taj and ganges

After arriving at Delhi airport, you will be picked up by our representative, who will assist you and transfer to the hotel.

Arrive at the hotel and check in.

Overnight: Delhi

After breakfast proceed sightseeing to Old & New Delhi:

Old Delhi - Take a peek into the labyrinthine lanes of Chandni Chowk while enjoying a fun-filled cycle rickshaw ride. You will explore the various routes on the rickshaw ride, offering you a different experience altogether. Gandhi Smriti Museum, a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, where he used to stay during his visits to Delhi. Gandhiji was assassinated here on his way to offer customary evening prayers. A large collection of photographs with a few personal belongings and a series of small doll houses and terracotta dolls illustrating Gandhiji’s life are the attractions at this museum. Birla Temple, the temple is dedicated to Laxmi (the goddess of prosperity) and Narayana (The preserver). The temple was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi on the condition that people of all castes would be allowed to enter the temple.

New Delhi - An extensive sightseeing tour of New Delhi would include a visit to the sacred Bangla Sahib, the spiritual place for the Sikh religion where you will see the community kitchen serving food to nearly 10,000 people every day, irrespective of caste, color, creed, sex or religion. Then drive along the ceremonial avenue - Rajpath, past the imposing India Gate, Parliament House, and the President’s Residence and would end with a drive through the Diplomatic Enclave. After sightseeing, return to the hotel.

Overnight: Delhi

Meal: Breakfast

After breakfast, drive to Jaipur also known as the “Pink City” of Rajasthan named after Jai Singh, the former Maharaja of Jaipur. This is the only city in the world symbolizing the nine divisions of the universe through the nine rectangular sectors subdividing it. The palaces and forts of the yesteryears, which were witnesses to the royal processions and splendors, are now living monuments.

The rest of the day is free to relax.

Overnight: Jaipur

Meal: Breakfast

Morning excursion to Amber Fort. Elephant ride ascent to the fort.

Amber Fort Palace - Amber is the classic romantic Rajasthani fort palace. Its construction was started in 1592, its forbidding exterior belies an inner paradise where a beautiful fusion of Mughal and Hindu styles finds its ultimate expression.

Continue sight-seeing.

Jal Mahal - The Jal Mahal was declared as a protected area by the government after which the entry to this wondrous Jal Mahal place has been restricted. Earlier there were boat rides around the palace. However, it still makes an amazing location for a romantic evening stroll. The pathway outside the Jal Mahal. Tourists are free to spend as much time as they like and click as many pictures as they want. Now you will return to your hotel and have a delicious dinner. Later, you will go to your room for another night in this land of Kings.

Hawa Mahal - The ornamental fuse of this "Palace of Winds" is a prominent landmark in Jaipur. Their five-storey structures of sandstone plastered pink are encrusted with fine trelliswork and elaborate balconies. The palace has 953 niches and windows. Built in 1799 by the Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh, the Mahal was a royal grandstand for the palace women. Evening transfer to hotel.

Overnight: Jaipur

Meal: Breakfast

After breakfast, you will depart by road to Agra city. Agra city is also known as the city of the Taj Mahal.

Arrive in Agra and visit Agra fort - the rusty and majestic red-sandstone fort of Agra stands on the banks of the river Yamuna and the construction was started by Emperor Akbar in 1566. At the Diwan-I-Khas (hall of private audience) where marble pavilions with floral inlays lend an ethereal ambiance, the emperor sat on his gem-studded Peacock Throne and met foreign ambassadors and rulers of friendly kingdoms.

Later transfer to hotel.

Overnight: Agra

Meal: Breakfast

After breakfast, visit the magnificent Taj Mahal (Taj Mahal is Closed on Friday) - one of the Seven Wonders of the World, surely the most extravagant expression of love ever created. 20,000 men labored for 22 years to build this memorial for Shah Jahan’s beloved wife. A ride on Tonga up to the Taj is sheer fun and frolic all through.

After the Taj Mahal visit, drive to Delhi. Arrive in Delhi and transfer to the hotel.

Overnight: Varanasi

Meal: Breakfast

Morning transfer to the airport for board flight to Varanasi.

Varanasi – is said to be India’s most sacred city situated on the western bank of the holy river Ganga. It is also the oldest living city in the world.

As a place for devotion and worship, with hundreds of temples dotting the city, sunrise on the riverfront as seen from a boat can be a spiritually uplifting sight. It has a fascination uniquely its own, a quality of sublime beauty, a timeless eternal appeal. Varanasi is a city that cannot be described, only experienced. Arrive in Varanasi and transfer to the hotel.

Afternoon pick up from your hotel, visit temples and explore the narrow streets of the ghats.

Evening be the eye-witness of Holy Worship or the Aarti ritual on the Ghats of The Ganges.

Overnight: Varanasi

Meal: Breakfast

Morning boat cruise at the river Ganges to observe the way of life of pilgrims by the Ghats.

Later excursion to Sarnath, 10 km & East of Varanasi, is the place where Buddha chose to deliver his first sermon. The celebrated Mantra, ’Buddham Sharanam Gachhami’, owes its origin to Sarnath. On the day before his death, Buddha included Sarnath along with Lumbini, Bodh Gaya, and Kushinagar as the four places he thought to be sacred to his followers. It makes Sarnath one of the most venerated Buddhist places. Besides Buddhism, Sarnath is also connected with Jainism. There are many Buddhist monuments and edifices in Sarnath. Some of the important Buddhist monuments at Sarnath are the Dhamekha stupa, the Chaukhandi stupa, and monasteries and temples of different schools of Buddhism from Japan, China, Thailand, Burma, and others. The Indian Buddhist society called Mahabodhi Society maintains a park around the Buddha temple. The Mahabodhi Temple within the park has a tooth relic of the Buddha. There is also a vast expanse of ancient ruins at Sarnath. Several Buddhist structures were raised at Sarnath between the 3rd century BC and the 11th century AD, and today it presents the most expansive ruins amongst places on the Buddhist trail. The Ashoka pillar of Sarnath is the National emblem of India. Also, visit the deer park and the museum.

In time transfer to Varanasi airport to board the flight to Delhi.

Arrive in Delhi and transfer to the hotel.

Overnight: Delhi

Meal: Breakfast

In time transfer to Delhi airport to board your onward flight.

Meal: Breakfast