Help me make a route for a 5 month trip?

wwailer

hi

I'm going to India for the first time next week and need to help me make a route for what I'm going to do/visits (gone travel India around 5months)

I'm landing in mumbai 12.Nov and gone stay 4days before I'm going to Pushkar and the camel festival then im going to Jodhpur - Jaipur - Udaipur
going to visits Ranthambhore National Park.


except I have no concrete plans.

so i will need some help to plan what I'm going to do and where to go. (yes I know that the schedule too much is stupid)


Place i want to visit is:

Delhi (thinking of flying home from here)
Agra
Goa (want to spend some time there)
Shimla
Varanasi
Kolkata
Chennai
Kerala (want to spend some time there)
Ellora/Ajanta
Amritsar
Darjeeling
Siliguri
Dharamsala
Leh
Shimla
Srinagar

i also like to. trek and visit famous places, i would like to take the most spectacular
trains in India

Anyone that could be very helpful and help me make ca, route for how i should travel in terms of climate?

wonderwomanusa

You're too late for the Pushkar Camel Fair for this year, so that will save a few days for you to go elsewhere.

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wwailer

ah it was not good, I would really Adventure it.
I read in a Norwegian travel magazine that it was in late November

jyotirmoy

Making Mumbai a base visit Ellora and Ajanta. Move out of Mumbai for Goa.
From Goa take train to Kerala. From Kerala go to Chennai, visit Mahabalipuram, take train to Kolkata. From Kolkata train to Varanasi, then to Agra.
From Agra take an overnight train to Amritsar. From Amritsar you can take a bus to Shimla. Himachal Pradesh has very good bus service so from Shimla you can take a bus to Dhramshala.
I am not sure about Leh in winter.
For Kashmir it is better to fly to Srinagar from Delhi.

roj,roy

Never mind if you have missed Pushkar fair. Attend Bikaner Camel fair in December end and attend Jaisalmer desert festival at January. Make your trip like this.
Mumbai- Ajanta- Elora-Goa- Kerala- Chennai- Kolkata- Sunderbans- Siliguri- Darjeeling- Sikkim- Varanasi= Allahabad- Rajasthan-Agra- Jammu- Srinagar- Leh- Manali- Shimla- Dalhousie- Amritsar- Delhi. You can follow this route. Consult with local proffesionals rather than the guide books which frequently have wrong informations. Visit Rajasthan during the desert festival at Jaisalmer. You will enjoy.