📍 Trek⛺ Camping🌄 Viewpoint🪂 Adventure

Triund Trek

McLeod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh, India

4.6 (0)

Overview

The Himalaya's perfect starter trek — a 7-km forest climb from McLeod Ganj to a grassy ridge where the Dhauladhar wall erupts 3,000 m overhead; sunset turns the granite pink and campfires dot the meadow under a blaze of stars.

Why visit: Maximum Himalayan reward for a single day's walk — and magical camping.

Things to do

›Trek via Galu temple and the 'magic view' chai shop
›Camp on the ridge beneath the Dhauladhar face
›Sunrise over the Kangra valley
›Extend to Snowline café or Lahesh cave (fit hikers)

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Travel Information

Best time

Mar–Jun

Entry fee

Free (camping regulated)

Hours

Mar–Jun & Sep–Dec

Est. budget

₹1000–3000

Duration

1–2 days

Nearby attractions

Within

1.5 km

💧 Waterfall

4.3

Bhagsu Waterfall & Bhagsunag

Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh

The snake-god's ancient tank and the shale-cliff waterfall above — via a lane of shlokas, slate cafés and the famous Bhagsu-cake bakeries.

Year-round (fullest Jul–Sep)2–3 hrsExplore

2.6 km

🍲 Local Experience

4.4

Dharamkot & Gallu Devi

Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh

The yoga-and-coder village above McLeod — slow cafés in oak shade, Vipassana and Tushita retreats, and the Gallu gate of the Triund trail.

Mar–Jun & Sep–Dec1–3 daysExplore

3.6 km

🛕 Religious

4.7

McLeodganj & Tsuglagkhang (Dalai Lama Temple)

Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh

Little Lhasa — the Dalai Lama's temple complex, debating monks, the Tibet Museum and momo lanes under Dhauladhar's sudden white wall.

Mar–Jun & Sep–Dec2–3 daysExplore

8.5 km

📍 Cultural

4.6

Norbulingka Institute

Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh

Tibetan arts kept alive in a Japanese-styled garden campus — thangka painters, wood-carvers and appliqué masters at work, with a gilded temple at the centre.

Year-round2–3 hrsExplore

11.1 km

💎 Hidden Gem🥾 Trekking

4.5

Kareri Lake Trek

Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh

A glacial pool at 2,934 m under Minkiani pass — shepherd trails from Kareri village, a stream you follow all day and a lakeside Shiva shrine.

Apr–Jun & Sep–Nov2 daysExplore

13.3 km

🛕 Religious

4.4

Chamunda Devi Temple

Palampur, Himachal Pradesh

The wrathful goddess on the Baner's boulder bank — bathing ghats, a Shiva cave behind the sanctum and Dhauladhar rising sheer beyond.

Year-round; Navaratri1–2 hrsExplore

21.4 km

🏛️ Historical

4.5

Kangra Fort

Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

The oldest dated fort in the Himalaya — the Katoch dynasty's rock bastion over the Banganga, coveted by Mahmud of Ghazni, Akbar and Ranjit Singh alike.

Oct–MarHalf dayExplore

24.4 km

📍 Nature

4.4

Palampur Tea Gardens

Palampur, Himachal Pradesh

The Kangra tea bowl — emerald plucking rows under Dhauladhar snow, factory tours at the co-operative and colonial bungalow stays.

Mar–Jun & Sep–Dec1–2 daysExplore