Footsteps of Gandhi 14 Days | Starts/Ends: Mumbai
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TRIP NOTES Footsteps of Gandhi 14 days | Starts/Ends: Mumbai PRIVATE TOUR: Commencing in available upon request. Accommodation Days 2-3 : Mumbai Mumbai and travelling through rating – See Trip Notes for details • the historical state of Gujarat - Touring and excursions as per itinerary • Boat excursion to Elephanta Caves homeland of Mahatma Gandhi, this • Services of English-speaking Indian innovative itinerary incorporates specialist guides for all included sight- coastal Porbandar, princely Rajkot seeing and flourishing Ahmedabad - the • Entrance fees for all included sightseeing starting point of the legendary salt • Economy class flight: Mumbai to march. Porbandar • An airport arrival transfer day 1 and a departure transfer day 14 Mumbai or Bombay, as it was formerly known HIGHLIGHTS AND INCLUSIONS • All relevant transfer and transportation - remains India’s city of dreams. We enjoy in private modern Chauffeur driven air- a full day city tour including the Gateway of Trip Highlights conditioned vehicles India monument, the Prince of Wales museum, • Mumbai - 'The City of Dreams' - Gateway Marine Drive, Mani Bhawan Jain temple and of India, the Prince of Wales Museum, What's Not Included the Elephanta Caves. Marine Drive, Mani Bhawan Jain Temple • International flights and visa and Elephanta Caves • Tipping - An entirely personal gesture On day 3 we take a guided Heritage Walk • Coastal Porbandar - Gandhi’s birthplace in the morning before visiting the Afghani • Rajkot - Old city, Gandhi’s home DETAILED ITINERARY Church and holy Banganga Temple and water • Dandi - The scene of the famous Salt tank in the afternoon. Tonight we enjoy a March Day 1 : Mumbai scenic horse and buggy ride along Marine • Ahmedabad - Old city and largest city in Once you arrive into Mumbai, you will be met drive toward Chowpatty Beach. Overnight - Gujurat at the airport and transferred to your hotel. Mumbai (B:2) • Baroda, Surat and Sultan of Gujarat’s The rest of the day is yours to explore Mumbai Castle or relax at the hotel. Overnight - Mumbai What's Included • Breakfast daily • 13 nights STANDARD hotels. SUPERIOR and DELUXE hotel options are also Footsteps of Gandhi - 14 days updated on 29-09-2021 08:11:35 www.onthegotours.com This information has been compiled with care and good faith. They give an accurate illustration of the proposed arrangements for this holiday. Circumstances beyond our control such as changes in local conditions, inclement weather or other reasons could force us to make changes to UK 020 7371 1113 [email protected] this itinerary. Any costs shown are subject to change, though are an accurate reflection of costs at time of writing. Please also note that visa AUS 1300 855 684 [email protected] requirements are subject to change and are the responsibility of the traveller and not that of On The Go Tours. NZ 0800 44 77 69 CAN 1 866 890 7038 - 1 - USA 1 866 606 2960 SA 0800 990 311 TRIP NOTES Footsteps of Gandhi Day 4 : Porbandar the place where he launched his celebrated Day 14 : Mumbai march against the Salt Law. Hotel check-out and included onward transfer to airport.(B) On day 9, we can wander through the vibrant bazaars of Ahmedabad and visit Jami Tipping Masjid, built in the 15th century. Also worth Tipping is an essential part of the culture. For a seeing are the tombs of Ahmedabad’s Muslim job well done, we would suggest for your tour rulers plus Hindu and Jain temples. The guide: USD$4-7 per traveller, for each day of afternoon is free, so perhaps a stop at the sightseeing. Calico Museum of Textiles with its excellent For your driver and On The Go Representative collection of antique and modern textiles. Mumbai - Porbandar. Morning flight to we'd recommend USD$2-3 per traveller for Of course, no visit to Ahmedabad would be Porbandar, the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi, each day of service. Tipping is an entirely complete without a textile purchase. Patola born in 1869. Afternoon city tour to Kirti personal gesture and ultimately the amount is silk saris and Ahmedabad block-prints are Mandir, the memorial erected to Gandhi and up to you. prized. Overnight - Ahmedabad (B:2) his wife, in the 1950s and Gandhi’s birthplace, Accommodation ratings a 3-story 300-year-old house, with time to Days 10-11 : Surat stop at the Chowpatty seafront and shop in On our Private trips, you can often choose Ahmedabad - Baroda - Surat. Travelling south the local bazaar. Overnight - Porbandar (B) your style of accommodation. The price to Baroda, we arrive mid-afternoon. Perhaps quoted on our website is reflective of the stroll through Sayaji Bagh, a large green Days 5-7 : Rajkot included accommodation, please see the park housing a number of museums and Porbander - Rajkot - Ahmedabad. Travelling “included” section on the first page of this planetarium. On day 11 we continue south to north east, we arrive at Rajkot. Mahatma document for details. Should you opt for Surat on the banks of the River Tapti and visit Gandhi moved to Rajkot in 1881, he attended an alternative hotel category, this will be to the Sultan of Gujarat castle built in 1546. school here and was popularly known as confirmed in writing with the respective price Overnight - Baroda (1) Surat (1) (B:2) Mahatma (Sanskrit for ‘great soul’). On day on your invoice. 