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Indian Explorer (10 Days) Indian Explorer (10 days) Departs anytime (2021-2022) Please note: This itinerary can be modified in any way to best suit your school’s aims, learning objectives and budget. Travellers in India learn quickly that their time here is an experience as much as a trip. With its extravagant mix of traditions, festivals, architecture and landscapes, your memories of India will blaze bright long after you've left its shores. This 10-day trip is for students wishing to see the best of the subcontinent on this fast-paced and activity- rich trip. The journey will take students through Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Varanasi, and Kolkata. While confronting, this ‘best of India’ experience is specifically intended to foster an understanding of India’s modern urban environment and developmental issues. Accordingly, the program will feature extensive interaction with our local contemporaries, a meaningful service-learning activity based on solidarity objectives, as well as programs to facilitate an understanding of India’s cast system and all its complexities. Most importantly, this trip is designed to be highly enjoyable and provide young enquiring minds with a memorable introduction to India's diverse cultures, an array of sacred sites and the rituals that made the Indian civilization unique. Billy Penfold Director www.studenteducationaladventures.com Indian Explorer (10 days) 1 Day 1 � Arrive India (Delhi) On arrival in Delhi, we will be greeted by our tour leader and board our bus to begin our exploration of this incredibly diverse nation. En route, our leader will give us a rundown on all things Indian and provide us with all the essential information that will make our time in India safe and enjoyable. Our first stop will acquaint us with the charming (and congested!) Old Delhi famed for its bustling markets, narrow laneways and rustic architecture. We also explore the city’s 16th century Red Fort. Founded by Emperor Shah Jahan and surrounded by a magnificent 18metre high wall, this fort took 10 years to construct and is alleged to have had the decapitated bodies of prisoners built into the foundations for luck! Our tour guide, a young man who once lived and worked on these very streets, will regale us with stories of his childhood. Our guide and tour leader will also introduce us to some of the local street children who we may get to know during this time. After a tasty local lunch, we will explore Khari Baoli, Asia’s (not just India’s) largest wholesale spice market. Get ready for a feast of the senses! This street is home to hordes of tiny shops, laden with piles of dry red chillies, beads and baubles, wedding decorations and every imaginable trinket making this precinct once of the most vibrant to be found anywhere in India. We will take a further orientation walk in the comparative cool of the early evening before dinner. (meals: lunch, dinner) Flight details to be advised Day 2 Delhi (city cycling activity) We will set out early this morning for a leisurely cycling tour around parts of New Delhi. Departing from the bustling neighbourhood of Nizamuddin, our program will entail a very grassroots activity designed to afford us an insight into the daily lives of India’s ever industrious inhabitants who start work very early to avoid the heat. While intense and sometimes overwhelming, our experience will showcase the unique mix of colours, smells, sounds and unforgettable images that make Delhi what it is. En route we will stop by Dilli Haat – a unique crafts and food market and a great place for the more adventurous among us to sample a mixture of Indian cuisines from across the country. No tour to India would be complete without visiting the National Gandhi Museum where we will learn of India’s iconic leader who struggled for decades to develop human rights and gain independence before his assassination in 1948. Time permitting, we will also visit Hauz Khas village, famous for its narrow lanes full of art stores, young designer boutiques and cafes. This neighbourhood also hosts a range of vintage Bollywood posters, textile labels and other charming memorabilia. Dinner will be at a regional restaurant or one of the many other eateries on our list! (meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner) Day 3 Delhi Agra (Taj Mahal) This morning we will travel by private coach to visit Fatehpur Sikri. This magnificently fortified city was once the capital of the Mughal Empire until it was abandoned in 1585 before continuing our journey to the city of Agra. Agra is situated on the banks of the Yamuna River and was once the capital of India and is the best place in the world to view iconic Mughal architecture. In the late morning, we will visit the exquisite Taj Mahal - the world's ultimate testament to love, built by Emperor Shah Jahan in 1632 as a memorial to his beloved