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, Mahatama Gandhi Memorial, Also visit Laxmi Narayan
temple popularly known as Birla Temple. 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:
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.
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 ( By Road )
Morning drive to Agra via 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 and transfer to hotel. Night
stay in Agra.
Day
05 / Agra
Morning at sunrise visit the magnificient 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. Evening free to explore the rich
handicrafts of Agra. Night stay in Agra.
Day
06 / Agra - Gwalior - Orchha
Morning transfer to railway station to board the train to Gwalior.
Arrive Gwalior and proceed for sightseeing of Gwalior. The entire
city is a visual and aesthetic feast, for the builders of Gwalior
were great architects. Take a walk through the streets of the
city and you will discover old havelis with exquisitely carved
doorways and windows; at almost every street crossing you will
find statues of the Scindia family. Museumes and art galleries
are treasure houses and beautifully maintained palaces give the
city its inimitable regal flavour. Sightseeing in Gwalior is a
magical trip into the centuries gone by. Visit The Fort: Standing
on a steep mass of sandstone, Gwalior Fort dominates the city
and is its most magnificent monument. It has been a scene of momentous
events : imprisonments, battles and jauhars. A steep road winds
upwards to the Fort, flanked by statues of Jain tirthankaras,
carved into the rock face. The magnificent outer walls of the
Fort still stand, two miles in length and 35 feet high, bearing
witness to its reputation for being one of the most invincible
forts of India. This imposing structure inspired Emperor Babar
to describe it "the pearl amongst the fortresses of Hind."
Later drive to Orchha & transfer to hotel. Night stay in Orchha.
Day
07 / Orchha - Jhansi - Delhi
Orcha is a small town between Jhansi and Khajuraho. It's claim
to fame were rulers who managed to stay on friendly terms with
the Mughals. Mughals made India their homestead in the 16th Century
and ruled for about 250 years. and produce marvelous palaces and
temples.
On the outskirts of the city, along the river, presenting a thrilling
site against the sky, are a group of Hindu temples which have
been abandoned.
After breakfast proceed for tour of this historical site with
magnificient temples and monuments. Some of the palaces were decorated
with painted murals which represent the finest flowering of the
Bundela school of painting.Later drive to Jhansi, arrive Jhansi
and proceed for sightseeing. Jhansi has played colorful role in
the history of India.
In the 18th century, Jhansi became an important center, eclipsing
Orcha (18 kms), but in 1803 the British East India Company got
a foot in the door and gradually assumed control over the state.
The last of the string of none to competent rajas died without
a son in 1853 and the British, who had recently passed a neat
law allowing them to take over any princely state under their
patronage when the ruler died without a male heir, pensioned the
rani off and took full control. Later visit, Jhansi Fort
and museum, which was built in 1613 by Maharaja Bir Singh
Deo or Orchha. The British ceded the fort to the Maharaja of Scindia
in 1858, but later exchanged it for Gwalior in 1866. The fort
is much in ruins and below is the government museum which houses
a small collection of 9th to 12th century sculptures.
Evening transfer to railway station to borad the train to Delhi.
Late evening arrive Delhi and transfer to hotel. Night stay in
Delhi.
Day
08 / Departure
Transfer to airport to board the flight for onward journey.