Package of Himachal Tour
HIMACHAL HIGHLIGHTS
Package of Himachal Tour - Himachal Highlights
Himachal Tour Overview
Plenty of memory cards and spare camera batteries are required here- the mainly mountainous state of Himachal Pradesh north of Delhi is blessed with some of India’s most photogenic scenery, as well as friendly, smiling locals, historic towns and villages and more besides. The distances covered in Himachal are never huge, but the landscape is always changing, and there are plenty of subtle differences in the culture and religion as you move around the state. Plenty of time is set aside in this itinerary for walking, be it in small villages or across hill and mountainsides.
Himachal Trip Highlights:-
Delhi: Chandani Chowk, president House, Rajpath, India Gate, Jama Majid, Red Fort
Amritsar: Wagha Border, Golden temple, Jaliawala Bagh
Dalhausi: Visit Khajjiar
Chamba: Bharmaur (84 ancient temples)
Dharamshala: Dalailama Monastery, Museum
Palampur: Baijnath Temple, tea plantation
Shimla: Naldhera, Kufri, Lakkar Bazaar ,Gaiety Theatre
Himachal Tour Day Wise Plan
DAY 01 : Arrive Delhi
Our representative will receive you at the International airport and escort you to your hotel.
Overnight in Delhi.
Meals: None
After breakfast check-out from hotel transfer to New Delhi railway station to board train to Amritsar Shatabdi. Arrive Amritsar and transfer to the hotel.
In the afternoon proceed to Wagha Border – the international border between India and Pakistan. The pomp and pageantry of the Beating Retreat and the Change of Guard within handshaking distance of the Indian and Pakistani forces makes for a most charming spectacle.
Drive back to the hotel for overnight stay.
Overnight in Amritsar
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 03: Amritsar
Morning after relaxed breakfast, visit the Golden Temple – the holiest shrine of the Sikh religion, also known as Hari Mandir, Jallianwala Bagh – The park commemorates the 2000 Indians who were killed or wounded at this site, shot indiscriminately by the British in 1919.
Evening free at leisure.
Overnight in Amritsar
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 04: Amritsar – Dalhausie
Morning after breakfast check-out from your hotel and drive down to Dalhausie. On arrival check-into hotel.
Rest of the day at leisure.
Overnight in Dalhausie
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 05: Dalhausie – Khajjiar – Chamba
Morning after brekafast transfer to Chamba. En route stop at Khajjiar. It’s a very beautiful meadow which is often referred as ‘Mini Switzerland of India’.
Later drive to Chamba. On arrival check-in at hotel.
Afternoon proceed for sightseeing tour of Laxmi Narayan Temple complex and Bhuri Singh Museum.
Overnight in Chamba
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 06: Chamba – Bharmaur – Chamba
After breakfast proceed for excursion to Bharmaur. Bharmaour is famous for its group of 84 ancient temples. Return to hotel for overnight stay.
Overnight in Chamba
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 07: Chamba – Nurpur – Dharamshala
Morning after breakfast transfer to Dharamsala via Nurpur, Visit Krishna Temple at Nurpur, Continue drive to Dharamshala.
Upon arrival at check-into hotel for overnight stay.
Overnight in Dharamshala
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 08: Dharamshala
Morning after breakfast proceed to The private Residence of the Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhist monastery and the museum which throws light on the rich heritage of the Tibetans.
Evening free at leisure.
Overnight in Dharamshala
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 09: Dharamshala – Palampur
Morning after breakfast drive to Mandi via Palampur. Enroute visit tea plantation at Palampur and Baijnath Temple. Upon arrival check-into hotel for overnight stay.
Overnight in Palampur
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 10: Palampur – Shimla
Morning after breakfast check-out from the hotel and drive to Shimla. Upon arrival in Shimla check-in into your hotel.
Overnight in Shimla
Meals: Breakfast
Day 11: Shimla
Morning after relaxed breakfast, proceed for full day sightseeing tour to Shimla visiting Viceroy Lodge, Jhakhoo Hills.
Later by evening you will take stroll down through Mall road.
Overnight at hotel.
Meal: Breakfast
DAY 12: Shimla – Chandigarh – Delhi
Morning after breakfast transfer to Chandigarh railway station to board Shatabdi Exp to Delhi.
Met upon arrival at Delhi railway station and transfer to hotel for overnight
Overnight in Delhi.
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 13: Delhi
Post breakfast enjoy full Day city tour of Old Delhi. and New Delhi..
Your private guided tour of Old Delhi will take you to Chandani Chowk Silver Square (Once the center of Delhi.), Jama Majid (India’s largest Mosque) and the narrow alleys of Old Delhi. You will have an opportunity to enjoy a Rickshaw Ride at Old Delhi .We will drive past the Red Fort (Delhi’s most magnificent monument was built by Emperor Shah Jehan) and Raj Ghat (Set in the midst of deep green lawns, Rajghat is the place where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated) .
Later in the afternoon visit New Delhi. ,we will drive past the President House ( the official residence of the President of India. Formerly the residence of the Viceroy of India), India Gate ( a majestic high arch,42 meters high, built as a memorial to the Indian Soldiers killed in world war 1) and Parliament Building. Later we visit Humayun Tomb built in the mid 16th century by Haji Begum, senior wife of Humayun, the second Mughal emperor ).
Evening departure transfer to airport to board flight to onward destination.
Meals: Breakfast