For 11 NIGHTS & 12 DAYS TOUR
ITINERARY OF BUDDHIST SECTORS : DELHI / SRAVASTI / KAPIL VASTU / LUMBINI / KUSHINAGAR / VAISHALI / PATNA NALANDA / RAJGIR / BODHGAYA / SARNATH-VARANASI / DELHI / AGRA / DELHI

DAY 01 ARRIVE DELHI – BY MH – 190 – 17.30 – 20.40 HRS. OR THAI FLIGHT

MEETING, WELCOME AND ASSISTANCE ON ARRIVAL. , TRANSFER BY A.C. BUS FROM AIRPORT TO HOTEL VASANT CONTINENTAL OR SIMILAR CATEGORY [5 STAR], OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL,

DAY 02 DELHI - LUCKNOW – SRAVASTI – JETAIRWAYS / INDIAN AIRLINES FLIGHT AT 08.30 - 09.55 HRS.

AFTER EARLY BREAKFAST IN THE HOTEL, TRANSFER FROM HOTEL TO DOMESTIC AIRPORT [REPORTING TIME ONE HRS. EARLIER OF THE FLIGHT DEPARTURE], BY AC BUS TO BOARD FLIGHT FOR LUCKNOW. ON ARRIVAL, IN LUCKNOW, OUR AC BUS WILL PICK UP FROM THE AIRPORT AND WE GO TO HOTEL TAJ MAHAL IN LUCKNOW [5 STAR SUPER DELUX HOTEL BEST IN LUCKNOW], TO HAVE OUR EARLY LUNCH, LATER WE DRIVE FROM LUCKNOW TO SRAVASTI, [APROXMT 180 K.M.], ON ARRIVAL IN SRAVASTI WE GO STREIGHT FOR THE SIGHT SEEING, VISITING JET VAN, ANGULI MAL CAVES [ NO GUIDE AVAILABLE ] BUDDHIST PEOPLE PRAY IN JET VAN. LATER CHECK IN TO HOTEL. LOTUS NIKKO, DINNER & OVERNIGHT AT THE HOTEL

DAY 03 SRAVASTI – LUMBINI-[NEPAL] – VIA VISITING KAPIL VASTU

AFTER EARLY BREAKFAST WE LEAVE THE SRAVASTI AT ARROUND 0700 HRS. WITH PACK LUNCH, AND DRIVE ARROUND 180 K.M. ON THE WAY WE VISIT THE KAPIL VASTU [NO GUIDE AT KAPIL VASTU], AND STOP THE BUS FOR A HRS. TO HAVE OUR PACK LUNCH, THAN AGAIN TO DRIVE TOWARDS LUMBINI, HERE WE CROSS THE BORDER OF NEPAL AND ENTER IN THE NEPAL, THE IMMIGRATION IS TO BE CLEAR IN INDIA AS WELL AS IN NEPAL, [CHECK FOR NEPAL VISA – IF REQUIRED], LATER WE DRIVE ANOTHER 26 K.M. IN NEPAL TO GO STREIGHT TO LUMBINI SITE OF TEMPLE, WHERE LORD BUDDHA WAS BORN, PEOPLE DO PRAYER HERE, [WE WILL HAVE THE GUIDE HERE], AFTER VISITING THE LUMBINI SITE, DRIVE TO HOTEL HOKKE 15 MINIUTES DRIVE FROM THE TEMPLE., CHECK IN AND DINNER AT HOTEL , OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL HOKKE. IN THIS HOTEL JAPANIES STYLE ROOMS ARE AVAILABLE AND VERY FEW ENGLISH STYLE ROOMS. EVEN JAPANIES FOOD IS AVAILABLE AND SOME CHINESE STYLE. DEPENDING ON THE TASTE OF THE GROUP, THEY ALSO HAVE THE KARAOKE MUSIC SYSTEM AVAILABLE IN THIS HOTEL & THE BAR.

DAY 04 LUMBINI – KUSHINAGAR – APROXMT. 160 K.M.

