Lhasa, Nepal & India Exploration

Our Beijing guide will pick you up at the Beijing Airport and escort you to your hotel by a comfortable car. After checking in, you can enjoy the rest of the day at leisure to prepare for the coming Lhasa tour.

Meals: No meals, advice freely available
Accommodation: Pentahotel Beijing

After breakfast, we will take you to the airport for your flight to Lhasa. You Lhasa guide will meet you at the Lhasa Airport and take you to your hotel. For acclimatizing the high altitude (3,650 meters), it is advisable to drink more water and have a good rest during the rest of the day. 

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Four Points by Sheraton Hotel

Your guided India tour from Lhasa package will start with Drepung Monastery built in 1416. It is the most significant monastery to the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism and the biggest one in Tibet. After the visit, we will take you to a local restaurant for lunch. Then we will head to the Sera Monastery, the second largest monastery in Tibet that is famous for the monks' debates. Lastly, we will end today with a stroll in Norbulingka Park, once the Dalai Lamas' summer palace dating back to 1755. The hundreds of finely decorated rooms, various flowers and pavilions will feast our eyes.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Today our Lhasa tour continues and the first stop is the 1,300-year-old Potala Palace with beautiful structures and vast historical significance. Then we will admire the beauty of Rock Painting (Sangjiedonggu). After the lunch we arranged, you will be escorted to the 7th-century Jokhang Temple, another UNESCO World Heritage Site in Lhasa, considered the most sacred temple in Tibet. Next, we will visit the busy Barkhor Street in the Lhasa's center area, where you will see many local handicrafts and visit the peaceful Anitsangkung Nunnery. 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, you will be escorted to the airport and fly to Kathmandu. On arrival, our local representative will pick you up and give you a private transfer to hotel. After the check-in, you will have the rest of the day free for your own arrangements.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel Himalaya

In the morning, your guided tour will begin with a UNESCO World Heritage site - Pashupatinath Temple, a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. Afterwards, we will set off to Bhaktapur for the visit to Bhaktapur Durbar Square, which includes the Nepal's highest Hindu temple - Nyatapola Temple. Then we will head to Dattatreya Temple, a 15th-century Hindu temple with erotic carvings and two sculptures of Malla wrestler, and drive atop high hill to visit the oldest temple in Nepal - Changu Narayan Temple and enjoy a beautiful panorama of the city.

Meals: Breakfast

Today's first stop is the Swayambhunath Stupa, also called the Monkey Temple. It is a Tibetan Buddhist temple dating back to 2,500 years. Next we will drive to visit Kathmandu Durbar Square full of old buildings from the 16th century. From here we will visit Kumari Temple, a three-storey Buddhist temple well-known for the living goddess Kumari, and stop by the Taleju Temple, a Hindu temple in the Nepali style, decorated with a gilded top and various carvings, and Kal Bhairav with an august stone idol. 

In the afternoon, we will visit the landmark of Nepal - Boudhanath Stupa, a Tibetan Buddhist stupa featuring the white base and the golden top, decorated with four faces of the Buddha, and then end with Patan Durbar Square, which includes the Golden Temple featuring the golden sculptures and the Buddhist murals. 

Meals: Breakfast

After some leisure time in the morning, we will take you to the airport to continue your Kathmandu to Delhi tour. On arrival at the Delhi Airport, you will be picked up and be escorted to your hotel. After settling in, you will enjoy the rest of the day at leisure. 

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Crowne Plaza New Delhi Rohini

Today your Kathmandu to Delhi tour will first bring you to Raj Ghat, which is the father of India - Mahatma Gandhi's cremation place. Driving past the Red Fort, we will visit the 300-year-old Jama Masjid which can accommodate 25000 people. Then you will gain an insight into the local lifestyle by a rickshaw ride in Chandni Chowk, a busy market with a long history. 

In the afternoon, we will proceed to the 73-meter Qutub Minar, a minaret built in the 12th century. Then follows the 16th-century Humayun's Tomb built in the mixed styles of Islamic and Hindu structures. Stopping at the beautiful India Gate, built for the Indian soldiers died in the World War I, and driving past the splendid Parliament House and other Government Secretarial Buildings, we will visit Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, a Sikh house dating back to 1783. 

Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast, our India tour from Nepal will extend to Agra. After the check-in at the hotel, your guided tour will start with the Agra Fort, an enormous 16th-century fort complex with a red façade and exquisite decorations. Then follows the Tomb of I'timad-ud-Daulah, an elegant mausoleum built in the 17th century that whose designs were used in the Taj Mahal. Lastly, you will enjoy a leisurely walk in Mehtab Bagh, a peaceful garden where you can enjoy a wonderful vista of the Taj Mahal. 

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Agra MG Road

Today comes a highlight of your tour package - the Taj Mahal (closed on Friday), known as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. It is a pure white mausoleum built from Shah Jahan to his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal in the 17th century. 

After the visit, we will take you to Jaipur by car, and halfway stop to visit Fatehpur Sikri, an ancient town where lived the Mughal Empire in the 16th century. You will do the check-in on arrival at your hotel in Jaipur. 

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Jaipur City Centre

In the morning, we will ascend a hill by jeep or walking to visit the 16th-century Amber Fort in the beautiful amber-like color. The gorgeous palaces like Sheesh Mahal with thousands of mirrors are definitely worth seeing. 

On the way back to Jaipur, we will stop at Jal Mahal for a photo break. It is a tranquil Mughal palace located centrally on a lake. In Jaipur you will be guided to visit the Maharaja City Palace featuring the magnificent structures and rare collections and the 18th-century and Jantar Mantar, an observatory whose instruments are still usable nowadays. Lastly, we will have a photo stop at Hawa Mahal, a 200-year-old palace made of pink sandstone that constructed in the shape of honeycomb. 

Meals: Breakfast

Today your India tour from Nepal rounds off. After a leisurely breakfast, you will check out from your hotel and be escorted to the Delhi Airport for your homebound flight. It is wonderful to travel with you and we wish you a smooth journey home!

Meals: Breakfast