Tour 3. Golden Triangle+Krishna places: Delhi, Jaipur, Agra, Mathura, Vrindavan. 5 days.

In this tour: the best sights of Golden Triangle: Taj Mahal, Forts, palaces, bazars, Indian street animals, colorful women, smell of incenses, traditional food and so on. In addition, holy cities Vrindavan (the city of 5000 temples) and Mathura. Here Lord Krishna was born and spent his childhood. Places of deep Hinduism, devotion and traditions.

Program.

Day 1. Delhi-Jaipur.

Pick-up from airport. Depends on time of your flight you can rest in Delhi hotel or start program straightly from the airport.

Transfer to the capital of Rajasthan – Jaipur city (4-5,5 hours way).

After check-in in hotel and short rest, we will start sightseeing: the City Palace where currently raja’s family live, Jantar Mantar – ancient observatory and famous Palace of Winds – Hawa mahal (from the outside).

Then we will have a walk by the streets of the Pink-city with ancient buildings, alive bazars, rickshaws, animals and all colors of Rajasthan daily life.

Night in Jaipur hotel.

Day 2. Jaipur-Agra.

After breakfast, we will visit the Amber Fort with beautiful maharaja palace inside. If we are lucky, we will find fakirs with cobras and street musicians. To the fort, you can come up by elephants.

Then we will see narrow streets of old city Amer and visit there the ancient Step-well.

On the way back to the Jaipur we will make a stop near the beautiful lake to have a walk and take a photo of the water-palace – Jal-Mahal.

Transfer to Agra (4-5 hours way), night in Agra hotel.

Day 3. Agra-Vrindavan.

Early morning we will visit the main sight of Agra – beautiful Taj Mahal – symbol of great love.

Then we are coming back for breakfast and short rest and moving to the other interesting places of Agra: Agra Fort, Itimad-ud-Daulah called by locals as a Baby Taj and show-room-workshop where we can see ancient technologies used to work with marble.

Transfer to Vrindavan (1-2 hours way). Check-in in hotel, rest.

Late afternoon we will start sightseeing. Vrindavan is famous as a city of 5000 temples. We will visit best of them: Madan Mohan – the oldest temple and unbelievable beautiful Prem temple.

Then we will have boat-ride by holy Jamuna River and see evening ceremony aarti on the Ghats.

Night in Vrindavan hotel.

Day 4. Vrindavan-Mathura-Delhi.

After breakfast, we will visit Krishna temple of Iskcon society – the place with unique atmosphere of devotion; and Nidhivan – very unusual temple-forest.

Then we will move to holy Mathura. We will see the city, will have a walk by river Ghats and visit Krishna Janambhumi temple dedicated to God Krishna birth.

Then we will go to the Delhi (around 3 hour’s way).

Night in Delhi hotel.

Day 5. Delhi.

Today we will visit the most interesting places in Delhi:

Gurudwara Bangla Sahib – beautiful temple of Sikh people with holy lake and canteen where everyone can have free food.

Colonial center with government buildings (Parliament, President Palace) and Indian Gate.

Qutub Minar – historical place with first mosque of India made from the pieces of 27^th hindu temples and highest minaret.

Lotus temple – famous futuristic temple for meditation and pray for all religions followers.

Jama Masjid – the biggest mosque in India.

Or

Humayun’s Tomb – beautiful tomb, possibly the prototype of legendary Taj Mahal.

Cycle-rickshaw tour by the streets of one of the most interesting bazars in Delhi – Chandi-chowk, where you can see the real Indian life. Or we will have a walk by alive streets of Delhi.

Transfer to the airport depends on time of your flight.