India's Golden Triangle with Ranthambore National Park

India's Golden Triangle with Ranthambore National Park

This fantastic introduction to India combines the three cities of the ‘Golden Triangle’ with a couple of days in Ranthambore National Park. Journeying in a loop from Delhi, you’ll tick off highlights including the Taj Mahal in Agra, and the forts and pink-hued palaces of Jaipur. With game drives in Ranthambore, we’ll go in search of the park’s elusive Bengal tigers, as well as looking out for leopards, sloth bears, monkeys and all manner of birdlife. Our escorted tours to India are accompanied by tour managers throughout, so they're ideal for first-time visitors.

What's Included:

• 8 nights in hotels and 1 in flight
• 8 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 8 dinners
• Nationwide return chauffeur service
• Titan tour manager
• Transport from the UK
• Portable audio headset system on excursions
• Porterage
• Tipping included (except tour manager, guide, coach driver & coach assistant)
• 1 days free time

• 10 excursions & visits

  Included Excursions:

• City tours of New and Old Delhi, and Jaipur
• Visits to Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and Abhaneri Step Well
• Train journey from Delhi to Agra
• 2 game drives in Ranthambore National Park
• Tiger talk

Operator: Titan Travel

Day 1: UK - In flight

Titan Travel's nationwide shared chauffeur service collects you from home for your flight to Delhi.

Day 2: Delhi

This morning, arrive in Delhi, the first stop on this Golden Triangle tour. After a little time for refreshment and relaxation, head out to soak up the sights and sounds on an afternoon sightseeing tour of New Delhi. See the India Gate memorial, built to commemorate the Indian soldiers who died during the Great War, and pass the official residence of the President of India. Then stop by the UNESCO-listed memorial to the Mughal emperor Humayun, the first example of Persian-inspired Mughal architecture in India.

Day 3: Delhi - Agra

Our morning tour focuses on Old Delhi. Visit the black marble memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, the grand Jama Masjid - one of India’s largest mosques - as well as a Sikh temple. In the afternoon, drive to Agra.

Day 4: Agra

Have your very own Princess Diana moment in front of the white marble Taj Mahal today. This great world wonder dates back to the glory days of India’s Mughal emperors. It took 20,000 skilled labourers to create this mausoleum and memorial to Shah Jahan’s favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Some see it as a sad and mournful creation, but others celebrate the romance and love behind its story. After, move on to Agra’s imposing fort - a walled city of palaces, mosques, halls and residences occupied for more than 900 years.

Day 5: Agra - Ranthambore

After a morning of leisure, take the New Vande Bharat train from Agra to Ranthambore. Ranthambore National Park, known for its 1,000-year-old fort (which is surrendering slowly to the encroaching jungle), its picturesque lakes and, of course, its Bengal tiger reserve. This evening there'll be a tiger talk with a local naturalist.

Day 6: Ranthambore

Ranthambore National Park is a wildlife haven. Head out in search of leopards, monkeys, birds and sloth bears on two game drives today. Take in the sounds and smells of the jungle, where you even spot the shy and elusive Bengal tiger - a greater possibility nowadays thanks to the conservation work of the Ranthambore Foundation.

Day 7: Ranthambore - Jaipur

After a morning of leisure, travel north-west to Jaipur, known as the ‘pink city’ for its rose-red palaces with a stop to Abhaneri Step Well (also known as Chand Baori) on the way.

Day 8: Jaipur

A full-day tour of Jaipur reveals why this great city is considered one of India’s foremost cultural attractions. After an early start, drive up to the Amber Fort, a beautiful sandstone palace perched on a hilltop. Tour the fort, then head to the foothill lake. Keep your eyes peeled for elephants - they sometimes like to bathe in the lake. Back in Jaipur itself, explore the City Palace (a fusion of Rajasthani and Mughal architecture) and the 18th-century Jantar Mantar observatory, and admire the latticed façade of the Hawa Mahal, or Palace of Winds.

Day 9: Jaipur - Delhi

The morning is free or if you'd like, you can visit Birla Temple in Jaipur. This afternoon journey from Jaipur back to Delhi for the final night.

Day 10: Delhi - UK

Transfer to the airport for your return flight to the UK. Upon arrival, your vehicle will be waiting for the journey home.

(itinerary may vary depending on departure date)