Samode - INDIA in Luxury

PROGRAM

SUN 01           ARR:    DELHI                                              

MEETING, ASSISTANCE ON ARRIVAL AND TRANSFER TO HOTEL. ROOM FROM 12 NOON TIME TO REST.

MON 02        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 JEWEL, 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.  ALSO SEE ENROUTE THE STONE CARVING VILLAGE AND TRIBESMEN WITH THEIR CAMELS AND TRIBESWOMEN DRESSED IN BRIGHT AND COLOURFUL ATTIRES.  LATE AFTERNOON ARRIVAL &  CHECK-IN AT HOTEL. 

THU 05           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 @ USD 12 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

FRI 06            JAIPUR/SAMODE

                    YOU CAN HAVE OPTIONAL HOT AIR BALLON RIDE (SUBJECT TO WIND CONDITIONS) OVER JAIPUR FOR 50 MINS AND ENJOY THE EBAUTY OF JAIPIUR FROM HIGH UP IN SKY @ USD 215 PP EXTRA. CHILDREN BELOW 7 YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

                             AFTER LEISURELY BREAKFAST LATER IN THE DAY DRIVE JAIPUR/ SAMODE  (60 KMS 1HR & 30 MIN). ON ARRIVAL CHECK-IN AT HOTEL.

                       SAMODE IS AN EXCUSIVE RETREAT WITH IMPOSING CASTLE, NOW CONVERTED INTO ALL SUITE HERITAGE HOTEL WITH BEST IN LUXURY TO OFFER.  OR  STAY AT THE ROYAL RETREAT OF SAMODE BAGH IN LUSH GREEN MUGHAL STYLE GARDENS. HERE YOU STAY IN LUXURY AIRCON TENTS WITH ALL THE MODREN AMENITIES.  

                              AFTERNOON: YOU CAN ENJOY VISIT AROUND SAMODE VILLAGE ON CAMEL BACK AND OR WALK AROUND THIS SMALL VILLAGE FULL OF LOCAL PAINTINGS, ART & CRAFTS CENTRE REALLY A GOOD EXPERIENCE TO SEE THIS RAJASTHANI TRIBAL AREA.

SAT 07            SAMODHE/DELHI      LEISURELY BREAKFAST AND LEAVE FOR DELHI AT 1100 HRS (240 KMS 5 HRS). EARLY EVENING ARRIVAL DELHI, CAR AT DISPOSAL FOR LAST MINUTE SHOPPING OR PERSONAL ACTIVITIES. OVER NIGHT AT HOTEL NEAR AIRPORT.

SUN 08           DELHI/MAURITIUS      EARLY MORNING DEPARTURE TRANSFER TO AIRPORT FOR FLT BACK HOME AT 0520 HRS.

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.

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.