AFTER EARLY BREAKFAST, AT ARROUND 07.15 HRS. WE LEAVE AGAIN, FOR KUSHINAGAR, FIRST WE HAVE TO COMPLETE THE IMMIGRATION IN NEPAL LATER IN INDIA SIDE, GET THE CLEARENCE OF THE BUS FROM NEPAL, AND ENTER IN INDIA AGAIN, AND PROBABLY YOU REQUIRE THE DOUBLE ENTRY VISA FOR INDIA. NOW WE DRIVE FOR KUSHINAGAR, VIA GORAKHPUR, AFTER REACHING GORAKHPUR IS THE TIME FOR OUR LUNCH, WE TAKE OUR HOT LUNCH IN GORAKHPUR IN ONE OF THE RESTAURANT., LATER DRIVE TO KUSHINAGAR, AFTER REACHING KUSHINAGAR, WE GO TO HOTEL LOTUS NIKKO STREIGHT CHECK IN AND TAKE THE REST OF ONE HRS. LATER WE START OUR SIGHT SEEING VISITING THE MAIN TEMPLE OF LORD BUDDHA, LATER RAMABHAR STUPA, A CREAMIATION SITE OF LORD BUDDHA, LORD BUDDHA DIED IN KUSHINAGAR. [NO GUIDE IS AVAILABLE]. DINNER AND OVERNIGHT IN HOTEL.

DAY 05 KUSHINAGAR – VAISHALI - PATNA

AFTER EARLY BREAKFAST, WE START DRIVING AT 07.00 HRS. TOWARDS VAISHALI, TODAY WILL BE A LITTLE LONGER JOURNEY, WE STOP THE BUS FOR OUR HOT LUNCH AT ONE OF THE RESTAURANT AT CHAKKIA, LATER WE DRIVE AND REACHES THE VAISHALI, AND ASHOK PILLAR, THERE ARE TWO SITES OF VAISHALI, AND WE VISIT BOTH THE SITE, PILLAR AND STUPA. RUINS. [NO GUIDE IS AVAILABLE], LATER WE DRIVE AND REACHES THE CAPITAL CITY OF BIHAR STATE PATNA, WE CROSES THE 2ND LONGEST BRIDGE OVER HOLY RIVER GANGES HERE IN PATNA. 7 K.M., ON ARRIVAL IN PATNA CHECK IN AT HOTEL MAURYA IN THE CITY, DINNER AND OVERNIGHT STAY AT HOTEL MAURYA.

DAY 06 PATNA – NALANDA – RAJGIR

AFTER EARLY BREAKFAST, WE DRIVE TO NALANDA, AND DO THE SIGHT SEEING OF NALANDA UNIVERSITY - RUINS, [GUIDE IS AVAILABLE], AFTER THE SIGHT SEEING OF NALANDA WE DRIVE TO RAJGIR, AND CHECK IN AT HOTEL HOKKE, OUR HOT LUNCH WILL BE IN HOTEL HOKKE ONLY, LATER WE DO THE SIGHT SEEING OF RAJGIR VISITING VENU VAN, GRIDHKUTA, BIMBISAR JAIL ETC., WE ALSO HAVE THE SHANTI STUPA BUILT BY JAPANIES, WHERE ONE CAN GO TO SEE ON THE TOP OF THE HILL BY CABLE TROLLY ONLY, NORMALLY BUDDHIST PEOPLE GO AND VISIT GRIDHKUTA ON TOP OF HILL BY WALKING & PRAY, HOWEVER, TROLLY CHARGES ARE NOT INCLUDED, [SOME TIME THE GUIDE IS AVAILABLE IN RAJGIR & SOME TIME NOT, I WILL SEE AND TRY TO ARRANGE ONE IF POSSIBLE]., HERE WE STAY IN HOTEL HOKKE ONE NIGHT AND DO THE SIGHT SEEING COMFERTABLY, DINNER AND OVERNIGHT STAY IN HOTEL HOKKE.

DAY 07 RAJGIR – BODHGAYA

AFTER BREAKFAST, IF WE STILL HAVE TO DO SOME SIGHT SEEING TODAY WE DO IT IN RAJGIR, AND LEAVE RAJGIR AFTER LUNCH TO BODHGAYA, IF NOT WE CAN LEAVE RAJGIR TO BODHGAYA AFTER BREAKFAST ALSO, AND HAVE OUR LUNCH IN BODHGAYA, AS RAJGIR TO BODHGAYA IS ONLY 110 K.M. DRIVE, AFTER REACHING BODHGAYA CHECK IN AT HOTEL SUJATA OR ROYAL RESIDENCY, MAY BE WE CAN VISIT ATLEAST ONE TIME TO THE MAIN TEMPLE OF LORD BUDDHA, DEPENDING UPON TIME, [ GUIDE IS AVAILABLE HERE ], DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL,

DAY 08 BODHGAYA

AFTER BREAKFAST, WE GO TO MAIN TEMPLE AGAIN, AND ALSO VISIT THE NIRANJANA RIVER, & SUJATA TEMPLE, LATER LUNCH IN THE HOTEL, AFTER NOON VISIT THE OTHER TEMPLES AND MONESTRIES, OF BODHGAYA, IF PEOPLE STILL WISH TO VISIT THE MAIN TEMPLE IN THE EVENING WE CAN DO THAT. DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL.

