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TRIP NOTES Taj Traveller 8 days | Starts/Ends: Delhi Discover the spectacular sights rickshaw and explore this biodiverse Tipping your guide is an entirely personal of India's famous Golden Triangle wetland reserve gesture • including both old and new Delhi, Fatehpur Sikri – Discover the ghostly former Mughal city which has laid the Pink City of Jaipur and Agra - DETAILED ITINERARY abandoned for more than 400 years home to the magnificent Taj Mahal. • Agra - Enjoy a guided tour of the Day 1 : Delhi Also explore the Chand Baori step impressive UNESCO-listed Agra Fort Saturday. Welcome to India! On arrival in Delhi well and sample traditional rural life What's Included you are be transferred from the airport to in the quaint village of Bharatpur on our hotel. Enjoy the rest of your first day this classic 8 day tour of India. • Breakfast daily and 2 dinners exploring independently in the city. Perhaps • 7 nights 3-4 star and heritage hotels visit Akshardham - the world’s largest Hindu • Guided sightseeing - Delhi, Jaipur, temple. This evening we have a welcome HIGHLIGHTS AND INCLUSIONS Bharatpur and Agra meeting at 18:00 at the hotel to meet our • Travel by jeep to beautiful Amber Fort in guide the rest of the group. Trip Highlights Jaipur • The Taj Mahal – Explore the most famous • Escorted by an English-speaking Indian Please note that the welcome meeting will be site in India on a guided tour and marvel tour guide (for groups of 6 or more) hosted this evening at 18:00. Entrance fees for at this enduring symbol of love • Services of English-speaking Indian your tour and a tip kitty will also be collected • Delhi – Ride on a rickshaw around specialist guides at some sites at the welcome dinner on day 2. The tip kitty Chandni Chowk bazaar and tour • Airport arrival and departure transfer on will cover any tipping required throughout the highlights of the city including Jama days 1 and 8 tour, apart from a tip for your tour guide. Masjid and the India Gate • All relevant transfers and transportation in Overnight - Delhi • Jaipur – See the City Palace and the private air-conditioned vehicles UNESCO-listed Jantar Mantar space observatory in the Pink City What's Not Included • Amber Fort – Visit the fantastically • Tipping Kitty: USD$25-35pp, paid in local preserved lakeside fortress which is laid currency out over four striking levels • Entrance Fees: USD$75-85pp, paid in • Abhaneri – Admire the famous Chand local currency Baori step well and marvel at the 3,500 • International flights and visa steps which descend to the waters edge • Tip for your tour guide. We recommend • Keoladeo Ghana National Park – Look you allow USD$4-7 per day, per traveller. out for rare bird species from your cycle Taj Traveller - 8 days updated on 28-09-2021 08:09:11 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 Taj Traveller Day 2 : Old and New Delhi - India Gate - The 42 metre high stone “Arch best preserved. At first glance, Jantar Mantar sightseeing of Triumph”, erected in memory of Indian resembles a sculpture park, though in fact, soldiers who died in the First World War each construction has a specific scientific purpose. Some measure the positions of Tonight, we enjoy a Namaste Dinner at our stars, whilst others calculate eclipses, the hotel. lunar calendar and simply the time of day. Overnight - Delhi (B, D) Even today, most of the constructions remain Day 3 : Jaipur - the Pink City! accurate! Overnight - Jaipur (B) Day 4 : Amber Fort This morning, we set off for a sightseeing tour of Old Delhi. This 17th century walled city of Shahjahanabad was the erstwhile capital of Mughal India, with city gates, narrow alleyways, bazaars, mosques and other historic monuments. Today Old Delhi is still a hive of activity, and the Chandhi Chowk Delhi - Jaipur. Today we travel by road, to the bazaar is a colourful place to people watch. UNESCO-listed Pink City of Jaipur, capital of Early-risers can opt for a morning hot air We will enjoy a rickshaw ride through this Rajasthan. The journey takes approximately 5 balloon ride over Jaipur, and sail over hilltop bustling bazaar. - 6 hours. Upon arrival we embark on some forts, regal palaces, sleepy villages, and stone sightseeing and take in the Old City and City Sightseeing highlights of Old Delhi include: carved temples. As the balloon’s course is Palace. Watch out for snake charmers along - Jama Masjid - The largest mosque in India entirely dependent upon the wind, we cannot the way. and the final architectural extravagance of confirm the exact flight path your balloon will Shah Jahan In 1876, Maharaja Ram Singh had the entire take nor the panoramas and monuments you - Raj Ghat - on the banks of the Yamuna old city swathed in pink paint! Not as mad as will see. No two flights are ever the same, River lies a marble memorial marking the spot it seems as pink associated with hospitality each will present unique and picture perfect where the great leader Mahatma Gandhi was in India. The new paint job was completed in photo opportunities. This is part of the beauty cremated after his assassination time for a regal visit by the Prince of Wales of it. (later King Edward VII), a tradition that has In contrast to Old Delhi, New Delhi is a city of Then we travel beyond Jaipur to the stunning been maintained, hence Jaipur’s name - the wide tree-lined streets, parks, fountains and 16th century Amber Fort - a sprawling Pink City. roundabouts – designed by Edward Lutyens Rajput construction perched on a hillside and built as the imperial capital of India En route to the City Palace, we’ll pass overlooking the dusty plains below. Arriving by the British. This part of the city also Hawa Mahal – the Palace of the Winds. at the top we tour the fort’s well-preserved houses many government buildings including This impressive façade it is one of the interior and grounds. Rashtrapati Bhavan – the official residence city’s landmarks. This 5-storey building which Before returning to Jaipur we make a short of the President of India which stands at the overlooks the main street of the bustling visit of about 1 hour to a cotton trading/ opposite end of the Rajpath from the India old city is a stunning example of Rajput tailor factory where we can watch a block Gate. architecture. printing and screen printing demonstration Sightseeing highlights of New Delhi include: We explore the beautiful City Palace, a blend with traditional Rajasthani designs. Travellers - Humayun's Tomb - the magnificent tomb of of Rajasthani and Mughal architecture. If the looking for souvenirs can explore the small the Mughal Emperor Humayun flag is flying, the Maharaja is in residence. bazaar offering regional souvenirs and other - Rajpath – an immensely broad boulevard A part of palace has been converted into a handicrafts in addition to cotton products flanked on either side by ornamental ponds. museum, which has an impressive collection including saris. The Republic Day parade is held here every of arts, carpets, enamel ware and weaponry. Later this evening you can also opt to explore 26 January, drawing millions of people to this Johari Bazaar in the Old Pink City which is spectacle. It is at the eastern end of Rajpath Just over the road from the City Palace is also great for shopping. Popular souvenirs we’ll see the India Gate Jantar Mantar, an observatory of astronomy built by Jai Singh in 1728. Of the five include jootis (traditional Rajasthani curled observatories he built, this is the largest and shoes), Jaipur’s famous blue pottery, textiles Taj Traveller - 8 days updated on 28-09-2021 08:09:11 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 Taj Traveller and handicrafts around the City Palace or Day 6 : The Taj Mahal Day 7 : Return to Delhi Hawa Mahal. Our vehicle is available to drop you off at the market and its easy enough to grab a rickshaw on the way back. Overnight - Jaipur (B) Day 5 : Chand Baori & Keoladeo Ghana National Park Bharatpur - Agra. En route to Agra we visit Agra - Delhi.