You will be greeted & assisted by our representative at Delhi international airport and later transferred to your hotel to check in. Remaining time is at leisure till next day.
Meals: Welcome Dinner Included.
Welcome a new fresh morning in your life. Enjoy a delicious breakfast and spruce up yourself for a tour of New Delhi.
This morning, you will visit the imposing boulevards and buildings such as Rashtrapati Bhawan (President’s Residence), India Gate, and many more in Lutyen’s Delhi (New Delhi).
We will start the tour by visiting Old Delhi's renowned Gurudwara i.e. a place of worship for the Sikh community. Here we will learn about the tenets of Sikhism and will also learn about the concept of community kitchen and other forms of services rendered by this community.
Post the Gurudwara visit, we will take you to the centuries-old Gali Paranthewali where you will relish some scrumptious Paranthas-a North Indian breakfast staple. It will be followed by a quick stroll across vibrant and colorful streets Kinari Bazar or the Wedding market. Here we will take you to see the Nau Garah which refers to the nine beautiful houses in that neighbourhood which were built in the 18th century. There's also a Jain Temple at the end of this lane. Then we will explore the 17th-century street market full selling silver jewelers since the Mughal times. Here you will try Samosa and Indian version of Pretzel called Jalebi from a 150 year old eatery.
After that indulgent meal, we will take a quick tuk-tuk ride to Asia's biggest spice market. Here you will witness the mind boggling variety of both local and exotic spices sold across closely lined up shops. Here we will take a small chai break to rejuvenate ourselves just like the locals do. Then we will head to the nearby flower market where you will be enticed by the sight and fragrance of a colourful array of flowers. Thereafter we will set out to explore the historic food joints of Chandni Chowk where we will try traditional Indian dishes like Cholle-Bhature, Lassi etc. Finally we will end the tour with some traditional Indian sweets from one of the oldest shops in the locality that had been around for over a century.
Undoubtedly it offers a quick yet profound experience about the culinary heritage and cultural canvas of 5 historical streets across Old Delhi.
Evening free for leisure. Stay overnight at hotel in Delhi.
Later, pack yourself for a road trip to Agra – the Old Capital of Mughals.On arrival visit
Food Tour
In this exploration of tastes in the streets of Agra, we will be taking a tuk-tuk ride from the Delhi Gate to our first stop where we will be tasting Dal Moth from the world’s famous Panchhi Petha Shop. This shop has been serving various delicacies around India and even outside India from 70 years now & has a wide variety of food items.
After gifting your taste buds with the taste of Dal Moth, we will be moving forward to our next stop which is Ram Babu Paratha Bhandar, which is there in Agra since 1930 and has been serving the locals with their tempting and heavy parathas. Here we will be tasting filled paratha with curry that is told to be the specialty of this shop.
Heading towards our next culinary destination that is Seth Gali, a popular lane with dozens of halwai’s (Sweet sellers) & where you can see the varieties of Indian sweets and street food. In this popular lane of Agra for the foodies, you will be experiencing the delicious Bedai Kachori accompanied by the Kulhad Chai which has been made using the same old and traditional technique and served in an eco-friendly mud clay cups.
Kulhad Chai will act as a catalyst in the digestion of previous food items. Till then we will be heading towards the next culinary shop to explore the taste of the world’s famous sweet specialty of Agra that is “Petha”. Here at Gopal Das Pethe Wala, you will find different varieties of mouth-watering sweets that will not allow you to take your eyes off them.
To add some piquant touch to your food tour, our next item will be Bhalla Chaat. It will give you a unique experience of sweet, tangy and spicy tastes at the same time. Relish your taste buds with one the most exciting “Khatta-Meetha” flavor that Agra has to offer with this dish.
Before stopping for our dinner, we will be riding to Al-Shawarma King where vegetarians can try Paneer Shawarma and non-vegetarians can fill their cravings with Chicken Shawarma. Now our next stop from here will be for the dinner at Mama Chicken Mama Franky House where you will be having Tawa Chicken with Roti that will totally blow your taste buds with its lip-smacking taste.
As without desserts meals are not completed, we will be concluding our food tour with Jalebis from the famous Deviram’s Sweet Shop. After filling up your stomach with so many flavorsome experiences we will be riding back to our assembly point, Delhi Gate where we will be bidding adieu to our fellow foodies while we take some of the last tour pictures and share memories. We are sure you would not be eating for quite a while after this.
Make the overnight stay in your hotel room a memoir of the events of which you were the part.
Meals: Breakfast Included.
At dawn, visit the incomparable Taj Mahal – one of the seven wonders of the world, to observe the effects caused by the reflections of the changing colors of the rising Sun on this masterpiece. Return back to your hotel for a delectable breakfast, while a part of you is still living in romanticism.
