Ready-made trips, day by day.

Spice-town Kochi, misty tea hills in Munnar and a houseboat night on the backwaters.

• Fort Kochi's old streets
• Anamudi, South India's highest peak
• A houseboat on Alleppey's backwaters

Old Portuguese lanes, beach shacks and the best sunsets on the coast.

• Sea views from Fort Aguada
• Anjuna's flea market
• Long, lazy beach days

Boulder-strewn ruins, a coracle on the river and sunsets for two over the Vijayanagara capital.

• Sunset over the ruins from Hemakuta Hill
• The stone chariot at Vittala Temple
• A round coracle ride on the Tungabhadra

Amer at opening time, the Pink City's bazaars and a rooftop dinner facing Hawa Mahal.

• Amer Fort at opening time
• Jantar Mantar's giant sundials
• Sunset from Nahargarh Fort

Lake palaces, a sunset boat on Pichola and candlelit dinners on the water.

• Sunset boat ride on Lake Pichola
• The City Palace's mirror and peacock halls
• Dinner facing the Lake Palace

Snow at Solang, rafting the Beas and long café nights in Old Manali.

• Snow at Solang Valley and through Atal Tunnel
• Old Manali's cafés and live music
• White-water rafting on the Beas

Sunrise yoga, Ganga rapids and the evening aarti on the river.

• Evening Ganga Aarti at Parmarth Niketan
• Rafting from Shivpuri
• The graffiti-covered Beatles Ashram

A dawn boat on the Ganga, the fire aarti and the old city's food lanes.

• Dawn boat ride along the ghats
• The Ganga Aarti at Dashashwamedh Ghat
• Kachori and malaiyo in the old lanes

High passes, Pangong's blues and monasteries above the Indus, paced for altitude.

• Pangong Tso's shifting blues
• Nubra's sand dunes and Diskit monastery
• Thiksey monastery's morning prayers

Scooters, south-Goa coves, Fontainhas and fish thalis for under ₹200.

• Scootering to Palolem and Butterfly Beach
• The colour-washed lanes of Fontainhas
• Anjuna flea market on Wednesday