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Duration:
16 Nights / 17 Days
Destination Covered: Delhi -
Lucknow
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Lumbini
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Kushinagar
-Rajgir
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Bodhgaya
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Varanasi - Agra - Fatehpur Sikri - Bhopal - Delhi
Day 01 - Delhi
Arrive in Delhi and transfer to hotel.
Day 02 - Lucknow/ Balrampu
Early morning leave by coach/car/train to Lucknow. Upon
arrival a coach/car drive to Balrampur.
Day 03 - Shravasti/Lumbini
Morning excrusion to Shravasti and then continue drive to
Lumbini.
Day 04 - Lumbini/Kushinagar
After breakfast visit Lumbini, birthplace of Buddha. Afternoon
drive to Kushinagar
Day 05 - Kushinagar/Patna
Morning visit to the sal tree and Remabhar stups where the
body of Buddha was cremated. Drive to Patna.
Day 06 - Vaishali/Patna
Day trip to Vaishali where Buddha preached his Last Sermon.
Return to Patna in evening.
Day 07 - Patna/Rajgir
Morning tour of Patna, Continue drive to Rajgir via Nalanda to
see ruins of the ancient Nalanda University.
Day 08 - Rajgir
Visit Buddhist stupa at Rajgir and ruins of Ajat Shatru's
fort.
Day 09 - Bodhgaya
Morning drive to Bodhgaya and check in at hotel. Afternoon
free to meditate in this holiest spot of Buddhism.
Day 10 - Bodhgaya
Full-day visit Mahabodhi temple, Bodhi tree and throne.
Day 11 - Varanasi
Drive to Varanasi and check into hotel.
Day 12 - Varanasi/Sarnath
Early morning visit Ganga, bathing ghats and boat ride. After
breakfast drive to Sarnath. Afternoon take flight to Agra.
Day 13 - Agra/ Fatehpur Sikri
Full-day sightseeing at Agra, visit Taj Mahal, fort and
Fatehpur Sikri.
Day 14 - Bhopal
Morning travel to Bhopal by Shatabdi Express. Arrive and
transfer to hotel for overnight stay.
Day 15 - Bhopal/ Delhi
Early morning drive to stupas, surrounded by railings with
four regal gateways. The torana gateways are richly
ornamented, with carvings of the life of Buddha. The Ashoka
Pillar, with its capitol of four lions, is here. The
monasteries date from the 4th to 12th century AD. Afternoon
departure for Delhi.
Day 16 - Delhi
Daylong tour of old and New Delhi, visiting Humayun's tomb,
Rajghat, Jama Masjid, Red Fort, Parliament House and Qutab
Minar.
Day 17 - Delhi/Abroad Transfer to
airport to catch onward flight
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