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Duration: 25 days / 24 nights
Travel to India and Nepal Tour Destinations:
Delhi » Mandawa » Bikaner » Deshnoke » Kheechan » Jaisalmer » Khuri » Osiyan » Jodhpur » Ranakpur » Udaipur » Pushkar » Ranthambore » Jaipur » Bharatpur » Fatehpur Sikri » Agra » Orchha » Khajuraho » Varanasi » Shivapati Nagar » Chitwan » Pokhara » Kathmandu » Delhi
Day 1: Arrival in Delhi
On the first day of your tour itinerary, reach at the international airport of Delhi. Here, you will be received by your guide and will further help you to check in your hotel. Relax and stay overnight at the hotel.
Day 2: Delhi To Mandawa
Have your breakfast and leave for the city Mandawa in Rajasthan. On your way, you will take a halt at Bagar. Have your lunch and visit the Piramal Haveli. The haveli is magnificently beautiful with exquisite paintings and fresco paintings on walls. Reach Mandawa in the afternoon and check in the hotel. Refresh and relax. In the evening, you will take a tour of the mansions or the painted havelis of Mandawa. Return to the hotel and stay overnight.
Day 3: Mandawa To Bikaner
Have breakfast and leave for Bikaner. Reach Bikaner and check in the hotel. Later in the day, you will take a tour of the Bikaner city. Bikaner is a famous tourist attraction of Rajasthan, famous as camel city. On the streets of Bikaner, you can see beautifully decorated camels and camel carts, and people wearing traditional dresses. In the afternoon, take a tour of the Junagarh Fort, the Bandeshwar and Deshnoke Jain temples and Karni Mata temple. Stay overnight at the hotel.
Day 4: Bikaner To Jaisalmer
Have breakfast and leave for Jaisalmer. Enroute, you will stop at Kheechan village. It is the nesting grounds of cranes and other migratory birds in the wintertime, when they leave their native countries and come to India. See thousands of birds at Kheechan and enjoy feeding the birds here to ensure that they come back every year. Reach Jaisalmer and check in your hotel. Take a drive to the sand dunes to the glistening sand at the time of sunset. Come back to the hotel and stay overnight.
Day 5: Jaisalmer
Have your breakfast and leave for complete day's tour of Jaisalmer. Jaisalmer is the most famous tourist destination of Rajasthan that has still kept the desert culture alive. The desert and sand dunes are the greatest attraction here. You will see here golden Sonar Fort with high walls, Jaisalmer Fort, Gadisar Lake. Also see other beautiful mansions, havelis with ornated balconies and carved windows with medieval ambience. Later in the day, you will see the sand dunes at Khuri. Located at the distance of about 50 kms from Jaisalmer, the sand dunes here are strikingly beautiful at the Rajasthan desert. Come back to the hotel and stay overnight.
Day 6: Jaisalmer To Jodhpur
Have your breakfast and leave for Jodhpur. On the way to Jaipur, take a halt to visit Osiyan. It is a delightful oasis in the desert, a complex of several beautiful Hindu and Jain temples. Reach Jodhpur and check into your hotel. Relax and refresh yourself. Take a sightseeing tour of the Jodhpur city. You will see the majestic Mehrangarh Fort, Jaswant Thada, Umaid Bhawan Palace, Umaid Public Gardens and the heritage museum of Jodhpur. You can take a shopping excursion in the evening or can relax in the hotel. Stay overnight at the hotel in Jodhpur.
Day 7: Jodhpur To Udaipur
Post breakfast, you will leave for Udaipur. Enroute, visit the wonderful Ranakpur Temples. They form one of the biggest groups of beautiful Jain temples in India. See the most famous temples at Ranakpur, including the Neminath, Chaumukha, and Parsavnath Temples. Reach Udaipur and check in the hotel and stay overnight.
Day 8: Udaipur
Have your breakfast and take sightseeing tour of Udaipur. Udaipur is the most romantic and peaceful city of India. See the City Palace, Saheliyon Ki Badi, Jagdish Temple, folk art museum with a colorful collection of puppets, musical instruments and paintings and more.
