Day
01 : Arrive DelhiWelcome to India. After clearing immigration
and custom formalities, our representative will greet you and assist you
to our hotel. Overnight stay at Hotel in Delhi
Day
02 : New Delhi / JaipurAfter breakfast prepare for your onward
journey by road to Jaipur ( 6 hours).visit the Amber Fort on the way ,a
spectacular fortress-palace protecting a complex of palaces, temples,
exquisite marble and mirror-inlaid halls and apartments. The highlight
of the tour is an elephant ride up the hill at the Fort like a Maharaja
! . Arrive Jaipur by Noon and check-in at your hotel. Enjoy lunch in the
hotel. Evening at leisure. After dinner, return to your hotel. Overnight
at Hotel
Day 03 : JaipurIn the afternoon, visit
the "pink city" so-called because a great deal of the older
part is built of pink-colored stone. Visit the Hawa Mahal (Palace of
Wind ), a high and intricately carved wall behind which women of the
court were sequestered while watching processions. Also see the
Observatory and the City Palace, which houses an excellent collection of
Rajasthani costumes, miniatures and an armory of Rajput weapons. Enjoy
lunch at Local Rajasthani Restaurant and see the largest turban museum
in Rajasthan. Enjoy dinner in the hotel. Overnight stay at Hotel.
Day
04: Jaipur / AgraThis morning, you will prepare for onward
journey by road to Agra ( 5.5 hours). En route stop at the walled city
of Fatehpur Sikri, built by Akbar the Great to commemorate the birth of
his son. Visit the red stone mosques, courtyards and the palace where
Akbar once played chess using slave girls as pawns. Continue for Agra,
arriving Agra around lunch time. Enjoy lunch in the hotel. Evening at
leisure. Overnight at Hotel
Day 05 : AgraAgra is
famous as being home to one of the Seven Wonders of the World The Taj
Mahal. The architectural splendor of the mausoleums, the fort and the
palaces is a vivid reminder of the opulence of the legendary Moghul
Empire, of which Agra was the capital in the 16th and early 17th
centuries.
The 16th century Agra Fort, houses a number of
exquisite buildings: the Moti Masjid (pearl mosque), Diwane-I-Aam
(palace for general audience), Diwane-I-Khas (private palace), Anguri
Bagh (wine yard), Sheesh Mahal (hall of mirrors), and the Musamman Bhurj
(Jasmine Tower) where Shah Jahan died as a prisoner of his own son.
After
the tour of the fort, you will be taken to visit the magnificent
mausoleum, Taj Mahal, erected by Shah Jahan in memory of his beloved
wife, Queen Mumtaz Mahal. Begun in 1631, 20,000 workmen took 22 years to
complete it a dream in white marble which lies in perfect proportion to
the elegant garden of fountains. Enjoy lunch in the hotel. After lunch
in the hotel, drive back to Delhi enrouting Sikandra Tomb.
Day
06 : New DelhiThis morning, your guide will take you on a
combined tour of Old & New Delhi. The older part of the Capital
takes you to the Red Fort with its Pearl Mosque and exquisite audience
halls, Jama Masjid Mosque with its marble domes and slender minarets;
Raj Ghat (where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated); the Ashoka Pillar,
Akshardham Temple. Enjoy lunch at the local restaurant.
Than
the modern area takes you on a drive along Rajpath, New Delhi's broadest
avenue, and see the House of Parliament, the Diplomatic Enclave and the
President's House the royal residence of the former viceroys and now of
the President of India. Also visit the India Gate and drive through
Connaught Place, the Qutub Minar built in the 12th century. Dinner in
the hotel. Overnight stay at Hotel.
Day 07 : DepartureAfter
breakfast, morning at leisure, After lunch in the hotel, transfer to the
Indira Gandhi International Airport well schedule to check-in for your
onward flight.
