Day 1: Arrive Delhi | You will be met at the airport and escorted to your hotel. Late afternoon, visit to the National museum. (Closed on Monday) Overnight at hotel (D) Day 2: Delhi | After breakfast, meet with your guide for a walk in the old city, where you will discover the life and times of the British living in the city before the revolt broke out. Visit Nicholson Cemetery, Kashmir Gate, St James Church, old campuses of Hindu College and St Stephens College, Dara Shukoh’s library and the Telegraph Memorial and remains of the British Magazine. Late afternoon, discover the Red Fort and a rickshaw ride through the busy street of Chandani Chowk. Overnight at hotel (B) Day 3: Delhi / Chandigarh / Shimla After breakfast, check-out and transfer to
visit the British Market which has been
Residency and Museum constructed in
Delhi airport for a flight to Chandigarh. You
renovated to its former glory. Immerse
1800, where it became the location of a
will be met and escorted for your drive to
yourself in the rich history in a ‘Victorian
bloody siege at the hands of an Indian
Shimla where you will stay at the Oberoi
Walk’ and continue to Council House,
rebellion. In the afternoon, visit the British
Cecil, where Rudyard Kipling and his family
which perfectly characterises Colonial
boy's school, La Martinière College. Take
stayed on the estate in 1885. Overnight at
architecture. The influence of the 18th
a closer look at the Railway Station that
hotel (B)
and 19th-century Muslim rulers, the
began life as an orchard. This evening,
nawabs, lingers in the cuisine of Lucknow
enjoy a talk by an expert on the ‘History of
with cream, raisins, saffron, almonds and
Lucknow’. Overnight at hotel (B)
cashews, all common ingredients. Enjoy a
Day 9: Lucknow / Kolkata | After a
special Awadhi cuisine for dinner. Overnight
leisurely morning, fly to Kolkata, the former
Day 4: Shimla | Enjoy breakfast before you begin with a visit to Christ Church, the second oldest church in northern India. It remains one of the enduring legacies of the British Raj. Enjoy an interesting talk by Raja
at hotel (B, D)
Bhasin (subject to availability), on the British
Day 8: Lucknow | Following breakfast,
footsteps in Shimla. A visit to the famous
visit Asafi Masjid, Bada Imambara and
Gaiety Theatre for a cup of tea. Overnight
Chota Imambara. Take a visit to the British
at hotel (B) Day 5: Shimla | Spend a day at leisure
FEATURED EXCURSION
Shimla
capital of India under the regime of the British Raj, now regarded as the country’s intellectual and cultural capital. The rest of the day is at your leisure to get acquainted with the ‘City of Joy’. Overnight at hotel (B) Day 10: Kolkata | After breakfast, join a walk through the ‘European’ areas of what
exploring the city at your own pace.
was once the Capital of the British Empire
Overnight at hotel (B)
in India and what the British proudly referred
Day 6: Shimla | Board the Himalayan
to as the ‘White Town’. Visit Victoria
Queen after breakfast, affectionately known
Memorial built in 1906 and inaugurated in 1921 in memory of Queen Victoria. Stop
as the ‘Shimla Toy Train’. Built by the British
at Flurys for a classic high tea, founded in
in 1903 to provide easy access to their
1926. Overnight at hotel (B)
summer capital Shimla, the train allows for fascinating sightseeing opportunities. Change platforms on arrival at Kalka Station in the afternoon, to board the Shatabdi Express to Delhi. Check-in at hotel in the evening. Overnight at hotel (B, packed L & D) Day 7: Delhi / Lucknow | An early start to fly to Lucknow, which fell under the control of the British Raj in 1857. Transfer from airport to hotel. In the afternoon,
All aboard the train! Experience the Kalka-Shimla Railway and journey through the dramatic hills and surrounding villages as this narrowgauge locomotive slowly winds its way through this mountainous region. Making your way through 93 tunnels and passing over a mind-boggling 800 bridges, this will be a journey you’ll never forget.
Day 11: Kolkata / Fly Guwahati or Jorhat / M.V. Mahabaahu UPSTREAM After breakfast, check out of hotel and transfer to airport to fly to Guwahati to embark MV Mahabaahu. (B) DOWNSTREAM After breakfast, check out of hotel and transfer to airport to fly to Jorhat, transfer to embark MV Mahabaahu (B) Turn to pages 4 -7 for your cruise itinerary...
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