In the evening, you will wander through the city or take an exciting boat ride on the Lake Pichola. Enjoy the sights of the fabulous lake palaces of Udaipur. See the Jag Mandir Palace, the Jag Niwas Palace or the Taj Lake Palace. Enjoy a sumptuous dinner in regal ambience at Taj Lake Palace. Come back to the hotel and stay overnight.
Day 9: Udaipur To Pushkar
In the morning, take a ride to the pilgrimage destination of Pushkar in Rajasthan. Reach Pushkar and check in the hotel. Pushkar is an ancient city, described in the Vedas and holy books. Here, you will visit Pushkar Lake, the holy lake where the pilgrims come to take sacred dips. Tour the temples of Pushkar including the Brahma Temple, only one temple of its kind in India, holding the idol of Lord Brahma. Come back to the hotel and stay overnight.
Day 10: Pushkar - Ranthambore
Have your breakfast and leave for Ranthambore. Reach in the afternoon and check in the hotel. Later in the day, you will take a tour exploring the surroundings. Visit the Sawai Madhopur town in Rajasthan, famous for attractive handicrafts and paintings. Stay overnight at the hotel.
Day 11: Ranthambore National Park
Early in the morning, you will leave for the Ranthambore National Park. Covering the area of about 140 square miles, the park can be toured comfortable by a thrilling jeep safari. The Ranthambore National Park is the best wildlife sanctuary to see tigers among others in India. See here the tigers, deer, leopards, mongoose, monkeys, wild boar, squirrels, crocodiles and beautiful birds. You can also see an ancient fort and lake inside the Ranthambore National Park.
Come back to the hotel and take your refreshments. Later in the day, you will leave for Jaipur. It is the capital city of Rajasthan and a royal land of beautiful monuments, forts, and havelis. Check in the hotel and relax. In the evening, you will enjoy leisure walks on the streets of Jaipur. Enjoy shopping in the colorful markets of Jaipur to get handicraft items, pottery, textiles, and artifacts as souvenirs. Come back to the hotel and stay overnight.
Day 12: Sightsee Jaipur
Post breakfast, you will take a sightseeing tour of Jaipur. The Pink City of Jaipur was built by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh in the ancient times. See Hawa Mahal palace, City Palace, Museum and the Jantar Mantar astronomical observatory. In the afternoon, take a ride to see the magnificent Amer Fort, located 11 Kms far from Jaipur. As the fort is set atop a hill, you will take an elephant ride to the Amer Fort. Inside the fort, you will see many interesting palaces and royal buildings. Stay overnight in the hotel.
Day 13: Jaipur To Bharatpur To Fatehpur Sikri To Agra
Post breakfast, you will leave for Agra. Enroute, you will stop to see the Deeg Palace. It was the summer retreat for the royal family of Bharatpur in the earlier times. Take a halt at the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary. It is a famous wildlife reserve in India, special resting place for thousands of local and migratory birds in Bharatpur National Park. Move on to Fatehpur Sikri. It is an ancient beautiful city, set up by the Mughal Emperor Akbar but was left abandoned later. See many grand monuments, such as Jama Masjid, Panch Mahal Buland Darwaza and Dargah of Salim Chishti in Fatehpur Sikri. Reach Agra in the evening, check in the hotel and stay overnight.
Day 14: Sightsee Agra
Agra is the city well famous for the beautiful monument, Taj Mahal, counted one among the Seven Wonders of the World. Wake up early in the morning and visit the Taj Mahal. This symbol of everlasting love, built by emperor Shah Jahan for his queen Mumtaz Mahal, looks even more beautiful at the time of sunrise.
Come back to the hotel and have your breakfast. Later, take a sightseeing tour of the Agra city. You will see here the grand Agra Fort, Itmad-ud-daulah monument, Ram Bagh and other grand palaces, private audience halls, public audience halls and gardens.
Take refreshments in the hotel and then leave for a tour of Orchha in Madhya Pradesh. Orchha is located on an island in the Betwa River with a great number of beautiful palaces and temples. Reach Orchha and check in the hotel. Take a sightseeing tour of the Orchha city. You will see the palaces such as, Raj Mahal, Jehangir Mahal, Rai Parveen Mahal and the temples such as Chaturbhuj Temple, Ram Rajya Temple and Lakshminarayan Temple. Stay overnight at the hotel.
