Ajanta / Ellora / Aurangabad to Udaipur via Mandu

Hi,

I'm planning on visiting the Ajanta / Ellora caves in late October / early November from Mumbai and from what I have read it is easiest to stay in Aurangabad and travel to Ajanta / Ellora as a day trip. Can anyone confirm this? Is there anywhere better / nicer to stay? I then plan to travel onwards to Udaipur via Mandu if possible.

Please can anyone recommend how I would get from Aurangabad to Udaipur with a stop in Mandu? I'm on a budget so need to travel by bus / train.

Many thanks

There is some stuff about getting to Udaipur from Ajanta/Ellora on this thread although it doesn't cover travel via Mandu.

Do you need train information?

You can visit Ajanta and Ellora as two separate daytrips from Aurangabad.
For the continuation of your journey I think it is also possible to go to Jalgaon after Ajanta.
From Jalgaon take a train to Khandwa and from there by busses to Indore/Mandu. We did Khandwa Mandu by hired car but in this thread is information about bus travels.

After Mandu go back to Indore and take a train to Udaipur

One can do Aurangabad -> Ajanta -> Burhanpur -> Khandwa -> Omkareshwar -> Maheshwar -> Mandu -> Dhar -> Indore.

Indore - Udaipur daily train is: 19329 Udaipur City Express Indore Jn Dep 08:05 Udaipur City Arr 19:00.