Delhi - Udaipur -
Jodhpur - Jaisalmer - Bikaner - Jaipur - Agra
- Jhansi -Orchha - Khajuraho - Varanasi - Delhi
( 18 Nights / 19 Days )
Day 01 / Arrival Delhi
Welcome to India! Arrive Delhi, meet assist at
the airport by our tour representative & then
transfer to hotel. Overnight stay in Delhi hotel.
Day 02 / Delhi
Breakfast in Hotel, after a leisurely breakfast
proceed for sightseeing tour of Old & New
Delhi where ornate buildings recall the days when
India was the Jewel in the crown of the British
empire. Visit the Red Fort, Raj Ghat, 11th century
Qutab Minar ,India Gate and the grand government
buildings, the President’s House, also visit
Laxmi Narayan temple popularly known as Birla
Temple. Overnight stay in Delhi hotel.
Day 03 / Delhi - Udaipur (By flight)
After breakfast transfer to airport to board the
flight to Udaipur. Arrive Udaipur, meet assist
at the airport & transfer to hotel. Evening
free at leisure. Overnight stay in Udaipur hotel.
Day 04 / Udaipur
Breakfast in Hotel, after breakfast proceed for
sightseeing tour of Udaipur. It is called the
"Venice of the East". Maharana Udai
Singh founded the city in 1568. Udaipur is full
of palaces, temples and havelis, ranging from
the modest to the extravagant. Visit the City
Palace. At this palace complex, you will marvel
at the rooms with mirrored walls and ivory doors,
colored glass windows, inlaid marble balconies
and the peacock courtyard. Also visit the lovely
Sahelion-ki-Bari gardens, the Jagdish temple and
the local folk museum. Afternoon motor launch
cruise on the placid waters of Lake Pichola. From
the boat you will be able to view the city of
Udaipur as it rises majestically above the lake
in the middle of the Rajasthan desert. Also visit
the Jag Mandir Palace - the other lovely island
palace in the middle of the lake. Built by Maharana
Karan Singhji in 1622 as a pleasure palace for
royal function, this island palace has also provided
refuge to Prince Khurram who was more known as
Emperor Shah Jahan. It is also believed that he
got the inspiration to build the Taj Mahal from
this Island Palace. Night stay in Udaipur hotel.
Day 05 / Udaipur - Jodhpur (By road)
After breakfast drive to Jodhpur. On arrival transfer
to hotel.Overnight stay in Jodhpur hotel.
Day 06 / Jodhpur (By road)
Breakfast in Hotel, after breakfast proceed for
sightseeing tour of Jodhpur visiting The Mehrangarh
Fort, The Jaswant Thada and The famous Sardar
market. Overnight stay in Jodhpur hotel.
Day 07 / Jodhpur - Jaisalmer (By road)
Morning drive to Jaisalmer, on arrival transfer
to hotel. Evening free at leisure. Overnight stay
in Jaisalmer hotel.
Day 08 / Jaisalmer
Breakfast in Hotel, after breakfast proceed for
full Day sight seeing of Jaisalmer Visiting Jaiselmer
Fort Museum & the famous Jain Temple. Take
a walk through the back streets to the Patwon
ki Haveli & Kothari Haveli. Overnightstay
in Jaisalmer hotel.
Day 09 / Jaisalmer - Bikaner (By road)
Morning drive to Bikaner. On arrival transfer
to the hotel. Later city sight seeing tour. Bikaner
is named after its founder Rao Bikaji in 1488.
But long before this, the city was trade center
on the caravan routes from Africa and West Asia.
Bikaner’s dominant features are rippling
sands and abundant sunshine. The city stands on
an elevation, enclosed by a 7 Kms wall, which
can be entered from 5 gate. Bikaner City is bolstered
by imposing walls and has a 16th century fort
housing old palaces, temples and mosque. Founded
by Raja Rai Singh the fort is distinguished by
its long range of 37 pavilions, a line of balconies
and aerial windows of varying designs. Also visit
Lallgarh Palace, Bhanda Sagar Jain and Deshnoke
Rat temple. Overnight stay in Bikaner hotel.
Day 10 / Bikaner - Jaipur (By road)
Morning drive to Jaipur, on arrival transfer to
the hotel. Evening at leisure. Overnight stay
in Jaipur hotel.
Day 11 / Jaipur
Breakfast in the hotel, after breakfast proceed
for sightseeing to Amber Fort, City Palace, Jantar
Mantar. The Amber Fort - set in picturesque and
rugged hills is a fascinating blend of Mughal
Architecture, construct by Raja Mann Singh in
1592 and completed by Swai Jai Singh, the fort
is made in red sand stone and white marble. The
rugged forbidding exterior belies an inner paradise
with a beautiful of art and architecture. Amber
Fort is the classic and romantic fort palace with
a magnificent aura. The interior wall of palace
depicts expressive painting scenes with carvings,
precious stones and mirror settings. The City
Palace located in the heart of the world city.
The City Palace is a blend of Mughal and Rajasthani
architecture and the royal family still lives
in a part of the Palace. The building now forms
the Maharaja Swai Man Singh II Museum and on display
here are a wide array of royal costumes, some
vary exquisite and precious pashmina (kashmiri)
shawls, Benaras silk sarries sauganeri prints
and folk embroidery. Overnight stay in Jaipur
hotel.
