Tour Itinerary
Trip Highlights include:
Delhi, the capital city
Romantic Taj Mahal in Mogul Agra
Varanasi, the holy city of the Hindus
Boat ride on the River Ganges
Calcutta, the City of Joy
Day 1: Delhi
Arrival at Delhi international airport. Where you be met and transferred to the your hotel.
Overnight at the hotel
Day 2: Delhi to Agra
After breakfast this morning, join a full day city tour covering both Old and New Delhi. Visit the busy Chandni Chowk - the silver bazaar with its myriad shops selling not only jewelry but virtually everything imaginable, see the grand Jama Masjid Mosque, the impressive Red Fort and the broad avenues leading to the Parliament and other government buildings in this capital city. Leave Delhi in the afternoon and drive to Agra.
Day 3: Agra
A highlight of the trip awaits you this morning, when you visit the Taj Mahal to view this magnificent monument in the light of the early morning sun. This fabulous monument a token of a man's love for his wife is breathtaking in its beauty and grandeur and is bound to leave you awed. This afternoon you will be taken on a tour of some of the other sights in and around Agra including the famous Red Fort, with its palaces and royal buildings inside. Then board your overnight train bound for Varanasi.
Day 4: Varanasi
You will be met at the railway station this morning and transferred to your hotel. Later this morning, you will be taken on a tour of Varanasi, which is perhaps the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. The narrow alleyways of the old part of the city as well as the embankments on the river Ganges are almost like the settings of a movie on medieval India except that the scenes unfolding in front of your eyes are very real! The evening is free for you to relax.
Day 5: Varanasi to Calcutta
After a very early morning wake up call today, leave your hotel well before sunrise to go into the city center of Varanasi. Even at this early hour, the embankments on the river Ganges are a hub of activity as residents as well as pilgrims from all over the country prepare to bathe in the river at sunrise considered a particularly auspicious time. A traditional, hand rowed country boat has been reserved for you to cruise on the river slowly as the sun makes an appearance on the horizon and life unfolds on the banks of the river, exactly as it has done for the past thousands of years.
Return to your hotel for breakfast, before taking another tour of this ancient city. Later, you will be transferred back to the railway station for your onward journey to Calcutta. Observe the fascinating Indian countryside with its farms and villages unfold from your train window, before darkness falls and you settle in for the night on the train.
Day 6: Calcutta After an early morning arrival cross the busy Howrah Bridge, teeming with pedestrians and all kinds of traffic an amazing sight! Take an orientation tour of the city, well known for its colonial era buildings, museums and art galleries. The afternoon is at you leisure.
Day 7: Calcutta
The morning is free until your early evening transfer to the airport.
