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Essence of India with Varanasi with domestic flight

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Overview

Available languages

English

1 week 4 days

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The Essence of India is a perfect choice for these travellers who would like to see the most significant places for Indian culture as well as admire the beauty of architecture and find out something more about Indian traditions and customs.  The tour includes sightseeing of the cities and towns like the capital of India – Delhi, Agra – the place of Taj Mahal, “pink” city of Rajasthan Jaipur and many other interesting places such as typical Hindu town Orcchha and the town of Kamasutra temples Khajuraho. One of the most important places for Hinduism in India which you are going to see on this tour is a city situated on Ganges river Varanasi, which is perceived as the oldest and the most stunning city in the world. The tour is full of attractions and emotional moments which stay long in your memory and bring you closer to the spirituality of India.

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby

Specialized infant seats are available

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required

Dress properly to the temples and mosques (arms and legs must be covered)

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What To Expect

Day 1

Delhi

Accommodations

Accommodation in a 3 star category hotel

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

1

Swaminarayan Akshardham

Day 1: Company representatives will pick you up from the hotel or another central location in Delhi. After fresh up enjoy local sightseeing of places like modern Hindu temple Akshardham.

2 hours • Admission Not Applicable
2

Jama Masjid

Visit The Old Delhi travelling by rickshaw and stop for sightseeing of the Jama Masjid and the other monuments. Ride through the busy market of Old Delhi

2 hours • Admission Not Included
3

Red Fort

Stop at The Red Fort to take a picture with a possibility of sightseeing

2 hours • Admission Not Included
4

Raj Ghat

Visit the cremation site of Mahatma Gandhi

30 minutes • Admission Not Applicable
5

Gurudwara Bangla Sahib

Visit one of the most popular Sikh temples in Delhi as well as the canteen where the meals are prepared for thousends of people every day..

1 hour • Admission Not Applicable
Day 2

New delhi

Accommodations

Overnight at 3 star hotel

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

1

India Gate

After breakfast enjoy sightseeing of New Delhi. Visit places like The India Gate and Diplomatic District where you can see The Parliament House, Secretarial Buildings.

1 hour • Admission Not Applicable
2

Lotus Temple

Visit the temple of all the believes and faithes in the shape of Lotus flower

2 hours • Admission Not Applicable
3

Humayun's Tomb

Visit the famous Mugal tomb on Unesco site. Admire unique architectre of the monument

2 hours • Admission Not Included
4

Qutub Minar

See the biggest brick minaret in India on Unesco site as well as the complex of mosques

2 hours • Admission Not Included
Day 3

Jaipur

Accommodations

Overnight at 3 star hotel

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

1

Monkey Temple

On the way to Jaipur do sightseeing of a beautiful complex od the temples where lots of monkey live

2 hours • Admission Not Included
Day 4

Jaipur

Accommodations

Overnight at a 3 star hotel

Overnight at a 3 star hotel

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

1

Amber Palace

After breakfast meet the guide and do local sightseeing of the city. Visit places like Amber fort - a magnificent fort palace situated among hills

2 hours • Admission Not Included
2

Jal Mahal

Stop for a picture at The Water palace.

30 minutes • Admission Not Applicable
3

Hawa Mahal - The Palace of Breeze

Stop for the picture at the Palace of wind - a characteristic wall with more than 1000 tiiny windows with the possibility of sightseeing the place from inside.

1 hour • Admission Not Included
4

The City Palace

Vist the City palace complex - the museum and royal exhibitions.

2 hours • Admission Not Included
5

Royal Gaitor Tumbas

Visit beautiful tombs of the royal family situated among the hills in a very quiet place.

1 hour • Admission Not Included
Day 5

Agra

Accommodations

Overnigt at a 3 star hotel.

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

1

On the way to Agra do sightseeing of the palace complex in an abandoned city Fatehpur Sikri.

2 hours • Admission Not Included
2

Agra Fort

Afte breakfast do sightseeing with a professional guide of a beaautiful fort in Agra.

2 hours • Admission Not Included
Day 6

Agra

Accommodations

Overnight at a 3 star hotel.

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

1

Taj Mahal

Visit the symbol of love Taj Mahal with a guide at the sunrise. After that come back to the hotel for breakfast.

2 hours • Admission Not Included
2

After breakfast drive to the small Hindu town Orchha and do the local sightseeing of the town which is famous for temples and beautiful medival palaces.

2 hours • Admission Not Included
Day 7

Khajuraho

Accommodations

Overnight at a 3 star hotel.

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

1

Visit the Rama temple and a palace where you can admire the town view. Spend some leisure time in the town.

