Eternal India Cultural Sojourn

Upon arrival at Delhi International Airport, you’ll be warmly welcomed by our executive and assisted with your transfer to the hotel. Settle in and relax after your journey. Overnight stay at your hotel in Delhi.

Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner

Start your day with a delicious breakfast at the hotel. Embark on a full-day city tour of both Old and New Delhi. In Old Delhi, stop at the Red Fort for a photo opportunity and take a rickshaw ride through the narrow streets up to Jama Masjid, India’s largest mosque. Visit Rajghat, the cremation site of Mahatma Gandhi. In New Delhi, visit Vijay Chowk, the Presidential Palace, India Gate, and the Qutab Minar, the tallest brick minaret in the world. Return to your hotel for an overnight stay.

Travel Distance: 220 km / 4-5 hours

Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner

After breakfast, begin your drive to Agra. Upon arrival, check into your hotel and take some time to freshen up. In the afternoon, visit Agra Fort, an outstanding example of Mughal architecture.

Food Walk in Agra:

Later in the evening, proceed for a Food Walk – an experience of the delightful local cuisine, in which you taste delicious street food dishes of varied Indian cuisines available from some of the oldest and most reputed food joints in the city. All the food items are personally tested and the joints selected are as safe as possible. In this walking tour, you will be visiting some non-touristy markets of Agra city and taste some of the best local food dishes. You will visit around 7-9 different food places and taste the authentic local street food of Agra, culminating in a full meal for dinner. This walk can be enjoyed by vegetarians as well as non-vegetarians.

Overnight stay at your hotel in Agra.

Travel Distance: 240 km / 4-5 hours

Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner

Wake up early for a sunrise visit to the world-renowned Taj Mahal, a symbol of eternal love built by Emperor Shah Jahan. After breakfast at the hotel, check out and drive to Jaipur. En route, visit the Chand Baori stepwell in Abhaneri, one of India’s deepest and largest stepwells. Continue your journey to Jaipur and check into your hotel. Overnight stay in Jaipur.

Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel before starting a city tour. Begin with a photo stop at the Hawa Mahal, also known as the Palace of Winds. Visit the Amber Fort, an architectural masterpiece, where you can ride an elephant up to the fort. In the afternoon, explore the City Palace & Museum and marvel at the astronomical instruments at Jantar Mantar. Overnight stay at your hotel in Jaipur.

Travel Distance: 320 km / 5-6 hours

Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner

After an early breakfast, check out and start your drive to Jodhpur. Upon arrival, check into your hotel and refresh. In the afternoon, visit the Mehrangarh Fort, one of the most magnificent forts in Rajasthan, and Jaswant Thada, a royal cenotaph. Finish the day with a Heritage Walk through the Blue City, exploring its unique architecture and vibrant streets. Overnight stay in Jodhpur.

Heritage Walk of Blue City: this walk aims to highlight the vast range of architectural styles, planning elements, tracing the social and cultural history of the city. The walk will cover most of the prominent points of the old city with Brahmpuri being the highlight. Brahmpuri (Blue City): Area of Brahmin’s who have their houses painted Indigo. This walking tour gives a meticulous experience of this beguiling city. You get to know the interesting & retold legends from the past, peep into the life of the city, meet and intermingle with the locals while walking through the alleys flanked by the Blue houses both the ends. Get known to “Hathai”; a special assembly of locals for gossiping. Witness some very old family owned temples with some very interesting related legends. Enjoy the pleasure of witnessing the delightful taste of the sweets & local Chai. This tour of Brahmpuri offers a complete insight of this historic city.

Travel Distance: 250 km / 5-6 hours

Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner

After breakfast, drive towards Udaipur, stopping en route to visit the famous Jain Temples at Ranakpur. Continue to Udaipur, known as the City of Lakes, and check into your hotel. Spend the rest of the day at leisure. Overnight stay in Udaipur.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Breakfast & Dinner

Start your day with a visit to Saheliyon Ki Bari, the Garden of Maids. Continue to the City Palace Complex overlooking Lake Pichola, where you’ll find a remarkable collection of artifacts and miniatures. Visit the Jagdish Mandir, Udaipur’s largest temple. In the evening, enjoy a boat ride on Lake Pichola and a traditional Rajasthani dance performance. Dinner will be at a lakeside restaurant. Overnight stay in Udaipur.

Travel Method: By flight, Udaipur to Mumbai

Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner

Have breakfast at the hotel before your transfer to the airport for a flight to Mumbai. Upon arrival in Mumbai, you’ll be assisted with your transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, enjoy a Heritage Mile Walk through Mumbai’s historic district, exploring its colonial architecture and vibrant streets. Overnight stay in Mumbai.

