Day 1 · Delhi
Arrive in Delhi
You are met at the airport and taken to your hotel. In the afternoon, visit the Jama Masjid, the great Friday Mosque of Old Delhi. A rickshaw ride through the lanes of the old city is a good way to end the day.
9 days · 8 nights
The Ganges at dawn, carved temples and the Taj Mahal, in nine well-paced days.
Choose your dates when you enquire
Ask about datesBegin 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.
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.
Delhi
Day 1 · Delhi
You are met at the airport and taken to your hotel. In the afternoon, visit the Jama Masjid, the great Friday Mosque of Old Delhi. A rickshaw ride through the lanes of the old city is a good way to end the day.
Varanasi
Day 2 · Varanasi
Fly east to Varanasi, a city of narrow lanes and close to a thousand shrines that has gathered around the ghats of the Ganges. After checking in, you head down to the river in the evening to watch the Aarti ceremony on the ghats.
Varanasi and Khajuraho
Day 3 · Varanasi and Khajuraho
Rise early for a boat ride on the Ganges as the city wakes, then return for breakfast and fly to Khajuraho. In the afternoon, visit the temples built by the Chandela kings, among them Kandariya Mahadev, famous for their finely carved figures.
Orchha and Agra
Day 4 · Orchha and Agra
Drive to Orchha, a medieval town of Bundela palaces and temples, to see the Raja Mahal and the Ram Raja temple, a palace that became a place of worship. In the evening you take the train from Jhansi to Agra, arriving late at night.
Agra
Day 5 · Agra
A morning trip to Sikandra for the tomb of Emperor Akbar, stopping on the way back at Itimad-ud-Daulah, the marble tomb often called the small Taj. In the afternoon, explore Agra Fort, built in red sandstone and blending Islamic and Hindu design.
Agra, Fatehpur Sikri and Jaipur
Day 6 · Agra, Fatehpur Sikri and Jaipur
A morning visit to the Taj Mahal, built by Shah Jahan in memory of Mumtaz Mahal. On the road to Jaipur, stop at Fatehpur Sikri, the red sandstone city Akbar founded and then abandoned for lack of water. You arrive in Jaipur, the Pink City, in the afternoon.
Jaipur
Day 7 · Jaipur
Go up to the Amber Fort by jeep, with its mirrored palace and gardens, pausing on the way for a photo of the Hawa Mahal. In the afternoon, visit the City Palace, still partly home to the royal family, and the stone instruments of the Jantar Mantar observatory.
Delhi
Day 8 · Delhi
After breakfast, the long drive back to Delhi. The evening is free for a last look at the capital or a quiet night at the hotel.
Day 9 · Delhi
A final breakfast before your transfer to Delhi's international airport.
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Delhi · 2 nights
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Varanasi · 1 night
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Khajuraho · 1 night
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Agra · 2 nights
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Jaipur · 2 nights
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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
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
6 days · 5 nights
Delhi → Jaipur → Agra → Delhi
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.
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.
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.
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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