queen Mumtaz Mahal. This elegant monument took www.studenteducationaladventures.com Indian Explorer (10 days) 2 22 years to build by a total of 20,000 labourers. It is a blend of Hindu, Islamic, Mogul and Muslim architectural styles. We will enjoy a tasty local lunch before continuing our way across the Yamuna River. Here, we pay a visit to one of India’s most significant architectural monuments, the Agra Fort. This world heritage site was built by Emperor Akbar in 1565 and stands like a crescent on the bank of Yamuna River. There will be ample time to explore the fort's massive walls and wander through the maze of buildings that forms this city within a city. The fort today is a silent witness to the rise and fall of the imperial Mughal Empire and the golden era of art, literature and architecture in India. We will spend the night in Agra. (meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner) Day 4 Agra & surrounds (School renovation project) After breakfast we will visit Korai, a hamlet nestled in Agra’s Fatehpur Sikri district and home to the Kalandhar tribe. This small village shares an intriguing history, as its inhabitants were once the keepers of bears. Their days once comprised of staging various bear dances to visitors, a tradition that has since been banned. The village now struggles for survival and the residents have converted their simple village into an attraction and source of livelihood. Our visit here will be eye-opening as we get an opportunity to see for ourselves the lives of rural Indians. We will dine in the homes of local people and enjoy a meal with our hosts. In this land of festivals, we may be fortunate enough to catch the village during a celebration or festival or preparing a hearty feast for the entire village. After lunch, we embark on a half-day school renovation project to help benefit a rural school. Working alongside local people, our tasks today will include repairing walls and floors, painting, nailing, establishing self-sufficient gardening or setting up a library. It is also here that we will learn about the Indian education system. There will be a small thank you ceremony and speeches held after the project. (meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner) Day 5 Agra Jaipur This morning we will begin our half-day journey deeper into India’s western provinces of Rajasthan. This region of India is particularly famous for its magnificent sand dunes, sublime sunset, and exquisite arts and crafts that typify a village bazaar. In the afternoon we will arrive in Jaipur city, where the traffic dodges ambling camels and leisurely cycle-rickshaws compete with swarms of motorbikes. We set out to visit the Jantar Mantar observatory, an astronomical observation site built in the early 18th century. This is the most significant, most comprehensive, and the best preserved of India's historic observatories. In the afternoon we will escape to the Chulgiri Hills (southeast of the city centre) and partake in some light trekking through forests and the surrounding ranges. This important geographical plateau is a barrier against the hot sands of the Thar desert with some rivers originating from its source. For dinner, we will dine at an iconic local eatery followed by a heritage walk through the bylanes of the old city of Jaipur. Here, we will be observing local artisans, jewellery makers and silversmiths at the fascinating Johari bazaar. (meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner) www.studenteducationaladventures.com Indian Explorer (10 days) 3 Day 6 Jaipur (student-initiated activities) Prior to travelling, a Student Educational Adventures staff member will talk to teachers and students about specific activities that you might like to add to your travel experience. These activities can be included based on students’ knowledge of the country or their interests or passions for any aspect of a country's culture. The activities we can include are many and varied. These may involve an introduction to a country's creative or performing arts scene, visiting local schools, an ‘Amazing Race’ style activity, youth culture venues or a plethora of cultural programs. Please contact us for further ideas. Activity 1 Camel Safari: Camels were once the best mode of transport in the desert and have now become a mode of adventure. This camel safari experience in Pushkar is the authentic experience of seeing the desert and witnessing a beautiful view of the Aravali range. Today we will enjoy a ride on these magnificent ‘ships of the desert’ through sand dunes, with the pure Rajasthani culture unfolding throughout the experience. Depending on the time of day of our trip, we will also get to witness an amazing sunrise/sunset. (meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner) Activity 2 Cricket with the locals: Indians are in a word – ‘crazy’ about all things cricket.
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