Day 01: Wednesday - Departure Delhi
Arive Delhi Cantonment Station between 1530 and 1600hrs.
Departure 1830hrs Dinner will be served on board the train
Day 2- (Thursday) To Chittor
Jaipur. Arrival 08.30. Breakfast on board. Sightseeing
trip round town followed by lunch in hotel. Cultural show and
dinner at Nahargarh Citadel, a former royal fort, or in Man-Singh
Hotel. Jaipur, the first stopping place, was built at the beginning
of the 18th century by the Maharajah Jai Singh II. The \"pink\" city
is surrounded by a town wall with 8 gates. The town palace
and the Sawai-Man-Singh Museum directly beside it are well
worth looking at. The Jantar-Mantar Observatory still
astonishes with the precision of its layout. The jewel of Jaipur
is the Palace of the Winds, a stone facade
with an immense number of finely sculptured lattice panels.
The festival Palace of Amber lies 12 km (7.5
miles) from Jaipur and is visited on the backs of elephants.
Amber’s rooms are famous for the variety of their decoration
and the beautiful Hall of Mirrors.
Day 3- (Friday) To Ahemdabad
Arrival Jaisalmer at 0615. Breakfast on board, followed by
sightseeing in town. Lunch on train or in tourist bungalow.
Visit to the cenotaphs of famous heroes and rulers which
are beautifully decorated with fine stonemasons’ work.
Camel rides to experience the real desert. Dinner at the
Moomal Tourist Bungalow, then on with the train to Jodhpur.
Jaisalmer, a fairy-tale town in the Thar desert was founded
about 800 years ago by Rajah Jaisal. The town is surrounded
by mighty walls which seem to grow up out of sunbleached
desert sands. In the town centre the buildings provide evidence
of the Indian stonemasons’ unsurpassed art. In narrow,
twisting streets you can visit havelis, the houses of rich
merchants with their finely carved filigree facades
Day 4- (Saturday) Leave for Sasan
Gir
Jodhpur. Arrival 08.00. Breakfast on board. Sightseeing in
town. Lunch at Umaid Bhawan Palace Hotel,
originally the Royal Palace of the Maharajas of Jodhpur.
Evening tea and dinner on board. Jodhpur, the southernmost
of the legendary cities of the desert, was built by Rao Jodha
in 1459 on the advice of a hermit. The high walls of the
massive Mehrangarh Fort form a delightful
contrast to the elegant sandstone facades with their fine
carvings inside the palace. Opposite the fort lies Jaswant
Thada, a memorial made of white marble which was
errected in 1899 to the memory of Jaswant Singh I. Departure
17.00.
Day 5- (Sunday) To Palitana
Sawai Madhopur (Ranthambor). Arrival in Sawai Madhopur
at 0400. Travel to Ranthambor (14 km - 9 miles) to the well-known
game park with its tigers and leopards. deer, gazelles, nilgais
and hyenas live here. Depart at 12.00. Ranthambor lies 132
km (82 miles) from Jaipur. The area is 392 sq. km (150 sq.
miles) and lies between the Aravali and Vindhya mountains.
The best time for seeing many animals is between October and
April. Departure for Chittaurgarh at 11.00 hrs. Lunch on Board
at 13.00.
Arrival Chittaurgarh at 15.30 hrs. Sightseeing of Chittorgarh
Fort. Chittorgarh Fort on a 180 m high hill,
was the strongest of the Rajput forts. The tall and finely
chiseled Victory Tower and the Tower of Fame are undamaged
and reach up into the sky from the surrounding ruins. Dinner
on Board 20.00 hrs.
Day 6- (Monday) To Udaipur
Chittorgarh/Udaipur. Arrival 07.30. Breakfast on board.
Drive by bus journey to Udaipur to the Lake Palace Hotel on
Lake Pichola, originally the summer palace of the Maharana
of Udaipur. Boot trip followed by lunch at the Lake Palace
Hotel. Sightseeing in Udaipur. Evening meal on board train.
Udaipur was founded in 1559 on the banks of Lake Pichola by
the Maharana Udai Singh. The town palace is raised high above
the lake and contains among others a hall of mirrors, a roof
garden with a pond and a peacock court, named after its peacock
mosaic. Sahelion-Ki-bari is a pleasant park
with 4 fountains and colourful flower beds.
Day 7- (Tuesday) To Jaipur
Bharatpur - Fatehpur Sikri - Agra.
Arrival 06.00. Breakfast in Bharatpur bird sanctuary and
boat trip. By coach to Fatehpur Sikri and
Agra. Lunch at hotel. Sightseeing in Agra and tea at Taj
Restaurant, Agra or on board. Dinner on board.Bharatpur is
an enormous bird sanctuary. The flat marshes attract resident
and migratory birds in their thousands. More than 500,000
birds of 325 species have been counted in winter. It is possible
to travel by boat to the low trees where the birds assemble.
From Bharatpur it is 22 km (14 miles) to Fatehpur Sikri.
The town is still completely preserved. It was built by the
Mogul emperor Akbar in the 16th century but abandoned a short
time later because of an acute lack of water. It is still
possible to see spacious courtyards, an audience hall and
the palace complex, which is made up of apartments.
Day 8- (Wednesday) To Delhi
Delhi. Breakfast on train and end of journey. Arrive
Delhi 7.30
Train Departure Dates September 2001 to April 2002
September |
2001 |
28 |
05 |
12 |
19 |
26 |
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October |
2001 |
25 |
03 |
10 |
17 |
24 |
31 |
November |
2001 |
24 |
07 |
14 |
21 |
28 |
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December |
2001 |
28 |
05 |
12 |
19 |
26 |
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January |
2002 |
22 |
02 |
09 |
16 |
23 |
30 |
February |
2002 |
27 |
06 |
13 |
20 |
27 |
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March |
2002 |
24 |
06 |
13 |
20 |
27 |
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April |
2002 |
22 |
03 |
10 |
17 |
24 |
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