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Moghul Highlights - Overland Trip

1 ½ weeks: Delhi to Delhi (IMT-HTMH08)

Intro

This short option of our North Indian Highlights tour provides you with an ideal introduction to the golden triangle of India: Delhi, Jaipur and Agra with their Moghul highlights including the incomparable Taj Mahal. We also go off the beaten track and stay in a old haveli, a village of mud huts, and the palace of a Maharajah. The tour also includes a visit to the bird sanctuary at Bharatpur and a wildlife safari in Ranthambore National Park, where if you\'re lucky you might even see a tiger.

Maximum Group Size

Arrival Transfer

Airport transfer to hotel Day 1

Fully Escorted

By Imaginative Traveller tour leader days 1-10, services of local representatives days 10-11, services of local guides

Transport

Private a/c coach, train, camels, game safari at Ranthambore

Activity

Camel ride

Accommodation

6 nights tourist class hotels, 4 nights heritage hotels

Meals

As per itinerary. B-Breakfast, L-Lunch, D-Dinner

Entrance fees

Included for all sites visited as part of the itinerary

During the months of June-September, we will stay a night in Madhorgarh Fort, as Ranthambore National Park is closed.

Itineraries

Day 1, DELHI

Afternoon tour of Delhi.

Day 2, SHEKHAVATI

Drive to the Shekhavati area of Rajasthan, renowned for its painted frescoes and ornate havelis (merchants houses). We spend the night in a heritage hotel. (B)

Day 3, SHEKHAVATI

Walking tour of one of Shekhavatis small towns followed by a camel ride to surrounding villages. Overnight in the desert resort, in beautiful and luxurious mud huts! (B)

Day 4, JAIPUR

Drive to Jaipur. Afternoon visit the splendid Amber Fort. (B)

Day 5, JAIPUR

Morning Jaipur city tour. Remainder of the day at leisure. (B)

Day 6, RANTHAMBORE

Drive to Ranthambore National Park where we take an afternoon game ride. (BD)

Days 7-8, KARAULI

Visit Ranthambore Fort then drive to Karauli where we stay in a Maharajas residence. We visit the magnificent Karauli City Palace and the local bazaar. (B)

Day 9, BHARATPUR - AGRA

Drive via the Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary at Bharatpur to the abandoned Moghul capital at Fatehpur Sikri. (B)

Day 10, AGRA - DELHI

Visit the Taj Mahal before returning to Delhi by evening express train. Overnight in Delhi. (B)

Day 11, DELHI

Tour ends after breakfast. (B)

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Last updated: 8th June 2008