Heritage Mile Walk: - this walk takes you into the heart of the old ‘Fort’. Explore the ‘White Town’ or the European half of the old town that existed within the Fort walls. Begin the walk at F.W. Steven’s gothic masterpiece, the grand Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus also known as the Victoria Terminus. Then walk down D.N.Road, also called the Heritage Mile of Mumbai, while admiring one of the oldest parts of the city(almost as old as the city itself) which even today is reminiscence of it colonial past and make your way to the ornate Flora Fountain. Here take a minute to soak in the atmosphere of one of the busiest precincts’ of Mumbai. Next just a hop, skip and jump away lies the historic art district of Kala Ghoda with its many Gothic buildings and numerous art galleries creating a charm that is unmatched in Mumbai. Move onto the Oval Maidan where in a great phalanx lie the Old Secretariat, University Library and Convocation Hall, High Court building , the old PWD building and Telegraph Department. Finally take Veer Nariman Road (the former Churchgate Street) down to Marine Drive to enjoy a fantastic view of the Art Deco Skyline that has become an identity of Mumbai the world over.

Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner

After breakfast, take a cruise to Elephanta Island to explore the UNESCO World Heritage Site’s rock-cut cave temples. Return to the city in the afternoon and visit the Prince of Wales Museum, Mani Bhawan, Dhobi Ghat, and drive along Marine Drive. Overnight stay in Mumbai.

Travel Method: By flight, Mumbai to Chennai

Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for a flight to Chennai. Upon arrival, you’ll be assisted with your transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, visit Fort St. George, St. Mary’s Church, Kapaleeswara Temple, and Santhome Cathedral. Overnight stay in Chennai.

Travel Distance: Chennai to Mahabalipuram via Kanchipuram (145 km / 4 hours)

Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner

After an early breakfast, drive to Mahabalipuram. En route, visit Kanchipuram, renowned for its silk weaving and ancient temples. Visit the Ekambareswarar and Kailasanathar temples and a traditional silk weaving center. Continue to Mahabalipuram, stopping at the Dakshina Chitra Heritage Museum along the way. Check into your seaside resort upon arrival and relax for the evening. Overnight stay in Mahabalipuram.

Travel Distance: 160 km / 3-4 hours

Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner

After breakfast, embark on a guided tour of Mahabalipuram, visiting Arjuna’s Penance, Shore Temple, and Pancha Rathas. Continue your drive to Pondicherry, a former French colony. Check into your hotel and enjoy the evening at leisure. Overnight stay in Pondicherry.

Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner

Start your day with a visit to Auroville, an experimental township. Continue to the Shri Aurobindo Ashram for a spiritual experience. In the afternoon, enjoy a Walking Trail through the French Quarter, discovering the charming colonial architecture and vibrant streets. Overnight stay in Pondicherry.

Walking Trail of the French Quarter: It is where the Pondicherry’s colonial past comes alive as we take you through its quaint boulevards and sleepy streets, to discover this little piece of France left behind in India. Seeped in culture and heritage, every building, every corner tells a story. Quirky twists of history and unforgettable characters are just some of the things you will hear about. Behind every charming façade, you’ll find incredible stories. We’ll explore the architecture and the ironies, the contradictions and the culture, the things Pondicherry did right and many things that didn’t work out. Surrounded by the British in India, the French here were gritty, stubborn and refused to disappear and lot more...

Travel Distance: 200 km / 4-5 hours

Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner

After breakfast, drive to Tanjore, stopping en route to visit the 9th-century Shiva Temple at Chidambaram and the Gangaikondacholapuram and Darasuram Temples at Kumbakonam. Continue to Tanjore and check into your hotel. Overnight stay in Tanjore.

TravelDistance: 210 km / 4-5 hours

Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner

Begin your day with a visit to the Brihadeshwara Temple and Tanjore Palace. Drive to Trichy and visit the Rock Fort Temple, then continue to Madurai, one of Tamil Nadu’s oldest cities. Check into your hotel for an overnight stay.

Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner

Heritage Walking Tour: Vanakkam Madurai - this Heritage walking tour will give you an authentic experience of the local lifestyle of people in Madurai, one of the oldest cities in India with cultural importance. It will give you the understanding how the city awakes, the local habits, the lifestyle of the common man, vibrant and busiest places of the city.

Start the morning with a Heritage Walking Tour, experiencing the local lifestyle of Madurai. Return to the hotel for breakfast, then visit Thirumalai Nayak Mahal and the famous Meenakshi Amman Temple, known for its architectural brilliance. Overnight stay in Madurai.

Travel Distance: 160 km / 3-4 hours

Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner

After breakfast, drive to Thekkady. Check into your hotel and refresh. Enjoy a Spice Plantation Tour to learn about the region’s spices. In the evening, watch a Traditional Kalaripayattu martial art performance. Overnight stay in Thekkady.

Travel Distance: 115 km / 2-3 hours

Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner

Start your day with a visit to Periyar National Park for a boat cruise on Periyar Lake, where you can view wildlife in their natural habitat. Afterward, drive to Kumarakom and check into your resort. Enjoy Ayurvedic therapies and a sunset boat cruise on Vembanad Lake. Overnight stay in Kumarakom.

Travel Distance: 50 km / 1-2 hours

Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner

After breakfast, drive to Kochi and check into your hotel. Visit the Dutch Palace, Jewish Synagogue, St. Francis Church, Santa Cruz Basilica, and the iconic Chinese fishing nets. In the evening, enjoy a Traditional Kathakali Dance Performance. Overnight stay in Kochi.