6, we visit the old city and ‘Kaba Gandhi Day 12 : Dandi For further details about the indicative hotels, No Delo’, the house where Gandhi grew up, please see the “hotels” tab on our website. which now holds a small exhibition of Gandhi Here we rank hotel’s in their respective artifacts and photographs. Rajkot is also country (REGIONAL CATEGORY) - but we also famous for its Bandhani saris, mirror-work, tell you how it ranks by Western standards patchwork, beadwork, and silk embroidery. (OUR CATEGORY). On day 7 we travel to Ahmedabad. Overnight - Rajkot (2) Ahmedabad (1) (B:3) STANDARD - Equates to a Western 3-star standard, always featuring en-suite rooms and Days 8-9 : Ahmedabad usually a restaurant. SUPERIOR - Equates to a Western 4- Surat/Dandi. Its a short drive to Dandi star standard, featuring en-suite rooms and where we arrive at the most famous scene usually a restaurant and often a swimming of Mahatma Gandhi’s Salt Satyagraha (Salt pool and/or a fitness centre. March). Mahatma Gandhi, along with several DELUXE - Equates to a Western 5-star thousand of his followers walked from standard, usually featuring spacious, en-suite Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi on the Gujarati rooms, a restaurant, swimming pool and coast. Today we follow this same path down fitness centre and an array of amenities, to the water's edge. Overnight - Surat (B) excellent service and customer care. LUXURY - Equates to a Western 5-star plus Ahmedabad is a mix of medieval and modern, Day 13 : Mumbai along with the coexistence of Hindu, Muslim standard - the creme de la creme. Featuring Surat - Mumbai. Arrival to Mumbai and hotel and Jain communities, a compelling place to spacious, en-suite rooms, a restaurant, check in. The later part of the day remains explore. Our city tour leads us to the old city, swimming pool and fitness centre and an free for you to do as you please. Overnight - to view the finest blend of Hindu and Islamic array of amenities, this accommodation is a Mumbai (B) architectural style known as Indo-Saracenic. cut above the rest. Sheer opulence! We also visit the site of Gandhi’s ashram and Footsteps of Gandhi - 14 days updated on 29-09-2021 08:11:35 www.onthegotours.com This information has been compiled with care and good faith. They give an accurate illustration of the proposed arrangements for this holiday. Circumstances beyond our control such as changes in local conditions, inclement weather or other reasons could force us to make changes to UK 020 7371 1113 [email protected] this itinerary. Any costs shown are subject to change, though are an accurate reflection of costs at time of writing. Please also note that visa AUS 1300 855 684 [email protected] requirements are subject to change and are the responsibility of the traveller and not that of On The Go Tours. NZ 0800 44 77 69 CAN 1 866 890 7038 - 2 - USA 1 866 606 2960 SA 0800 990 311 TRIP NOTES Footsteps of Gandhi tour accommodation to save you waiting until Domestic flights - Baggage KNOW BEFORE YOU GO hotel check in time, which is generally 2pm. allowance India Country Guide Visas & passports If your holiday includes a domestic flight or you have independently booked domestic Visa requirements are subject to change and flights separate to that of your international Welcome to India - Arrival visa procurement is the responsibility of the flights, please be mindful that that free transfer traveller and not On The Go Tours. Please also baggage allowance for Economy class travel If your holiday includes a complimentary ensure that your passport is valid for at least 6 on flights within India is near always 15kg, airport arrival transfer (as indicated in the months from your planned date of departure with 5-7kg allowance for hand luggage. 'Inclusions' section of these Trip Notes from India. Additional weight is charged per kilo and is on page 1) from Delhi's Indira Gandhi After booking your holiday, please provide us payable by you directly to the airline at check- International Airport, our arrival procedure is with your passport details as soon as possible in. If travelling with more than 15kg on a flight as follows: so that we can proceed to book all services.