Rajgir
Bihar
~1.3 h approx. drive · ~65 km
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹3,000 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)
Weekend getaways›From Gaya
Within 6 hours
Weekend getaways from Gaya
14 places within 6 hours of Gaya, 5 of them under 3 hours — the nearest is Rajgir at roughly 1.3 h.
All are approximate drives: straight-line distance × 1.3 for the road at 50 km/h, with the hill stretch (the last 50–80 km into the hills) at × 1.6 and 30 km/h. Islands and high-Himalayan places are listed only with a curated time.
Under 3 hours
Nalanda
Bihar
~1.5 h approx. drive · ~75 km
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹2,870 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)
Pawapuri
Bihar
~1.5 h approx. drive · ~77 km
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹2,500 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)
Patna
Bihar
~2.3 h approx. drive · ~117 km
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹3,300 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)
Sasaram
Bihar
~2.6 h approx. drive · ~129 km
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹2,950 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)
3–6 hours
Vaishali
Bihar
~3.5 h approx. drive · ~173 km
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹2,870 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)
Parasnath (Shikharji)
Jharkhand
~3.9 h approx. drive · ~194 km
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹2,900 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)
Betla National Park
Jharkhand
~4.1 h approx. drive · ~207 km
Best: Nov–May · From ₹3,400 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)
Ranchi
Jharkhand
~4.3 h approx. drive · ~213 km
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹3,180 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)
Deoghar
Jharkhand
~4.6 h approx. drive · ~228 km
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹2,820 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)
Bhagalpur
Bihar
~5.3 h approx. drive · ~267 km
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹3,300 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)
Sarnath
Uttar Pradesh
~5.4 h approx. drive · ~272 km
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹3,330 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)
Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
~5.5 h approx. drive · ~276 km
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹3,700 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)
Netarhat
Jharkhand
~5.6 h approx. drive on hill roads · ~228 km
Best: Oct–Jun · From ₹3,020 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)