Delhi /Jaipur /Agra /Delhi

PROGRAM

SUN 01          DELHI/JAIPUR      ARRIVE BY MK 744           0615HRS           

MEET UPON ARRIVAL WITH TRADIONAL INDIAN WELCOME BY GARLAND AND THEN STRAIGHT DRIVE TO JAIPUR (260 KMS / 05 HRS). ON ARRIVAL CHECK IN  AT HOTEL AND TIME FOR REST AND CATCH UP ON  SOME SLEEP.

EVE: VISIT BIRLA TEMPLE WITHOUT GUIDE - BUILT ALL IN MARBLE AND KNOWN FOR IT'S HINDU ARCHITECTURE AND BIRD VIEW OF THE CITY, PHOTOGRAPHY AT OUTSIDE ALBERT MUSEUM.

OPTIONAL: CAN WATCH INDIAN MOVIE AT RAJ MANDIR CINEMA HALL CONSIDERED TO BE THE BEST IN INDIA. EVEN THOUGH, YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THE LOCAL LANGUAGE, YOU CAN’T RESIST YOURSELF TO GET INTO THE MOOD OF THE MOVIE WITH FOOT TAPPING MUSIC. FYI, INDIAN MOVIE INDUSTRY IS KNOWN AS “BOLLYWOOD” AND THE LARGEST FILM INDUSTRY IN THE WORLD AS FAR AS MAKING MOVIES IS CONSIDERED @ Rs 150 PP EXTRA.

MON 02          JAIPUR         

AM: AMBER (PALACE) FORT OF LOCAL RULERS, BUILT IN THE 17TH CENTURY HIGH UP ON A HILL OVER LOOKING A LAKE. TOWERS AND DOMES OF AMBER PALACE ARE  REMINISCENT OF SCENES FROM SOME FAIRY-TALE. VICTORY HALL IS RICHLY DECORATED WITH PANELS OF ALABASTER WITH FINE INLAY WORK OF TENDER COLOURS. YOU  ASCEND THE PALACE ON BOARD GAILY-CAPARISONED ELEPHANTS. (ELEPHANT RIDE @ Rs 500 PP EXTRA)

PM: JAIPUR CITY: 18TH CENTURY CITY (CAPITAL OF RAJASTHAN) IS FAMOUS AS “THE PINK CITY”, BECAUSE OF THE LOCAL ROSE-PINK-SANDSTONE USED IN ITS CONSTRUCTION. VISIT MAHARAJA’S CITY-PALACE, SITUATED IN THE HEART OF CITY WITH  CHARMING GARDENS SURROUNDED BY HIGH WALLS; PALACE OF WINDS, A UNIQUELY DESIGNED FIVE –STORY STRUCTURE WITH TIERS OF OVERHANGING BALCONIES OF PINK SANDSTONE.

TUE 03            JAIPUR /AGRA           

DRIVE TO AGRA (221 KM/5 HRS 30 MIN) VISIT FATEHPUR SIKRI ENROUTE. ITS MAGNIFICENT DESERTED CITY, CAPITAL OF THE GREAT EMPEROR AKBAR. DURING HIS BRIEF STAY HERE, A GREAT COMPLEX OF FORTS, PALACES AND MOSQUES SPRANG UP, BUT AKBAR WAS FINALLY FORCED TO ABANDON HIS DREAM CITY DUE TO SCARCITY OF WATER, AND SUBSEQUENTLY IT BECAME A GHOST TOWN.  THE FANTASTIC TOMB OF SHEIKH SALIM CHISTI, LIES UNDER AN ELABORATE MARBLE CANOPY AND IS LAVISHLY INLAID WITH MOTHER-OF-PEARL.

PM: VISIT TAJ MAHAL AT SUNSET (CLOSED ON FRIDAY):  UNQUESTIONABLY THE WORLD’S MOST MAGNIFICENT MONUMENT EVER BUILT IN 17TH CENTURY.  A COLOSSAL, PERFECTLY PROPORTIONED MASS OF WHITE MARBLE, IT IS A JEWEL, FASHIONED OVER 20 YEARS OF HUNDREDS OF SKILLED CRAFTSMEN AND OVER 20,000 LABORERS TO FLOAT LIKE SOME FANTASTIC MIRAGE UPON THE YAMUNA

RED FORT: THE AGRA FORT WAS ONCE THE FLOURISHING CENTRE OF THE MUGHAL DYNASTY, AND FOUR SUCCESSIVE EMPERORS HELPED TO CREATE ITS MASSIVE WALLS, WITHIN WHICH HINDU AND MUSLIM STYLES MERGE INTO A SPLENDID FUSION OF MILITARY MIGHT AND LAVISH BEAUTY.

WED 04           AGRA /DELHI             

DRIVE TO DELHI (200 KMS / 05 HRS). ON ARRIVAL STRAIGHT PROCEED TO VISIT DELHI

NEW DELHI: CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY HAS LONG BEEN A PHOENIX RISING AGAIN AND AGAIN OUT OF ITS RUINS.  DELHI IS SEVEN CITIES IN ONE, THE FIRST DATING FROM THE 11TH CENTURY.  SEE THE FAMOUS QUTAB MINAR-12TH CENTURY 238 FT. HIGH STONE TOWER,  NEW DELHI WAS THE CREATION OF THE BRITISH RAJ OF THE 30'S AND INCLUDES THE PRESIDENT'S HOUSE, PARLIAMENT, INDIA GATE, THE RAJPATH AND DOWNTOWN CONNAUGHT PLACE

THU 05           DELHI / MAURITIUS     DEP ON  MK 745           0800HRS

                    TRANSFER TO AIRPORT TO CONNECT FLIGHT TO MAURITIUS

WE SHALL PROVIDING FOLLOWING HOTELS (SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY)::

ENTRANCE FEE EXTRA AS UNDER:

JAIPUR                                                          

• CITY PALACE, AMER FORT
• OBSERVATORY

AGRA

• TAJMAHAL                                                     
• FATEHPUR SIKRI                                             
• RED FORT 
                                                         
  

DELHI

• QUTUB MINAR       
  

THE ABOVE COST INCLUDES:

1. 04 NTS ACCOMO SHARING TWIN ON BB BASIS.
2. ALL TRANSFERS/TOURS BY AIRCON VEHICLE.

ABOVE COST DOES NOT INCLUDED: 

INTERNATIONAL AIR TICKET & TAXES ,ENTRANCE FEES,  INDIA VISA FEE, TRAVEL INSURANCE, AIRPORT TAX, VISA FEE, LAUNDRY, TELEPHONE BILLS, CAMERA FEE, TIPS AND ANY OTHER EXPENSES OF PERSONAL NATURE.