Where can your budget take you?

India

• Agasthyakoodam trek
• Agaya Gangai Falls trek
• Agumbe & Kudremukh instead of Munnar in the rains
• Araku Valley & Lambasingi instead of Ooty
• Baba Budangiri & Manikyadhara trek
• Badami, Aihole & Pattadakal instead of a second day in Hampi
• Badami, Pattadakal & Aihole sacred route
• Banasura Peak trek
• Bandipur instead of a budget-friendly tiger reserve stay on the Bengaluru–Ooty road
• Bekal & Kasaragod instead of Kovalam or Varkala
• Bidar instead of Deccan sultanate heritage that gets a fraction of Hampi's visitors
• Brahmagiri trek
• Brahmatal trek
• Bundi & Kumbhalgarh instead of Jaipur and Jodhpur
• Chadar (frozen river) trek
• Chakrata instead of Mussoorie
• Chembra Peak trek
• Chettinad instead of another Rajasthan haveli town
• Chidambaram & Pichavaram instead of with a mangrove forest most pilgrims never see
• Chikmagalur instead of Coorg
• Chitradurga Fort instead of a seven-walled hill fort with secret passages, on Bengaluru's doorstep
• Chopta & Tungnath instead of Kedarnath in season
• Coastal Karnataka temple trail sacred route
• Coorg instead of Ooty in peak season
• Courtallam & Tenkasi instead of a monsoon trip for when everywhere else is rained out
• Dandeli instead of Rishikesh for rafting
• Dayara Bugyal trek
• Devikulam & Eravikulam instead of Munnar's quiet side, and South India's highest peak
• Dirang instead of Tawang
• Dolphin's Nose & Vattakanal trek
• Dzongri trek
• Dzükou Valley trek
• Fort Kochi instead of Goa
• Gandikota instead of another Rajasthan fort
• Gavi forest trek trek
• Gingee Fort instead of another crowded fort
• Goecha La trek
• Gokak Falls instead of a Niagara-shaped waterfall next to a still-running 19th-century cotton mill
• Gokarna instead of North Goa
• Golden Valley, Ponmudi trek
• Hampi instead of the Mysuru palace circuit
• Hampta Pass trek
• Har Ki Dun trek
• Hogenakkal instead of a day trip that beats a mall weekend
• Illikkal Kallu trek
• Jog Falls instead of India's second-highest plunge waterfall, without a single hotel chain in sight
• Kabini instead of the calmer, water-based side of Karnataka's tiger country
• Kannur & Muzhappilangad instead of Goa
• Kannur Theyyam trail sacred route
• Kanyakumari instead of with Padmanabhapuram and Vattakottai
• Kedarkantha trek
• Khajuraho & Orchha instead of the Golden Triangle
• Kodachadri trek
• Kodaikanal instead of Ooty
• Kollam & Ashtamudi instead of where Kerala's backwater houseboats actually started
• Kolli Hills instead of Ooty
• Kolukkumalai sunrise trek
• Kotagiri instead of Ooty
• Kovalam & Poovar instead of Varkala's cliff-top crowd
• Kozhikode & Kappad instead of Kerala's food capital, without the tourist markup
• Kuari Pass (Curzon Trail) trek
• Kudremukh instead of rolling grassland peaks in the Western Ghats, named for a horse's face
• Kudremukh Peak trek trek
• Kumara Parvatha trek
• Kumarakom instead of the Alleppey houseboat queue
• Kurangani – Top Station trek
• Kurisumala, Vagamon trek
• Mahabalipuram & Tranquebar instead of a Chennai city break
• Majuli instead of a Kaziranga day trip
• Makalidurga trek
• Mandu instead of Udaipur
• Marari Beach instead of the Goa beach belt
• Masinagudi & Mudumalai instead of the jungle side of the Nilgiris
• Meesapulimala trek
• Meghalaya instead of Kerala in the monsoon
• Meghamalai instead of Munnar
• Melkote instead of a hilltop Vaishnavite town that Ramanujacharya himself lived in
• Mullayanagiri trek
• Munsiyari instead of Nainital
• Murudeshwar instead of a coastal temple town with one of the world's tallest Shiva statues, minus Gokarna's backpacker scene
• Mysuru & Srirangapatna instead of a Bengaluru weekend
• Nag Tibba trek
• Nandi Hills & Skandagiri trek
• Nelliyampathy instead of a hill station without a single big hotel chain
• Netravati Peak trek
• Orchha instead of Agra
• Pin Parvati Pass trek
• Pondicherry instead of Goa for a quiet week
• Ponmudi instead of a hill station an hour from the capital
• Poovar instead of Kovalam
• Prashar Lake trek
• Rajmachi trek
• Rameswaram & Madurai instead of Varanasi
• Rameswaram & Madurai sacred route
• Ranipuram trek
• Rann of Kutch & Bhuj instead of Jaisalmer
• Rupin Pass trek
• Sakleshpur instead of Coorg
• Sandakphu trek
• Sangla & Chitkul instead of Manali
• Savandurga trek
• Shravanabelagola instead of a 57-foot monolith, and one of Jainism's most important pilgrimage sites in the world
• Silent Valley National Park instead of one of India's last untouched tropical rainforests
• Skandagiri night trek trek
• Spiti Valley instead of Leh
• Sringeri, Horanadu & Kollur sacred route
• Swamimalai, Yelagiri trek
• Tadiandamol trek
• Tarkarli instead of Goa
• Tawang instead of Gulmarg
• Thanjavur & Kumbakonam instead of Madurai
• Thekkady & Periyar instead of a big-name tiger reserve
• Thiruvananthapuram temple circuit sacred route
• Tirthan Valley instead of Manali
• Topslip & Anamalai instead of a tiger reserve with forest rest houses
• Triund trek
• Udupi & Malpe instead of Goa in December
• Vagamon instead of Munnar's tea-country crowds
• Valley of Flowers trek
• Valparai & Athirappilly instead of Munnar at the weekend
• Varkala instead of Kovalam
• Vattavada instead of Munnar
• Velliangiri — seven hills trek
• Vijayapura (Bijapur) instead of a whispering dome that rivals any Mughal monument, in North Karnataka's Adil Shahi capital
• Wayanad instead of Munnar
• Yana Caves trek
• Yelagiri instead of Nandi Hills for the weekend
• Yercaud instead of Ooty for a weekend
• Zanskar instead of Pangong
• Ziro Valley instead of another Himalayan hill station
• Zuluk & the Old Silk Route instead of Gangtok

