9 Places In India That Everyone Should Explore On A Motorcycle

Road journeys are some of the finest journeys that anyone can ever go on. However, when we talk about road journeys, most of us immediately think of them as a comfortable ride in a seven-seater XUV with AC and an amazing playlist to sing along to.

Very less do we associate road trip with those adventurous bike rides. Blame it on our need for comfortability or lack of knowledge about how amazing bike rides are, whatever it’s, a lot of us are just missing out on some of the most amazing things in life. There’s no other feeling even comparable to that of being on a motorcycle while air blows through your hair, and you have a complete canvas of the most scenic thing you can ever see in your entire life.

Road trips on motorcycles are often associated with those with a brave heart, however, it’s not at all like that. Yes, you need to be a proficient two-wheeler driver in order to get on it, but more than that, you need the drive to just have a road trip on a motorcycle. That drive alone can give you the confidence to actually go on one. And, if you’re not comfortable for a solo-ride, at first, then you can totally gather few more friends and make it a full on rider-fest, without all the trash.

So, here are 9 absolutely stunning places that you just have to explore on a motorcycle.

1. Srinagar to Leh

Let me be the most generic over here and name the most obvious destination on this list. Everyone wants to go on a motorcycle road trip to Leh Ladakh, at least, once in their lives. Such is the impact of this place on every generation, growing up in this country. The landscape one gets to see on this journey is nothing like what you’ve been told about, it’s hundred times better than that. No matter how hard one tries, you can just not explain the beauty of this place, in mere words. One just has to experience it, in order to understand it.

2. Mumbai to Goa

The next most obvious journey on this list is the one from Mumbai to Goa. Now, we can easily blame the entire facade on Bollywood. Dil Chahta Hai basically inaugurated the entire road from Mumbai to Goa for various youngsters all over India, something that was a secret of the Mumbaikars. Whatever it is, one thing is for sure, Mumbai to Goa is a beautiful journey that one can embark on, plus, by the end of it, you would reach the party capital of India. What else on really wants?

3. Daman

Now, we’re coming to more underrated journeys. Some 170 km north of Mumbai, Daman is a quaint small place which has beautiful written on every landscape of its. The place is filled with casinos, beaches, forts and a ton of cheap booze. Moti Daman area of Daman has an old-world charm to it, which would just sweep you into it. A place like this is a must visit for all who find charm in little-known gems of this world.

4. Leh to Khardungla Top

A journey to Khardung La is like no one else. At 18,380 feet, it’s the world’s highest motorable road and that just makes the entire ride 100 percent more interesting. You get to be on a road which is absolutely the highest place that a man can ever ride on, which is just crazy to think about. One needs to be an extreme professional of sorts, in order to even think about it, however, as they see, great things often look hard at first. As one traveler explained the place, Khardung La is to a motorcyclist what Everest is to a mountaineer.

5. Siliguri to Darjeeling

Siliguri to Darjeeling would be the greenest journey of your life. Both Darjeeling and Siliguri are considered to be a dream destination for every travel monger who just wants to see and experience it all. You get to see everything on the journey, from those serene valleys to those deep and luscious jungles. One just can’t and should not keep themselves away from wide laid greenery and a diverse wildlife.

6. Shillong to Cherrapunji

Shillong to Cherrapunji is a journey that is said to offer the most serene ride of any driver’s life. While there’s all the thrill of the world in driving on those rocky mountains, the feeling of riding on a valley is just something else. You have a smooth road and a landscape that comes straight out of a Vincent Van Gogh’s landscape paintings.

7. Rameshwaram

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There’s a town in Rameshwaram called Dhanushkodi and it’s knowns as the ghost town of Rameshwaram which is home to one of the world’s shallowest coastlines which borderlines Bay of Bengal on one side and The Indian Ocean on the other. This description alone is capable of capturing any travelers attention. There’s a road in the city that intersects the Bay of Bengal and every rider must ride on it, at least once in their lifetime. It will almost make you feel like you’re riding on water.

8. Tawang

Tawang is often described as paradise in the state of Arunachal Pradesh that many still don’t know of. And, maybe that’s how the beauty of this place is still intact in its original form. Even though a road trip to Tawang on a motorcycle is not the best idea, because of all the bumpiness that it adores, there are still so many reasons why you absolutely should. By the end of this journey, you would have witnessed a beauty that not many even know the existence of.

9. The Northeastern States Of India

Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, these 4 states from northeastern India have been out of mainstream national consciousness, for a long time now. However, there’s something that these places have that no media can ever even do justice to, and that’s their beauty. A road trip on a motorcycle to these four states would leave you feeling blessed for to even be alive. They have a wonderful culture and more wonderful than that are their landscapes and roads that anyone can find solace on.

These 9 places in India are perfect for every rider in you.

Jyotsna Amla