The tour is a personalised individual tour & can be started
any time of year / month . The car, guides will be exclusively
for you only. The tour is based on private departures , whereby
you can benefit from having a private air-conditioned car, stop
en-route for breaks or photo opportunities .
Day 01/ Arrival Delhi
Arrive Delhi, meet assist at the airport & transfer to hotel.
Night stay in Delhi.
 Day
02/ Delhi
After breakfast proceed for sightseeing tour of Old & New
Delhi :
OLD DELHI - A sight-seeing tour of Old Delhi
would entail visiting the Raj Ghat - the memorial site where Mahatma
Gandhi was cremated; Jama Masjid - the largest mosque in India.
NEW DELHI - An extensive sight-seeing tour of
New Delhi would include a visit to the Humayun's Tomb, the Qutub
Minar, a drive along the ceremonial avenue - Rajpath, past the
imposing India Gate, Parliament House, the President's Residence
and would end with a drive through the Diplomatic Enclave. Night
stay in Delhi.
Day 03/ Delhi - Jaipur (By train Dep 0610 Hrs Arr 1040
Hrs )
Early morning pick up from hotel & transfer to railway station
to board the superfast 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
After a relaxed breakfast proceed for a morning excursion to Amber
Fort. Elephant ride ascent to the fort.
AMBER FORT PALACE - Amber is the classic romantic
Rajasthani fort palace. Its construction was started by Man Singh
I in 1592, and completed by his descendent Jai Singh I. Its forbidding
exterior belies an inner paradise where a beautiful fusion of
Mughal and Hindu styles finds it's ultimate expression. Continue
sight-seeing.
JAIGARH FORT - The Western skyline is dominated
by the extensive parkotas (Walls), watch-towers and gateways of
Jaigarh.It is one of the few military structures of medieval India
preserved almost intactcontaining palaces, gardens, open and covered
reservoirs, a grannary, an armoury, a well planned cannon foundry,
several temples, a tall tower and a giant mounted cannon the Jai
Ban the largest in the Country.
LAXMI NARAYAN TEMPLE - Situated in the south
of Jaipur, Laxmi Narayan Temple is one of the many such temples
built by wealthy Birla family in India, thus it is also known
as Birla Mandir. The temple is a great reminder of the secular
traditions India has shown over the centuries. The temple has
been constructed in white marble and has three domes, each portraying
the different approaches to religion.
The temple is situated at the foot of Moti Doongri Fort, converted
as a small palace by Ram Singh II for his wife Gayatri Devi. Night
stay in Jaipur.
Day 05/ Jaipur - Agra (By Car)
After breakfast drive to Agra enroute visiting Fatehpur Sikri-The
deserted, red Sandstone City, Emperor Akbar built that as his
capital and palace in the late 16th century is an exhilarating
experience. It a veritable fairytale city and its "ruins"
are in pristine condition ... it's not hard to imagine what the
court life must have been like in the days of its grandeur. Also
visit the Bulund Darwaza, the largest gateway in the world. Continue
drive to Agra and transfer to hotel. Evening free to explore the
rich handicrafts of Agra.
Night stay in Agra.
 Day
06/ Agra - Delhi (By train Dep 2025 Hrs Arr 2300 Hrs)
Early morning at sunrise visit TAJ MAHAL- the fifth Mughal emperor,
Shah Jahan, built it in 1631 in the memory of his second wife,
Mumtaz Mahal, a Muslim Persian princess. She died while accompanying
her husband in Behrampur in a campaign to crush a rebellion, after
giving birth to their 14th child. Her death so crushed the emperor
that all his hair and beard were said to have grown snow white
in a few months. When Mumtaz Mahal was still alive, she extracted
four promises from the emperor: first, that he build the Taj;
second, that he should marry again; third, that he be kind to
their children; and fourth, that he visit the tomb on her death
anniversary. He kept the first and second promises. Construction
began in 1631 and was completed in 22 years. Twenty thousand people
were deployed to work on it. An Iranian architect designed it
and it is best appreciated when the architecture and its adornments
are linked to the passion that inspired it. It is a "symbol
of eternal love".
Also visit Agra 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 inlayslend an ethereal ambience,
the Emperor sat on his gem-studded Peacock Throne and met foreign
ambassadors and rulers of friendly kingdoms.Late evening transfer
to railway station to board the superfast airconditioned train
to Delhi. Dinner in the train. Arrive Delhi and transfer to hotel.
Night stay in Delhi.
Day 07/ Departure
Transfer to airport for onward journey. |
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