After visit Agra Fort - a UNESCO world heritage site.
Fatehpur Sikri - Abhaneri (Step Wells)
After breakfast checkout from the hotel and drive towards Fatehpur Sikri-a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a perfectly preserved red sandstone ghost town, which was once the capital of Mughal Empire built in 1569 and deserted when its water supply failed. Later drive towards Abhaneri. The Chand Baori is a stepwell built over a thousand years ago in the Abhaneri village of Rajasthan.It is one of the largest stepwells in the world and one of the most beautiful ones.
Jaipur
Later, you will be transferred to Jaipur, “The Pink City of India”.As the evening sets in, explore the bustling local bazaar& indulge yourself in shopping local handmade artifacts & jewelry. Remaining time is at leisure till next morning.
Meals: Breakfast Included.
The morning is fresh as ever for you, and this is when you will have an excursion to Amber Fortby jeep. This palace is laid out over four layers and sits beside the shimmering Maota Lake.Afterwards visit the Maharaja's City Palace (the home of the erstwhile royal family), Hawa Mahal (the Palace of winds) and visit its museum of regal clothing and textiles. Then we continue to the UNESCO-listed Jantar Mantar space observatory.
Evening With Local Family & Cooking Class
Spend evening with the local family. You will experience a great insight into the lifestyle of Indian family. Later, you will be part of a cooking class with the local family. You will learn few local dishes and how to prepare them from with fresh ingredients. Enjoy the dinner prepared by you with the family. Return to your hotel and live a memorable night.
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner Included.
Tordi Garh Village
Food Tour Jaipur
Our first stop will be a popular snacking place inside the Golcha Cinema. The canteen of that place is unrealistically famous for its unique feature of ginger Samosa from the last 70 years, making nearly 6000 pieces every day.
We will then move towards our next stop which is a very famous street food store called Sahu Chai Wala. We will get to taste their delicious Masala Chai, which has been made using the same old and traditional technique for the last four generations and is served in an eco-friendly mud clay cups.
Heading towards our next culinary stop which is a 150 years old traditional shop, we will taste another mouth-watering snack called Hing Kachori. The specialty of this place is the minced vegetable-filled, Hing Kachoris served with Dahi (or Yogurt). After the spicy flavor of the kachoris, it's time to taste the Moong-Thal, a dessert made with a 300 years old recipe.
Then our taste blasting food trail digs into another street food item called Aloo Tikki. It is deep-fried flavored potato chops from North India served with different sweet and spicy sauces. We will then have an old traditional beverage of India called “Thandai” mingled with some local snacks with a gazing view of the chaupad and pink streets of Jaipur.
After our delicious encounter with Jaipur’s culinary delight. we walk towards our final destination, Chaupad with a surprise local meal at Tattoo Cafe. We will then make a quick stop at a 100 years old shop, which serves a delightful dessert made by the generations of the shop’s owner.
Post Food Tour proceeds to Tordi Garh Village.
Take an excursion to the local village to explore a traditional way of rural life in India. By walking around the village gives you the perfect opportunity of meeting local people and seeing agricultural practices at close quarters. Visit the homes of the Potters, Ironsmiths, mat weavers, cobblers, and people engaged in other occupations.
In the afternoon you may take a jeep ridevisiting hamlets of Gurjar, Regar and other tribes and meeting their men and women folks while they are grazing their herd of sheep, goats and cattle, 300 years old step well, Farm Visit (organic farming) and drive to the Tordi Sagar Dam to spot wild animals and migratory birds.
Later ride to the Sand Dunes for a perfect sunset with sundowners and have hot tea and cookies at sand dunes. Enjoy your dinner around Bonn Fire on top of the terrace overlooking starry skies.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch& Dinner Included.
Morning after breakfast, you make the checkout and a road drive will take you to Pushkar. On arrival, check in at your hotel. Visit the Brahma Temple and Pushkar Lake during the day.
Later, take a stroll into the meandering alleys of Pushkar and come across vibrant, colorful markets. Return back to your hotel and stay overnight.
NOTE: If you travel during the month of November, it will provide you once-in-the-lifetime opportunity of attending the world famous ‘Pushkar Camel Fair’.
Meals: Breakfast Included.
Morning after breakfast, checkout and drive to reach Udaipur. On arrival, check in at your hotel. Remaining day is at leisure. If you wish you have time to look around in the markets near Lake Pichola. Stay overnight at your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast Included.
During the day enjoy the sightseeing tourof Udaipur, which includes City Palace, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum (has an interesting collection of dresses, turbans, musical instruments, dolls, paintings, the traditional puppets etc.). Your visit to Shilpgram craft village will be a new experience altogether.
