India - A living Heritage
For the avid traveler, India provides
an authentic adventure - stimulating, absorbing, daunting, sometimes moving
and shocking. Here is one of the world's great dramas; an ancient, vast and
crowded land committed to the most formidably challenging exercise in mass
democracy. It is a spectacle in which hope, pride, paradox and uncertainty
mingle and struggle. It is conducted on the whole, and to India's credit in
the open. The lasting memories of the land are hospitality, kindness, good
humor and generosity. Here is a society of over a 1000 million people,
growing by a million a month, divided and united by language, caste,
religion and regional loyalties. It has often been described as a
functioning anarchy; and it is in many ways an amiable one, of marvelous
fluidity and tolerance. Indeed, the true Indian motif is not the Tajmahal,
the elephant or the patient peasant behind the ox drawn plough. It is the
crowd, the ocean of faces in the land of multitudes, endlessly stirring,
pushing and moving. It is in this human circulation that one sees India's
colour, variety, busyness, and, senses also its power, vitality and
grandeur.....................
Day 1. Arrival/Delhi:
Late Night Arrival. Meeting and assistance upon arrival as our
representatives welcome you and escort you to your car.
Whilst the room keys and check-in is organized, our representative would
introduce the tour to you and hand over the documents to you.
Overnight: Hotel Connaught, A Downtown
Modern 4* Hotel
Day 2. Delhi:
A leisurely morning, followed by a brief tour of New Delhi .Our tour of New
Delhi includes visits to such sights as Humayun's Tomb (1586) and
Safarjung's Tomb (1753) the Qutab Minar 72 meters high and one of the most
perfect towers in the Persian world. The Iron Pillar which has survived the
vagaries of weather for over 1500 years. Continue with a drive through
Embassy area, the Government buildings (1921-1930) and Cannaught Place, the
heart and main shopping district of the capital.
Return to your hotel by 3PM. And have a rest for 2-3 Hrs.
Welcome
Dinner & Home Visit :
This evening we visit and Indian family for an Indian home experience. The
evening is designed to give you a 'feel' and insight into Indian family life
as well as experience typical Indian hospitality and home made Indian food.
Overnight: Hotel Connaught, A Downtown
Modern 4* Hotel
Day 3. Delhi/Agra (Private Drive) :

Following breakfast, we cross the city and into the walled gates of the Old
city with visits to the Jamma Mosque (1650) and drive through the fabled
area of Chandni Chowk (aptly translates to Moonlight Square) where the
throngs of shoppers and vendors meet in the oldest area of Delhi. Visit the
Red Fort (1639-1648 built by Shah Jehan the builder of the Taj Mahal in
Agra) to view the inlaid and carved Royal Chambers, on to Raj Ghat and
nearby ghats where the founder of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi and thereafter
Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were cremated.
Afternoon, we ride to Agra in our luxury car. We would have opportunities
to stop en route at well appointed restaurants for refreshments as well as
wash room facilities.
Upon arrival at Agra, check into Hotel Howard Park Plaza. Evening is at
leisure.
Overnight - Hotel Howard Park Plaza: