DELHI-LUCKNOW-VARANASI-AGRA-JAIPUR-DELHI
Day
01 :
Departure
from your home country.
Day
02 :
Arrive
Delhi & transfer to Hotel.
Day
03 :
Morning
free. Check-out.
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. 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.
Evening transfer
to Rail-station for 4228 Varun express.
Arrive Varanasi.
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.
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 Sheesh mahal
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
.
