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Taj Mahal & Tiger Tour
Duration: 12 nights / 13 days
Destinations Covered: Delhi - Jaipur - Ranthambore - Agra - Khajuraho
- Bandhavgarh - Kanha - Nagpur- Delhi
Day 1: Arrive Delhi
Arrive
in Delhi and transfer to hotel.
Day 2: Delhi
Full day city tour of New Delhi and Old Delhi. Visit Raj Ghat and Shanti Vana
(the cremation sites of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru), Jama Masjid, and
drive past Red Fort and Chandni Chowk. Afternoon: visit Qutub Minar built by
Qutub-ud-Din Aibek in 1199, Humayun's Tomb, India Gate (War Memorial Arch),
and the Lakshminarayan Temple - a modern Hindu Temple. Also drive past the President's
House, Parliament House, Government Secretariat Buildings & the Connaught
Place shopping centre. Overnight.
Day 3: Delhi - Jaipur ( 250 Km. )
Morning drive to Jaipur enroute visiting Amber fort. Visit the Sheesh Mahal,
or the Hall of Victory, glittering with mirrors. Ascend the fort on Elephant
back.
Afternoon tour of Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. This city was given a coat
of pink colour a century ago in honour of a visiting Prince and it has retained
this colour ever since. Built by Maharaja Jai Singh, a notable astronomer, this
city is now 260 years old. Visit Maharaja's City Palace, the Observatory &
Ram Niwas Gardens. Drive past Hawa Mahal & through the residential &
business areas. Afternoon at leisure. Overnight.
Day 4: Jaipur - Ranthambhore (162 Km. )
Morning drive to Ranthambhore. Overnight.
Day 5: Ranthambhore
Morning and Evening Jungle activities.
Day 6: Ranthambhore - Agra ( 280 Km )
Drive to Agra, enroute visiting Fatepur Sikri. Overnight.
Day 7: Agra - Khajuraho
Morning
city tour of Agra . Visit the famous Taj Mahal and the Agra Fort containing
the Pearl Mosque . Also visit the Tomb of Itmad-ud-Daullah built by Empress
Noorjehan in memory of her father. Transfer to the airport to board the flight
for Khajuraho.
Day 8: Khajuraho - Bandhavgarh ( 90 Km. )
Morning visit the world famous Khajuraho temples, built by the Chandelas, between
950 AD & 1050 AD. The important ones are Chaunset Yogini Kali Temple, the
Mahadev Temple, Chitragupta or Bharatji Temple (with a lovely image of 11 headed
Vishnu), Vishvanath & Nandi Temples, Lakshmana Temple, and the Visha Temple
of Shiva, which is the largest & most typical of temples.
Visit the Eastern group of Temples. Parasvanath Temple is the only exisiting
Jain Temple at Khajuraho and has excellent sculptures on the outer walls of
the Sanctum. The Javeri Temple is dedicated to Vishnu and the other temples
in this group are those dedicated to Brahma, Yamuna and Adinath. Drive to Bandhavgarh
.
Day 9: Bandhavgarh
Morning and evening Jungle activities.
Day 10: Bandhavgarh - Kanha: ( 255 km. )
After
breakfast drive to Kanha. This is the place that has been described in "The
Jungle Book", by Rudyard Kipling. Located in the Mandla district of Madhya
Pradesh, Kanha National Park is a tiger reserve that extends over an area of
over 940 square kms.
Patient observation should reward the visitor with a sight of Indian Fox, Sloth
bear, Striped hyena, Jungle cut, Leopard, Mouse Deer, Chausingha (four horned
antelope), Nilgai, Ratel and Porcupine. Kanha has some 200 species of birds.
Watchers should station themselves in the hills, where the mixed and bamboo
forests harbour many species in the grassy forest clearings. Water birds can
be seen near the park's many rivulets and at Sarvantal, a pool that is frequented
by water birds, and the area in front of the museum. Overnight at the Resort.
Day 11: Kanha
Morning and evening game viewing inside the jungle. (Two safaris)
Overnight at the resort.
Day 12: Kanha - Nagpur - Delhi ( 180 Km. )
Transfer to the Airport ( Nagpur ) to board flight to Delhi.
Day 13: Delhi
Day at leisure, Transfer to the Airport to board flight for onward journey.
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