3 hours • Admission Not Applicable
Day 8

Khajuraho

Accommodations

Overnight at a 3 star hotel.

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

1

Khajuraho Temples

Visit the western and eastern complex of the temples which are on UNESCO site.

5 hours • Admission Not Included
Day 9

Varanasi

Accommodations

Overnight at a 3 star hotel.

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

1

Ganga Aarti

Watch a spectacular ceremony of giving fite to the gods - Aarti at Ganges river.

2 hours • Admission Not Applicable
Day 10

Varanasi

Accommodations

Overnigt at a 3 star hotel.

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

1

Varanasi Boat Booking

Enjoy a morning boatride at Ganges river and observe the famous ghats, temples and cremations.

3 hours • Admission Included
2

Sarnath

Leave for Sarnath (6 km away). Sarnath in the northeast of Varanasi is where Lord Buddha delivered his first sermon after attaining enlightenment. Popular attractions here are Dhamek Stupa, Sarnath Museum and Chaukhandi StupIn Varanasi.

3 hours • Admission Not Included
3

Alamgir Mosque

Visit a famous Varanasi mosque

1 hour • Admission Not Included
Day 11

Varanasi

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

1

After breakfast you will be transferred to the airport in Varanasi. Flight from Varanasi to Delhi. Pick up from the airport in Delhi and drop off to the hotel or another location in Delhi. Limit for the main luggage is 15 kg, hand luggage 7 kg. 1 kg extra costs 5 USD.

4 hours • Admission Included

What‘s Included

Flight from Varanasi to Delhi (luggage limit: 15 kg main luggage, 7 kg hand luggage)

Ricksaw ride in Delhi

Bottled water

Pick up and drop off in Delhi

Accommodation in 3 star hotels as per itinerary (Ac, private bathroom)

Fuel surcharge

Parking Fees

Boat ride in Varanasi (morning and evening)

Transport by AC comfortable private vehicle

Local guides in Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Orccha, Khajuraho, Varanasi

lunch and dinner

Gratuities

Tickets to all monuments

Pickup points

Inn Tawang

8a/32 W E a, Channa Market, Karol Bagh, Near Metro Pillar No.122 New Delhi India

Indira Gandhi Intl Airport

New Delhi New Delhi India

Options

3 star accommodation

3 star hotels
Duration: 11 days
breakfast
Maruti Suzuki 6+1: car with a personal English-speaking driver
attractions : rickshaw ride, boatride in Varanasi, domestic flight Varanasi Delhi
Pickup included

Car with a personal driver

Duration: 11 days
Maruti Suzuki 6 + 1: bottled water
English-speaking driver
Pickup included

Reviews

5.00

19 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

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  • Incredible Indian Tour

    hsugrace,Feb 10, 2026

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    This is my first trip in India. The trip is as many people say: incredible! I believe this is the best adjective to describe India. Come and explore the incredible culture yourself and you’ll find the incredible part in almost every aspect of the daily life. The itinerary is well organized and our driver is superb during the whole journey in giving us introduction about India. Besides, our guides did a great job in presenting the culture and features of the places we visited. Thus, I highly recommend this tour and would love to come back to explore other parts of India again!

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  • Must do

    pere802,Feb 10, 2026

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    Hotels were great, guides very good and our driver Prakesh outstanding. Wonderful experience.

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  • Great tour, great driver, great guides, will recommend

    patriceo741,Apr 17, 2025

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    I'm very pleased with my trip Essence of India from Delhi to Varanasi. The first hotel was a little subpar, but the second was a great improvement and they got better as we traveled. Our driver Prakesh was amazing and very helpful, willing to provide us with everything we need and a few extra things we also appreciated. He was also willing to stop at extra places like a grocery store at our request. All our guides were very knowledgeable and willing to cater to us even though my mom had some mobility issues and my dad kept wandering off. Overall the experience has been absolutely wonderful and I would recommend it to my friends.

  • Great introduction to amazing India

    901julianw,Jan 17, 2025

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    My wife and I had never been to India before so decided on a guided tour and were happy we did. Payless tours had good reviews, a good itinerary and good pricing so went with them. The tour and sights we saw were absolutely amazing and unforgettable. India is incredible. Payless tours organised everything as per the itinerary and Nareej at Payless tours was very responsive and accomodating. The tour guides showed up on time and were informative about the sights and Indian culture. We had a car to ourselves and fantastic driver (thanks Anil) which is important on the Indian roads. We covered over 1800km in ten days so used time in the car as time to relax and watch the world go by. The hotels were good to very good and rooms were clean, all had wifi, and the included buffet breakfast was a great way to start the day. We spent about an extra $50au / day each on entry fees, meals, tips, souvenirs (didn’t buy much). All in all this is a great eye opening trip to India and we highly recommend Payless Tours based on our experience

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  • A great introduction tour for the first timer of India!

