India and Nepal Tour

Start you India and Nepal tour by arriving at Delhi. Upon arrival, you will be met transferred to the hotel for a non-alcoholic welcome drink.

Overnight in Delhi

Breakfast at hotel. In the morning, start your day with a visit to Old Delhi. Begin at Jama Masjid, India's largest mosque. Ride an exhilarating rickshaw through the by-lanes of Chandni Chowk (Silver Street). Walk through the old alleyways. Drive past the mighty Red Fort. Proceed to New Delhi to visit Qutab Minar complex, the tallest tower in world for centuries.

In the afternoon, enjoy this day tour with a visit to a famous Sikh Temple. We go to our last stop Gurudwara Bangla Sahib where you will see how this religion blends practices from Hinduism and Islam into something new. You can watch and even join the langar, the voluntary group cooking and feeding program at the Gurudwara.

Overnight in Delhi.

Breakfast at hotel. In the morning drive to Agra. Upon arrival transfer to your hotel.

This afternoon visit the magnificent Agra Fort, a UNESO World Heritage site. Later visit the Taj Mahal at sunset, a masterpiece of symmetry.

For those interested make a short visit to the “Mother Teresa Home Missionaries of Charity” (if time permits) to meet the nuns at the orphanage who devote their lives to the homeless children of India.

Overnight in Agra.

Breakfast at hotel. In the morning, after a leisurely breakfast depart for Bharatpur. En-route visit Fatehpur Sikri an eerily abandoned capital from the Mughal Empire between 1570 and 1586. Afterwards continue to Bharatpur. Upon arrival, check in to your hotel.

Spend afternoon at leisure or choose to join the below optional tour.

Overnight in Bharatpur.

Optional: Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary Tour By Bicycle/Paddle Rickshaws:

Enjoy a visit to Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary by bicycle/ paddle rickshaws. The reserve offers protection to faunal species.

Breakfast at hotel. In the morning, after a leisurely breakfast depart for Bharatpur. En-route visit Fatehpur Sikri an eerily abandoned capital from the Mughal Empire between 1570 and 1586. Afterwards continue to Bharatpur. Upon arrival, check in to your hotel.

Spend afternoon at leisure or choose to join the below optional tour.

Overnight in Bharatpur.

Optional: Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary Tour By Bicycle/Paddle Rickshaws:

Enjoy a visit to Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary by bicycle/ paddle rickshaws. The reserve offers protection to faunal species, migratory water birds and waterside birds.

Breakfast at hotel.

This morning drive to Jaipur. On arrival, check into the hotel.

In afternoon, enjoy an orientation tour of the city. Start you tour with a photo-stop at the Hawa Mahal often called the Palace of Winds. Later, visit the Jantar Mantar Observatory, a UNESCO World heritage site. Continue on to the City Palace Museum, comprising of priceless collection of antiques, costumes and armory of the Mughals and Rajputs.

Overnight in Jaipur.

Dinner: Authentic Rajasthani dinner

Breakfast at hotel. This morning visit Amber Fort. Afterwards, pay a visit to the Galta Ji Temple.

Spend afternoon at leisure or choose to join the below optional tour.

Optional:

Elephant Village In Jaipur (Day):

Visit an elephant village and learn the ways to control an elephant.

This morning check out from hotel and drive towards Delhi International airport to connect flight for Kathmandu. Upon arrival at Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu, you will be met and transferred to your hotel for check in.

Overnight stay.

This morning visit Kathmandu’s Durbar Square one of three durbar (royal palace) squares in the Kathmandu Valley. Visit Hanuman Dhoka Palace Complex. You may visit the State Rooms inside the palace. Then visit the Kumari Chowk, at the southern end of Durbar Square. Afterwards, visit Swayambhunath the golden spire of the 5th-century.

In afternoon, visit Patan not far from Kathmandu. Patan's central Durbar Square is packed with temples: the Bhimsen Temple, Manga Hiti, Vishwanath Temple, Jagannarayan Temple, Golden Temple and numerous. Take the pleasure of discovering this Patan Durbar Square which has been entitled in the World Heritage Site.

Overnight stay.

This morning visit Pashupatinath and Boudhanath.

This afternoon explore Bhaktapur Durbar Square, one of the most charming architectural showpieces of the Valley where you will visit The Golden Gate The Palace of Fifty Five Windows.

Today you will be transferred back to Tribhuwan International Airport for a flight back home.