DAY 09 BODHGAYA – SARNATH – VARANASI

AFTER EARLY BREAKFAST, TODAY WE TAKE OUR PACK LUNCH AND LEAVE THE HOTEL BY 07.00 HRS, AND DRIVE TO SARNATH, VARANASI, ON THE WAY AT THE LUNCH TIME WE STOP THE BUS TO HAVE LUNCH, SOMEWHERE NEAR ROAD SIDE RESTAURANT [DHABA], WHERE DRIVERS CAN ALSO TAKE THERE LUNCH, DHABA FOOD SOME TIME IS NOT GOOD FOR THE GROUP MEMBERS ALTHOUGH IT IS VERY TEMPTING, AS IT IS VERY VERY SPICY. DRIVE TOWARDS TO SARNATH, AFTER REACHING WE GO FOR THE SIGHT SEEING OF SARNATH VISITING SARNATH MUSIUM AND THE STUPA, [GUIDE IS AVAILABLE HERE], LATER WE VISIT ONE OF THE FAMOUS SILK SHOPE FOR BUYING SARIS AND OTHER DRESS MATERIALS, LATER CHECK IN AT HOTEL TAJ / RADISSON / CLARKS TOWER. [DEPENDING ON THE AVAILABLITY OF THE ROOMS], DINNER AND OVERNIGHT STAY IN THE HOTEL.

DAY 10 VARANASI – DELHI

EARLY MORNING AT ARROUND 05.30 HRS, WE LEAVE FOR BOATING IN HOLY RIVER GANGES, AND TO WITNESS THE BEAUTIFULL SUNRISE. AND THE LIFE OF OLD CITY OF VARANASI. WITH THE GUIDE. AND THERE IS NOTHING MUCH TO SEE IN THE CITY AS A MONUMENT.

COME BACK TO HOTEL AND HAVE OUR BREAKFAST, LITTLE REST IN THE ROOMS, LATER VISIT THE CARPET SHOP AND THE TYPICAL FOLK DANCE IN THE CARPET SHOP. [ KASHMIRI CARPETS ].

LATER EARLY LUNCH IN THE HOTEL, AND THAN CHECK OUT, THAN WE PROCEED FOR THE DOMESTIC AIRPORT TO CATCH THE FLIGHT FOR DELHI. BY INDIAN AIR LINES – 15.40 – ARR. DELHI – 16.55 HRS. / JET AIRWAYS AT 14.40 HRS. – ARR. DELHI – AT 16.00 HRS.

ON ARRIVAL IN DELHI TRANSFER BY AC BUS FROM AIRPORT TO HOTEL SIDDHARTH / SURYA SOFITEL OR SIMILAR CATEGORY. [5 STAR], DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL.

DAY 11 DELHI – AGRA

AFTER BREAKFAST, WE CHECK OUT AND VISIT THE SIKH GOLD TEMPLE, AND RAJGHAT, CREAMATION CENTRE OF MAHATAMA GHANDHI, FATHER OF NATION., AND TAKE THE ROUND OF THE CAPITAL CITY OF INDIA, VISITING THE PRESIDENT HOUSE, PARLIAMENT BUILDING, INDIA GATE ETC., AND THAN WE DON’T GO ANY OTHER PLACES IN DELHI, KEEPING IN VIEW THAT THE SHORTAGE OF TIME AND WE HAVE NOT CHARGED ANY MONUMENTS FEE IN DELHI.

LATER WE DRIVE TOWARDS THE AGRA, AND WILL HAVE OUR HOT LUNCH AT KOSI [MIDWAY TO AGRA] IN ONE OF THE RESORTS. AND CONTINUE DRIVE TO AGRA., ON ARRIVAL IN AGRA CHECK IN AT HOTEL CLARKS SHIRAZ, LATER WE VISIT TO THE GREAT MONUMENT TAJ MAHAL – WITH GUIDE , DINNER AND OVERNIGHT STAY IN HOTEL.