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The Buddhist Circuit

Most booked · 7 days / 6 nights

The Buddhist Circuit

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01 · 3 routes

Weekend · 3 days

One region, done properly.

Sacred Magadh in a weekend

Spiritual · Gentle pace

Sacred Magadh in a weekend

Three days in the cradle of Buddhism with a Hindu pilgrim town and the oldest caves in India thrown in — all within an hour of one hotel bed.

  1. Bodh Gaya →
  2. Gaya →
  3. Barabar Caves
View itineraryfrom ₹3,500–5,000
Rajgir outdoors weekend

Adventure · Full pace

Rajgir outdoors weekend

The state's adventure hub plus its most pleasant town: glass bridge and zipline, a zoo safari, a car-free cycle to Ghora Katora, the old ropeway to the Shanti Stupa, and Kakolat Falls on the way out.

  1. Rajgir →
  2. Rajgir Nature Safari & Ghora Katora →
  3. Kakolat Falls
View itineraryfrom ₹3,000–4,500
Forts of the Kaimur

Forts & heritage · Steady pace

Forts of the Kaimur

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.

  1. Sasaram →
  2. Rohtasgarh Fort →
  3. Dhua Kund & Manjhar Kund
View itineraryfrom ₹3,000–4,500

02 · 2 routes

5 days

Two regions, linked by a river or a road.

Ganga & Mithila

Rivers & culture · Steady pace

Ganga & Mithila

East along the river to Munger's fort and Bhagalpur's dolphins, then north into Mithila for Darbhanga's palaces and the home of Madhubani painting.

  1. Patna →
  2. Munger →
  3. Bhagalpur →
  4. Kanwar Lake →
  5. Darbhanga
View itineraryfrom ₹3,500–5,000
The Wild North

Adventure & wildlife · Steady pace

The Wild North

Up through the republic of Vaishali and the stupa at Kesaria to Champaran's forest: two days of safaris in Bihar's tiger reserve and a day on the Gandak with gharial, dolphins and a raft.

  1. Vaishali →
  2. Kesaria Stupa →
  3. Valmiki National Park →
  4. Valmikinagar & the Gandak →
  5. Valmiki National Park
View itineraryfrom ₹4,000–6,000

03 · 2 routes

7 days

The classic circuits at a pace that lets you linger.

The Buddhist Circuit

Spiritual · Gentle pace

The Buddhist Circuit

The classic loop — Patna, Vaishali, Rajgir, Nalanda and Bodh Gaya — done at a pace that leaves time for a sunrise at the Mahabodhi and an afternoon on the hot-spring steps.

  1. Patna →
  2. Vaishali →
  3. Rajgir →
  4. Nalanda →
  5. Bodh Gaya
View itineraryfrom ₹3,500–5,000
Hidden Bihar

Off the beaten path · Full pace

Hidden Bihar

West to east through the places this site exists for: the Kaimur forts and falls, the Barabar caves, Rajgir's outdoors, Kakolat, then the Ganga at Munger and Bhagalpur with a night in a forgotten hill station.

  1. Sasaram →
  2. Rohtasgarh Fort →
  3. Barabar Caves →
  4. Rajgir Nature Safari & Ghora Katora →
  5. Kakolat Falls →
  6. Simultala →
  7. Bhagalpur
View itineraryfrom ₹3,500–5,000

04 · 1 route

10 days

The whole state — famous and hidden.

The Grand Tour of Bihar

Everything · Steady pace

The Grand Tour of Bihar

The Kaimur forts, the Buddhist heartland, the capital, the Ganga towns and Mithila — the complete arc of Bihar's history and landscape, with a slack day built in for the place you fall in love with.

  1. Sasaram →
  2. Rohtasgarh Fort →
  3. Bodh Gaya →
  4. Gaya →
  5. Rajgir →
  6. Nalanda →
  7. Patna →
  8. Vaishali →
  9. Darbhanga →
  10. Bhagalpur
View itineraryfrom ₹3,500–5,500

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