Cultural Rajasthan Tour
Duration : 17 Day /16 Nights
Destination : Delhi, Pushkar,Jaipur,Udaipur,Jaisalmer, Agra ,Bharatpur
Day 01 Arr. Delhi
Meeting & assistance on arrival then transfer to hotel. Overnight at hotel . Day 02 Delhi
Full day sight seeing of Delhi. City Tour of Old & New Delhi, visiting Red Fort, Jama Masjid, the market in the walled city, drive past the President House, Parliament Building, Qutub Minar and Humaun Tomb. Overnight at hotel.
Day 03 : Delhi / Mandawa
Morning drive (250 Km/5 hrs.) to Mandawa. Afternoon visit Havalies in Mandawa Town visiting frescoed Grand Patrician (Havelis) of Mandawa.. Overnight at hotel.
Day 04 : Mandawa Day free to explore surroundings of Mandawa. Overnight at hotel
Day 05: Mandawa / Bikaner
Morning drive(190/4 hrs) to Bikaner. On arrival transfer to hotel. Late afternoon sight seeing of Bikaner. We
visit some very special Palaces and havelies. Lalgarh Palace- Built in 1902 by one of the most outstanding personalities of princely Inda, Maharaja Ganga Singh, and the Lalgarh Palace is sheer poetry in sandstone. Constructed during the last half of the nineteen-Century, it defies the bleak and rugged reality the Thar desert around Bikaner. Overnight at hotel.
Day 06 : Bikaner / Jaisalmer
Morning drive (320km/ 7 hrs) to Jaisalmer. On arrival transfer to hotel. Afternoon half day sight seeing of
Jaisalmer including Mehrangarh fort & Museum. Overnight at hotel.
Day 07 : Jaisalmer / Jodhpur
Morning drive(285 Km/6 hrs) to Jodhpur. Evening free. Overnight at hotel.
Full day sight seeing of Jodhpur. Morning visit of the Jodhpur Fort, one of the world's most spectacular edifices, with its museum. An afternoon excursion to see the Cenotaphs of former rulers at Mandore. Jaswnt Thada and Umaid
Bhawan Palace Museum. Over night at hotel.
Day 09: Jodhpur / Udaipur
Morning flight to Udaipur. Half day sight seeing of Udaipur the Romantic city of Rajasthan including Jagdish
Temple, City Palace Museum,. Evening free. Overnight at hotel.
Half day sight seeing of Udaipur including. Sahelion Ki Bari (Maharani's friends garden ) and other areas of the
City. Evening free. Overnight at hotel.
Day 11: Udaipur / Kuchaman
Morning drive to Kuchaman. Overnight at Kuchaman
Morning half day sight seeing to Kuchaman. Afternoon drive to Jaipur. Overnight at hotel.
Day 13 : Jaipur
Morning excursion to Amber Fort where we ascend the fort on elephant back. This was the ancient capitol of the Kachhawaha Rajputs from 1037 until Sawai Jai singh II planed and build the new city Jaipur 1727. At the fort we visit the Palace complex which house the famous halls for inlayed convex mirrors. A/noon city tour of Jaipur visiting city Palace where one can see the worlds largest silver object. The museum has very fine collection of Persian and Indian miniature paintings and displays of costumes and arms and armors. We also visit the Jantar Mantar ( Observatory ) -literally instruments for measuring the harmony of heavens. A stunning example of sophistication of knowledge of Astronomy 300 years ago with instruments built in grand scale in marble to precision to two seconds. Meals and overnight at the hotel.
Day 14: Jaipur / Bharatpur
Morning drive to Bharatpur. Evening birding at Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary. Overnight at hotel.
Day 15: Bharatpur
Full day birding to Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary exploring Bharatpur’s mixed woodland and shallow lakes to witness almost overwhelming number of birds, whose diversity is also, at times, unbelievable. In addition to the flocks of storks, ibis, herons, cormorants, and shags, it is possible to see four species of crane, three species of pelicans—spot-billed, white, and Dalmatian—plus huge concentrations of waterfowl and waders. Mammals include wild boar, mongoose, spotted deer, nilgai, sambar, and even otters. Rock pythons are also often seen sunning themselves.Overnight at hotel.
Day 16: Bharatpur / Agra
Morning birding at bird sanctuary, then after breakfast leave for Agra en route visiting 16th century's Fatehpur Sikri (Old Capitol of Mughal Dynasty). Afternoon half day city tour of Agra including Taj Mahal & Red Fort .
Overnight at hotel.
Day 17: Agra / Delhi
Early morning visit Taj Mahal (optional). Later transfer to Delhi to connect with onward International flight.
