New Delhi Trip Overview
Combine a classic Golden Triangle tour (Jaipur, Agra, and Delhi) with a visit to Amritsar on this 5-day private tour. Get personalized attention and enjoy a flexible itinerary with this private tour, including a dedicated guide. All transportation, four nights’ accommodation at a 5-star or 4-star hotel or even you can book without accommodation (depending on option selected when booking), breakfast each day, entrance fees, train rides and bottled water included.
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Duration: 5 days
Starts: New Delhi, India
Trip Category: Multi-day & Extended Tours >> Multi-day Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting New Delhi, Delhi, India
Combine a classic Golden Triangle tour (Jaipur, Agra, and Delhi) with a visit to Amritsar on this 5-day private tour. Get personalized attention and enjoy a flexible itinerary with this private tour, including a dedicated guide. All transportation, four nights’ accommodation at a 5-star or 4-star hotel or even you can book without accommodation (depending on option selected when booking), breakfast each day, entrance fees, train rides and bottled water included.
Itinerary
Day 1: New Delhi – Agra (3 Hrs Drive)
Stop At: Qutub Minar, Qutb Minar, Mehrauli, New Delhi 110030 India
Begin with pick-up at 9am from your desired place in Delhi, Gurugram (Gurgaon) or Noida. Take a half-day city tour of Delhi. Visit the 11th Qutub Minar (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) – that gives the complex its name is an unmissable, soaring Afghan-style victory tower and minaret, erected by sultan Qutb-ud-din in 1193 to proclaim his supremacy over the vanquished Hindu rulers of Qila Rai Pithora.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Lotus Temple Rd, Bahapur, Shambhu Dayal Bagh, Kalkaji Near Kalkaji Temple, East of Nehru Place, New Delhi 110019 India
Lotus Temple (Closed on Monday) – Designed for tranquil worship, Delhi’s beautiful Lotus Temple offers a rare pocket of calm in the hectic city. It is shaped like a lotus flower, with 27 delicate-looking white-marble petals. The temple was created to bring faiths together; visitors are invited to pray or meditate silently according to their own beliefs.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: India Gate, Rajpath Near Connaught Place New Delhi, New Delhi 110001 India
This imposing 42m-high stone memorial arch was designed by Lutyens in 1921. It pays tribute to around 90,000 Indian army soldiers who died in WWI, the Northwest Frontier operations and the 1919 Anglo-Afghan War.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Parliament House, Sansad Marg, New Delhi 110002 India
This circular, colonnaded building, designed by Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker, was where the 1947 handover of power from Britain to the newly independent India took place, and parliament still meets here.
Pass By: Rashtrapati Bhavan, Rajpath, New Delhi 110004 India
Rashtrapati Bhavan or President House is an official residence of the President of India.Formerly home to the British Viceroy, the President’s House has 340 rooms, with 2.5km of corridors, and it’s fascinating to take a peek inside.
Stop At: Agra, Agra, Agra District, Uttar Pradesh
Later be driven 3hrs via the express highway to the City of Taj Mahal, Agra. Upon arrival in Agra check inn to the hotel.
Duration: 3 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Hotel in Agra: 5 star – Double Tree By Hilton or similar / 4 star – Sarovar Crystal Premier or similar
Day 2: Agra – Jaipur (4/5 Hrs Drive)
Stop At: Taj Mahal, Dharmapuri, Forest Colony, Tajganj, Agra 282001 India
At sunrise visit Taj Mahal (a Unesco World Heritage Site) – widely considered the most beautiful building in the world. Built by Shah Jahan as a memorial for his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died giving birth to their 14th child in 1631.
Later back to your hotel and enjoy your breakfast.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Agra Fort Rakabgani, Agra 282003 India
Afternoon visit Agra Fort (a Unesco World Heritage Site) – is a historical fort along the bank of the Yamuna River in the city of Agra. Walking through courtyard after courtyard of this palatial red-sandstone and marble fortress, your amazement grows as the scale of what was built here begins to sink in.
