Detailed Itinerary
Day 01 Arrive Delhi
Welcome to India. After clearing immigration and custom
formalities, your representative will greet you and
assist you to your hotel.
Overnight at Hotel
Day 02 New Delhi ,
This morning, your guide will take you on a combined
tour of Old & New Delhi. The older part of the
Capital takes you to the Red Fort with its Pearl Mosque
and exquisite audience halls, Jama Masjid Mosque with
its marble domes and slender minarets; Raj Ghat (where
Mahatma Gandhi was cremated); the Ashoka Pillar. Enjoy
lunch at the local restaurant.
Than the modern area takes you on a drive along Rajpath,
New Delhi's broadest avenue, and see the House of
Parliament, the Diplomatic Enclave and the President's
House the royal residence of the former viceroys and
now of the President of India. Also visit the India
Gate and drive through Connaught Place, the Qutub
Minar built in the 12th century.
Dinner in the hotel. Overnight at Hotel
Day 03 New Delhi / Jaipur ,
After a leisurely breakfast prepare for your onward
journey by road to Jaipur (260 kms 5 hours). Arrive
Jaipur by Noon and check-in at your hotel. Enjoy lunch
in the hotel.
Early this evening, you will get ready for an evening
full of joy and entertainment. Visit Green Pigeon
- A local Rajasthani theme Restaurant and enjoy Cultural
dance, magic show with dinner. Also see the making
of Roti (Indian Bread). After dinner, return to your
hotel.
Overnight at Hotel .
Day 04 Jaipur ,
This morning after breakfast, visit the Amber Fort,
a spectacular fortress-palace protecting a complex
of palaces, temples, exquisite marble and mirror-inlaid
halls and apartments. The highlight of the tour is
an elephant ride up the hill at the Fort like a Maharaja
!
In the afternoon, visit the "pink city"
so-called because a great deal of the older part is
built of pink-colored stone. Visit the Hawa Mahal
(Wind Palace), a high and intricately carved wall
behind which women of the court were sequestered while
watching processions. Also see the Observatory and
the City Palace, which houses an excellent collection
of Rajasthani costumes, miniatures and an armory of
Rajput weapons. Enjoy lunch at Surbhi Restaurant and
see the largest turban museum in Rajasthan. Enjoy
dinner in the hotel
Overnight at Hotel.
Day 05 Jaipur/ Agra ,
This morning, you will prepare for onward journey
by road to Agra (250 kms 5.5 hours). En route stop
at the walled city of Fatehpur Sikri, built by Akbar
the Great to commemorate the birth of his son. Visit
the red stone mosques, courtyards and the palace where
Akbar once played chess using slave girls as pawns.
Continue for Agra, arriving Agra around lunch time.
Enjoy lunch in the hotel.
Overnight at Hotel
Day 06 Agra ,
Agra is famous as being home to one of the Seven Wonders
of the World -the Taj Mahal. The architectural splendor
of the mausoleums, the fort and the palaces is a vivid
reminder of the opulence of the legendary Moghul Empire,
of which Agra was the capital in the 16th and early
17th centuries.
The 16th century Agra Fort, houses a number of exquisite
buildings: the Moti Masjid (pearl mosque), Diwane-I-Am
(palace for general audience), Diwane-I-Khas (private
palace), Anguri Bagh (wine yard), Sheesh Mahal (hall
of mirrors), and the Musamman Bhurj (Jasmine Tower)
where Shah Jahan died as a prisoner of his own son.
After the tour of the fort, you will be taken to
visit the magnificent mausoleum, Taj Mahal, erected
by Shah Jahan in memory of his beloved wife, Queen
Mumtaz Mahal. Begun in 1631, 20,000 workmen took 22
years to complete it a dream in white marble which
lies in perfect proportion to the elegant garden of
fountains. Enjoy lunch and dinner in the hotel.
Overnight at Hotel
Day 07 Agra / Delhi Departure ,
After breakfast, morning at leisure, After lunch in
the hotel, drive back to Delhi (220 kms 4 hours).
Upon arrival, transfer to the Indira Gandhi International
Airport well schedule to check-in for your onward
flight. |