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Golden Triangle Tour With Ganges
Golden Triangle Tour With Ganges
Duration : 08 Nights / 09 Days
Destination : Delhi - Jaipur - Agra - Varanasi - Delhi
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 )
Early morning pick up from hotel & transfer to railway station
to board the airconditioned train to Jaipur. Breakfast in the train.
Arrive Jaipur and transfer to hotel. Later sight seeing tour of
Jaipur covering:
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
Morning visit the majestic Amber Fort, is one that cannot be easily
described. Ride up on Elephants to the former capital of the royals
set against the backdrop of the wooded hills. Later drive to Agra
enroute visiting 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 & transfer to hotel. Evening at leisure.
Night stay in Agra.
Day 05 /Agra-Varanasi ( By Train )
Morning at sunrise visit the magnificent 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.
Later transfer to railway station to board the overnight train to
Varanasi .
Day 06 / Varanasi
Arrive Varanasi, said to be the India’s most sacred city situated
on the western bank of the holy river Ganga. It is also the oldest
living city in the world. As a place for devotion and worship, with
hundreds of temples dotting the city, sunrise on the river front
as seen from a boat can be a spiritually uplifting sight. It has
a fascination uniquely its own, a quality of sublime beauty, a timeless
eternal appeal. Varanasi is the city which cannot be described,
only experienced. Meet assist at the railway station and transfer
to hotel. Later sight seeing of Varanasi (the oldest and holiest
city of India) covering Temples, Aurangazeb’s Mosque and one
of the biggest university of India. Evening view “Aarti”
ceremony on the Ghats. Night stay in Varanasi.
Day 07/ Varanasi
Morning boat cruise at the river Ganges to observe the way of life
of pilgrims by the Ghats. Later excursion to Sarnath, 10kms. East
of Varanasi, is one of the Buddhism’s major centers of India.
After attaining enlightenment, the Buddha came to Sarnath where
he gave his first sermon. Visit the deer park and the museum and
later back to Varanasi . Night stay in Varanasi.
Day 08 / Varanasi - Delhi ( By Flight )
After a relaxed breakfast transfer to airport for flight to Delhi.
Arrive Delhi & transfer to hotel. Night stay in Delhi.
Day 09 / Departure
Transfer to airport for onward international flight.
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