09 Nights/10 Days
This is a suggested program for those who have less time, and wish to have a real quick tour and get an idea of what India is all about. So, a perfect tour if you are wanting to see the Tigers and experience a bit of culture. Seeing the Taj Mahal for the first time is a grounding experience. You will agree to what Rabindra Nath Tagore said about the famous Taj Mahal, ‘it is a solitary tear in the cheek of time’. Jaipur will offer you colorful bazaars, amidst some Mughal and Rajputana architecture. The hustle and bustle of this pink city will give you a taste of India.Â
To finish the tour at the end the Tiger Safaris in Bandhavgarh will complete the tour. The way you see Tigers here is quite unique, it will make you fall in love with them, and trust me you will definitely want to return to Bandhavgarh like so many of our past guests to see these Tigers. There is some magnetism about the Tigers of Bandhavgarh, you get attached to them.Â
By the end of this tour you would have seen the Taj, Tombs, Temples and also some Tigers hopefully. The 7 exclusive Jeep safaris will give you enough opportunities to see more than one Tiger for sure.Â
National Parks Covered
Day 1
Arrival in New Delhi
Arrive New Delhi. Overnight stay at the hotel in New Delhi.
Day 2
New Delhi – Agra (by surface – 220 Kms, 4 hours drive)
After relaxed breakfast drive to Agra, 220kms, 4 hours drive. Evening visit Mehtab Bagh to see Taj Mahal at Sunset. Overnight stay at the hotel in Agra.
Day 3
Agra – Jaipur (by road, 235kms, 5 hours drive)
Sunrise proceed to visit the famous white marble mausoleum, The Taj Mahal, which was built in the middle of the 17th century by the Moghul emperor Shah Jehan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal. Completed in 1652, skilled craftsmen from Persia, Turkey, France and Italy and some 20,000 labourers worked for 17 years to build this edifice.Â
After relaxed breakfast proceed to visit the red sandstone AGRA FORT which stands like a crescent on the banks of Yamuna River enclosed by forbidding 20-meter high walls, with a 12- meter moat between them. Three successive Mughal emperors – Akbar, Jehangir and Shah Jehan – helped create this massive structure which contains Hindu and Muslim architecture. [The Taj is closed on Friday].  Check out from the hotel. Later drive to Jaipur 235 kms/5 hour drive. On arrival check into hotel. Overnight stay at the hotel.   Â
Day 4
In Jaipur
This morning you will drive 11 km in the outskirts of the city stop at Jal Mahal to visit Amber Fort, the ancient capital of the State until 1728. Visit the Temple of Kali, the Hall of Victory or Jai MahalÂ
Later visit the Observatory, the Palace of Winds and the City Palace and Museum. The museum has an interesting textile section, which contains dresses and costumes of the former Maharajas and Maharanis of Jaipur. Jaipur is well known for its beautiful carpets, enamelled ornaments, precious and semi-precious stones, brass ornaments and many other arts and crafts. Spend time in crowded lanes & by lanes of pink city, haggling and souvenir-hunting in the evening. Return to the hotel for overnight stay..
Day 5
Jaipur – New Delhi – Jabalpur – Bandhavgarh (flight + 180 kms/4 hrs drive)
Early morning transfer to Jaipur airport to board flight to to New Delhi. Later, connect a flight to Jabalpur. Met at the airport and transfer to Bandhavgarh. 200kms, 4-hour drive. On arrival check into the resort. Dinner and overnight stay at the resort.
Day 6 - 8
In Bandhavgarh National Park
Morning and afternoon tiger safaris in the park. All meals and overnight at the resort.
The Bandhavgarh national park is mainly known for the density of its tiger population. The other wild attractions in the park include Leopards, Blue Bulls, Indian Gaur (Bison) Chausingha (Four Horned Antelopes), Spotted Deers, Sambar Deer, Wild Boar, Sloth Bears Fox, Jackals, Wild Dogs, etc. There are at least 22 mammal species and about 250 bird species in the Park. The other animals found in Bandhavgarh are Ratel, Porcupine, Small Indian Civet, Palm Squirrel, Lesser Bandicoot rat, Jungle Cat, and the shy Hyenas.Â
The reptile population in the park includes Cobras, Kraits, Vipers, Ratsnakes, Pythons, Monitor Lizards and turtles. The two primate species – the rhesus macaque and the Hanuman langur – inhabit Bandhavgarh.
Day 9
Bandhavgarh – Jabalpur – New Delhi (by road 180 kms/4 hrs drive)
Morning jeep tiger safari inside the park. After early lunch get transferred to Jabalpur 180 km takes around 4 hours to board a flight to New Delhi. Met at the airport and transfer to the hotel. Overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 10
New Delhi Fly back home
Morning free for leisure activities and later transfer to International airport to board a flight back home or onward destination.
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