Destinations Covered : Delhi -
Amritsar - Delhi, Srinagar - Ladakh - Delhi
Duration :12 nights / 13 days
Day01- Arrive Delhi
at 2330hrs, meeting and assistance on arrival and transfer to hotel.
Overnight at hotel.
Day02- Breakfast at hotel.
In time transfer to railway station to connect train for Amritsar. Arrive
Amritsar. Meeting and assistance on arrival and transfer to hotel
Afternoon city tour of Amritsar by an airconditioned vehicle with English
speaking guide visiting Golden Temple, Jalian Wala Bagh etc.
Overnight at hotel
Day 03- Breakfast at hotel.
Morning excursion to Taran Taran by an airconditioned vehicle with english
speaking guide.
Afternoon at leisure.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 04-Breakfast at hotel.
In time transfer to railway station to connect train for Delhi. Meeting and
assistance on arrival and transfer to hotel.
Rest of the day at leisure.
Overnight at hotel
Day 05- Breakfast at hotel.
In time transfer to airport to connect flight for Srinagar Arrive Srinagar
and check in Houseboats.
Rest of the day at leisure.
Dinner and Overnight at Houseboat.
Day
06- Breakfast on Houseboat.
Morning Half day city tour of famous Mughal Gardens visiting the Nishat
Bagh (The garden of Pleasure) and Shalimar Bagh (Abode of love).
Return to houseboat for hot lunch. Late afternoon Shikara ride on The Dal
lake to enjoy the beauty that GOD has graced this city with which is often
compared to Venice. You will get a view of some very interesting places
around the Lake Dinner & Overnight at Houseboat.
Day 07
After breakfast on Houseboat, leave Srinagar by non airconditioned
transport for Kargil via Sonmarg with packed lunch.. After Sonmarg most
rough road and wet Zojila pass 3527 Mtrs. (Gateway of Ladakh). Continue
drive towards Drass ( The second coldest inhibited place in the world) we
stop here for tea and passport check. Another two and half hours drive will
take you to Kargil (2710 Mtrs) which has got its importance after opening of
Ladakh for tourists in 1974.
Arrive Kargil and check in at hotel
Dinner & Overnight at hotel.
Day 08- Breakfast at hotel.
Morning leave for full day drive to Leh. Today you will ascend three
passes. This day will be tiresome but panoramic too. First Buddhist village
will be Mulbek. You have to cross the highest pass(Fotula 13749 ft) on
Srinagar Leh route. At lunch time you will be at Lamayuru oldest Monastery.
Lunch at local restaurant. Continue drive to next village Nimu a view of
Zanskar river flowing into Indus. Finally you will reach Leh 3500 Mtrs.
Dinner and Overnight at hotel Hotel.
Day
09- Breakfast at hotel.
Morning free for personal activities and at leisure.
Lunch at hotel.
Afternoon half day tour of Phyang, Spituk and Shanker Gompa.
Dinner and Overnight at hotel Carvan Sarai/D'Zojila..
Day 10
Full day excursion to the famous monasteries, it is interesting to visit
early in the morning to enjoy the praying ceremony at Thiksey monaster.
Lunch on the way.
Continue drive to Hemis monastery which is one of the most
famous monastery of the Ladakh region. On the way back visit to Shey Palace.
Dinner and Overnight at hotel.
Day 11-Breakfast at hotel.
In time transfer to airport to connect flight for Delhi.
Arrive Delhi. Meeting and assistance on arrival and transfer to hotel Rest
of the day at leisure.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 12- Breakfast at hotel.
MORNING city tour of Old Delhi by an airconditioned Transport with guide
visiting Red Fort, built in 1648 by Mughal Emperor Shahjehan, Jama Masjid,
one of the largest mosques in India, Raj Ghat and Shanti Vana-the cremation
sites of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.Also drive past Chandni Chowk,
shopping centre of Old Delhi.
AFTERNOON city tour of New Delhi by an airconditioned transport with German
speaking guide visiting Qutab Minar built by Qutub-ud-Din Aibek in 1199,
Humayun's Tomb, India Gate (War Memorial Arch), Lakshmi Narayan Temple - a
modern Hindu Temple. Also drive past President's House, Parliament House,
Government Secretariat Buildings and Connaught Place- shopping centre of New
Delhi.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 13 :
In time transfer to airport to connect International flight for Onward
Destination.
