Destinations
Where to go from Ranchi
Ten destinations our drivers know like the back of their hand — pick one, see what to expect, and book a cab.
Waterfall
Hundru Falls
Jharkhand's most photographed waterfall
Distance
45 km
Drive
1 hr 30 min
Best
Aug
Waterfall
Dassam Falls
Ten streams falling as one
Distance
40 km
Drive
1 hr 15 min
Best
Jul
Waterfall
Jonha Falls (Gautamdhara)
A sacred 150-foot drop
Distance
40 km
Drive
1 hr 20 min
Best
Aug
Lake
Patratu Valley & Dam
The 'Switzerland of Jharkhand'
Distance
40 km
Drive
1 hr 30 min
Best
Oct
Hill Station
Netarhat
Jharkhand's only true hill station
Distance
156 km
Drive
4 hr 30 min
Best
Oct
Wildlife
Betla National Park
Tigers, elephants and a 16th-century fort
Distance
140 km
Drive
3 hr 45 min
Best
Nov
City
Tagore Hill
Where Rabindranath's brother wrote his poems
Distance
4 km
Drive
15 min
Best
Year
City
Rock Garden & Kanke Dam
Ranchi's family-favourite Sunday spot
Distance
8 km
Drive
20 min
Best
Year
Temple
Pahari Mandir
Ranchi's hilltop Shiva temple
Distance
7 km
Drive
20 min
Best
Year
Temple
Sun Temple, Bundu
A chariot-shaped temple to Surya Bhagwan
Distance
37 km
Drive
1 hr
Best
Year
Wildlife
Birsa Zoological Park
Tigers, lions and a leopard safari ride
Distance
17 km
Drive
30 min
Best
Oct
Heritage
McCluskieganj
India's last Anglo-Indian village
Distance
65 km
Drive
2 hr
Best
Oct
Waterfall
Hirni Falls
A jungle waterfall few tourists know about
Distance
75 km
Drive
2 hr 15 min
Best
Aug
Waterfall
Panch Gagh Falls
Five waterfalls in one frame
Distance
55 km
Drive
1 hr 45 min
Best
Aug
City
Bokaro Steel City
India's third-largest steel plant + a 200-acre zoo
Distance
110 km
Drive
2 hr 30 min
Best
Oct
City
Dhanbad & IIT (ISM)
Coal capital of India, home of IIT (ISM)
Distance
160 km
Drive
3 hr 45 min
Best
Oct
Industrial
Jharia Coalfield
The 100-year-old underground fire that won't go out
Distance
168 km
Drive
4 hr
Best
Nov
Pilgrimage
Deoghar (Baidyanath Dham)
One of the 12 sacred Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva
Distance
258 km
Drive
6 hr
Best
Oct
Pilgrimage
Parasnath Hill (Shikharji)
The holiest Jain pilgrimage in the world
Distance
180 km
Drive
4 hr 30 min
Best
Oct
Lake
Maithon Dam
Asia's first underground hydel power station
Distance
215 km
Drive
5 hr
Best
Oct
Hill Station
Hazaribagh
A thousand gardens, a forested plateau
Distance
93 km
Drive
2 hr
Best
Oct