💎 Hidden Gem📍 Nature🪂 Adventure💎 Hidden Gem

Sanjay Van

Delhi, Delhi, India

4.3 (0)

Overview

A 780-acre wild forest-reserve on the south-central ridge — jackal-and-peafowl trails, a lake, Sufi shrines and 'haunted' lore beloved of trail-runners.

Why visit: The wildest walkable forest in the city's heart.

Things to do

›Kikar-forest paths
›Lake clearing
›Ridge shrines
›Peafowl at dawn

Forest TrailsTrail RunningBirdwatching

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar; mornings

Entry fee

Free

Est. budget

Free–₹200

Duration

Half day

Nearby attractions

Within

1.4 km

📍 Heritage

4.6

Qutub Minar

Delhi, Delhi

The world's tallest brick minaret — 73 m of fluted red sandstone and marble rising in five carved storeys over the ruins of the Qutb complex, beside the rust-proof 1,600-year-old Iron Pillar that still baffles metallurgists.

Oct–Mar2–3 hrsExplore

1.4 km

📍 Festival

4.3

Qutub Festival & Delhi's Cultural Season

Delhi, Delhi

The winter arts calendar — classical music under the Qutub, the Sunder Nursery festival, Jahan-e-Khusrau Sufi nights and the Ananya dance festival at Purana Qila.

Nov–Mar (festival dates vary)EveningsExplore

1.4 km

💎 Hidden Gem🛕 Religious

4.1

Yogmaya Temple, Mehrauli

Delhi, Delhi

One of Delhi's few surviving pre-Sultanate temples — Krishna's sister-goddess, tied by legend to the Mahabharata and the Phoolwalon ki Sair unity festival.

Oct–Mar; Phoolwalon ki Sair1 hrExplore

1.8 km

💎 Hidden Gem🏛️ Historical

4.5

Mehrauli Archaeological Park

Delhi, Delhi

A 200-acre green sprawl of a thousand years — Balban's tomb, Jamali-Kamali's jewel mosque, Metcalfe's follies and Rajon ki Baoli among the Qutub's shadow.

Oct–MarHalf dayExplore

1.9 km

💎 Hidden Gem🏛️ Historical

4.4

Jamali Kamali Mosque & Tomb

Delhi, Delhi

A jewel-box 1536 mosque and the adjoining tomb of Sufi poet Jamali, its tiny chamber ablaze with painted-and-tiled ceilings — the loveliest interior in Mehrauli Park, and famously 'haunted'.

Oct–Mar1 hrExplore

2.1 km

💎 Hidden Gem🏛️ Historical

4.0

Hijron ka Khanqah, Mehrauli

Delhi, Delhi

A serene Lodi-era walled cemetery of the hijra (transgender) community — 49 whitewashed graves and a mosque, quietly tended for five centuries.

Oct–Mar1 hrExplore

2.3 km

💎 Hidden Gem🏛️ Historical

4.1

Jahaz Mahal & Hauz-i-Shamsi, Mehrauli

Delhi, Delhi

A Lodi-era 'ship palace' reflected in the 13th-century Shamsi tank, heart of the Phoolwalon ki Sair flower festival that unites the city's faiths.

Oct–Mar; Phoolwalon ki Sair (Oct)1–2 hrsExplore

2.4 km

💎 Hidden Gem🏛️ Historical

4.1

Zafar Mahal, Mehrauli

Delhi, Delhi

The last Mughal palace — Bahadur Shah Zafar's summer retreat and the empty marble enclosure ('Sardgah') where the exiled emperor wished, in vain, to be buried.

Oct–Mar1 hrExplore

2.6 km

🍲 Local Experience

4.4

Hauz Khas Village & Deer Park

Delhi, Delhi

Firoz Shah's 14th-century madrasa and reservoir edge where boutiques, rooftop bars and galleries pack a medieval village above a lake and deer park.

Oct–Mar; sunsetHalf dayExplore

2.9 km

💎 Hidden Gem🏛️ Historical

4.0

Sultan Ghari Tomb

Delhi, Delhi

India's earliest Islamic monumental tomb (1231) — a fortified octagonal crypt for Iltutmish's son, revered by locals as a Pir's shrine on Thursdays.

Oct–Mar1 hrExplore

3 km

📍 Nature

4.3

Deer Park & Rose Garden, Hauz Khas

New Delhi, Delhi

A green sprawl of spotted-deer enclosures, a rabbit-and-peacock corner, a rose garden and old tombs — the calm counterpart to Hauz Khas Village above.

Oct–Mar; mornings1–2 hrsExplore

3.1 km

💎 Hidden Gem🏛️ Historical

4.1

Begumpuri Masjid & Bijay Mandal

Delhi, Delhi

A vast, empty 14th-century congregational mosque in Jahanpanah, and the ruined Bijay Mandal palace-mound where Ibn Battuta watched Muhammad bin Tughlaq hold court.

Oct–Mar1–2 hrsExplore