Destinations
Covered : Delhi - Mandawa - Bikaner - Jaisalmer
- Jodhpur - Luni - Ranakpur - Udaipur -
Jaipur - Fatehpur Sikri - Agra - Khajuraho
- Varanasi - Delhi
Duration :
15 Nights / 16 Days
Day 01 Delhi
Fly from your country to New Delhi, you
will be greeted & assisted by company
representative upon arrival. Transfer to
pre booked hotel for overnight stay.
Day 02 New
& Old Delhi
Breakfast at Hotel and then leave for full
day sightseeing of Old and New Delhi visiting
Jamia Masjid, enjoy rickshaw ride in narrow
alleys of old Delhi through Kinari Bazaar
And 400 years old Chandni Chowk, Red Fort,
Crematory of Mahatma Gandhi, Birla Temple,
Parliament House, Presidential House, India
Gate, Government buildings & Qutab Minar,
Akshardham Temple. Welcome dinner will be
organized at Village Restaurant Bistro with
Indian Cultural dances. Return Hotel for
overnight stay.
Day 03 New
Delhi - Mandawa ( 275 Km, 06 hours )
Morning leave for Mandawa through the villages
of Rajasthan. Arrive & check in at Hotel
Castle Mandawa, afternoon visit the 150
to 200 year old painted havelies (big houses)
by the natural colors in the streets of
the village. You can also watch the daily
village life while watching the havelies.
Overnight at Hotel.
Day 04 Mandawa
- Bikaner ( 190 Km, 04 hours )
Morning leave for Bikaner was founded by
Rao Biked Ji in 1488 A.D. Arrive & check
in at the Hotel. Afternoon visit Junagarh
Fort founded in year 1593 by Raja Rai Singh
who was general in the army of mighty Mughal
emperor Akbar and rest of the Fort was improved
by the successors. Afterwards visit Asia's
largest Camel Breeding Research Farm and
local busy markets. Overnight at Hotel.
Day 05 Bikaner
- Jaisalmer ( 330 Km, 06 hours )
After breakfast leave for Jaisalmer enroute
visit at 7th century Mahavira Jain Temple
and 2000 years old Jija Mata Temple at Oscian
village. Continue your drive drive to Jaisalmer,
founded by Rawal Jaisal in 1156 A.D. after
shifting his capital from Ladurva. Jaisalmer
was the main caravan route from Far East
to the Middle East, arrive & check in
at Hotel Gorbandh Palace or similar for
overnight stay.
Day 06 Jaisalmer
( Golden City )
Morning sightseeing of Jaisalmer Fort (
80 meters above plains ) & Jain Temples
within the Fort built in 12th to 15th century
which are very worth watching. The specialty
of the Fort is that still approximately
5000 people are living inside. Visit Fort
Palace & atop from Palace you can have
the golden view of whole Jaisalmer city
as whole city is built in yellow sand stones,
when sun rays fall on the city, it give
impression as golden city of India. Afterwards
visit Patwon Ki Haveli and Nath Ji Mal Ki
Haveli. Afternoon drive to Sam Sand dunes
to watch sensational Sun Set by camel ride.
Return to Hotel for overnight.
Jaisalmer
Fort Day 07 Jaisalmer - Jodhpur (275Km)
- Luni (40km)
Breakfast & leave to Jodhpur, founded
by Rao Jodha in 1459 AD after shifting his
capital from Mandore to Jodhpur by the advise
of a holy man. Arrive & check in at
Hotel, afternoon visit Mehrangarh Fort 125
meters above plains, Jaswant thada and Sardar
market clock tower. After Sightseeing drive
to Luni. Later an hours drive brings us
to the world of animals - Luni, the palace
amidst the more rustic life of Rajasthan.
After lunch we take you on a safari to discover
the hidden beauty of the jungle life. Here
you would be visiting the Bishnoi villages.
Bishnois are a tribe that respects life
in every form - animals trees and even dead
branches. They are vegetarians and even
in the villages they protect the animal
life and don't let anybody practice hunting
in the vicinity of their villages. They
live in a joint family system where the
oldest member is generally the head of the
family. Then we would like you to witness
the opium ceremony with the Patels - a rich
tribe. It is a ceremony prevelant in this
part of Rajasthan where the youth offers
opium to drink mixed with water to the elders
of the family when they come back from work
in the fields. Night in Fort Chanwa in Luni.
Day 08 Luni
- Ranakpur - Udaipur ( 245 Km, 07 hours
)
Breakfast and leave for Udaipur enroute
visit 15th century Ranakpur Jain Temple
built in pure white marble with 80 doms
supported by 1444 different carved pillars.
