These tours are organized for adventurous travelers who are interested in learning about the culture of India & Rajasthan and want to experience of its diversity first hand. Become acquainted with India & Rajasthan in a small group on a two-week tour that focuses on the Thar Desert. The modest size of the group enables you to view the non-touristed side of the Rajasthan, you can experience life there in its full reality. Our travel route of 1000 kilometers leads you on back roads by villages, cities, temples, palaces, abandoned fortresses animals of the wilderness and the towering Himalayas.
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Your Itinerary
Day 1:
ARRIVAL DELHI: ASSISTANCE ON ARRIVAL. TRADITIONAL WELCOME WITH GARLANDING AND A WELCOME IN THE HOTEL. THE MORNING IS FREE SO THAT YOU CAN RELAX . AFTERNOON SIGHTSEEING OF OLD DELHI.EVENING AT YOUR OWN .
Day 2:
GEAR UP FOR YOUR TOUR OF NEW DELHI TO INCLUDE QUTAB MINAR, INDIA GATE, HUMAYUN'S TOMB AND THE LAKSHMI NARAYAN TEMPLE. POST LUNCH SESSION & EVENING IS FREE FOR SHOPPING PURPOSE .
Day 3:
IN THE MORNING FLY TO BAGDOGRA & THAN DRIVE TO DARJEELING. CHECK IN THE HOTEL.
Day 4:
HALF DAY TOUR OF DARJEELING . AFTERNOON VISIT TO FAMOUS ROCK GARDEN .EVENING FREE . STAY O/N IN THE HOTEL .
Day 5:
EARLY MORNING DRIVE TO TIGER HILL FOR SUNRISE & THAN AFTER BREAKFAST DRIVE TO GANGTOK & CHECK IN HOTEL. EVENING IS FREE . STAY O/N IN THE HOTEL .
Day 6:
5 POINT SIGHT SEEING TOUR OF GANGTOK INCLUDING FAMOUS RUMTEK MONASTRY
Day 7:
EARLY MORNING DRIVE TO NEW JALPAIGURI TO CATCH THE TRAIN IN THE EVENING FOR OVERNIGHT JOURNEY(IN 2ND AC) TO MUGALSARAI & THAN SMALL DRIVE TO VARANASI .
Day 8:
MORNING FREE. EARLY AFTERNOON AN OPTIONAL EXCURSION TO THE ANCIENT RUINS OF SARNATH, AN IMPORTANT BUDDHIST PILGRIMAGE SITE, MAY BE AVAILABLE
Day 9:
VARANASI (BENARES) IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PILGRIMAGE CENTRE OF HINDUISM, AN AGE-OLD CITY OF COLOURFUL BAZAARS, TEMPLES AND PALACES ON THE BANKS OF THE SACRED GANGES. WE TAKE A DAWN BOAT RIDE ON THE GANGES, AND WITNESS THE SPECTACLE OF PILGRIMS RITUALLY BATHING, PRIESTS INVOKING THE DAWN, PEOPLE WASHING CLOTHES OR PRACTISING YOGA, AND FUNERAL PYRES BURNING ON THE FAMOUS GHATS THAT LEAD DOWN TO THE HOLY RIVER. RETURN TO THE HOTEL FOR BREAKFAST. THE MORNING IS FREE.AFTERNOON TRIP OF THE OLDEST EXISTING CITY IN THE WORLD . OVERNIGHT JOURNEY BY TRAIN TO TUNDLA (IN 1ST AC ) & THAN TO AGRA BY COACH( SMALL DRIVE ) .
Day 10:
AFTER BREAKFAST THE HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR TOUR WILL BE THIS MORNING S VISIT TO THE GLORIOUS TAJ MAHEL , BUILT BY SHAH JAHAN AS A MEMORIAL TO HIS BELOVED WIFE MUMTAJ . LATER EXPLORE THE IMPOSING AGRA FORT.THERE MAY ALSO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A VISIT TO THE TAJ AT SUNSET IF PERMITTED
Day 11:
EARLY MORNING DRIVE TO THE EVOCATIVE CITY OF FATEHPUR SIKRI, BUILT BY AKBAR IN AD 1569 AS HIS NEW IMPERIAL CAPITAL, BUT ABANDONED AFTER ONLY 14 YEARS. LUNCH IN BHARATPUR & THAN VISIT WORLD-RENOWNED BHARATPUR BIRD SANCTUARY, WHERE WE SPEND SOME TIME IN BIRDWATCHING .NIGHT STAY IN BHARATPUR .
Day 12:
IN THE MORNING TRAVEL TO JAIPUR, WHERE WE TRANSFER TO THE HOTEL FOR 2 NIGHTS. IN THE AFTERNOON WE SEE THE HAWA MAHAL (PALACE OF THE WINDS) FROM WHICH THE LADIES OF THE COURT COULD WATCH LIFE OUTSIDE WITHOUT BEING SEEN, AND VISIT THE CHANDRA MAHAL (THE CITY PALACE OF THE MAHARAJAH) EVENING IS FREE FOR SHOPPING & MARKET WALK .
Day 13:
MORNING DRIVE TO AMBER, THE OLD CAPITAL OF JAIPUR, TO VISIT THE HILL-TOP PALACE OF THE RAJPUT RULERS, WITH THE OPPORTUNITY OF MAKING OUR ASCENT BY ELEPHANT. THE AFTERNOON IS AT LEISURE & FOR SHOPPING
Day 14:
MORNING DRIVE TO JODHPUR, THE SECOND CITY OF RAJASTHAN ON THE EDGE OF THE THAR DESERT. TRANSFER TO THE HOTEL FOR AN OVERNIGHT STAY.IN THE AFTERNOON GO FOR SIGHTSEEING, INCLUDING THE MIGHTY 15TH CENTURY FORT WHICH TOWERS ABOVE THE CITY .
Day 15:
DRIVE TO JAISALMER, THE MOST PERFECT OF THE WALLED CITIES OF RAJASTHAN, RISING OUT OF THE DESERT LIKE A MIRAGE. TWO NIGHTS ARE SPENT AT THE GORBANDH PALACE HOTEL (OR SIMILAR).
Day 16:
SIGHTSEEING IN JAISALMER, A MEDIEVAL CITY OF ELABORATELY CARVED MANSIONS (HAVELIS) IN YELLOW SANDSTONE, BUILT BY RICH MERCHANTS AT A TIME WHEN THE CITY WAS A KEY STOPPING PLACE ON THE CARAVAN ROUTES FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. JAISALMER HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS AN OPEN AIR MUSEUM, AND TO ENTER ITS NARROW COBBLED LANES IS TO STEP BACK INTO ANOTHER ERA. IN THE EVENING WE HAVE ARRANGED A DESERT BARBECUE
Day 17:
CONTINUE BY ROAD TO BIKANER, WHERE WE SPEND THE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT STAY .
Day 18:
DRIVE TO MANDAWA IN THE SHEKHAVATI REGION, KNOWN FOR THE BEAUTIFUL FRESCOES WHICH ADORN MANY OF THE BUILDINGS. OVER NIGHT STAY IN THE HERITAGE HOTEL
Day 19:
FULL MORNING JOURNEY BY ROAD BACK TO DELHI FOR ACCOMMODATION AT THE RADISSON HOTEL OR SIMILAR, CONVENIENTLY LOCATED NEAR THE AIRPORT, UNTIL DEPARTURE EARLY NEXT MORNING .HALF DAY IN DELHI FOR SHOPPING & PERSONNAL WORKS.
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