Varanasi, Wild & Kama sutra

ARRIVE IN DELHI
You arrive in Delhi on your own; we receive you at the airport, exchange pleasantries & assist you to the waiting vehicle. Drive & check you in to your hotel for overnight stay. Maybe an early evening panoramic tour of the Lutyen’s Delhi along the majestic Raj path & to the imposing India Gate & the President’s Place can be an ideal start for a first glance.

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Meals: None

You leave early morning after breakfast for your flight to Jabalpur/Nagpur (Depending on your convenience & fight schedules. Upon arrival & after disembarking you drive to the Kanha National Park. Here you check in your lodge/resort for the next 3 days. Late afternoon you may walk along the nature trails for a glimpse of the national park.

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Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

Over the next two days you enjoy 4 Private Jeeps safaris one each in the morning & afternoon accompanied by a gaming reserve naturalist.
Important: On Wednesdays, only the morning safari is allowed as per the park guidelines. .

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Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

You enjoy an early morning safari in Kanha. Return to your lodge/Resort for packing up your belongings & checking out. But not before you have had your breakfast. Leave for another wild game Reserve Bhandavgarh national park. Stop by some vantage places en-route to relax & enjoy a picnic lunch that has been pre-packed from the hotel.

Upon arrival check in to your lodge/camp/resort

Meals Provided today: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Over the next two days you enjoy 4 Private Jeep safaris one each in the morning & afternoon accompanied by a gaming reserve naturalist.

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Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Enjoy another morning time safari before returning to your lodge for breakfast. Pack up & check out for another drive on the highway to the Kamasutra land, Khajuraho. Upon arrival you check into your hotel. Relax while. Later you leave for a tour of the exotic temples of the town. Here you will visit Western and Eastern group of temples. You can click pictures, purchase books and other artistic articles.

Later enjoy Light & Sound show at the western group of Temple complex. Retire for the night.

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Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Have breakfast in the morning. Later leave for a tour of the temples which are famous for their erotic architecture & style.

Khajuraho & Kamasutra
The Khajuraho temples feature a variety of art work, of which 10% is sexual or erotic art outside and inside the temples. Some of the temples that have two layers of walls have small erotic carvings on the outside of the inner wall. Some scholars suggest these to be tantric sexual practices. Other scholars state that the erotic arts are part of Hindu tradition of treating Kama as an essential and proper part of human life, and its symbolic or explicit display is common in Hindu temples. James McConnachie, in his history of the Kamasutra, describes the sexual-themed Khajuraho sculptures as “the apogee of erotic art”:
“Twisting, broad-hipped and high breasted nymphs display their generously contoured and bejewelled bodies on exquisitely worked exterior wall panels. These fleshy apsarasrun riot across the surface of the stone, putting on make-up, washing their hair, playing games, dancing, and endlessly knotting and unknotting their girdles….Beside the heavenly nymphs are serried ranks of griffins, guardian deities and, most notoriously, extravagantly interlocked maithunas, or lovemaking couples” ( Source Wikipedia)

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Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Enjoy a hearty breakfast meal in the morning. Get ready for your flight to Varanasi or Banaras today. We receive you at the airport & drive you to your hotel. After checking in you relax the whole of afternoon. Later you begin your tryst with the world’s most ancient living city. Watch the grand evening Aarti on the banks of River Ganges.

The stand out spectacle is undoubtedly the evening Aarti (Puja/recitals) (Chanting of hymns by Hindu priests clad in white Loose cotton wear sporting vermillion on their foreheads & holding huge bronze/brass/earthen Pots with burning Camphor/mustard oil/Vegetable fat), watched by hundreds of devotees on the Ghats (Banks of River Ganga).

VARANASI AT A GLANCE
Varanasi is also known by its ancient names Benares or Kashi as well. The holy Ganges River can be seen flowing in its prime through this city & hence most of the religious sanctity is imparted to this town because of this. The city considered the oldest, the holiest & the most mystical holds a great significance for Hindus for it has received special mention in the Rig-Veda & Mahabharata apart from having served as the capital of Kashi during Gautama Buddha. It is also renowned as a seat of Learning since ancient times Scholars, historians, musicians, artisans, saints all have made it their eternal abode at some point or the other.
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Meals provided toady: Breakfast.& Dinner

After early Breakfast at the hotel, you shall leave for a full day excursion of this historic town. You go boating from Dhashwamedha Ghats & also see some other important Ghats (river banks)

River Banks/Fronts (Ghats):
These are legendary swathes (4-5 kms) of river fronts that see visitors in thousands everyday either enjoying their boat rides on the Ganges or witnessing the first rays of the Sun. The splendor & the appeal are just unparalleled. One can also see hundreds of pyres burning at some of these Ghats where Hindus cremate their dead. Hindus believe that by cremating their dead here or spending their fag end of life in this holy city is akin to attaining salvation. Mark twain fell for this enigma & history while describing Varanasi as a place which was older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend and looks twice as old as all of them put together. You shall also get to see the following spots today:

The Kashi Vishwanath Temple

This is the Hindu parallel of Sikh Golden temple in Amritsar at least in its importance & how it is known as. It is dedicated to Lord Shiva where the Shivalinga installed in the temple remains the centre of attraction to millions of its visitors.

Banaras Hindu University
As the largest residential university in India, BHU is still the epitome of a great learning by scholars from all over the world. It incidentally houses the Kashi Vishwanath temple in its precincts apart from a grand statute at its entrance of its founder Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya.

Bharat Mata Temple
The great founding father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi inaugurated this in 1936 & it houses one perfect relief Map of India carved out of a marble.

Ashoka Pillar
This is in Sarnath (10 kms off the main city) & where Lord Buddha gave his first sermon. It is a very popular Buddhist pilgrimage centre where Ashoka the great conqueror sat and meditated. The Sarnath Archaeological Museum, houses a copy of Ashoka’s lion pillar and some sculptures
Stay overnight at the hotel.

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Meals provided today: Breakfast

Day at leisure

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Meals provided today: Breakfast

You arrive in the capital city today. Check in to your hotel. Later leave for a sightseeing trip to New Delhi. See the Humayun’s Tomb (Precursor to Taj Mahal), Qutab Minar (The tallest Victory Tower of the Muslim Empire), Lotus Temple (Bahai Faith, closed on Mondays) & the Birla temple. Return to your hotel for overnight stay.

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Meals provided today: Breakfast

Have breakfast at the hotel. Sightseeing commences immediately afterwards. You experience rickshaw ride in the bustling Chandni chowk opposite the illustrious red fort. Walk to one of the largest spice wholesale markets of Asia winding your way through narrow lanes & by lanes.  Savor the famous Paranthas in the illustrious food street. See hundreds of locals, walk alongside & greeting you with a smile.

Enjoy a farewell dinner at a famous city restaurant before leaving for the airport for your departure flight home. We see you off at the airport. Your tour ends here. Hope you enjoyed travelling with us.

04 nights/05 days trip to Agra & Jaipur