Golden Triangle & Nepal 10-day Tour

Golden Triangle & Nepal 10-day Tour

Day 1: Delhi

Welcome to India! When you land in the capital, you'll be met at Delhi airport and transferred to a centrally located hotel in the city, where you can rest from your journey.

Day 2: Delhi

After breakfast at the hotel, you'll embark on a sightseeing tour of Delhi, discovering the main monuments of the city. We'll start the tour by visiting the Jama Masjid, the largest mosque in India. The next stop will be at Raj Ghat Park, where we'll see the place where Gandhi was cremated.

We'll then head to New Delhi to see various government buildings along with the iconic India Gate. The tour continues with a visit to two architectural gems: the Sikh and Akshardham temples (closed on Mondays). Did you know that 7000 people worked on their construction?

We'll conclude our tour of Delhi by returning to the hotel.

Day 3: Delhi - Jaipur

In the morning, after breakfast at the hotel in Delhi, we'll leave the capital of India and head towards Jaipur: the captivating pink city.

We'll drop you off at a local hotel, where you can have lunch and rest for a few hours. In the afternoon, we'll pick you up to visit the Hindu temple of Birla Mandir. You're sure to be amazed by the architecture of this amazing shrine, built entirely of white marble.

We'll continue our tour of Jaipur with a walk through the old town, where other impressive monuments such as the Hawa Mahal stand out. This red sandstone building, popularly known as the Palace of the Winds, will instantly captivate you.

The tour of Jaipur will conclude with a return to the hotel.

Day 4: Jaipur - Amber - Jaipur

We begin the fourth day of our Golden Triangle tour by travelling from Jaipur to the nearby town of Amber. There we'll visit a sumptuous 16th-century citadel where we'll see a palace fortress clad in sandstone. We'll be driven to the citadel by jeep. 

After touring this imposing walled enclosure, we return to Jaipur to visit  Maharaja's Palace. It's a colossal monumental complex of luxurious rooms and gardens, which also houses the Haharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum. Its exhibition of carpets, enamels, weapons, paintings, cannons and costumes will give you a better understanding of the fascinating history of India.

At the end of the museum tour you'll be taken back to your hotel in Jaipur.

Day 5: Jaipur - Agra

On our fifth day, we'll leave Jaipur for Agra, another of the cities that form part of India's Golden Triangle.

After lunch and a rest at a centrally located hotel in Agra, we'll visit the Red Fort of Lal Qila in the afternoon. In this World Heritage bastion we'll discover monuments of the fort such as the Khas Mahal and the Anguri Bagh.

After visiting the Red Fort of Agra we'll return to the hotel for dinner and rest until the next day.

Day 6: Agra - Delhi

After breakfast at the hotel, we'll drive to the banks of the Yamuna River to visit the Taj Mahal, one of the Seven Wonders of the World (closed on Fridays). This mausoleum, built in the 17th century, is linked to an emotional love story we'll learn about during the visit.

This masterpiece of Mughal architecture, declared a World Heritage Site, was the brainchild of Emperor Shah Jahan. Do you know the story of this ruler? The mausoleum he bequeathed to his beloved is now one of the most visited monuments in India.

At the end of the Taj Mahal tour, we'll leave Agra for the hotel in Delhi where you stayed for the first two nights of the tour.

Day 7: Delhi - Kathmandu

Early in the morning, after breakfast at the hotel in Delhi we'll drive to the airport to catch a flight to Kathmandu. After a one and a half hour flight we'll arrive in the capital of Nepal.

From the terminal we'll take you to a hotel in the city centre, where you'll have the rest of the day at leisure.

Day 8: Kathmandu

After breakfast at the hotel, we'll embark on a tour of Kathmandu, where we'll discover the main monuments of the Nepalese capital.

We'll first visit the sacred precinct of Swambhunath, popularly known as the Monkey Temple. Afterwards, we'll go to the Temple of the Living Goddess, which according to legend was built from the wood of a single tree.

Before returning to the hotel, we'll conclude the tour by visiting the centrally located Durbar Square, where Kathmandu's ancient royal palace stands.

Day 9: Kathmandu - Patan - Bhaktapur - Kathmandu

We'll have breakfast at the hotel in Kathmandu and head south to visit the magnificent temple complex in the city of Patan.

We'll then continue on to Bhaktapur. There we'll take a stroll through the old town, where we'll see outstanding temples such as Nyatapola.

From Bhaktapur we'll finally return to the hotel in Kathmandu.

Day 10: Kathmandu

On this last day, you'll have breakfast at the hotel in Kathmandu. In addition, we'll pick you up in enough time to take you to the airport in the Nepalese capital. See you next time!

If you prefer, you can also stay more days on your own in Kathmandu.

Accommodation & meals

The tour includes 9 nights' accommodation with breakfast in the following hotels in the category of your choice:

4-star hotels

• Delhi (3 nights): Hotel Ia, Ashoka Country Resort, or similar
• Jaipur (2 nights): Hotel Royal Orchid Central, Hotel Ramada, or similar
• Agra (1 night): Hotel Clark Shiraz, Christal Sarovar Premiere, or similar
• Kathmandu (3 nights): Hotel Pabera, Shambala, or similar

5-star hotels

• Delhi (3 nights): ITC Welcome Dwarka, Radisson Blue Pachim Vihar,or similar
• Jaipur (2 nights): Royal Orchid Tonk Road, Clarks Amber, or similar hotels
• Agra (1 night): Hotel Clark Shiraz, Christal Sarovar Premiere, or similar
• Kathmandu (3 nights): Shangri-la, Radisson, or similar hotels

Please note: pricing

The prices indicated are per person staying in a double room and the minimum number of participants is two. If you book for only one person and no one else signs up for the tour on the same dates, you'll be offered two options: to pay a supplement to do it privately or an alternative date to do the tour without an additional supplement. 

If you make a reservation for a group with an odd number, that is, those in which double and single rooms are booked (which imply a supplement), the reservation must be made in two parts: first, the double room or rooms must be booked, and then the single room or rooms must be booked. In both cases, in the comments section of the reservation, please indicate that in these reservations all people are traveling together.

In addition, if you arrive very early in the morning, you'll have to pay for an extra night.

Children from 6 to 11 years old will sleep in an extra bed in the same room as their parents or accompanying adults. Children under 6 years of age will travel free of charge if they sleep in the same bed as their parents or accompanying adults.