    142miyukii,Dec 16, 2024

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    I'm very happy that I did this tour instead of just traveling by myself figuring out all the logistics as I go. Without the tour, I would have had some difficulties navigating myself and moving to the next destinations as well as understanding the culture of India and its safety. I cannot say thank you enough to my driver, Prakash. He speaks English, is kind, caring and trying to make me feel comfortable and safe all the time during the trip. I learned a lot about Indian and Hindu culture from him! 100% recommendation to have him as a driver for your trip! He is a great driver but more than just a driver! The tour itself is well organized and followed the itinerary posted on the website most of the time. “Payless Tours India “ is trustful and reliable company. I highly recommend it to your Indian journey. There were some minor things that I did not feel comfortable about. I did not expect to visit many specialized shops during the local tours, so I became stressed out going there to say “No” to their bargains although I was interested in learning about it. Sadly I found out that’s I got a different material for high price in later days….. For the hotels, they provided 3 star hotels where the staffs are all nice and helpful, but wifi is sometimes not available in the rooms. No heater at all the hotels in December. Not sure if it’s Indian standard without heating or not though, but I got sick from the coldness. However, these things are happened in general, I guess. Other than that, again it's a great tour!

  • Best tour

    noa19011986,Oct 25, 2024

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    It was so amazing, lovely and impressive. Thank you very much Rohit Saini. We was in lot of beautiful places in Jaipur, Pushkar, Orcha, Kujaraho, Varanasi You showed me India in such an outstanding light and atmosphere. Memories for whole life. Im loving India, my spritual home. Thanks also to Payless Tours and Neeraj for your Support. Regards

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  • Wonderful tour vanarsari

    OnAir20110558706,Oct 12, 2024

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    Awesome hotel and fantastic one day boat trips connected with lunch. We also bought a resort tour and Male tour which were also fantastic and we'll organized. Pay less tours india met our expectations.

  • One of the most extraordinary adventures of my life

    278cliver,Mar 14, 2024

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    I will never forget this experience. from ancient temples, to divine food, ethereal forts, the ghats of Varanasi, and tigers in the jungle. This trip had absolutely everything I was hoping for and more. Payless were incredibly flexible and able to basically tailor the trip to my rather niche interests, including the particular hotels I wanted to stay in. I want to make special mention of my driver, Mr Prakash (translation: Mr Sunshine) who was more of a father to me during this period than a driver. He put up with my foibles with patience and went above and beyond in every way to make sure that I was comfortable and happy. One example is that my particular booking did not have any kind of Safari included, but it took nothing more than a passing comment of mine about a desire to see tigers for Mr Prakash to organise a trip to the jungle on one of the mornings without needing to sacrifice any of the other activities. When I mentioned my interest in Indian classical music, he took me to a tourist-less evening at a temple where locals were celebrating Maha Shivaratri . The examples are countless. His creativity, kindness and generosity I cannot praise enough. A wonderful, wonderful man.

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  • North - South in 14 days

    Roving15883655113,Feb 5, 2024

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    The decision to use the services of PaylessToursIndia turned out to be great; the organization was at the highest level - refined in every detail; immediate contact with Mrs. Ewa and her husband proved their direct interest in us and our impressions of our intensely lived day; the numerous gestures of sympathy were very nice; Each of Mrs. Ewa's co-workers turned out to be wonderful professionals at all stages of our journey; we had several guides and drivers who made us feel like we were reaching the heart of each of the cities and places we were in; It was great - it felt safe to be under the care of friendly people who were very committed to their work and who took great care of us and our children. India turned out to be wonderful in its diversity;

  • Amazing first time visiting India

    Roving793410,Nov 7, 2023

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    Thank you Bholu so much for an amazing trip. Starting from the first day everything was prepared and waiting for us as agreed. Our guide was always there to advise and help with our every need, from shopping to eating. We have traveled from Udaipur, Jaipur, Agra, Orchha all the way to Varanasi and in each city Bholu organized for us great local guide, recommend the best restaurants and help find great place for shopping. Thanks to Bholu we got to experience India in lots of different ways, from quite Khajuraho to lively Jaipur and everything on between in the best way. Special thanks for organizing safari in Panna and opportunity to see wild tigers 🐅 and for buying me local sweets in every city. I would recommend booking a trip with Payless Tour to everyone wanting to visit India and experiencing all of it flavours. Especially i recommend amazing guide/driver - Bholu

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