Adventure Cycling Tour India

DESTINATIONS : Delhi - Agra - Bharatpur - Silsehr - Sariska - Jaipur - Delhi
DURATION : 09 Days - 08 Nights

Cycling is one of the best ways to see India. It isn't difficult and provides the cyclist with glimpses of India denied to the traveller whizzing past on four wheelers. The following sample itinerary takes you to one of India's most interesting regions providing an extraordinary blend of architectural wonders, bird and wild life sanctuaries.

Day 01 : Delhi
Arrive Delhi met on arrival and transfer to hotel for overnight stay.

Day 02 : Delhi / Agra (Car)
Morning after breakfast drive to Agra (5 hours drive/205 kms). En-route visit the Agra Mausoleum of the Great Mughal Emperor Akbar (10 kms before Agra). On arrival in Agra transfer to hotel. After lunch proceed to visit the world famous Taj Mahal (1633 AD) and Agra Fort (1536 AD). Overnight stay at hotel.

Day 03 : Agra / Bharatpur (Car/Cycle)
Morning drive to Fatehpur Sikri (47 kms), the Ghost Capital (1570) of Medieval India and witness a rare combination of Buddhist, Indian and Persian architecture, after lunch start cycling for Bharatpur (22 kms). On arrival check into hotel. Evening excursion to Keoladeo bird Sanctuary (29 sq kms) spread on a low Marshland and having 205 species of birds of which 117 are Migratory. Overnight stay at Bharatpur.

Day 04 : Bharatpur / Silsehr (Cycle/Car)
Morning after breakfast start cycling to reach Deeg (21 kms). Visit Deeg Palace built by Maharaja Sural Mal (Tehu). After lunch drive to Silsehr. Dinner and overnight stay at Lake Palace Silhehr.

Day 05 : Sariska/Jaipur (Car)
Morning after breakfast leave by cycles to Sariska. Lunch en-route. Afternoon visit Sariska Tiger Project, one of the thirteen projects to save tiger in India. It has an area of 498 sq. kms other animals found here are Nilgai, spotted deer, wild boar etc. After wildlife sporting drive back to hotel. Dinner and overnight stay at hotel.

Day 06 : Sariska/Jaipur (Car)
Morning after breakfast drive to Jaipur. On arrival check-in hotel Afternoon proceed for sight-seeing of Jaipur. "The Pink City" covering the Palace, observatory etc. Overnight stay at hotel.

Day 07 : Jaipur
After breakfast leave for excursion to Amber Port (1592 AD), a superb example of Rajput architecture. Enjoy elephant ride up the hill on which the fort is situated. Return to Jaipur. Rest of the day free for shopping etc. Overnight in hotel.

Day 08 : Jaipur/Delhi (Car)
Morning after breakfast drive to Delhi (265 kms). On arrival check-in hotel for overnight stay.

Day 09 : Delhi / onward destination
After breakfast leave for full day city tour visiting Qutub Minar, India gate (war memorial), Lakshminarayan Temple - modern Hindu temple, drive past President's House, Parliament House & Secretariat Building. Afternoon sight-seeing of Old Delhi visit Rajghat & Shanti Vana (the cremation sites of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru), Jama Masjid and drive past Red fort and Chandni Chowk. Await transfer to international airport for flight to onward destination.

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