Tour 5. Golden Triangle+Kamasutra temples. Delhi, Jaipur, Agra, Khajuraho. 6 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: temples of Khajuraho. The small town Khajuraho is situated in the middle of India, far from big cities and modernization. Here you can see old villages, farms, where people work as 100 years before, classic natural landscapes. And, of course, worldwide famous Kamasutra temples covered by hundreds of masterful statues.

Program.
Day 1. Delhi.
Pick-up from airport. Depends on time of your flight you can sleep in Delhi hotel or start program straightly from the airport.
Today we will visit the best 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 27th Hindu temples and highest minaret.
Lotus temple – famous futuristic temple for meditation and pray for all religions followers.
Akchardham –white temple, one of the biggest and most beautiful temples with numerous amount of sculptures.
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.
Night in Delhi hotel.
Day 2. Delhi-Jaipur.
Transfer to the capital of Rajasthan – Jaipur city (4-5 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 side).
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 3. 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.
Lunch and last walking hour in beautiful Jaipur, and we are moving to Agra (4-5 hours way).
Night in Agra hotel.
Day 4. Agra-Khajuraho.
Today we have to wake-up early morning – to see beautiful Taj Mahal – symbol of great love – in the morning light.
After breakfast and rest, we are moving to 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.
The next destination is the Khajuraho – the city of Kamasutra temples.
There you can go by flight (noon flight) or by night train (arriving the next morning) or by car (it is 8 hours’ drive, arriving late evening).
In case of train in the evening you can see Kalakriti show of Agra.
Night in Khajuraho hotel (if by flight, by car) or in train.
Day 5. Khajuraho.
Khajuraho is famous by numerous temples covered by masterpieces statues of gods, animals, everyday life and, of course – kamasutra scenes.
Today we will see the best of the temples.
Then we will visit the old village of Khajuraho where people used to live by cast system.
Late afternoon we will have countryside tour to see real life of Central India: villages, fields, farmers, nature. We will climb Teeth Mountains to see the sunset and beautiful view from there.
In the evening, you will have opportunity to see Indian traditional dance with alive music.
For dinner you will have Indian traditional food and even can take part in the cooking process if you wish:)
Night in Khajuraho hotel.
Day 6. Khajuraho –Delhi.
Early morning we will visit the other part of temples and a park with wild nature. Optionally it can be the small park with beautiful canyon – Renehfall or serious safari to Panna National park where you have chance to see tigers.
Today our program is finishing and you have to go back to Delhi:
by flight (start in day, in evening you will be in Delhi)
or by train (start 6:25 pm, you will be in Delhi the next morning).
Night in Delhi hotel or in train.
In Delhi, we will provide you transfer to the hotel and then to the airport – timing depends on your future plans.
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