Duration:
07 Nights -08 Days
Destination Covered: Delhi -
Agra - Fatehpur Sikri - Jaipur.
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Tour Highlights |
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Delhi |
Red Fort, Raj Ghat, Jama Masjid,
Chandni Chowk, India Gate, President's House, Humayun's Tomb &
Qutub Minar Optional Sound &
Light Show at Red Fort with dinner at Chor Bizarre |
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Jaipur |
Elephant ride to Amber Fort Palace
, City Palace, Jantar Mantar (Observatory) & Hawa Mahal
(Palace of Winds) Optional
Cultural evening at Chokhi Dhani |
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Fatehpur Sikri |
Akbar's Residential complex,
Mosque & Tomb of Salim Chisti |
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Agra |
Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Sikandara |
Detailed Programme
Day
01 :
Delhi: Arrival in Delhi at 3.45 AM. Traditional welcome with
“Tilak”
and transfer to hotel for welcome drink and check-in. Morning is
free to relax in hotel. After lunch enjoy a drive to Raj Ghat
(Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial on the banks of River Yamuna), drive
past Red Fort, with stop for photography, to Jama Masjid built by
Emperor Shahjahan. Rikshaw ride to Chandni Chawk Bazaar. Dinner
and overnight in hotel.
Day 02 : Delhi/Jaipur: After breakfast drive 258 kilometers or 160
miles to Jaipur. After lunch enjoy a gem cutting and polishing
session. Jaipur is famous for its colored gem industry. Dinner and
overnight in hotel.
Day 03 :
After breakfast visit the Hawa Mahal in the Pink City on the way
to Amber Fort, enjoy the ride on elephant back to the hilltop
palaces. After sightseeing of the palaces at Amber ride down on
Jeeps. Visit the Turban Museum where you
can try on one of the many Rajasthani style turbans. After lunch
view the carpet weavers and wood-block cotton textile printers of
Jaipur at work. Afternoon sightseeing includes City Palace of
Kachhwaha Maharajas, visit the fascinating textiles gallery in
Mubarak Mahal, the Sarvatobhadra (Hall of Private Audience) with
the two famous Gangajallis (Silver Urns to carry Ganga River
water), the colorful courtyard of Chandra Mahal with its Peacock
Gate and the “Diwan-i-Am” Art Gallery that houses some of the most
famous Mughal and Rajasthani miniature paintings. Stepping out of
the City Palace visit the Astronomical Observatory that is largest
one built by the founder of Jaipur, Sawai Jai Singh. All except
one of its 17 astronomical instruments are still functional.
Dinner and overnight in hotel.
Day 04, Jaipur/Amber/Fatehpur Sikri/Agra: After
breakfast drive 192 kilometers or 119 miles to Emperor Akbar’s
deserted capital, Fatehpur Sikri. Visit the palaces complex and
the mosque with the ornately carved white marble tomb of Sufi
saint Sheikh Salim Chistie before driving 40 kilometers or 25
miles further to Agra. Later view the world famous monument at
sunset. After dinner visit the Taj Mahal for viewing it in the
full moon light. Dinner and overnight in hotel.
Day
05 : Agra: After breakfast at hotel visit a marble factory
where traditional craftsmen still work using similar hand operated
implements that their forefathers had used more than 300 years ago
to build the Taj Mahal. After lunch drive to the Red Fort of Agra
where and visit Emperor Akbar’s and his grandson Emperor
Shahjahan’s palaces. Emperor Aurangzeb, the son of Emperor
Shahjahan kept him a prisoner in his own palaces for the last 8
years of his life. Later drive a short distance to visit the white
marble tomb of Itmad-ud-Daulah who was the father of Emperor
Jahangir’s queen, Noor Jahan. Sitar performance, dinner and
overnight in hotel.
Day
06 :
Agra/Delhi: After breakfast drive to Radhaswami Temple in
Dayalbagh and to the tomb of Emperor Akbar at Sikandara, after
sightseeing drive further to New Delhi. Evening at leisure in
hotel. Dinner and overnight in hotel.

Day 07
: Delhi: Morning free to relax. Check-out before lunch. After
lunch proceed for New Delhi sightseeing that includes Qutub Minar,
Humayun’s Tomb, a brief stop at Baha’i Lotus Temple for
photography and drive past President’s Mansion, Prime Minister’s
office, Parliament House and India Gate in the part of New Delhi
planned by the British architect, Edwin Lutyens. End the
sightseeing of the day with Aartee ceremony at Lakshmi Narain
Temple. Farewell dinner.
Day 08 : Transfer to Indira Gandhi
International Airport to board .
Included in this Price
7 nights’
Accommodations:
Daily Breakfast and dinner.
All Transfers, Sightseeing, Excursions per itinerary by deluxe
coach with mineral water.
Elephant ride in Jaipur
Services of English-speaking Tour Guides
Support of professional staff in India
All applicable land taxes
Not included
in the price:
Lunches
Drinks in hotels and restaurants
All Monument
Entrance Fees
Tips to guides and driver
Telephone, Laundry, Room Service charges in hotels
Any other items of
personal nature and that are not included in the above list.
Our tour
concludes: We thank you for your
patronage & look forward serve you again in near future.