DELHI: New Delhi, the capital and the third largest city of India is a fusion of the ancient and the modern. Standing along the West End of Gangetic Plain, the capital city, Delhi, unwinds a picture rich with culture, architecture and human diversity, deep in history, monuments, museums, galleries, gardens and exotic shows. Comprising of two contrasting yet harmonious parts, the Old Delhi and New Delhi, the city is a travel hub of Northern India.
Narrating the city's Mughal past, Old Delhi, takes you through the labyrinthine streets passing through formidable mosques, monuments and forts. You will also discover lively and colorful bazaars that boast to cater all sorts of good and items at mind-blowing prices amidst a barely controlled chaotic ambiance. The imperial city of New Delhi displays the finely curved architecture of British Raj. It generates a mesmerizing charm reflecting well-composed and spacious streets under the shade of beautifully lined avenues of trees and tall and imposing government buildings.
Meet and greet at International airport and transfer to hotel
(Standard check-in/check-out time is 1200 Hrs.) Check in at hotel
Afternoon visit Shahjahanabad (Old Delhi) - the 300-year-old walled city, built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in 1648 as his capital. The focus of the city is the magnificent Red Fort and Jama Mosque built of red sandstone. Drive past the Red Fort from where the Prime Minister of India addresses the nation on India’s Independence Day. Visit Jama Masjid, the most elegant mosque in India that stands high on a hillock. In between and around these two focal points of the 17th century city is a thriving modern city in medieval setting. This area once had a tree-lined central avenue, with a canal dividing the thoroughfare. Later, drive past the India Gate & Government Buildings and visit the Qutab Minar - at 72.5 meters the world's tallest brick minaret. Construction commenced in 1193 under the orders of India's first Muslim ruler Qutab-ud-din Aibak, and the topmost storey of the minaret was completed in 1386 by Firuz Shah Tughluq. The Qutab Minar is notable for being one of the earliest and most prominent examples of Indo-Islamic architecture. The complex is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Overnight at the hotel

Early Breakfast at the hotel
In time transfer to airport to board early morning flight to Leh.
Meet and greet at airport and transfer to hotel
Check in at hotel
Day free for acclimatization and individual activities or visit to the Leh Palace.
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Breakfast at hotel
Leave for full day excursion to Shey, Thiksey and Hemis, Gompas with packed lunches.
Shey Gompa lies on the way to Hemis. It is situated on the top of a hill and houses the largest victory stupa with a golden top. The statues made of copper and gilded with gold are worth seeing. Thiksey Gompa lies on the left side of this road to Hemis. One can have a beautiful view of Indus Valley from the Gompa. Wall paintings of this Gompa are very interesting. From here drive to Hemis which is the oldest, wealthiest and largest Gompa in Leh with beautiful paintings stupas. The Shey Monastery or Gompa and the Shey Palace complex are structures located on a hillock in Shey, 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) to the south of Leh in Ladakh, northern India on the Leh-Manali road. Shey was the summer capital of Ladakh in the past.[1][2]
The palace, mostly in ruins now, was built first in 1655, near Shey village, by the king of Ladakh, Deldan Namgyal, also known as Lhachen Palgyigon. It was used as a summer retreat by the kings of Ladakh. Thiksay Gompa or Thiksay Monastery (also transliterated from Ladakhi as Tikse, Tiksey or Thiksey) is a gompa (monastery) affiliated with the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located on top of a hill approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) east of Leh[1] in Ladakh, India. It is noted for its resemblance to the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet and is the largest gompa in central Ladakh, notably containing a separate set of buildings for female renunciates that has been the source of significant recent building and reorganization.
The monastery is located at an altitude of 3,600 metres (11,800 ft) in the Indus Valley. It is a twelve-story complex and houses many items of Buddhist art such as stupas, statues, thangkas, wall paintings and swords. One of the main points of interest is the Maitreya Temple installed to commemorate the visit of the 14th Dalai Lama to this monastery in 1970; it contains a 15 metres (49 ft) high statue of Maitreya, the largest such statue in Ladakh, covering two stories of the building. Hemis Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery (gompa) of the Drukpa Lineage, located in Hemis, Ladakh (within the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir). Situated 45 km from Leh, the monastery was re-established in 1672 by the Ladakhi king Sengge Namgyal. The annual Hemis festival honoring Padmasambhava is held here in early June.
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Breakfast at hotel
Morning visit Stok Palace
Afternoon at leisure
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Breakfast at hotel
Leave for Uleytokpo by surface.
En-route, visit Alchi monastery - the only monastery in the Ladakh on flat ground. By the lunch time you will reach Uletokpo.
Check in at hotel
Afternoon visit Rizong Gompa
Rizong Gompa. One has to walk about a kilometer to reach this Gompa. It is also known as Bu-ma-Chubling. This monastery is known for its well-disciplined monastic order and holds the teachings of Tsong-Kha-Pa. Here Monks strictly follows “Vinaya” and do not observe sacred dances and hurling votive offerings. Trek back to road head and then drive to Camp.
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Breakfast at hotel
Morning excursion to Lamayuru - visit Lamayuru Monastery: The oldest Monastery of Ladakh.
Lamayuru monastery popularly known as, "Yungdrung Gompa" is situated on the Leh - Srinagar highway. In ancient times there was a huge lake in this place. The great saint Nyimagung, made a prophecy saying: " May a monastery be founded in this place" and he then offered a votive water offering to all the naga serpent spirits who were the guardians of that place. The grains of that corn that formed part of this offering were carried by the waves to different places along the cliff side by the edge of the lake and when they mixed with the earth they sprouted forth as corn in the shape of a swastika.