Albania

• Berat & Gjirokastër instead of Dubrovnik
• Theth & Valbona instead of Ksamil
• Theth to Valbona trek

Argentina

• Salta & Jujuy instead of Uyuni

Armenia

• Dilijan & Goris instead of Yerevan only

Australia

• Overland Track trek

Bhutan

• Haa Valley instead of Paro

Brazil

• Chapada Diamantina instead of Rio de Janeiro

Bulgaria

• Plovdiv instead of Athens
• Seven Rila Lakes trek

Cambodia

• Battambang instead of Siem Reap
• Kampot & Kep instead of Sihanoukville & Koh Rong

Canada

• West Coast Trail trek

Cape Verde

• São Vicente instead of Sal

Chile

• Chiloé instead of Torres del Paine

Colombia

• Barichara instead of Cartagena

Ecuador

• Cuenca instead of Quito
• Quilotoa Loop trek

Egypt

• Dahab instead of Sharm el-Sheikh
• Siwa Oasis instead of the Merzouga Sahara camps

Estonia

• Tartu instead of Tallinn

Georgia

• Mestia to Ushguli trek
• Svaneti instead of Kazbegi

Greece

• Menalon Trail trek
• Samaria Gorge trek

Iceland

• Laugavegur Trail trek
• Westfjords instead of the Golden Circle

Indonesia

• Flores (Labuan Bajo & Komodo) instead of Bali
• Sumba instead of Bali

Italy

• Alta Via 1 trek

Japan

• Iya Valley instead of Kyoto
• Kanazawa instead of Kyoto
• Kumano Kodo Nakahechi trek
• Nakasendo Trail trek
• Takayama & the Hida Region instead of Kyoto

