10-Day Central India Heritage Tour with Sanchi, Bhimbetka and Mandu

• Arrival in Delhi. After the customs formalities, meet your representative, who will be waiting for you outside Gate Number 5 with your name placard.
• Start your day with a visit to Old Delhi, also called Shahjahanabad.
• Visit the world-famous Jama Masjid, the biggest Friday mosque in India, which can host up to 20,000 worshippers.
• Take a ride on a pedal rickshaw through the narrow alleys of the famous Chandni Chowk Market.
• Proceed towards Rajghat - the tomb of Mahatma Gandhi, called the Father of the Nation.
• In the afternoon, visit the colonial monuments of Delhi.
• Drive through Rajpath to view Parliament House, the President's House, and India Gate.
• End your day with a visit to Qutub Minar, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• Proceed to the hotel for check-in.

Spend the night in Delhi.

Inclusions: Accommodation, Transport, Tourist Guide, Entrance fees

Highlights: Old Delhi, Jama Masjid, Rickshaw Ride, Colonial Delhi, Qutub Minar

• Transfer to the railway station and board the train to Gwalior.
• Arrival and transfer to the hotel.
• Visit Gwalior and its monuments. Gwalior is dominated by the fort, the bastion of the city for centuries, rising on top of the hill. Surrounded by imposing walls, it preserves palaces and temples inside. Visit the palace of Man Singh and two interesting temples.
• Going down the hill, discover an entire wall carved with a series of splendid Jain statues dating back to the mid-fifteenth century.

Overnight in Gwalior.

Inclusions: Train, Accommodation, Breakfast, Transport, Tourist Guide, Entrance fees

Highlights: Gwalior Fort, Jain Statues around the fort

• Breakfast at the hotel and continue to Orchha.
• Stop in Datia and visit the Royal Palace of Datia, built by Bir Singh in 1610.
• Arrive in Orchha and check in at the hotel. Once the capital of the Bundela dynasty, Orchha still features several beautifully preserved palaces and temples.
• See the Jahangir Mahal, a palace built in 1606 on the occasion of the visit of Emperor Jahangir. In the evening, enjoy an optional walk to the temple dedicated to Lord Rama and participate in the evening prayer.

Overnight in Orchha.

Inclusions: Accommodation, Breakfast, Transport, Tourist Guide, Entrance fees

Highlights: Datia, Jahangir Mahal

• Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to Jhansi railway station.
• Train to Bhopal.
• Arrive in Bhopal and transfer to the hotel.
• Visit the Archaeological Museum, which boasts sculptures, cave paintings, photographs, and objects that trace local and national history.
• See Taj-ul-Masjid, one of the largest mosques in India, built by the third ruler of Bhopal, Shahjahan Begum. It was left unfinished and completed in 1971.

Overnight in Bhopal.

Inclusions: Train, Accommodation, Breakfast, Transport, Tourist Guide, Entrance fees

Highlights: Taj-Ul-Masjid, Archaeological Museum

• Breakfast; the day is dedicated to excursions to visit the Sanchi Stupa. About 46 km north of Bhopal are some of the oldest and most interesting Buddhist buildings in all of India. Although not directly linked to the life of the Buddha, the place was chosen by Emperor Ashoka, one of the most illustrious converts to Buddhism, for the construction of the first stupas in the third century.
• Continue to visit the Udaigiri Caves, about 20 Hindu shrines excavated in the sandstone of a hill, dating back to the Gupta period (382-401).
• Return to Bhopal.

Overnight in Bhopal.

Inclusions: Accommodation, Breakfast, Transport, Tourist Guide, Entrance fees

Highlights: Sanchi Stupa, Udaigiri Caves

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Departure to the south for Bhimbetka. Hidden among forests of teak and sal trees in an area of cliffs, more than 600 shelters dug into the rock have been discovered here. There are many beautiful paintings on the walls, with the oldest probably dating back 12,000 years. A wide range of figures is depicted, including wild buffaloes, rhinos, bears, and tigers, as well as hunting scenes, initiation ceremonies, childbirth scenes, collective dances, religious rites, and burials.
• Continue to Bhojpur to visit the unusual Bhojeshwar Temple dedicated to Shiva.
• Continue to the fortified town of Islamnagar, the first state capital founded by the Rajputs under the name Jagdishpur.

Return to Bhopal for an overnight stay.

Inclusions: Accommodation, Breakfast, Transport, Tourist Guide, Entrance fees

Highlights: Bhimbetka, Bhojeshwar Temple.

• Breakfast at the hotel and departure for Indore.
• Along the way, visit Ujjain: the Temple of Mahakal Shiva, the destroyer of evil, and the Temple of Gopal, a magnificent building with marble spires in typical Maratha style, built by the Scindias in the 19th century.
• See the temple of Kalbhairav, where pilgrims offer alcohol. Continue to Indore.
• Arrival in Indore and hotel accommodation.

Overnight in Indore.

Inclusions: Accommodation, Breakfast, Transport, Tourist Guide, Entrance fees

Highlights: Shiva temple, Kalbhairav temple in Ujjain

• Breakfast at the hotel and departure for Mandu, a city known for its splendid Indo-Afghan style monuments and the love stories of Bajbahadur and Rani Roopmati.
• Arrival and visit to Mandu: the Jahaz Mahal, also called the 'Palace of the Ship' for its shape, which looks very much like a ship; Jama Masjid; the tomb of Hoshang Shah, the first white marble construction in India; Hindola Mahal; Hathi Mahal, or Elephant Palace, so called because the columns that support the dome have enormous proportions reminiscent of an elephant's legs; and the Baz Bahadur Palace, the palace of the last ruler of Mandu, built in 1509.

Overnight at the hotel in Mandu.

Inclusions: Accommodation, Breakfast, Transport, Tourist Guide, Entrance fees.

Highlights: Jahaj Mahal, Tomb of Hoshang, Baz Bahadur Palace

• Breakfast at the hotel and departure for Maheshwar, a spiritual city on the Narmada river, also known as the Varanasi of Central India. It is the ancient city of 'Mahishmati', also mentioned in many holy books and Hindu epics.
• Arrive and visit the Fort of Maheshwar within the walled city on the bank of the Narmada river. See an eclectic collection of rifles, sedans, images, and paintings in the palace courtyard.
• Continue to visit the Shiva temple built on the river bank and enjoy a walk along Maheshwar Ghat.

Overnight at the hotel in Maheshwar.

Inclusions: Accommodation, Breakfast, Transport, Tourist Guide, Entrance fees

Highlights: Maheshwar Ghat, The walled city of Maheshwar

• After breakfast, transfer to Indore airport for your flight to Delhi.
• On arrival, transfer to the international airport for international departures.

No services are booked afterwards. Kindly arrange your return flight accordingly.

Inclusions: Breakfast, Transport, Domestic Flight.