Day 01 Arrive Delhi
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Delhi-Mandawa-Bikaner-Jaisalmer-Jodhpur-Ranakpur-Udaipur-Pushkar-Jaipur-Ranthambhore-Geejgarh-Agra-Delhi This trip highlights the best of Rajasthan driving across the Thar Desert landscape dotted with mini palaces, havelis and forts. You will stay in former palaces now converted into royal hotels. The tour culminates in Agra, the abode of the marble wonder-the Taj Mahal. |
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Transfer to your downtown hotel. Post lunch: tour of Old Delhi to include Rajghat, Jama Masjid and a cycle rickshaw ride through Chandni Chowk (the silver street). Day 04 Mandawa-Bikaner : By Road 164 Kms/ 3 Hrs
After breakfast drive to Bikaner arriving by lunch.. 500 years ago, a desert chieftain established his kingdom here, and over the centuries it has grown into an impressive town. Its central fort offered the occupants safety from invaders, while inside, the rulers designed some beautiful apartments that carried echoes of opulence and in rain starved Bikaner, the images of monsoon clouds. Nearby is Deshnoke, where in a marble fronted temple rats are offered sanctuary for they are considered sacred. Post lunch tour of Junagarh fort, which has several exquisite Palaces and is carved out of red sandstone. Also visit the Ganga garden jubilee museum. Overnight in Bikaner. Day 05 : Bikaner-Jaisalmer By Road 333 Kms/ 6 Hrs In the morning visit the camel breeding farm, the only of its kind in Asia and drive to Jaisalmer arriving by lunch. Jaisalmer is one of the last princely bastions in the region founded n what was the cross roads of lucrative trade routes, this remote settlement came to be celebrated for the valour of its rulers and for the aesthetic sense represented by their palaces and havelis. The rich merchants engaged stone craftsmen who worked with great delicacy on the sandstone mansions they built, filling up facades with sculptural filigree, screen windows, delicate pavilions and beautiful balconies. Today these veritable art museums are still inhabited and their colorful celebrations and festivals have placed Jaisalmer firmly on the world tourism map. Arrive by evening. Overnight at Jaisalmer. Day 06 Jaisalmer Morning Half day guided tour of the 12th and the 15th century Jain temples, the Patwon Ki Haveli and Salim Singh Haveli. Post lunch visit to Sam Sand dunes. Return back by late evening. Overnight at Jaiselmer. Day 07 Jaisalmer/Jodhpur : 308 Kms/ 6 Hrs Among Rajasthan’s many princely settlements, Jodhpur is one of the most distinctive. This 500-year-old settlement was the headquarters of the Rathore Rajput’s celebrations for their tales of valour. Located in the Thar Desert, Jodhpur is known for its impressive fortified bastions, especially those of Mehrangarh, which have been witness to many
battles and were associated closely with the history of the regions. sightseeing of Jodhpur including Mehrangarh Fort. Jaipur - the city capital in the tone of an autumnal. Sunset, literally blushed pink when Prince Albert, the consort of Queen Victoria, stepped on its soil in 1833. Interspersing the plan of red and pink were white borders and motifs, painstakingly outlining the architectural highlights of Jaipur’s buildings. This is the only city in the world symbolizing the nine divisions of the universe through nine rectangular sectors subdividing it. The palaces and the forts of yesteryears that were witness to royal processions and splendor are now living monuments, accepted quite naturally into the lifestyles of the people of the Pink City. Overnight Jaipur. Day 12 Jaipur Day 18 Agra/ Delhi
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