Day 1: Depart USA to India. Your flight includes meals, drinks, and in-flight entertainment for your journey.

Day 2: Arrive to Delhi and transfer to your hotel: The Park.

Day 3: This morning, enjoy a tour of Old Delhi. Visit the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi; India's largest mosque, Jama Masjid, then view the Red Fort. This afternoon, tour New Delhi. Pass by the 12th-century Qutab Minar, then visit the Mausoleum of Humayun and the Birla Temple. Drive past India gate, the former Viceroy's Palace and Parliament House. (B)

Day 4: This morning, transfer to Jaipur and your hotel: Clarks Amer. Balance of the day is at leisure. (B)

Day 5: Morning excursion to Amber Fort where you will be able to ride on the back of an elephant to the top of the hill. In the afternoon, tour Jaipur including visits to the observatory of Maharaja Jaisingh and the museum at the Maharaja City Palace. Drive past Hawa Mahal and the Palace of Winds, the architectural keynote of the city. (B)

Day 6: Travel to Agra via the deserted city of Fatehpur Sikri. Explore the perfectly preserved buildings, including Panch Mahal Palace and Jama Masjid. Holiday Inn. (B)

Day 7: Morning visit to the Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world, built by Emperor Shah Jehan as a mausoleum for his beloved Queen Mumtaj Mahal. Continue to Agra Fort, started by Emperor Akbar and completed by three different Mughal Emperors. Stroll the palaces, mosques and Halls of Public and Private Audiences. (B)

Day 8: This morning board the Shatabdi Express train for Jhansi. Continue via motor coach to Khajuraho via Orchha on the River Detwa. Holiday Inn. (B)

Day 9: Morning tour of the Chandela Dynasty Temples. Among the intricately designed buildings, with many religious, secular and erotic images are the Chaunset Yogini Temple of Kali, the Bharatji Temple with it's 11-headed image of Vishnu and the Vraha Temple of Shiva. This afternoon is at leisure. (B)

Day 10: This morning, transfer to the airport for your flight to Varanasi. Arrive and transfer to your hotel: Radisson Hotel Varanasi. Visit the Bharat Mata Temple, with its map of India carved in marble, the Durga Temple and the gold-spired temple of Vishwanath. Later, if you wish, shop for silks and brocades in the bazaars. (B)

Day 11 Take an early morning boat ride on the Ganges. Pass the bathing Ghats, where Hindus come to immerse themselves to purify their souls; and the burning Ghats, where bodies await cremation so their ashes may be scattered in the river. Drive to the city of Sarnath, where Buddha gave his first sermon and view the ruins, the stupa and the Buddhist Temple. Continue to the airport for your flight to Delhi. Arrive and transfer to the hotel: The Park. (B)

Day 12: Transfer to the airport for your departure flight. (B)

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