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Day 01: |
Departure from your
own Country.
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Day 02: |
Arrive Delhi.
Transfer to hotel..
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Day 03: |
Drive to Mandawa. Rest of the day visit the
Shekhavati villages of
Dundlod, Mandawa, etc. Mandawa was founded in 1755 by Thakur Nawal Singh and is still the home of his descendants. Mandawa houses a collection of armories, costumes of ancestors, canons from 1820, ancient coins, numismatic collection and many other interesting items preserved in a museum. The whole area of Shekhavati has beautiful frescoes, havelis
& mansions and is called the open air gallery.
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Day 04: |
Morning drive to
Jaipur. Rest of the day free.
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Day 05: |
Morning visit the
Amber Fort -the ancient capital of the State. Visit the Sheesh Mahal or the Hall of Victory glittering with mirrors.
Afternoon tour of Jaipur. Rajasthan was given a colour coat of pink a century ago in honour of a visiting Prince. Built by Maharaja Jai Singh, the notable astronomer, this city is 260 years old. Visit Maharaja's
City
Palace, the Observatory & Ram Niwas Gardens. Drive past
Hawa Mahal & through the pink rose residential & business areas.
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Day 06: |
Morning drive
Ranthambore.
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Day 07: |
Day free.
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Day 08: |
Drive to Agra visiting
Fatehpur Sikri enroute. Fatehpur Sikri is 40 kms from Agra and built by Emperor Akbar in 1569 and abandoned after 15 years due to scarcity of water. See the graceful buildings including the Jama
Masjid, Tomb of
Salim
Chisti, Panch Mahal and other Palaces.
Afternoon visit the world famous
Taj Mahal built by the Moghul Emperor
Shahjehan in 1630 for his Queen Mumtaz Mahal to enshrine her mortal remains. Later visit the
Agra Fort containing the Pearl Mosque, the Halls of Public and Private Audience. Also visit the Tomb of
Itmad-ud-Daullah built by Empress Noorjehan in memory of her father.
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Day 09: |
Drive to Delhi. On
arrival check in at hotel.
156 square kms in area, the Madhav National Park of Shivpuri is open
throughout the year. With a varied terrain of wooded hills, it offers
abundant opportunities of sighting a variety of wildlife. The
predominant species that inhabits the park is the deer, the commonest of
them being the dainty chinkara, the Indian gazelle and the chital. Other
common species are nilgai, sambar, blackbuck, sloth bear, leopard and
the langur. Over night Shivpuri.
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Day 10: |
Tour of
Delhi visiting
Raj
Ghat and
Shanti Vana - the cremation sites of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru,
Jama
Masjid and drive past
Red
Fort and Chandni Chowk.
Check out at 1200 hrs.
Afternoon visit
Qutub Minar built by Qutub-ud-Din Aibek in 1199,
Humayun's
Tomb,
India Gate (War
Memorial Arch ), Lakshminarayan
Temple - a modern Hindu Temple. Also drive past
President's
House, Parliament House, Government Secretariat Buildings and
Connaught Place shopping centre. Evening transfer to airport.
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Day 11: |
Departure.
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