Spend free time shopping in Agra.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Jaipur, Jaipur, Jaipur District, Rajasthan
Journey to the Pink City of Jaipur. Arrive in Jaipur and check in to your hotel.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Hotel in Jaipur: 5 star – Hilton or similar / 4 star – Four Points by Sheraton or similar
Day 3: Jaipur – Delhi (4/5 Hrs Drive)
Stop At: Amber Palace, Devisinghpura, Amer, Jaipur 302001 India
After breakfast check out from hotel and visit Amber Fort – The magnificent, formidable, honey-hued fort of Amber (pronounced ‘amer’), an ethereal example of Rajput architecture, rises from a rocky mountainside about 11km northeast of Jaipur, and is the city’s must-see sight. It comprises an extensive palace complex, built from pale yellow and pink sandstone, and white marble, and is divided into four main sections, each with its own courtyard.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Jal Mahal, Amer Road, Jaipur 302002 India
Photo Stop at Jal Mahal (Water Palace) – Near the cenotaphs of the maharanis of Jaipur and beautifully situated in the watery expanse of Man Sagar, is this dreamlike palace. It’s origins are uncertain, but it was believed to have been extensively restored if not built by Jai Singh II (1734).
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Hawa Mahal – Palace of Wind, Hawa Mahal Tripolia Bazaar Road Badi Choupad, J.D.A. Market, Pink City, Jaipur 302002 India
Photo Stop at Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds) – Jaipur’s most distinctive landmark is an extraordinary pink-painted delicately honeycombed hive that rises a dizzying five storeys. It was constructed in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh to enable ladies of the royal household to watch the life and processions of the city.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: City Palace of Jaipur, Tripolia Bazar Near Jantar Mantar, Jaipur 3023002 India
The City Palace is the residence of the royal family. A complex of courtyards, gardens and buildings, the impressive City Palace is right in the centre of the Old City. There are palace buildings from different eras, some dating from the early 20th century. It is a striking blend of Rajasthani and Mughal architecture.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Jantar Mantar – Jaipur, Tripoliya Bazaar near entrance to City Palace, Jaipur 302020 India
Jantar Mantar Observatory (a Unesco World Heritage Site) – is a collection of curving geometric buildings that are carefully calibrated to monitor the movement of the stars and planets.
Spend free time shopping in Jaipur.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: New Delhi, New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi
After Jaipur sightseeing journey back to Delhi. Upon arrival in Delhi check inn to the hotel.
Duration: 5 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Delhi: 5 star – Jaypee Vasant Continental or similar / 4 star – Jaypee Siddharth or similar
Day 4: Delhi – Amritsar (By Superfast Train)
Stop At: Amritsar, Amritsar, Amritsar District, Punjab
Morning board Train to Amritsar at 7.20am. Arrive Amritsar at 1.45pm. Amritsar is a home to the spectacular Golden Temple, Sikhism’s holiest shrine and one of India’s most serene and humbling sights.
Meet our representative at Amritsar train station and travel to your hotel to check inn.
Duration: 6 hours
Stop At: Attari-Wagah Border Attari, Amritsar 143001 India
Evening watch the India-Pakistan Border ceremony called the Lowering of the Flags at Wagah Border in the evening.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Hotel in Amritsar: 5 star – Holiday Inn or similar / 4 star – Country Inn & Suites or similar
Day 5: Amritsar – Delhi (By Superfast Train)
Stop At: Golden Temple Road Atta Mandi, Katra Ahluwalia, Amritsar 143001 India
Visit the magnificent Golden Temple, a sacred Sikh sanctuary covered with gold leaves by the river side. See the shining temple in the morning light. Stop by the Community Kitchen where 10,000 pilgrims are fed for free every day.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Jallianwala Bagh, Golden Temple Rd near Golden Temple, Amritsar 143006 India
Reached through a narrow gatehouse leading to an enclosed courtyard, this poignant park commemorates the 1500 Indians killed or wounded when a British officer ordered his soldiers to shoot unarmed protesters in 1919.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Rambagh Gardens, Amritsar India
Ram Bagh Garden attracts a lot of tourists every year, owing to the enormous natural beauty it encompasses. It used to be the summer palace of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780-1839) in the past.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: New Delhi, New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi
Board your train to Delhi at 4.50pm. Arrive back in Delhi at 11 p.m. Upon arrival, you’ll be met by a driver and dropped off at your desired location in Delhi, Gurugram (Gurgaon) or Noida.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
