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Incredible Bharat
  Package |   23 Days |
  Areas |   Delhi - Varanasi - Khajuraho - Bandhavgarh - Kanha - Bhopal - Mandu - Indore -   Orchha - Gwalior - Agra - Jaipur - Delhi |
  DAY 1 |
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[ Delhi : The perfect beginning ]
WELCOME TO INDIA! On arrival at delhi international airport, you will be met and greeted with traditional indian welcome and escorted to the hotel.
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  DAY 2 |
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[ Delhi - Varanasi : Eternal City ]
Morning, transfer to the airport, take a flight to varanasi on arrival transfer to the hotel. Afterwards sight seeing of the city.
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  DAY 3 |
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[ Varanasi ]
Early morning boat excursion on the holy river ganges to see the bathing ghats and cremation site with people bathing and worshipping at the ghats, holiest and one of the oldest city in the world. Later in the day excursion to sarnath- the buried buddhist city where lord buddha gave his first sermon. Visit the ruins, the stupa, the buddhist temple and the museum.
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  DAY 4 |
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[ Varanasi - Khajuraho ]
Board the flight for khajuraho. On arrival check in at the hotel.
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  DAY 5 |
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[ Khajuraho ]
Morning, explore the exotic temples which were built by the chandela kings between 250 AD and 1050 AD. The most important are the chaunset yogini temple dedicated to goddess kali, the mahadev temple, chitragupta or bharatji temple with a lovely image of eleven headed vishnu, vishwanath and nandi temples, lakshamana temple, visha temple dedicated to shiva, which is the largest and most typical of temples.
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  DAY 6 |
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[ Khajuraho - Panna National Park - Khajuraho ]
Early morning, drive to panna national park, dense dry deciduous and mixed forests of teak, bamboo, sheesham and achar. Panna is habitation of the tigers, panthers, bears, wild boars, bluebulls, gazelles, spotted deer, black bucks and birds. Jeep safari twice with a naturalist to explore the park. In the evening back to the hotel.
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  DAY 7 |
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[ Khajuraho - Bandhavgarh ]
Morning, drive to bandhavgarh enroute visiting raneh falls, in a 5 km long and 100 feet deep canyon made of pure crystalline granite in varying shades of colours ranging from pink and red to gray, visiting the imposing temples of panna. On arrival check in at the hotel.
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  DAY 8 |
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[ Bandhavgarh ]
Morning, by jeep drive to bhandhavgarh national park- its steep cliffs, rocky hills, dense sal and bamboo forests make it an ideal terrain for tigers. Other animals found here are the blue bull, panther, wild boar, gaur, chital, sambar, chinkara, barking deer, bear etc. The avian life consist of the paradise flycatcher, malabar pied hornbill and the orange-headed ground thrush etc.
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  DAY 9 |
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[ Bandhavgarh - Kanha ]
Morning, drive to kanha national park, which is one of india’s largest national park, covering 1945sq km including a core zone of 940sq km. Late afternoon we drive to forest to explore its habitations.
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  DAY 10 |
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[ Kanha ]
Early morning, by jeep drive to kanha national park.
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  DAY 11 |
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[ Kanha - Bhopal ]
Morning, drive to bhopal, enroute visiting sanchi, which has distinction of having the finest specimens of almost all buddhist architectural forms, stupa, chaitya, temples and monasteries dating from 3rd century bc. We visit here three important stupas with circular domes and railing around them, ashoka pillar, gupta temple built in the 4th century and great bowl carved of one piece of stone, visit the museum, displays number of sculptures found in the area. On arrival check in at the hotel.
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  DAY 12 |
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[ Bhopal ]
Morning, sight seeing of the city which includes lakes, temples, mosques, birla museum and tribal habitat museum.
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  DAY 13 |
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[ Bhopal - Mandu ]
Morning, drive to mandu visiting bhimbetka where about 700 rock shelters belonging to the neolithic age have been recently discovered. Over 500 caves have paintings of pre-historic man. Mandu is a place in india that captures the magical moments of romance. The silent ruins here evoke memories of yesteryears, also famous for the love of baz bahadur for his queen rani rupmati.
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  DAY 14 |
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[ Mandu - Indore ]
Morning, sightseeing of mandu visiting jahaz mahal (ship palace), hindola mahal (swinging palace), baz bahadurs palace, roompati s pavilion, rewa kund, ashrafi mahal, jami masjid, hoshang shah’s tomb and nilkanth temple. Later drive to indore. On arrival check in at the hotel.
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  DAY 15 |
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[ Indore ]
Morning, sightseeing, visiting lal baag palace, kanch mandir, central museum and chhatri baag.
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  DAY 16 |
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[ Indore - Orchha ]
Morning, drive to orchha on arrival check in at the hotel.
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  DAY 17 |
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[ Orchha ]
Morning, full day excursion to orchha. Its grandeur has been captured in stone, frozen in time and rich legacy to the ages. In this medieval city the hand of time has rested lightly, the palaces and the temples built by its bundela rulers in the 16th and 17th century retain much of their pristine perfection. Jehangir mahal- a tiered palace crowned by graceful chhatries has a spectacular view of soaring temples, pires and cenotaphs.
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  DAY 18 |
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[ Orchha - Gwalior ]
Morning, drive to gwalior. On arrival check in at the hotel. In the evening witness the son-et-lumiere- a dramatic inter-play of sound and light effects recreating the history of the fort. In this setting, the splendour of its past come alive.
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  DAY 19 |
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[ Gwalior ]
Morning, sightseeing of gwalior visiting man mandir, gujari mahal (today an archaeological museum), the fort, temples, temples of sas-bahu, teli ka mandir, jai vilas palace, tomb of gaus mohammed and the mausoleum of tansen.
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  DAY 20 |
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[ Gwalior - Agra ]
Morning drive to agra. On arrival check in at the hotel afterwards sightseeing of agra.
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  DAY 21 |
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[ Agra - Jaipur ]
Morning, visit to the world famous Taj Mahal. Afterwards drive to jaipur enroute visiting fatehpur sikri on arrival check in at the hotel.
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  DAY 22 |
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[ Jaipur ]
morning, full day sight seeing including a visit to amber fort on painted elephants back.
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  DAY 23 |
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[ Jaipur - Delhi ]
Drive to to delhi and transfer directly to the international airport for your onward journey.
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