Day 1/ Arrival Delhi
Arrive
Delhi, meet assist at the airport and transfer to hotel. Sightseeing
in and around Delhi. Night stay in Delhi.
Day
2/ 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 3/ Jaipur
Morning drive to Jaipur- capital of Rajasthan, the famous land
of kings. Transfer to hotel. Later proceed
for a morning excursion to Amber Fort. Elephant ride ascent
to the fort.
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. Continue
sight-seeing.
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 4/ Ranthambhore
Morning drive to Ranthambore, a marvellous wildlife sanctuary,
where tigers roam in broad daylight, a gathering of birds adorns
the sky and crocodiles crowd watering holes. The
legendary temples of khajuraho are an incomparable experience. Acknowledged
as one of the world’s artistic wonders, these temples
dedicated to the Hindu pantheon of Gods are covered in carvings
that are a paean to life and love. Built within a short span
of a hundred years by the Chandela Rajputs, the 10th century
temples lay forgotten until they were discovered in the present
century. Khajuraho has achieved fame for the sensual appeal
of its erotic sculptures. Later explore the Western and Eastern
temples of khajuraho while the guide explains the intricate
meaning and legends behind each describable sculpture. Night
stay in Khajuraho.

Day 5/ Khajuraho - Bharatpur
Morning after some adventurous safari in Jungle drive to Bharatpur.
If you are craving for exciting action in the lap of Nature,
Bharatpur is the destination. A day at the biggest Bird Park
in Asia, making friends with and tracking over 350 distinct
species of birds, is an exhilarating experience. Other attractions
include boat rides. Night stay in Bharatpur.
Day
6/ Fatehpur Sikri - Agra
Morning
drive to Agra enroute visiting Fatehpur sikri- the capital of
Badshah Akbar, the greatest Mogul emperor of India. Later, drive
to Agra. Arrive & transfer to hotel. Later proceed for sightseeing
visiting Taj
Mahal- one of the seven wonders of the world, the taj is amazingly
graceful from almost any angle, it is the close up details,
which are really astounding. Later visit the Agra Fort- a hilltop
citadel with fabulous courtyards, fountains and gates. Night stay at Agra.
Day 7/ Khajuraho
By
flight reach a 1000-year-old temple complex built by the son
of the Moon God. Human sexual encounters and the female form
have been depicted in magnificent dimensions on stone in the
22 temples that have survived the passage of time.
Days 8& 9/ Bandhavgarh
237km from Khajuraho by motorable road, in the heart of the
Vindhya Mountains, a forest shelters pre-historic caves having
cryptic inscriptions, the huge 14th century Bandhavgarh Fort,
and the rare White Tiger species. Indeed, it is the Bandhavgarh
National Park, well worth a visit.
Days
10& 11/ Kanha
From
Khajuraho, take a flight to Jabalpur. Transfer to hotel. Jeep
drive 170km to Kanha National Park, spread over 940 sq. km.
Since 1974, the sanctuary has been included in Project Tiger.
The
12-horned antelope is the pride of Kanha. The thick forests
along with the grasslands also foster four-horned antelopes—a
very rare species—apart from the Indian bison, deer, blue-bulls,
sloth bear, Indian wild dog, panther and the tiger. Over 200
species of birds can be found here.
Day
12/ Departure
Return to Nagpur in the morning to connect flight for onward
destination.