Day 12 / Jaipur - Agra
After a leisurely breakfast drive to Agra enroute
visiting Fatehpur Sikri, the deserted red Sandstone
City, Emperor Akbar built that as his capital
and palace in the late 16th century is an exhilarating
experience. It a veritable fairytale city and
its "ruins" are in pristine condition
... it's not hard to imagine what the court life
must have been like in the days of it's grandeur.
On arrival transfer to hotel. Evening free at
leisure. Overnight stay in Agra hotel.
Day 13 / Agra
Breakfast in the hotel, after breakfast sightseeing
tour of Agra: TAJ MAHAL –A white marble
Tomb building 1631 – 1648 in Agra, seat
of the Mughal Empire by Shah Jahan for his wife,
Arjuman Banu Begum, the monument sums up many
of the formal themes that have played through
Islamic architecture. Its refined elegance is
a conspicuous contrast both to the Hindu architecture
of pre – Islamic India, with its thick walls,
corbelled arches and heavy lintels and to the
Indo Islamic styles, in which Hindu elements are
combined with an electric assortment of motifs
from Persian and Turkish sources. AGRA FORT- Fort
built in red sandstone with its magnificent palaces,
halls of public and private audience and the beautiful
gardens. This is where Emperor Shah Jahan was
kept under house arrest by his third son Aurangzeb
and spent the last year of his life viewing the
Taj Mahal from across the river Jamuna. Overnight
stay in Agra hotel.
Day 14 / Agra - Jhansi (By train) Jhansi
- Orchha (By Road)
After a leisurely breakfast transfer to railway
station to board the train to Jhansi , Arrive
Jhansi & drive to Orchha & transfer to
hotel. Later tour of this historical site with
magnificient temples and monuments. Some of the
palaces were decorated with painted murals which
represent the finest flowering of the Bundela
school of painting. Overnight stay in Orchha hotel.
Day 15 / Orchha - Khajuraho (By surface)
After breakfast drive to Khajuraho Khajuraho-
Right through the Mughal invasion and the early
British forays into India, Khajuraho temples in
India remained unknown. Rediscovered in this century,
they are fine reminders of India's glorious past.
Khajuraho Temples are the most graphic, erotic
and sensuous sculptures of India, the world has
ever known. But Khajuraho has not received the
attention it deserves for its significant contribution
to the religious art of India – there are
literally hundreds of exquisite images on the
interior and exterior walls of the shrines. Architecturally
these temples are unique. While each temple in
Khajuraho has a distinct plan and design, several
features are common to all. They are all built
on high platforms, several metres off the ground,
either in granite or a combination of light sandstone
and granite. Each of these temples has an entrance
hall or mandapa, and a sanctum sanctorum or garbha
griha. Arrive Khajuraho and transfer to hotel.
Evening at leisure. Overnight stay in Khajuraho
hotel.
Day 16 / Khajuraho
After breakfast explore Khajuraho city, the temples
are grouped into three geographical divisions
: western, eastern and southern.
Western Group
These groups of Khajuraho temples are entirely
Hindu, and constitute some of the finest examples
of Chandela art at its peak. The largest being
the Kandhariya Mahadev, followed by a granite
temple - Chaunsath Yogini. The Chitragupta Temple
is dedicated to the Sun God, while the Vishwanath
Temple sports a three-headed image of Brahma –
the Creator of the Universe. The Lakshmana Temple
is superbly decorated, while the Devi Jagdambi
Temple is dedicated to Goddess Kali.
Eastern Group
This group of Khajuraho tempels comprises of two
historic Jain temples – the Adinath Temple
lavishly embellished with sculpted figures, and
the Parsvanath Temple, the largest Jain temple,
sculpted with charming detail. There are other
shrines such as the Vamana Temple with apsaras
in sensuous poses, and the Javari Temple that
has a richly-carved doorway.
Southern Group
This group has two impressive Khajuraho temples,
mainly belonging to the 12th century – the
Chaturbhuja Temple, with a massive, carved image
of Vishnu, and the Duladeo Temple, one of the
last temples of the Chandela era, dedicated to
Lord Shiva. Overnight stay in Khajuraho hotel.
Day 17 / Khajuraho - Varanasi (By flight
Dep 1330 Arr 1410)
After leisurely breakfast transfer to airport
to board the flight for Varanasi-said to be the
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. Varanasi
is the city which cannot be described, only experienced.
As a place for devotion and worship, with hundreds
of temples dotting the city , sunrise on the river
front 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. Arrive Varanasi and transfer to
hotel. Evening view “Aarti” ceremony
on the Ghats. Overnight stay in Varanasi hotel.
Day 18 / Varanasi
Morning boat cruise at the river Ganges to observe
the way of life of pilgrims by the Ghats. Later
excursion to Sarnath, 10kms. East of Varanasi,
is one of the Buddhism’s major centers of
India. Sarnath has many more ruins of monasteries
and stupas.The spot at which the stupa stands
is believed to be the place from where Buddha
gave his forts sermon. Sarnath has an extremely
rich collection of Buddhist statues. After attaining
enlightenment, the Buddha came to Sarnath where
he gave his first sermon. Today Sarnath is considered
as one of the richest place to have antiques since
the Ashoka period to the 12th century. These sculptures
are the images of Buddha and Bodhisatva. Visit
the deer park and the museum, Aurangazeb’s
Mosque and one of the biggest university of India,
later back to Varanasi. Overnight stay in Varanasi
hotel.
Day 19 / Varanasi - Delhi (By flight)
After breakfast, transfer to airport for flight
to Delhi. Arrive Delhi & transfer to International
Airport to board the flight for onward journey
or way back home.
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