At the time when a monastery was later founded there it was called Yung Drung "swastika". In the 11th century the Mahasiddha Naropa came to this place and the cave where he resided and meditated is still to be seen today.
Afternoon at leisure.
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Breakfast at hotel
Leave for Leh by surface.
En-route visit Phyang Gompa
Phyang Gompa is about 20 Kms. from Leh on the left side of Srinagar – Leh Road. The beautiful statues and Thankas are worth seeing. Also visit Spituk Monastery, famous for it's old Thangkas, which are a pride of this monastery.
Check in at hotel
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Breakfast at hotel
Morning at leisure
Afternoon Visit Shankar Gompa and Shanti Stupa. Leh Gompa is one of the most beautiful Gompas, the paintings of dragon and flowers are worth seeing. Shankar Gompa is the only gompa having electricity and can be visited in the evening also. There are numerous small statues of pure gold and a number of interesting paintings. Leh Palace is to be visited by foot as it is situated on a hillock where from one can have a magnificent of Leh City.
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Breakfast at hotel
In time transfer to the airport to board flight for Delhi.
Meet and greet at Delhi Airport and leave for Jaipur by surface
Jaipur: The capital city of the state of Rajasthan is popularly known as the “Pink City” because of the pink paint applied to the buildings in the old walled city. (In Rajput culture, pink was traditionally a color associated with hospitality) The city owes its name, its foundation and its careful planning to the great warrior, astronomer Maharaja Jai Singh II (1699-1744). In 1727, with Mughal power on the wane, Jai Singh decided the time was ripe to move down from his somewhat cramped hillside fortress at nearby Amber to the new site. He laid out the city, with its surrounding walls and six rectangular blocks, according to principals of town planning set down in the Shilpa-Shastra, an ancient Hindu treatise on architecture.
Arrival at jaipur and check in at hotel
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Breakfast at the hotel Morning visit to Amber Fort 11 kms from Jaipur – Marvelous example of Rajput architecture with its terraces and ramparts reflected in the Moat Lake below. The fort interior has various royal halls decorated with intricate ivory work, exquisite wall paintings and tiny mirror chips, which create a tantalizing reflection effect. Enroute, photo stop at the Hawa Mahal ( Palace of the Winds) Afternoon visit the famous City Palace and the Observatory City palace museum – an imposing blend of traditional Rajasthani and Mughal Art. The museum is resplendent with its collection of robes of Royal Princes, carpets, an armory of old weapons, miniature paintings portraying court scenes, battle scenes and processions, Jantar Mantar (observatory) – which is the largest stone and marble crafted observatory in the world. Situated near the gate of the City Palace, the observatory has 17 curiously shaped instruments, many of them still in working condition. Overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at hotel
Leave for Agra by surface, En-route visit Fatehpur Sikri
Fatehpur Sikri the deserted red sandstone city was built by Emperor Akbar as his capital. It was a veritable fairy tale city and its ‘ruins are still in a pristine condition. It is not hard to imagine what the court life must have been like in the days of its grandeur
Further drive to Agra
Agra: became the capital of Sikander Lodi in 1501, but was soon passed on to the Mughals, both Babur and Humayun made some early Mughal constructions here. It was under Akbar that Agra first aspired to its heights of magnificence from 1570-85 he ruled from nearby Fatehpur Sikri , when he abandoned that city he moved to Lahore ( now in Pakistan ) but returned to Agra in 1599 , all later Mughal rulers ruled from Agra till 1761 it fell to the Jats who did much damage to the city.
Check in at hotel
Afternoon visit the Taj Mahal (Taj Mahal is closed on Fridays)
Taj Mahal: If there’s a building, which represents a country – like Eiffel Tower for France, then it has to be the Taj Mahal for India.
Emperor Shah Jahan constructed this most famous Mughal monument made out of White marble in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal; it has been described as the most extravagant monument ever built for love. Started in 1631 it took 20,000 people, 22 years to complete this magnificent complex. The high red sandstone entrance gate is inscribed with verses from the Koran in Arabic, paths leading from the gate to the Taj are divided by long watercourse in which the Taj is beautifully reflected. The ornamental gardens through which the paths lead are set out along the classical Mughal lines of a square quartered by watercourses.
The Taj Mahal itself stands on a raised marble platform. Tall, purely decorative white minarets grace each corner of the platform. Twin red sandstone buildings frame the building when viewed from the river. The central Taj structure has four small domes surrounding the huge, bulbous, central dome. The tombs of Mumtaz Mahal and Shah Jahan are in the basement room.
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Breakfast at hotel
Morning visit Agra Fort
Agra Fort: Construction of this massive fort was begun by Emperor Akbar in 1565, and additions were made up until the time of his grandson, Shah Jahan. While in Akbar’s time the fort was principally a military structure, by Shah Jahan’s time it had become partially a palace. There are many fascinating buildings inside the massive walls which stretch for 2.5 km, surrounded by a moat over 10 meters wide. The fort is on the bank of the river Yamuna, and only the south gate can be used to enter.
Afternoon leave for Delhi by surface
Arrival at Delhi and Check in at hotel
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Breakfast at hotel
In time transfer to International airport to board flight to onward destination.