Rohtasgarh Fort

    Day 2 · sleep in Sasaram

    Rohtasgarh Fort

    Full day on the plateau — hired jeep, early start, carry water.

    Rohtas · best October – February; avoid monsoon (road impassable)

  3. Dhua Kund & Manjhar Kund

    Day 3 · sleep in —

    Dhua Kund & Manjhar Kund

    Manjhar and Dhua Kund in the morning (monsoon), then Mundeshwari temple on the way to Varanasi.

    Rohtas · best July – October for the falls at full force; November–February for cool walks (the falls shrink to streams)

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