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The Nagaur Festival of Rajasthan is held every year in the period between January-February in the quaint Rajput town of Nagaur. The Nagaur festival is essentially a cattle fair and every year close to 75,000 camels, bullocks and horses are traded. In fact the sheer volume of trading is astonishing to the first time visitors. |
| The fair caters to the entire farming belt of Northern India and a bid on prized animal can go up to a lakh rupees. In many cases, villagers pool in resources to raise the perfect siring bull and share the profits equally. |
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| The fair is also a rare opportunity for tourists to catch a glimpse of rural Rajasthan , as yet uncorrupted by commercial interests. The rustic charm of the setting can be enjoyed in the relative comfort at the tourist village just across the road from the fair ground. |
| Rajasthan has one of the most colorful and vibrant deserts in the world. The great Thar Desert has much to offer through a plethora of celebrations. Festivals and fairs, music and dance, are a part of life in the State as well as in the desert. The year long festive famous for camel and cattle marts turn into delightful fairs. Festivals hold an unusual lure for the Rajasthani's and they have any number of reasons to celebrate. |
| Desert Festival of Jaisalmer is a colorful festival held in February every year. You will get to see Cultural events, camel races, turban tying competitions etc. Not exciting enough! Attend the contests to judge the man with the best moustache. Everything is exotic in the Desert festival, amidst the golden sands of the Thar Desert. |
| The desert festival in Jaisalmer was started to attract foreign tourists, who always wanted to explore as many facets of Rajasthan as they could in the possible crunch of time. The three-day event stresses more on local elements and heritage. |
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| 13th Feb 2013: Delhi Arrival |
| Fly to Delhi. On arrival in Delhi, you will be Greeted and Escorted by Indo Asia Tour Executive to your Hotel. On arrival at hotel check in. (Room will be available from 1200 Noon). In its 3000 years of existence; seven cities have risen where the present capital of India stands. |
| Here you'll encounter a fascinating blend of the ancient and the contemporary. Where government buildings, medieval palaces and bazaars exist beside a modern metropolis. Delhi is a city waiting to be explored. |
| Overnight at the Hotel |
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| 15th Feb 2013: Delhi – Agra (Approx 205 kms/ 05 hrs) |
| After breakfast drive to Agra. |
| En-route visiting Sikandra. The mausoleum of the great Mughal King Akbar (1556‑1605). Akbar began building it during his lifetime and his son, the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, completed it. It has a large arched entrance and green lawns, on which deer can be seen grazing, surround the tomb. The entrance is decorated with marble inlay work around the arch, and the inner surface of the dome of the tomb is decorated with images of flowers, geometric designs and Islamic calligraphy. |
| Later continue your drive to Agra. |
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| Agra stands on the right bank of the river Yamuna, was once the seat of the Mughal rulers, the zenith of art and an enshrined romance. Agra is a town famous for its beautiful medieval monuments. The passion of the Mughals for building endowed it with some of the loveliest buildings in the world. |
| On arrival in Agra, check in at hotel. Overnight at the Hotel. |
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| 16th Feb 2013: Agra |
| After breakfast visit the Taj Mahal- a poem in white marble, built by the Mughal Emperor Shahjahan in the memory of his beloved wife, Mumtaj Mahal. Today India's most fascinating and beautiful masterpiece, this perfectly symmetrical edifice is set amidst landscaped gardens on the banks of the Yamuna River. Its marble exterior reflects rose and golden tints at sunrise and sunset, while it is dazzling white during the day and glows pearl-like in the moonlight and during the monsoon. |
| Later visit Agra Fort. Designed and built by Akbar in 1565 A.D., the fort is surrounded by a 70 feet high wall. It houses the beautiful Pearl Mosque and numerous palaces. The Agra fort happens to be on the same bank of the river Yamuna as the Taj Mahal, which is visible in all its beauty from one side of the fort. Emperor Shahjahan, a prisoner of his son Aurangzeb in his old age was put in a cell from where he could gaze at the Taj Mahal at a distance from his cell in the Agra Fort. It is an imposing structure with walls of red sandstone almost three kilometers long. |
| Later visit the stunning tomb of Itimad‑ud‑Daulah or the `Baby Taj'‑ a marble memorial with exquisite inlay work built in 1628 by Nur Jahan, queen of Jehangir, for her father Mirza Ghiyas Beg. |
| Overnight at the Hotel. |
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| 17th Feb 2013: Agra – Jaipur (Approx 233 kms/ 05 hrs) |
| After breakfast drive to Jaipur. |
| On the way visit Fatehpur Sikri. It is a beautiful and deserted medieval city built by Akbar the Great in the 16th century to serve as the capital of his vast empire. The Mughals later abandoned this city for lack of water. |
| Later continue your drive Jaipur. |
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| Maharaja Jai Singh II built Jaipur in the 18th century. It is a planned city built with ancient Hindu rules as the colonial capital of a richly colorful state. The whole city was painted pink to welcome the visit of Prince Albert in 1853. On arrival check in the hotel. On arrival in Jaipur, check in at hotel. |
| Overnight in the Hotel. |
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| 07th Jan 2013: Bhuj |
| After breakfast full day excursion of Southern Banni Village. |
| Overnight in the Hotel |
