North India Revealed

North India Revealed

Embark on a 22-day odyssey through India’s intoxicating north. Discover sights, smells, and flavours that will blaze their way into your memory and stay there forever. See towering sandstone fortresses, pilgrims praying on riverbanks, Maharajah mementos in a ghostly palace, and silhouettes on a desert landscape. India can be a daunting place at times, even for experienced travellers, but with the guidance of your local leader, you’ll be navigating the crowds, dodging the cows and eating the best chaat from a cart in no time! From the beating heart of Delhi to the holy city of Varanasi – this is north India.

Activities

• Delhi – Leader-led Old Delhi walking & rickshaw tour
• Delhi – Visit to the Jama Masjid Mosque
• Delhi – Sheeshganj Gurudwara (Sikh Temple)
• Jaisalmer – Leader-led walking tour
• Thar Desert – Overnight Desert Camp
• Jodhpur – Leader-led walking tour
• Udaipur – Leader-led walking tour
• Pushkar – Leader-led walking tour
• Jaipur – Leader-led walking & market tour
• Abhaneri – Chand Baori stepwell
• Varanasi – Leader-led Old City walking tour

Highlights

• Travel into the Thar Desert, spending a memorable evening eating Rajasthani food under the stars in a camp set among sand dunes.
• Cut through the chaos of Jodhpur’s Sadar Bazaar with your knowledgeable local leader, haggling for handicrafts and sipping some of the best lassi in town.
• Snap incredible photos of the immense Chand Baori, a grand ninth-century stepwell in rural Abhaneri that extends over 20 metres into the earth.
• Explore the centre of India’s spiritual heart – Varanasi – on a guided walking tour through the alleyways of the Old Town right to the bank of the Ganges.
• India can be intimidating, but with your local leader there the whole way, you’ll be dodging cows, navigating market stalls, and eating from the best chaat stalls in Delhi in no time.