| Day
01: |
Departure from your home country. |
| Day
02 : |
Arrive
Delhi & transfer to Hotel. |
| Day
03 : |
 Morning
free. Check-out at 1200 hrs. Afternoon tour of Delhi. Visit
Qutab Minar, Humayun's Tomb, India Gate, Lakshminarayan
Temple- a modern Hindu temple. Drive past President's
House, Government Secretariat buildings and Connaught
place shopping centre of New Delhi. Evening transer
to Rail-station for Lucknow night train 4230 New Delhi Mail
at 2200 hours. |
| Day
04: |
Morning
arrive Lucknow at 0715 hrs. Transfer to Hotel. Afternoon
visits. Lucknow was the 18th century capital of Nawab Wazirs
and the centre of culture and tradition. Visit the great
Imambara, Jama Masjid, Picture gallery, the Clock Tower,
Roomi Darwaza, Residency & Dilkusha Palace. |
|
Day 05: |
Day
free. Check-out at 1200 hrs. Evening transfer to Rail-station
for 4228 Varun express at 1800 hrs. Arrive Varanasi at 2310
hours. Transfer to hotel. |
| Day
06: |
Morning
boat ride on the river Ganges, a ferry pilgrimage from Ghat
to Ghat. People bath early in the morning to offer the
prayers to the rising sun. The two cremation Ghats are Manikarnika
and Harishchandra where funeral pyre burns day and
night. It is the belief of every pious Hindu that to die
in Kashi and to be cremated on banks of the Ganges is to
attain release from the cycle of birth & death. Rest
of the day free. |
|
Day
07:
|
Day
free. Check-out from the hotel at 1200 hrs. Evening transfer
to Rail-station for Agra night train. |
| Day
08 : |
Morning arrive Agra & transfer to hotel. Afternoon visit
the world famous Taj Mahal built by the Mughal
Emperor Shahjehan in 1630 AD for his Queen Mumtaz
Mahal to enshrine her mortal remains. Later visit the
Agra fort containing the Pearl Mosque, the halls
of public and private audience. Also visit the Tomb of Itmad-ud-Daula
built by empress Noorjehan in memory of her father. |
| Day
09 : |
 Morning
proceed to Jaipur by road enroute visiting Fatehpur Sikri
built by emperor Akbar in 1569 AD & abandoned after
15 years due to scarcity of water. See the graceful buildings
including the Jama Masjid, Tomb of Salim Chisti, Panch Mahal
and other Palaces. Afternoon half day sightseeing of Jaipur,
Maharaja's city Palace, Jantar Mantar (the observatory)
& Ramniwas Gardens. Drive past Hawa Mahal
or the palace of winds and through the pink rose residential
and business areas. |
| Day
10 : |
Morning
excursion to Amber fort - the ancient capital of
the state 1728. Visit the Sheeshmahal or the hall
of victory glittering with mirrors. Afternoon free. |
| Day
11: |
Drive
to Delhi. Free time. |
| Day
12 : |
Morning
transfer to airport for return flight. |
