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Incredible India updated 17 DAYS / 16 NIGHTS
EASY-PACED GUARANTEED DEPARTURE MIN PAX: 02 FROM NZ $
5,584 PP
This tour showcases the best of India’s highlights, as well as exciting experiences and discoveries that will appeal to every traveller. Day 1: Arrive Delhi On arrival at the airport, meet your Tour Manager who will assist you to transfer to the hotel for two nights stay. B D Day 2: Delhi Enjoy breakfast followed by a briefing before starting the tour of Old and New Delhi. Visit Qutb Minar, India Gate, Gandhi Memorial and explore Chandni Chowk bazaar by rickshaw. B D Day 3: Delhi – Varanasi After breakfast transfer to Airport to board flight to Varanasi. Afternoon we visit silk weaving village to see few remaining artisans carry out this centuries-old work. Evening enjoy heritage walk to the Ghats and witness grand Gangesprayer ceremony. Stay two nights. B D Day 4: Varanasi Witness the people of Hindu faith ritually bathing during a sunrise boat ride on the Ganges. Later enjoy a city tour and an excursion to Sarnath.
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Evening go for a walk to explore this oldest spiritual town. B D Day 5: Varanasi – Lucknow With packed breakfast, we are off to the railway station and enjoy a short train ride to Lucknow. Known as ’The City of Nawabs’ has carved a niche by attracting gastronomes, for the want of discovering and re-discovering the Awadhi Cuisine. In the evening enjoy a walking food tour which allows you to hop-in, hop-out of the world-famous traditional roadside eateries. Stay two nights. B D Day 6: Lucknow Enjoy a city sightseeing tour and visit Bada Imambara, a famous monument of Lucknow, Government Museum. In the afternoon visit a chikan workshop that will mesmerise you as you watch skilled workers delicately working in unique styles and stitches on very light cotton cloths. Also, take a leisure walk in Hazrat Ganj and Aminabad local bazaar.
B D Day 7: Lucknow – Agra After breakfast travel to Agra, home of the Taj Mahal. The city is still associated with the Mughals who were great builders and you will witness this as you pass the architectural buildings. Afternoon visit Agra Fort and Itimadud-Daulah and conclude our day with visit to the city’s marble carving industry. Stay overnight. B D Day 8: Agra – Jaipur Early morning visit the Taj Mahal, the world’s greatest monument of love and devotion with its superb craftsmanship of semi-precious stones inlaid into the marble in beautiful patterns. After breakfast travel to Jaipur, en-route visit the abandoned city of Fatehpur Sikri, a city of yesteryear, today lost in the midst of time. Evening free to stroll in the colourful bazaar and stay two nights in Jaipur. B D Day 9: Jaipur Morning enjoy an excursion to Amber
Deluxe accommodation Travel by chartered air-conditioned vehicle Group assistance and transfers Sightseeing as specified Meals as specified THO Tour Manager (minimum 06 people) Monument entrance fees Dharavi Slum Tour Rickshaw ride Jeep ride at Jaipur Village experience Walking food tour in Lucknow Train ticket in air-conditioned class Boat ride at Varanasi and Udaipur Bottled water while travelling All current collectable taxes 32 | www.totalholidayoptions.co.nz