Jordan

• Dana Biosphere Reserve instead of rushing Petra as a same-day bus tour from Amman

Kazakhstan

• Kolsai & Kaindy Lakes instead of Big Almaty Lake

Kyrgyzstan

• Ala-Kul Pass Trek trek
• Arslanbob & Song-Kul instead of Issyk-Kul
• Song-Kul horse trek trek

Laos

• Nong Khiaw instead of Luang Prabang
• Pakse & Bolaven Plateau instead of Vang Vieng

Malaysia

• Taiping instead of Cameron Highlands

Mexico

• Mérida & the Yucatán towns instead of Tulum

Morocco

• Chefchaouen & the Rif Mountains instead of Marrakech's medina and souk circuit
• Essaouira instead of Marrakech
• Toubkal Circuit trek

Namibia

• Fish River Canyon Hiking Trail trek
• Swakopmund instead of Sossusvlei

Nepal

• Bandipur, Nepal instead of Nagarkot
• Mardi Himal Base Camp trek
• Pokhara & the Annapurna Foothills instead of the Everest Base Camp trek crowd

New Zealand

• Dunedin & the Otago Peninsula instead of Queenstown
• Kepler Track trek

North Macedonia

• Ohrid instead of Lake Bled

Oman

• Salalah instead of Dubai

Peru

• Arequipa instead of Cusco
• Ausangate Circuit (with Rainbow Mountain) trek
• Chachapoyas instead of Machu Picchu only
• Colca Canyon Trek trek
• Gocta Falls trek
• Salkantay Trek trek

Philippines

• Batanes instead of Boracay
• Camiguin instead of Boracay
• Siargao instead of Boracay
• Siquijor instead of Panglao, Bohol

Poland

• Wrocław instead of Kraków

Portugal

• Camino Portugués trek
• Coimbra instead of Lisbon
• Fishermen's Trail (Rota Vicentina) trek

Slovakia

• Košice instead of Prague

South Korea

• Gyeongju instead of Busan
• Jeju Olle Trail (Routes 5-7) trek

Spain

• Asturias instead of Barcelona

Sri Lanka

• Ella & the Uva Highlands instead of squeezing hill country into a rushed one-night Kandy stopover on the standard Colombo-Kandy-Galle tourist run
• Jaffna instead of Colombo and Kandy

Taiwan

• Tainan instead of Jiufen

Tanzania

• Lushoto instead of Moshi and the Kilimanjaro towns
• Mount Kilimanjaro (Machame route) trek
• Mount Meru trek

Thailand

• Koh Mook instead of Phi Phi
• Nan instead of Pai

Tunisia

• Djerba instead of the Greek islands

Türkiye

• Kaçkar Mountains instead of Cappadocia
• Kaçkar summit trek
• Lycian Way (Ölüdeniz to Patara) trek
• Mardin instead of Cappadocia

United Arab Emirates

• Al Ain instead of Abu Dhabi city
• Fujairah & Dibba instead of JBR beach
• Hatta instead of Dubai Marina
• Hatta Mountain Trails trek
• Jebel Jais instead of the Burj Khalifa observation deck
• Jebel Jais Trails trek
• Khor Fakkan instead of Jumeirah
• Liwa Oasis instead of a Dubai desert safari
• Mleiha instead of the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve crowds
• Sir Bani Yas Island instead of Yas Island theme parks
• Umm Al Quwain instead of Dubai Creek tours

Uzbekistan

• Nurata & Aydarkul instead of Samarkand only

Vietnam

• Ha Giang Loop instead of Ha Long Bay
• Phong Nha instead of Ha Long Bay
• Quy Nhon instead of Nha Trang