4 Days / 3 Nights

Day 1: Arrive Delhi

Upon arrival you will be met and transferred to your hotel. HOTEL PICCADILLY (Standard Room).

Day 2: Delhi

Full day is free to relax and pursue independent activities. (B)

Day 3: New Delhi Sightseeing

This morning view the sights of New Delhi as you drive along Rajpath and see the Parliament House, the President’s House and India Gate. Pay a visit to the Humayun’s Tomb, Qutab Minar and Birla Temple. (B)

Day 4: Depart Delhi

You will be transferred to airport for flight back home. (B)

OPTIONAL TOURS

OLD DELHI CITY TOUR WITH GUIDE

Tour Old Delhi, including the seventeenth-century walled city of Shahjahanabad. You will visit the Red Fort, or Lal Quila as popularly known among locals. Its thick, red-sandstone walls bulge with turrets and bastions that have withstood the ravages of both time and nature. Within the walls lie halls of public and private audience, domed and arched marble palaces, plush private apartments, a mosque and elaborately designed gardens. Even today, Lal Quila remains an impressive testimony to Mughal grandeur. Its magnificence leaves many awestruck and breathless.,

Later, take a walk through Chandni Chowk, the old marketplace of Shahjahanabad, which is now a picturesque bazaar. It consists of many narrow lanes that are crowded with shops selling everything from authentic Indian food and clothing to electronics.

Next you will visit the Raj Ghat, a memorial that is erected on the site where Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the Indian nation, was cremated. You will also view the Ashoka Pillar, which is a magnificent, fourteen-foot-high structure that was created in the third century.

Per Person - USD 87

AKSHARDHAM TEMPLE TOUR WITH GUIDE

Visit the beautiful Akshardham Temple. Built without steel, it consists of 234 ornately carved pillars, 9 ornate domes, 20 quadrangle shikhars, a spectacular Gajendra Pith (a or pedestal of stone elephants) and 20,000 statues of India's greatest sadhus, devotees, acharyas and divine personalities. Swaminarayan Akshardham in New Delhi epitomizes 10,000 years of Indian culture in all its breathtaking grandeur, beauty, wisdom and bliss. It brilliantly showcases the essence of India's ancient architecture, traditions and timeless spiritual messages. The Akshardham experience is an enlightening journey through India's glorious art, values and contributions for the progress, happiness and harmony of mankind.

The grand, ancient-styled Swaminarayan Akshardham complex was built in only five years through the blessings of HDH Pramukh Swami Maharaj of the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) and the colossal devotional efforts of 11,000 artisans and BAPS volunteers. The complex was inaugurated on 6 November, 2005. Akshardham means the eternal, divine abode of the supreme God, the abode of eternal values and virtues of Akshar as defined in the Vedas and Upanishads where divine bhakti, purity and peace forever pervades.

Per Person - USD 65

DAY EXCURSION TO AGRA

Embark on a day excursion to Agra. Depart early this morning by road. On arrival in Agra visit the 16th century Agra Fort before experiencing the one and only Taj Mahal. After the sightseeing drive back to Delhi.. (B)

Per Person - USD 175

(*) Taj Mahal is closed on Friday