DELHI/AGRA/JAIPUR/MANDAWA

PROGRAM

SUN 01           ARR:    DELHI      MEETING, ASSISTANCE ON ARRIVAL AND TRANSFER TO HOTEL.
                                                ROOM FROM 12 NOON.

MON 02           DELHI               AM: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

                                             PM: OLD DELHI: FOR SOMETHING CLOSE TO RUDYARD KIPLING, VISIT THE 17TH CENTURY OLD DELHI; JAMA MASJID - THE BIGGEST MOSQUE IN INDIA.  RAJGHAT MEMORIAL WHERE FATHER OF THE NATION MAHATMA GANDHI WAS CREMATED.

TUE 03            DELHI/AGRA   DRIVE DELHI/AGRA (203 KMS/4 HRS) ON ARRIVAL CHECK-IN AT HOTEL.

PM: THE TAJ MAHAL, UNQUESTIONABLY THE WORLD'S MOST MAGNIFICENT MONUMENT TO OVER BUILT IN 17TH CENTURY.  A COLOSSAL, PERFECTLY PROPORTIONED MASS OF WHITE MARBLE, IT IS LITERALLY A JE WEL, FASHIONED OVER 20 YEARS OF HUNDREDS OF SKILLED CRAFTSMEN AND OVER 20,000 LABORERS TO FLOAT LIKE SOME FANTASTIC MIRAGE UPON THE YAMUNA.

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/JAIPUR      AFTER BREAKFAST DRIVE AGRA/JAIPUR (221 KMS/5 HRS 30 MIN) VISITING FATEHPUR SIKRI ENROUTE. 

FATEHPUR SIKRI 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, SUBSEQUENTLY IT BECAME A GHOST TOWN.  FANTASTIC TOMB OF SHEIKH SALIM CHISTI, LIES UNDER AN ELABORATE MARBLE CANOPY AND IS LAVISHLY INLAID WITH MOTHER-OF-PEARL.

THU 05            JAIPUR

AM: AMBER (PALACE) FORT: THE ORIGINAL PALACE OF THE LOCAL RULERS WAS BUILT IN THE 17TH CENTURY HIGH UP ON A HILL OVERLOOKING A LAKE, THE TOWERS AND DOMES OF THE AMBER PALACE ARE REMINISCENT OF SCENES FROM SOME FAIRY-TALE. ITS HALLS OF VICTORY IS RICHLY DECORATED WITH PANELS OF ALABASTER WITH FINE INLAY WORK OF TENDER COLOURS.  YOU ASCEND UP THE PALACE ON BOARD GAILY CAPARISONED ELEPHANTS, AS DID THE MAHARAJA'S OF YORE. ( Rs 450 PP EXTRA FOR ELPHANT RIDE)

PM: JAIPUR CITY: 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.

FRI 06             JAIPUR/MANDAWA

DRIVE JAIPUR/MANDAWA (155 KM/4 HRS) VISITING NAWALGARH ENROUTE.

NAWALGARH – FROM EARLY 18TH CENTURY, NAWALGARH HAS TWO OLD FORTS. THE BALA KILA HAS A KIOSK WHERE SOME OF THE FINEST FRESCOES IN SHEKHAWATI ARE PAINTED. THE PROMINENT HAVELIS HERE ARE OF THE PODDARS, CHHAWACHHARIAS, BHAGATS, DANGAICHS AND OTHERS. A HOST OF TEMPLES WITH INTERESTING ARCHITECTURY AND FRESCOES ARE ALSO VISITED.

                              PM : MANDAWA : THE TOWN OF MANDAWA LIES IN THE HEART OF THE SHEKHAVATI. AS YOU APPROACH IT MANDAWA EMERGES FROM THE SAND LIKE A MIRAGE. WANDERED THROUGH TO STREETS WERE THE MENTIONED AND HAVELIES OF RICH MERCHANTS ARE ADORNED WITH ELABORATES FRESCOES AND ADMIRE THEIR INTRICATELY PAINTING COURTYARDS. THE RUGGED FORT FOR MANDAWA, WAS BUILT IN 1755 BY THAKUR NAVAL SINGH. EVENING CAN ENJOY OPTIONAL CAMEL RIDE TO SUN SET POINT NEAR SAND DUNES. ENJOY OPTIONAL CAME SAFARI AT SUNSET @ USD 10 PER PERSON EXTRA.

SAT 07            MANDAWA/DELHI

                      DRIVE MANDAWA/DELHI (275 KMS 5 HOURS) ON ARRIVAL CHECK-IN AT HOTEL.
                      DAY FREE FRO SHOPPING WITH CAR.

SUN 08           DELHI/MAURITIUS       TRASFER TO AIRPORT TO CONNECT FLIOGHT TO BACK HOME.

WE SHALL BE USING THE FOLLOWING HOTELS AS UNDER:

THE ABOVE COST INCLUDES:

• 07 NIGHTS ACCOM SHARING TWIN ROOM ON BREAKFAST BASIS.
• TRANSFER & SIGHTSEEING BY AIRCON VEHICLE AS PER THE PROGRAM.
• LOCAL ENGLISH SPEAKING GUIDE AT ALL PLACES.
• PRESENT GOVT. TAXES.
• 3.1% GOVT. STATE TAX.

ABOVE COST DOES NOT INCLUDE:

INTERNATIONAL AIR TICKET ,ENTRANCE FEES, LUNCH & DINNER, ITEMS OF PERSONAL NATURE SUCH AS LAUNDRY, TELEPHONE CALLS, DRINKS, TIPS AT THE RESTAURANT, HOTELS, PORTERAGE, VISA FEE & TIPS.