Enjoy an afternoon cruise on the calm waters of Lake Pichola in Udaipur (subject to water levels) and later visit the island of Jag mandir.Stay overnight at your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast Included.
Make a morning checkout from your hotel and take the road drive to Ranakpur. On arrival, visit the beautiful Ranakpur Jain Temple. It is the largest and one of the most complex Jain Temple in India.
Later you will be transferred by road drive directly toJodhpur – “the Sun city of India”. On arrival, check in at your hotel.
Plan your evening for strolling in the old markets around Clock Tower-a completely spell bound surrounding.
Food Tour
Jodhpur is a great destination in Rajasthan to taste the traditional Marwari cuisine in it’s original form. There are a number of old and famous eating joints which have been serving great food for many generations. Like most Rajasthani regions, cuisine of Jodhpur is equally famous for it’s spicy as well as sweet dishes. Most people in Jodhpur will eat something sweet first then move on to main course. Due to this love for sweets, the traditional hospitality of Jodhpur is called Meethi Manuhar, Some of the more popular Jodhpuri dishes are Pyaaz (onion) Kachauri, Mawa Kachauri, Mirchi Vada, Panchkuta and Makhaniya Lassi. Sweet part is represented by Maakhan Vade, Mava kachauri and Besan chikki.
Stay overnight at your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast Included.
After breakfast, enjoy a sightseeing tour of Jodhpur which includes visit to Mehrangarh fort and Jaswant Thada. Later you may also visit the splendid Umaid Bhawan Palace and its fabulous Museum.
Check out from your hotel room in the noon time, and then take the road drive to Jaisalmer. On arrival, make a check in at your hotel. Relive the time in hand in complete leisure and composure.
Meals: Breakfast Included.
After breakfast, proceed for the sightseeing tour of Jaisalmer. At first visitthe Sonar Fort- the only Indian Fort which is still inhabited; there are intricately carved stone houses and a beautiful Jain temple. Later you will visit the beautiful Patwon and Nathmal Ji Ki Havelis, with some of the finest carvings.
Food Tour
Stroll the lanes with the oldest food shop of the golden city, taste variety of royal snacks like samosa, kachori, namkeens, Dal pakwans, Mirchi vadas & many snacks that still will mesmerize you.
Witness the preparation of the most celebrated sweets in the princely state, some delicacies that even though did not originate from Jaisalmer but still are a part of its rich cuisine for centuries.
Sip a cup of masala chai tea in a clay pot with unmatched views of Jaisalmer, admire its beauty while doing what people like doing – eat.
Khuri Desert Camp
Later, you will be transferred to Khuri, famous for its desert beauty. VisitKhuri village to experience the romance of desert in the most fascinating way and the hospitality that is an integral part of Rajasthan. Later enjoy a camel ride over the shifting dunesatop a colorfully dressed camel.
In evening, experience a breathtaking view of sunset over the sandwhen it casts a truly magical spell over the desert lands. A night in the desert offers an ideal setting to star gaze. Sit beside a campfire, listen to the traditional music, and relish some of the authentic Rajasthani delicacies. Overnight stay in Khuri Desert Camp.
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner Included.
In the morningtake an adventurous road drive to the Thar Desert region to reach Bikaner. On arrival, check in at your hotel.
Visit the historical Junagarh Fort- a 15th century Fort, a prime example of Indian architecture in the Thar Desert.Next in line is Lalgarh palace followed by the visit to Karni Mata Temple, also known as the Rat Temple. The temple is filled with auspicious rats that live within the temple walls and like to crawl over your feet and nibble at your toes as you walk through the holy place.
Later visit unique camel research and breeding farm, one of its kind in the continent of Asia.
Meals: Breakfast Included.
After enjoying the breakfast, you will be driven to Mandawa-The city of Havelis and unique architectures.The rich merchants constructed their lavish havelis here and embellished them with beautiful paintings on religious, historical, folk, and social theme.View some of the oldest and the best preserved Shekhavati paintings in the region. This region is like an Open Art Gallery where you may see hundreds of Havelis with beautiful paintings and carved doors/windows.
Delhi
Later, you will be transferred to Delhi. You will reach Delhi by late afternoon.On arrival visit The Lotus Temple, 12th century Qutab Minar and Humayun’s Tomb. You will have some time to look around in the markets near your hotel. Remaining time is at leisure till next morning.
Meals: Breakfast Included.
This Morning after breakfast checkout from your hotel and at appropriate time you will be transferred to Delhi international airport for your onward journey. Board your flight and fly back with memories to cherish for life. Tour ends.