GoChhutti Destination Intelligence
Destination guides written for Indian travellers
One page per destination. For each: when to actually go, how long the visa really takes, what you will spend per day on top of the package, the thing nobody warns you about, and who the trip is genuinely wrong for.
Around the world
DubaiUnited Arab Emirates · 3h 20m from MumbaiBest: Nov – Mar
MaldivesIndian Ocean · 2h 45m from BengaluruBest: Nov – Apr is dry season
VietnamHa Long Bay · 5h from KolkataBest: Mar – Apr and Sep – Nov
ThailandPhi Phi Islands · 4h from ChennaiBest: Nov – Feb is cool and dry
SingaporeMarina Bay · 5h 30m from MumbaiBest: Feb – Apr is driest
BaliIndonesia · 6h from Delhi via KL or SINBest: Apr – Oct is the dry season
Sri LankaColombo · 3h 30m from ChennaiBest: Dec – Mar for the west and south coasts, May – Sep for the east
BhutanParo valley · 2h from KolkataBest: Mar – May for rhododendrons, Sep – Nov for clear Himalayan views and the tsechu festivals
SwitzerlandZermatt · 9h from Delhi via ZurichBest: May – Sep for green valleys and open passes
TurkeyCappadocia · 6h from DelhiBest: Apr – Jun and Sep – Oct
Northern LightsTromsø & Lapland · 11h from DelhiBest: Late Sep – MarIn India
KashmirSrinagar · 1h 20m from DelhiBest: Apr – May for tulips and blossom, Jun – Aug for the meadows, Dec – Feb for snow
Shimla & ManaliHimachal Pradesh · 1h to Bhuntar, or 12h by roadBest: Mar – Jun for the valley in full colour, Dec – Feb for snow
KeralaAlappuzha backwaters · 2h from MumbaiBest: Sep – Mar
GoaKonkan coast · 1h 30m from MumbaiBest: Nov – Feb is the season
LadakhLeh · 1h 20m from DelhiBest: Jun – Sep, when the passes are open
North EastMeghalaya & Assam · 2h 30m from KolkataBest: Oct – Apr
RajasthanJaipur · 1h from DelhiBest: Oct – Mar
AndamanPort Blair · 2h 15m from ChennaiBest: Oct – May