Duration : 20 Nights - 21 Days (Depending on flight times)
Destinations : Delhi > Mandawa > Bikaner > Jaisalmer > Jodhpur > Udaipur > Pushkar > Jaipur > Agra > Chandigarh > Shimla > Amritsar >Katra>Shrinagar> Delhi
Day 01: Delhi
On arrival from your international flight, one of our representatives will transfer you to your chosen accommodation. After breakfast you will take a rickshaw around Delhi’s famous ChandniChowk, and to see the Lotus Temple. This totally depends on the time of the international flight. If one arrives late at night these sights will be added to the next days tour.
Day 02: Delhi
After breakfast your driver will pick you up and take you on a sight seeing tour around Delhi, which will enclose the following places and monuments: The QutubMinar, India’s gate (War Memorial) the Presidents House, Parliament House and Secretariat Buildings, the Raj Ghat (cremation site of Mahatma Gandhi), and the Jama Masjid. We will end the days sight seeing by driving past the Red Fort (closed on Monday) After the tour is finished you will be returned to your chosen accommodation.
Day 03: Delhi to Mandawa (280km 5.5hrs)
After breakfast your driver will pick you up and drive you on to Mandawa. After checking in to your chose accommodation and having a short rest, you will be picked up in the later afternoon by your driver who will take you on a sightseeing tour. This will include the architecturally amazing medieval fort of Mandawa and its beautiful painted and carved archways. Once the sightseeing is over you will be returned to your chosen accommodation to enjoy the rest of the evening at your leisure.
Day 04: Mandawa to Bikaner (195km 3.5hrs)
| After breakfast your driver will pick you up and drive you on to Mandawa. Before checking into your chosen accommodation you will be taken to see the beautiful fresocedhavelis, once the trading place of the rich. Now many of these traders have moved into the larger metropolitan cities.
Day 05: Bikaner to Jaisalmer (335km 5.5hrs)
After breakfast your driver will pick you up and drive you on to Jaisalmer. On arrival you will dropped off at the amazing Jaisalmer fort, one of the only forts still habited in India. Here you can enjoy a walk through the small streets, do some local shopping at some of the bazars, enjoy a tranquil lunch and be amazed by the beautiful view from the walls. Once you have seen the fort you can take a stroll outside around the Salim Singh-Ki-Haveli and the Patwon–Ki-Haveli. These also provide small local shops and beautiful architecture. Once the sightseeing is over you will be returned to your chosen accommodation to enjoy the rest of the evening at your leisure.
Day 06: Jaisalmer
After breakfast your driver will pick you up and drive you on to Gadsisar Lake, Jaisalmer's only source of water for a long period. Afterwards you will be taken to visit to the BadaBagh (Royal Gardens). Afterwards you will be taken back to your hotel for an afternoon rest before experiencing the Khuri sand dune at sunset where you can also enjoy an evening meal with local specialties and dance. After the show has finished, you will be returned to your chosen accommodation for the night.
Day 07: Jaisalmer to Jodhpur (278km 5hrs)
After breakfast your driver will drive you on to Jodhpur. After checking in to your chosen accommodation and you will be taken to visit the Mehrangarh fort (an illustrious work of magnificence) followed by the JaswantThada (TajMahal of Marwar). Afterwards you will be taken to your chosen accommodation and left to rest
Day 08: Jodhpur to Udaipur (255km 5hrs)
After breakfast you will drive on to Udaipur. On the way you will be taken to visit the beautiful Jain Temple in Ranakpur. After checking in to your chosen accommodation, you will be left to have a short rest before being taken for an early evening walk around the city of Udaipur.
Day 09: Udaipur
After breakfast you will be taken on a tour of Udaipur this includes the Jagdish Temple, City Palace and Sheliyon Ki Bari and in the evening you will enjoy boat ride at lake Picholabefore experiencing a local dance show. Once all is over you will be returned to your accommodation to relax for the evening.
Day 10: Udaipur to Pushkar (300km 5hrs)
After Breakfast you will be driven to Pushkar, once you have Check-in to your accommodation, the Master Paradise you will be taken to visit the Bharma Temple (the only one in the world) followed by a walk through the local streets of Pushkar. Once all is over you will be returned to your accommodation to relax for the evening.
Day 11: Pushkar to Jaipur(145km2.5hrs)
After breakfast your driver will pick you up and drive you on to Jaipur. In the afternoon you will be taken to visit some of Jaipur’s local markets and bazars. Afterwards you will be checked in to your chosen accommodation where you will be left to enjoy your evening at your leisure.
Day 12: Jaipur
After breakfast you will be taken to Jaipur’s beautiful Amber Fort. After the fort you will be taken on to explore the Pink City of Jaipur including the Jantra Mantra observatory, the HawaMahal (Wind Palace) and City palace where the royal family still resides. Afterwards you will be returned to your chosen accommodation to relax and enjoy the evening at your leisure.
Day 13: Jaipur to Agra (250km 5hrs)
After breakfast your driver will pick you up and drive you on to Agra. After checking in to your chosen accommodation your driver will take you to the world famous TajMahal followed by the beautiful Agra fort. Afterwards you will be returned to your chosen accommodation.
Day 14:Agra to Delhi (210km 5hrs) to Chandigarh (By flight)
After breakfast you will be driven to Delhi airport where you will catch your flight to Chandigarh. Another driver will then pick you up from Chandigarh airport and transfer you to your chosen accommodation.
Day 15:Chandigarh to Kalka to Shimla (By toy train)
After breakfast your driver will take you to Kalka railway station, here he will put you on the “Toy Train” to Shiimla. This is a slow buy very picturesque experience, not to be missed. On arrival at Shimla railway station your driver will pick you up and take you to your chosen accommodation, once checked in you will be left to rest for the evening.
Day 16: Shimla
After your breakfast you will be taken to visit the local sightseeing attractions of Shimla. This will include the Shimla Temple, the Shimla State Museum, the Jakhu Hills, the Summer hills and the Shimla Mall (a great place to shop). After a long day sight seeing you will be returned to your chosen accommodation for the evening.
Day 17:Shimla To Amritsar (329kms 7hrs)
After breakfast yourdriver will drive you on to Amritsar. After Checking into your chosen accommodation,you will be taken to the Wagah Border, which is an Indo-Pak border (Evening Parade Ceremony). Once finished you will be returned to your chosen accommodation to relax for the evening.
Day 18: Amritsar to Katra (290kms 5.5hrs)
After your breakfast you will be taken to visit the local attraction of Amritsar including the Golden Temple, once finished you will be driven on to Katra. After checking in to your chosen accommodation, you will be left to enjoy the rest of the day at your leisure.
Day 19: Katra To Srinagar (270kms 8hrs)
After breakfast your driver will drive you on to Srinagar, where you will enjoy your first night on a luxury House Boat
Day 20: Srinagar House Boat
After breakfast you will be taken on a local sight seeing tourof Sringar, once finished you will be returned to your Boat to enjoy a second nights stay.
Day21: Srinagar to Delhi (By flight)
After breakfast you will be transferred to Srinagar airport to fly on to Delhi. If you have a late flight a driver will collect you and there will be an opportunity to do some last minute shopping and have dinner before being dropped off at the airport to catch your international flight home.
Departure
All our tours are guidelines. If you wish to change anything please do not hesitate to contact us. All are tours can be done using diverse categories of accommodation. Homestay’s Heritage, 3*, 4* and 5*, a mixture is also possible. All our tours can also be done using trains and planes alongside having your private driver. At IAT we live under the “motto” everything is possible.
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