Shahpur ⇄ McLeodganj · same district

Shahpur to McLeodganj taxi

McLeodganj is about 35 km and an hour from Shahpur, up through Rait and Dharamshala. We run it daily from our Kangra base with door pickups anywhere in Shahpur tehsil, and we will tell you before you book how close the car can get to your address up top. WhatsApp or call Kapil on +91 98053 05643 or Sahil on +91 78075 42573.

Distance: ~35 kmone way by road
Time on the road: ~1 hrone way
Stops on the way: 6 worth breaking for
McLeodganj sits at: 2,082 m

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From the drivers

The Kangra valley spine — Gaggal, Dharamshala and up to McLeodganj.

How windy: Properly windy — worth knowing if anyone gets car sick

What Kapil and Sahil say about this road is on the Kangra to McLeodganj taxi page.

About this run

How we drive it

Shahpur sits directly under the Dhauladhar on the Dharamshala–Nurpur road, so McLeodganj is close in distance and slow in practice — about an hour, most of it climbing.

A lot of this is daily traffic rather than tourism: people working up in Dharamshala or McLeodganj, hospital appointments, students. If it is a trip you make regularly we can set it up as a standing arrangement instead of booking each time.

For visitors staying at Shahpur, the same car does the day properly (Bhagsu, Dharamkot, Naddi and back) with the driver waiting rather than you hunting for a ride down in the evening.

One fare for this run, quoted on WhatsApp before you travel. See what's in a Kangra taxi fare.

What's in the fare

One all-in fare: car, driver, fuel, tolls, parking and permits
The same driver door to door, booked without an agent
Clean AC cars on commercial tourist-taxi permits
24×7, including pre-dawn and late-night runs
Fare confirmed on WhatsApp before the trip; cash or UPI

On the way to McLeodganj we pass

RaitOn the Dharamshala road

Kotwali BazaarCentral Dharamshala

Dharamshala bus standFor onward connections

Bhagsu & BhagsunagThe waterfall side

DharamkotAs far as the car can reach

Naddi & Galu DeviFor the Triund trailhead

Need a car while you are there? See our Taxi service in Shahpur page.

The journey

The drive, leg by leg

About an hour

Up from the valley floor to the top of the hill — 35 km, but the last stretch is the slow one.

Pickup
Shahpur
Doorstep or the bus stand.
+15 min
Rait
East along the valley toward the climb.
+35 min
Kotwali Bazaar
Through Dharamshala town.
+50 min
The last climb
The narrow road above Dharamshala. On season weekends this is where the hour goes.
Arrive
McLeodganj
Square, Bhagsu, Dharamkot or Naddi.
~35 km · ~1 hr

Once you reach McLeodganj

Short but not fast

35 km takes an hour because a thousand metres of it is vertical. Do not judge this drive by the distance.

Where to drop

Bhagsu and Dharamkot sit above the square and the walk up with bags is real. Name the guesthouse and we get as close as the road goes.

Galu Devi

The Triund trailhead is 20 minutes above McLeodganj. We drive there and collect you back at the same spot.

Want to change something? Ask on WhatsApp and we’ll send a new plan and fare.

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Before you book