Incentive Tours - Royal Rajputana
 

Day 01
Arrive Delhi. Meet and transfer to a Deluxe Category hotel. Welcome on arrival at the hotel lobby with garlands, aarti and tikka by young ladies dressed in traditional clothes. Overnight in hotel.

Day 02
Breakfast. Tour of New Delhi – India Gate, Parliament House, President’s Palace, Hyumayun’s Tomb, Qutab Minar and Lotus Temple.
Lunch at Pindi restaurant. Afternoon tour of Old Delhi – Gandhi’s memorial at Raj Ghat, Red Fort, Jama Masjid and walk through the walled city’s Chandini Chowk ‘s bazzars
Evening Indian Classical Dance performance at the Dances of India. Dinner at Chor Bazzar restaurant with special Wazwan Kashmiri Cuisine. Overnight at hotel.

Day 03
Breakfast. Drive to Agra ( 4 hours ) with a coffee break enroute at Dabchik resort. Tour of Akbar’s mausoleum at Sikandra. Traditiional welcome on arrival with welcome drink. Lunch served in thali with Sehnai and classical musician in attendance. A visit to Taj Mahal and Agra Fort in cycle rickshaws and horse drawn carriages – tongas. Time free for shopping marble artifacts and embroidered velvet handbags for ladies, leather and other handicrafts.
Cocktails and poolside dinner with a magician entertaining with magic tricks, a palmist to read your future. On full moon, a visit to the Taj will be arranged to watch this magnificent monument in moonlight.
Overnight in hotel.

Day 04
After breakfast drive to Jaipur enroute visit Fatehpur Sikri , will take you back in history of over 500 years. A royal welcome awaits you at a Palace Hotel ,with caparisoned elephants and trumpeters, ladies dressed in traditional costumes to garland you. A leisurely lunch followed by a visit to the City Palace and museum, Palace of winds. A meeting with the Royal family of Jaipur during a traditional Rajasthani cusine dinner with puppet show on the lawns of this palace, which till very recently was the official residence of the Maharaja and Maharani of Jaipur.

Day 05
After breakfast drive to Amber fort with elephant ride with a visit to Sanganer village for blue pottery and block printed fabrics. Return to hotel for lunch. Drive to Samode ( 40 kms ). At the village entrance, decorated camel carts await your arrival. The camel caravan with torchbearers and local musicians with bring you to the grand palace, which is lit up.
The group disembarks and climb the staircase to the palace entrance where they are welcomed by village belles in full local attire with garlands and showering rose petals on the group members.

The hotel staff will tie the turbans on the male members while the ladies will be presented with Rajasthani bandini ( tie & dye) scarves. Cocktails with the Royalty at the Sheesh Mahal and dinner and cultural extravaganza at the Durbar Hall will follow. The ambience created goes back to over 600 years of royal tradition , folk dancers entertain while the guest are seated on cushions on the floor and have dinner is silver plates. After dinner a firework show is arranged on the palace terrace. Overnight in hotel.

Day 06
Breakfast. Camel ride to the royal orchards for lunch where you absorb rural life-style. Later drive to Mandawa ( 3 hours). Traditional Rajasthani welcome awaits you at the Castle Hotel. Enjoy the royal ambience at the castle and the sand dunes close by. A Gala bar-be-cue dinner with campfire and musicians is arranged under the brilliant starry desert night. Overnight in hotel.

Day 07
Breakfast. A tour to explore the havelis of this desert town. Option of taking a hot air balloon ride for an overview of the vast Thar desert landscape of sand dune. After lunch proceed to Delhi to connect onward flight to return home.

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