Day 01 Arrive Delhi
Welcome to India. After clearing immigration and custom formalities,
your representative will greet you and assist you to your hotel.
Overnight at Hotel
Day
02 New Delhi (B, L, D)
This morning, your guide will take you on a combined tour of Old &
New Delhi. The older part of the Capital takes you to the Red Fort with
its Pearl Mosque and exquisite audience halls, Jama Masjid Mosque with
its marble domes and slender minarets; Raj Ghat (where Mahatma Gandhi
was cremated); the Ashoka Pillar.
Enjoy lunch at the local
restaurant.
Than the modern area takes you on a drive along Rajpath, New Delhi's
broadest avenue, and see the House of Parliament, the Diplomatic Enclave
and the President's House the royal residence of the former viceroys and
now of the President of India. Also visit the India Gate and drive
through Connaught Place, the Qutub Minar built in the 12th century.
Dinner in the hotel.
Overnight at Hotel
Day 03 New Delhi / Jaipur (B, L, D)
After a leisurely breakfast prepare for your onward journey by road to
Jaipur (260 kms 5 hours). Arrive Jaipur by Noon and check-in at your
hotel.
Enjoy lunch in the hotel.
Early this evening, you will get ready for an evening full of joy
and entertainment. Visit Green Pigeon - A local Rajasthani theme
Restaurant and enjoy Cultural dance, magic show with dinner. Also see
the making of Roti (Indian Bread). After dinner, return to your hotel.
Overnight at Hotel
Day 04 Jaipur (B, L, D)
This morning
after breakfast, visit the Amber Fort, a
spectacular fortress-palace protecting a complex of palaces, temples,
exquisite marble and mirror-inlaid halls and apartments. The highlight
of the tour is an elephant ride up the hill at the Fort like a Maharaja
!
In the afternoon, visit the "pink city" so-called because a
great deal of the older part is built of pink-colored stone. Visit the
Hawa Mahal (Wind Palace), a high and intricately carved wall behind
which women of the court were sequestered while watching processions.
Also see the Observatory and the City Palace, which houses an excellent
collection of Rajasthani costumes, miniatures and an armory of Rajput
weapons. Enjoy
lunch at Surbhi Restaurant and see the largest
turban museum in Rajasthan. Enjoy
dinner in the hotel
Overnight at Hotel.
Day 05 Jaipur/ Agra (B, L, D)
This morning, you will prepare for onward journey by road to Agra (250
kms 5.5 hours). En route stop at the walled city of Fatehpur Sikri,
built by Akbar the Great to commemorate the birth of his son. Visit the
red stone mosques, courtyards and the palace where Akbar once played
chess using slave girls as pawns.
Continue for Agra, arriving Agra around lunch time. Enjoy
lunch in
the hotel.
Overnight at Hotel
Day 06 Agra (B, L, D)
Agra is famous as being home to one of the Seven Wonders of the World
-the
Taj Mahal. The architectural splendor of the mausoleums,
the fort and the palaces is a vivid reminder of the opulence of the
legendary Moghul Empire, of which Agra was the capital in the 16th and
early 17th centuries.

The
16th century Agra Fort, houses a number of exquisite buildings: the Moti
Masjid (pearl mosque), Diwane-I-Am (palace for general audience),
Diwane-I-Khas (private palace), Anguri Bagh (wine yard), Sheesh Mahal
(hall of mirrors), and the Musamman Bhurj (Jasmine Tower) where Shah
Jahan died as a prisoner of his own son.
After the tour of the fort, you will be taken to visit the magnificent
mausoleum, Taj Mahal, erected by Shah Jahan in memory of his beloved
wife, Queen Mumtaz Mahal. Begun in 1631, 20,000 workmen took 22 years to
complete it a dream in white marble which lies in perfect proportion to
the elegant garden of fountains. Enjoy
lunch and dinner in the hotel.
Overnight at Hotel
Day 07 Agra / Delhi Departure (B, L,
D)
After breakfast, morning at leisure, After lunch in the hotel, drive
back to Delhi (220 kms 4 hours). Upon arrival, transfer to the Indira
Gandhi International Airport well schedule to check-in for your onward
flight.
*
B - Breakfast
* L - Lunch
* D - Dinner