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, Red fort, 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. |