Day 1 · Delhi
Arrive in Delhi
You are met at the airport and taken to your hotel, with time to settle in. In the evening there is a welcome briefing with your tour manager.
6 days · 5 nights
A gentle first look at India, with a full day to get to know Delhi.
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Ask about datesThis version of the Golden Triangle gives Delhi a full day, from the Red Fort and Chandni Chowk to Humayun's Tomb and the Qutub Minar. You then spend two nights in Jaipur and one in Agra, visiting the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort on the final morning before the drive back to Delhi airport.
The same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.
How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
+1 day beforeA night in Delhi first
Delhi
Day 1 · Delhi
You are met at the airport and taken to your hotel, with time to settle in. In the evening there is a welcome briefing with your tour manager.
Day 2 · Delhi
A full day across both halves of the city. In Old Delhi you see the Red Fort, the Jama Masjid and the bazaars of Chandni Chowk, then Raj Ghat, the memorial to Mahatma Gandhi. In New Delhi the tour passes India Gate and the government buildings, then visits Humayun's Tomb and ends at the Qutub Minar.
Jaipur
Day 3 · Jaipur
After breakfast, the drive west to Jaipur, the Pink City of Rajasthan. The afternoon is free, and the old city's facades are at their best in the late light.
Day 4 · Jaipur
A morning at the Amber Fort above its lake, with the mirrored Sheesh Mahal and the painted Ganesh Pol gate. Back in the old city, visit the City Palace and its armoury, the Jantar Mantar observatory and the Hawa Mahal, then the bazaars known for jewellery, textiles and crafts.
Agra
Day 5 · Agra
A morning drive to Agra on the Yamuna river, once the capital of the Mughal Empire and still a centre for marble inlay and carpets. The rest of the day is free.
Agra and Delhi
Day 6 · Agra and Delhi
Visit the Taj Mahal in the morning, then Agra Fort with its halls of public and private audience and the white marble Mina Masjid. You then drive back to Delhi for your transfer to the airport.
+1 day afterA last night in Delhi
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Delhi · 2 nights
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Jaipur · 2 nights
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Agra · 1 night
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Add a few days before or after. Your advisor quotes them with the journey.
Before the journey · +1 day
Arrive a day early and rest before the journey begins, at the same hotel level.
After the journey · +1 day
Stay on in Delhi after the drive back from Agra, with your airport transfer the next day.
Tell us when you would like to travel. Your advisor confirms dates and hotels, tailors the trip to the two of you, and stays with you until you are home.
India
9 days · 8 nights
Delhi → Varanasi → Khajuraho → Agra → Jaipur → Delhi
Begin in Delhi, then fly east to Varanasi for the evening ceremony on the Ganges and a dawn boat ride. From there you follow the temples of Khajuraho and Orchha to Agra and the Taj Mahal, then the forts and palaces of Jaipur before driving back to Delhi.
India
6 days · 5 nights
Delhi → Jaipur → Agra → Delhi
A short, classic circuit of northern India. From Delhi you drive to Jaipur for its forts and palaces, then on to Agra by way of Fatehpur Sikri, with an afternoon at the Taj Mahal and a morning at Agra Fort before returning to Delhi.
India
11 days · 10 nights
Delhi → Jaipur → Agra → Khajuraho → Allahabad → Varanasi
Old and New Delhi, the pink city of Jaipur and the Taj Mahal at Agra, then east by train and road through Orchha and Khajuraho to the river confluence at Allahabad and the ghats of Varanasi.
This version of the Golden Triangle gives Delhi a full day, from the Red Fort and Chandni Chowk to Humayun's Tomb and the Qutub Minar. You then spend two nights in Jaipur and one in Agra, visiting the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort on the final morning before the drive back to Delhi airport.
Every trip can be shaped around you before you book.
Arrive early or stay on at the end, in the same hotel or somewhere new.
Your travel expert books flights that fit the first and last day.
Choose a better room or a hotel with a view for the nights that count.
A honeymoon, an anniversary or a birthday, planned into the trip.
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