Golden Triangle and Ganges
Delhi - Jaipur - Agra - Varanasi - Delhi (8 Nights
/ 9 Days)
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Day
01 |
Arrival
Delhi
Arrive Delhi, meet assist at the airport & transfer to
hotel. Night stay in Delhi. |
| Day 02 |
Delhi
After a leisurely breakfast sightseeing tour of New Delhi
where ornate buildings recall the days when India was the
Jewel in the crown of the British empire. Visit the 11th
century Qutab Minar, India Gate and the grand government
buildings, The President’s House, Red fort, Mahatama
Gandhi Memorial, Also visit Laxmi Narayan temple popularly
known as Birla Temple. Night stay in Delhi.
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| Day 03 |
Delhi - Jaipur (
By Train )
Early morning pick up from hotel & transfer to railway
station to board the airconditioned train to Jaipur. Breakfast
in the train. Arrive Jaipur and transfer to hotel. Later sight
seeing tour of Jaipur covering:
CITY PALACE - A delightful
blend of Mughal and traditional Rajasthani architecture, the
City Palace sprawls over one-seventh of the area in the walled
city. It houses the Chandra Mahal, Shri Govind Dev Temple
and the City Palace Museum.
JANTAR MANTAR - This is the largest and
the best preserved of the five observatories built by Jai
Singh II in different parts of the country. This observatory
consisting of outsized astronomical instruments is still in
use.
HAWA MAHAL - The ornamental
facade of this "Palace of Winds" is a prominent
landmark in Jaipur. Their five-storey structures of sandstone
plastered pink encrusted with fine trelliswork and elaborate
balconies. The palace has 953 niches and windows. Built in
1799 by Pratap Singh, the Mahal was a royal grandstand for
the palace women. Night stay in Jaipur. |
| Day 04 |
Jaipur- Agra
Morning visit the majestic Amber Fort, is one that cannot
be easily described. Ride up on Elephants to the former
capital of the royals set against the backdrop of the wooded
hills. Later drive to Agra enroute visiting Fatehpur Sikri-a
perfectly preserved red sandstone “ghost town”
which was the estranged capital of mughal emperor Akbar,
built in 1569 and deserted when its water supply failed.
Arrive Agra & transfer to hotel. Evening at leisure.
Night stay in Agra.
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| Day 05 |
Agra-Varanasi ( By Train )
Morning at sunrise visit the magnificent Taj Mahal - one of
the seven wonders of the world surely the most extravagant
expression of love ever created. 20,000 men laboured for over
17 years to build this memorial to Shah Jahan's beloved wife,
Also visit the Red 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-Am (hall of public audience), a colonnaded hall of
red-sandstone with a throne alcove of inlaid marble at the
back, the Emperor heard public petitions. At the Diwan-I-Khas
(hall of private audience) where marble pavilions with floral
inlays lend an ethereal ambience, the Emperor sat on his gem-studded
peacock Throne and met foreign ambassadors and rulers of friendly
kingdoms. Later transfer to railway station to board the overnight
train to Varanasi. |
| Day 06 |
Varanasi
Arrive 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. 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.
Varanasi is the city which cannot be described, only experienced.
Meet assist at the railway station and transfer to hotel.
Later sight seeing of Varanasi (the oldest and holiest city
of India) covering Temples, Aurangazeb’s Mosque and
one of the biggest university of India. Evening view “Aarti”
ceremony on the Ghats. Night stay in Varanasi. |
| Day 07 |
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. After
attaining enlightenment, the Buddha came to Sarnath where
he gave his first sermon. Visit the deer park and the museum
and later back to Varanasi. Night stay in Varanasi.
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| Day 08 |
Varanasi - Delhi ( By Flight
)
After a relaxed breakfast transfer to airport for flight to
Delhi. Arrive Delhi & transfer to hotel. Night stay in
Delhi. |
| Day 09 |
Departure
Transfer to airport for onward flight. |
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