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Day 01: Arrive Mumbai
Arrive Mumbai, Welcome and assistance upon arrival at the airport. Later
transfer to hotel.
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Day 02: Mumbai
Morning free to relax and adjust to the time zone. Afternoon city tour
of Mumbai visiting the Gateway of India built to commemorate the visit
of King George V, Prince of Wales Museum, Crawford market, Dhobi Ghat.
Day 03: Mumbai - Ahmedabad
Morning transfer to airport for flight to Ahmedabad. Arrive and transfer
to hotel. Afternoon city tour of Ahmedabad. Ahemadabad contains some
very fine museums, the Calico museum of textile being considered one the
worlds fines. This walled city is testimony to India's crafts. Visit
some of the famous ancient wooden Jain temples, shaking minarets, Jumma
Masjid and modern architectural design buildings.
Day 04: Ahmedabad - Wankaner
Transfer to airport for flight to Rajkot. Arrive and drive to Wankaner.
Afternoon city tour of Wankaner includes visit to stupendous 1907 Ranjit
Vilas Palace.
Day 05: Wankaner - Gir
Early morning drive to Sasan Gir Forest for game viewing. This forest is
the last remaining natural habitat of the Asiatic Lions, teak and
deciduous forest, leopard, deer, monkeys, hyena, peacocks etc.
Day 06: Gir
Full day game viewing at the Jungle.
Day 07: Gir - Palitana
Morning drive to palitana. Arrive and transfer to hotel. Afternoon city
tour. Palitana is a gateway to Shatrunjaya, the Place of Victory. It is
famous as one of Jainism's holiest pilgrimage places. The climb up 2 kms
to the hill will lead you into 863 different Jain temples built over a
period of 900 years. The most important temple is dedicated to Sri
Adhiswara, the first tirthankar a Jain Founder) Nearby is the Muslim
shrine of Angar pi. Childless women come here and make offering of
miniature cradles at this shrine to become mothers.
Day 08: Palitana - Bhavnagar
Morning drive to Bhavnagar. Arrive and check in at hotel. Afternoon city
tour. Bhavnagar was once a Princely State, was founded in 1743 is now a
flourishing port of Khambat. This city is famous for sacred Shatrunjaya
hills, Takhteswar temple situated on hilltop and Gaurshankar lake.
Day 09: Bhavnagar - Mumbai
Morning transfer to airport for flight to Mumbai. Arrive Mumbai and
transfer to hotel.
Day 10: Mumbai - Aurangabad
Morning transfer to airport for flight to Aurangabad. Arrive and
transfer to hotel. Afternoon visit Ellora caves. (Caves closed on
Monday) Ellora Caves - Three distinct groups of temples relate the story
of the evolution of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. Chiseled out of rock
by religious monks over the centuries, the sites were chosen for their
seclusion. Over 2000 years old, they are compared to the Pyramids for
their amazing construction, sculptures and frescoes. The most marvelous
of all is the Stupendous Rock Temple of Kailash.
Day 11: Aurangabad - Mumbai
Full day visit to Ajanta caves. Ajanta Caves - 112 km from Aurangabad,
the caves here which are over 2000 years old hewn out of a solid rock.
The wall paintings and frescoes of these caves have a beautiful flow of
line and a wealth of color. Evening transfer to airport for flight to
Mumbai. Arrive Mumbai and transfer to hotel.
Day 12: Mumbai - Goa
Morning transfer to airport for flight to Goa. Arrive and check - in at
hotel. Afternoon city tour of Goa. Goa - famous for its world renowned
goldenbeaches and its Dutch Portuguese influence. Visit Basilica
Cathedral where the body of St. Francis Xavier is enshrined, Patriarch's
Palace, Church of St. Francis of Assisi.
Day 13: Goa
Full day free to relax at the world famous Golden beaches of Goa.
Day 14: Goa - Mumbai
Morning free to relax at the beach. Afternoon transfer to airport for
flight to Mumbai. Arrive and transfer to hotel.
Day 15: Mumbai - Onward Journey
Transfer to airport for flight to your onward destination.
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India
will sideswipe you with its size, clamour and diversity but if you
enjoy delving in to convoluted cosmologies and thrive on sensual
overload, then it is one of the most intricate and rewarding dramas
unfolding on earth, and you'll quickly develop an abiding passion
for it.
"If
there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of
living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man
began the dream of existence,