This 6-day Golden Triangle Tour with Gangaur Festival is built around that experience. You see Delhi and Agra first, then arrive in Jaipur in time for the full sightseeing day and the Gangaur procession. The route is simple: Delhi, then Agra, then Jaipur, then back to Delhi for your flight. Three cities, six days, and one festival that most international travellers never get to see.
The main event, Gangaur Festival, in Jaipur is the procession that starts from City Palace and moves through the lanes of the old walled city. Women dressed in traditional Rajasthani sarees, many of them in deep reds and oranges with silver jewellery, carry clay idols of the goddess on their heads. There is music, there is colour, and the lanes of the old city look completely different from how they look on any other day of the year.
Tour Highlights
Note: We book comfortable 3-star hotels in prime locations across Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur – clean rooms, breakfast included, and well-placed for the Gangaur Festival sightseeing route.
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Hotels confirmed at booking based on availability. Equivalent or better always provided.
Note: If you are travelling in a group of more than 4 passengers or wish to celebrate the Gangaur Festival in extra comfort, this tour can be fully customised with upgraded heritage hotels and larger vehicle arrangements available on request.
Your driver meets you at the airport and takes you to the hotel. That is genuinely all that happens on Day 1 and that is the right call. India hits you fast when you land and the best thing to do is eat something, rest, and save Delhi for tomorrow when you are actually ready for it.
Overnight stay in Delhi
Delhi sightseeing starts after breakfast. The day covers a lot but the pace is comfortable because you have a car waiting outside every stop.
Raj Ghat is first, the black marble memorial to Gandhi. It is a quiet, reflective place and a sensible way to start before the louder parts of the day. India Gate comes after, the big sandstone arch in the heart of New Delhi that most people recognise from photographs. Then into Old Delhi for the Red Fort, which Shah Jahan built in the 1640s and where Mughal emperors lived for two centuries. The outer walls give you a strong sense of the scale before you even go inside.
Jama Masjid is nearby. One of the largest mosques in India, built in alternating red and white stone. If you climb the minaret the view over the rooftops of Old Delhi is very good.
Lotus Temple in the afternoon, the modern flower-shaped building open to anyone regardless of religion. Then Qutub Minar, the 12th century tower that is actually older than the Mughals and comes surrounded by ruins of even older buildings.
Chandni Chowk market at the end of the day. Walk through, try the food, navigate the chaos. Good way to finish. Overnight stay in Delhi
Three and a half hours by road on the Yamuna Expressway. Check in on arrival, then out to see Agra Fort and Itimad-ud-Daulah in the afternoon.
Agra Fort is bigger than most people expect. It took eight years to build and you can feel that in the scale of it. The part that stays with visitors longest is usually the room where Shah Jahan was held prisoner by his own son. He could see the Taj Mahal from the window and reportedly spent his last years just looking at it. Hard to explain why that detail is so affecting but it is.
Itimad-ud-Daulah is called the Baby Taj but that sells it short. The inlay work on the walls, semi-precious stones set into white marble, is actually finer and more detailed than the Taj Mahal’s exterior in many ways. Fewer visitors, quieter gardens.
Mehtab Bagh before the light fades, the garden on the opposite bank of the river with a clear unobstructed view back towards the Taj. Overnight stay in Agra
Early morning at the Taj Mahal. This matters more than people realise before they do it. The light at sunrise hits the white marble differently from any other time of day and the crowds have not arrived yet. It is a different experience.
After breakfast, drive to Jaipur with a stop at Fatehpur Sikri. Akbar built this city in the 1570s, made it his capital, then abandoned it about fourteen years later when the water supply failed. The whole complex, palaces, mosque, gates, audience halls, is still standing in red sandstone. Walking through it feels genuinely strange. A functioning capital city, built, used, emptied. The Buland Darwaza gateway is enormous. The Tomb of Salim Chishti is carved in white marble with delicate jaali screens that let the light through in patterns.
Arrive Jaipur in the evening, short walk through the market. Overnight stay in Jaipur
Full day. Start at Amber Fort before 9am. The fort sits on a hill above Maota Lake. The Sheesh Mahal room is the reason people remember it. Walls and ceiling covered in mirror work, designed so candlelight would reflect in thousands of directions at once. It is extraordinary even in daylight.
Photo stop at Jal Mahal, the island palace in the lake. You view it from the road but it is one of Jaipur’s best views.
City Palace in the old city, part museum, part still in use by the royal family. The Chandra Mahal section has views over the whole walled city from above.
Hawa Mahal is best seen from the tea shops opposite it. The five floors of 953 small windows were designed so royal women could watch street events from behind them without being visible from outside.
Jantar Mantar gets rushed by most visitors and it should not be. The 18th-century stone instruments in the open-air observatory were built to track the sun and measure time and they still work. Give it proper time. Evening in the bazaars. Overnight stay in Jaipur
Morning in the walled old city for the Gangaur procession. It starts from City Palace and moves through the old lanes. Women in full Rajasthani dress carrying decorated idols, folk musicians alongside, families watching from doorways and rooftops. The clay idols are taken to water at the end for immersion, which closes the festival.
After the procession, check out and drive back to Delhi for your flight. Around five to 5 hours by road.
Yes. The Golden Triangle is probably the most practical route for a first visit. The distances are manageable, accommodation is widely available at all price points, and you cover a lot without flying between cities.
An 18-day festival in Rajasthan dedicated to Goddess Gangaur. Women observe prayers and fasting throughout the festival period. The visible public part is the procession on one of the final days, which is what this tour is timed around.
The festival runs March 22 to April 9 2027. The main procession is near the final days. Confirm the exact date when booking as it follows the Hindu lunar calendar.
Yes. The Gangaur procession is a family event. Busy but not dangerous. Keep valuables secure as you would at any crowded public event.
Entry tickets can be arranged in advance or on arrival. We handle this for you as part of the tour.
Private air-conditioned car and driver for all transfers and sightseeing throughout the tour. Breakfast at all hotels. Tour guides at major sites. All fuel, tolls, and taxes.
Yes, we require a 30% to 50% secure advance payment via UPI, bank transfer, or IMPS to confirm your booking, with the remaining balance payable at 25% payment on arrival and 25% payment before the end. The itinerary is fully customizable.
Q. What is cancellation policy? You can cancel free of charge up to 15 days before arrival. Cancellations made 7 days before arrival will incur a 50% charge, and cancellations within 48 hours of the tour start date are non-refundable.
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