Continue your drive to Udaipur, founded
by Maharana Udai Singh in 1559 AD, ( Maha
means great & Rana means warrior, so
Maharana means a great warrior ). Udaipur
is a beautiful city of lakes at the altitude
of 577 MSL surrounded by Aravalli Hills.
Arrive and check in at for overnight stay.
Day 09 Udaipur
( Lake City )
After breakfast visit City Palace, Jagdish
temple built in 1651 AD, Fatehsagar lake,
Sahalion Ki Bari. Afternoon enjoy boat ride
in lake Pichola to visit Jagmandir Island.
Late afternoon, enjoy exciting cultural
folk dances of Rajasthan at Meera Kala Mandir.
Return to Hotel for overnight stay.
Day 10 Udaipur
- Jaipur ( 348 Km, 06. hours )
After an early breakfast in hotel drive
to Jaipur. This historic city was founded
by Maharaja Swai Jai Singh in 1727 AD after
shifting his capital from Amer valley to
newly formed and planned city of its time
after consulting so many maps of the world
and finally organized own religious map
Shilpa Shastra with the help of a young
Bengali architect Vidyadhar Batacharya.
Maharaja Swai Jai Singh was a builder, astronomer,
astrologer, soldier, philospher. Presently,
Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan &
is world famous as the Pink City. Arrive
and your first Stop will be at Amer Fort
where from elephants will carry you to the
Fort, ( Elephant Ride ) gives you the experience
and impression of how Maharajas & royal
family members were using the services of
elephants. After lunch visit City Palace
Museum, Jantar Mantar ( Astrological Observatory
), Hawa Mahal ( wind palace ) where from
royal ladies were watching daily processions
and daily life. Check in at Hotel for overnight
stay.
Day 11 Jaipur
( Pink City )
After breakfast full day sightseeing tours
of Jaipur visiting Hawa Mahal (palace of
winds ) where from royal ladies were watching
daily processions and life. Afterwards visit
Amer Fort by elephant ride, that gives you
the experience and impression of how Maharajas
& royal family members were using the
services of elephants. After lunch visit
City Palace Museum, Astrological Observatory
and local busy markets. Afterwards check
in at Hotel Rambagh palace for overnight
stay.
Day 12 Jaipur
- Fatehpur Sikri - Agra ( 235 Km, 06 hours
)
Morning leave for Agra enroute one of the
most important place of Mughal era Fatepur
Sikri founded by Akbar in 1569 AD as a ceremonial
capital. But unfortunately this magnificent
city was abandoned due to scarcity of drinking
water and Akbar went back to Agra. Continue
your drive to Agra, arrive and check in
at Hotel Clarks Shiraz. After change and
wash visit one of the wonders of the world,
Taj Mahal ( monument of love ), founded
by 5th great Mughal Emperor Shahi Jahan
in the memory of his beloved queen Anjuman
Bano Begum ( with love emperor called her
Mumtaz ). After her death in 1627 AD, in
her memory emperor started to built Taj
Mahal ( Taj means crown & Mahal means
Palace, so it is Crown Palace ) from 1631
to 1653 AD with twenty two thousand labors
working since sun rise to sun set in twenty
two years. The marble was transported from
Makrana in Rajasthan by the help of animals.
Return to Hotel for overnight stay.
Day 13 Agra
After an early breakfast in Clark Shiraz,
visit Agra Fort, was built by three emperors,
Akbar & Jahangir in red sand stone &
Shahi Jahan in white marble. The Fort is
2.5 Km long and during Mughal rule one third
of the Fort was occupied by the army. When
British ruled India, they repeated same
tradition and now traditionally Indian army
has occupied the same. Afterwards visit
Itma-ud-ullha the baby Taj. Return to Hotel
for overnight stay.
Day 14 Agra
- Khajuraho
Transfer to Agra airport to board flight
for Khajuraho. The temples at Khajuraho
from probably one of the best examples of
Indian art and architecture. Arrive and
check in at Hotel for overnight stay.
Day 15 Khajuraho
Temple - Varanasi
This morning visit the Eastern and Western
group of temples where fortnight sculptures
celebrate the joy of life and love for which
there is probably no equivalent in the world.
Afternoon transfer to airport to board flight
for Varanasi situated on the banks of the
sacred Ganges, Varanasi has been a center
of pilgrimage and learning for over 2000
years and is considered to be one of the
oldest surviving cities in the world. Arrive
and check in at Hotel for overnight.
Day 16 Varanasi
- Delhi
Early morning boat ride to watch the sunrise
over the Ganges when hundred of people are
worshiping & taking bath. Later tour
the old city visiting the principles temples
including Kashi Hindu University where more
than fifty thousand students from all over
the world are learning. Afternoon Transfer
to airport to board flight for New, arrive
and explore few hours in the busy markets
of old and new Delhi. After farewell dinner
transfer to International airport to board
flight back to your country.
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