Day
01/ Agra
Arrive Delhi, meet assist at the airport & transfer to hotel.
Night stay in Delhi.
Day
02/ Delhi - Agra - Jaipur ( By train and car )
Early morning transfer to railway station to board the train for
Agra , Arrive Agra & visit the magnificent Taj Mahal - built
by Shah Jahan in the memory of his beautiful wife Mumtaz Mahal.
Taj Mahal was the culmination point of Indo-Persian architecture.
One of the seven wonders of the world surely the most extravagant
expression of love ever created. Also visit the Red fort- Huge double
walls, four gateways, palaces, courts, mosques, baths, gardens and
gracious pavilions adorn the premises of the fort. At the Diwan-I-Am
(hall of public audience), the first enclosure of the palace is
a vast courtyard in which the emperor used to give daily public
audience and dispense justice. At the Diwan-I-Khas (hall of private
audience)referred to as the Hall of Private Audiences, it is an
astonishing chamber dominated by a massive carved pillar, which
supports a fantastic capital above which is a balcony. After lunch
drive to Jaipur enroute visiting Fatehpur Sikri- 37km from the city
of Agra is the ghost city that was once the capital of Mughal India.
Akbar built the city between 1571 and 1585. But he was forced to
abandon the capital because of water shortage and he shifted the
capital to Lahore for a brief period. Arrive Jaipur & transfer
to hotel. Night stay in Jaipur.
Day
03/ Jaipur - Delhi ( By train )
After breakfast visit the majestic Amber Fort, overlooking the lake
at the entrance to rocky mountain grove, built in 17th century,
the palace is a distinguished specimen of Rajput Architecture. Ride
up on Elephants to the former capital of the royals set against
the backdrop of the wooded hills & transfer to hotel. Later
visit the City Palace which now houses a museum containing rare
manuscripts, paintings, and an armoury, the observatory with a sundial
90 ft high, the museum is amidst the Ram Niwas Palace gardens founded
in 1876 with a large collections of antiquies, the Palace of Winds,
a landmark of Jaipur made of Pink Sandstone and of unique design.
Evening transfer to railway station to board the luxurious air conditioned
train to Delhi, Dinner in the train , Arrive Delhi & transfer
to hotel.
Day
04/ Delhi
After a leisurely breakfast sightseeing tour of New Delhi, the capital
and the third largest city of India is a fusion of the ancient and
the modern. Delhi unwinds a picture rich with culture, architecture
and human diversity, deep in history, monuments, museums, galleries,
gardens and exotic shows. Visit the 11th century Qutab Minar ,India
Gate and the grand government buildings, the President’s House ,
Mahatama Gandhi Memorial , Also visit Laxmi Narayan temple
popularly known as Birla Temple. Night stay in Delhi.
Day
05/ Delhi - Haridwar
Morning pick up from hotel & transfer to the railway station
to board the super fast train Shatabadi Exp. to Haridwar. Arrive
Haridwar & transfer to hotel. Afternoon visit various temples
including Pareshwar Mahadev Temple, Daksha Mahadev Temple, Chandi
Devi temple is situated on the top of a hill, called the Neel Parvat,
which is on the other side of the river Ganga, and Mansa Devi temple,
located on top of a hill, called the Bilwa Parvat. The temple can
be reached by the ropeway or one can take the normal trekking route
to the top. Evening visit Har-ki-Pauri (the footstep of God)- This
is Haridwar's most important bathing spot. Every day thousands of
people come over here for taking holy dip in the Ganges. This ghat
is also known as Brahmakund. In the evening a Maha Aarti is performed
on this ghat. Aarti is the beautiful ceremony in which deeyas (the
oil lamps) are offered to God. Aarti can be done to a deity in the
temple or it can be done to a saint. It is performed to God, in
any manifestation, any form, by any name. The essence of the aarti
ceremony is a time when we say "thank you," and we offer
the light of our thanks, the light of our love and the light of
our devotion. Night stay in Haridwar.
DAY
06/ Haridwar - Rishikesh - Delhi
Morning spend 01 hour with astrologer to discover your future, love
fortune, lucky number, compatibility with your life partner, zodiac
signs, professional astrological information or any other information
required by you. Later drive to Rishikesh - located on the banks
of the holy Ganga is one of the important Hindu pilgrimage centers
in Uttaranchal. Home to a number of temples and ashrams and spreads
on the right banks of the Ganges, at its confluence with the Chandrabhaga
stream. It is surrounded by hills on three sides and is perched
at an altitude of 356 meters above sea level. It is the starting
point for the Char dham pilgrims but also for the people who are
interested in meditation, yoga and other aspects of Hinduism.
In Rishikesh visit Laxman Jhula - a 450-feet-long
suspension bridge and was built in 1939.The Lakshman Temple on the
west bank has been built to commemorate the journey of Lakshmana
across the river on a jute rope. The bridge offers a scenic view
of the river Ganga as it tumbles down to Haridwar.
Also visit Bharat Mandir - One of the important
temples in Rishikesh, is dedicated to lord Vishnu and is believed
to be the oldest temple in Rishikesh. Optional activities -White
water rafting. Late afternoon drive to Haridwar & transfer to
railway station to board the train back to Delhi. Arrive & transfer
to hotel.