Day 15: Khajuraho
Post breakfast, you will leave for Khajuraho, the world famous site for the Khajuraho Temples built by the Chandela Kings in the 9th century. Out of the total 80 temples made, just 22 survive today. Reach Khajuraho and check in the hotel. Later in the day, take a tour of the Eastern and Western temple groups, famous for their erotic carvings and sculptures. Stay overnight at the hotel.
Day 16: Varanasi
Have your breakfast and take a tour of the temples at Khajuraho. Leave for the airport and board a flight to Varanasi. Reach Varanasi and check in the hotel. Varanasi is a holy city considered by the Hindus in India. It has a rich history and is described in the Vedas and other holy books.
Day 17: Varanasi
Wake up early in the morning to take a boat ride on the River Ganges. River Ganges is considered sacred by the Hindus, who worship her as a goddess. Experience a ride floating past the bathing ghats on the river. You will see here many pilgrims taking holy dips or chanting mantras or worshipping the goddess with incense and flowers. In the afternoon, you will take a sightseeing tour of Varanasi. See the Sarnath Temple, Chaukhandi Stupa, Dhamek Stupa and Ashoka Pillar. Stay overnight at the hotel.
Day 18: Shivapati Nagar
Have breakfast and leave for Shivapati Nagar by car. Shivapati Nagar is a strikingly beautiful town located on the border of India and Nepal border. Reach there and stay overnight the hotel in Shivapati Nagar. You will be impressed with the beautiful landscape along the route we follow to reach Kathmandu, the next morning. If you want to fly to Kathmandu, we can arrange a flight from Varanasi to Kathmandu. Reach Kathmandu in the evening and check in hotel and stay overnight.
Day 19: Chitwan
Have your breakfast and take a tour at the Chitwan National Park. Being the hunting ground of the kings of Nepal, Chitwan is today a great wildlife attraction of Nepal. The meaning of its name is the 'Heart of the Jungle'. Chitwan is the first National Park in Nepal and a world heritage site. Enjoy the picturesque landscapes as you take a drive to Chitwan. Reach Chitwan in the evening. Check in the hotel and stay overnight.
Day 20: Chitwan
Have your breakfast and take a wildlife safari in Chitwan National Park. Take a ride on the back of an elephant. You will see here see tigers, wild elephants, deer, rhinos and many other animals. Stay overnight in the hotel.
Day 21: Pokhara
Post breakfast, you will leave for Pokhara. Reach Pokhara in the afternoon and check in your hotel. Take leisure walks on the streets and enjoy the sight of heritage buildings of Pokhara. Come back to the hotel and stay overnight.
Day 22: Pokhara
Have your breakfast in the hotel of Pokhara. Take a sightseeing tour of Pokhara. You will see here a beautiful lake and panoramic views of Himalayan ranges. See the monastery and the heritage buildings of Pokhara. Stay overnight at the hotel.
Day 23: Kathmandu
Take your breakfast and leave for Kathmandu. Reach Kathmandu and check in the hotel. In the evening you will take a shopping and sightseeing tour in Kathmandu.
Day 24: Kathmandu
Post breakfast, take a sightseeing tour of the Kathmandu city. Kathmandu is the capital city of Nepal and the hub of all tourist and financial activities. See Hanuman Dhoka, Pashupatinath Temple and the Buddhist holy sites of the Swayambhunath Stupa and the Boudhnath Stupa. Stay overnight at the hotel.
Day 25: Kathmandu - Delhi - Departure
Have your breakfast and leave for the airport to board a flight to Delhi. Reach Delhi and check in the hotel. Refresh and relax. Later, take a sightseeing tour of Delhi. In Old Delhi, you will see Red Fort, Chandni Chowk, Jama Masjid. In New Delhi, see Parliament House, Cannaught Place, India Gate, Lotus Temple and Qutab Minar. Enjoy shopping in the busy markets and malls of Delhi. Leave for airport to board a flight to your next destination or back home with memorable memories of incredible India.
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