Have settled on an itinerary ( what do u guys think?)

hotdiggeydog

Hello all out there in forum land!

I wrote a post a week ago about places to see in rajasthan and a big thank you to all those people who replied. It got my brain ticking!!

We would like to know what you guys think about this itinerary...well here it goes

6/11 fly into delhi- overnight delhi
7/11 day trip to agra - overnight delhi
8/11 fly to jaisalmer -overnight jaisalmer
9/11 overnight camel walk in the desert
10/11 jaisalmer
11/11 4pm train to jodhpur
12/11 jodhpur
13/11 jodhpur
14/11 car to udaipur stopping on way at ranakpur/kumbalgarh
15/11 udaipur
16/11 udaipur
17/11 afternoon train or car to pushkar??
18/11 pushkar camel fair
19/11 pushkar camel fair
20/11 early morning car to jaipur
21/11 fly to varanasi at 9am
22/11 varanasi
23/11 varanasi
24/11 overnight train to delhi
25/11 delhi
26/11 depart india at 6am........boo hoo ( back to reality)

Any comments or suggestions on what to cut out,include, or timings or are we mad for trying to do too much are welcome with open arms

Thanks in advance

Jason Whitting

steven_ber

Looks good, well spaced, I'm guessing the Jaisalmer flight will have to be booked early, as well as the train to Ajmer.

You have the option of moving Agra around in the Itinerary, either: -

...Jaipur, car to Agra (via Fathepur Sikri), then overnight train to Varanasi.

or

...Varanasi, overnight train to Agra, then to Delhi from Agra.

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Aishah

Jaisalmer flights are being operated by Indian Airlines - usually using their offshoot, Alliance, but make enquiry direct to Indian and yes, try to book as early as poss. I don't know if bookings are open yet, but imagine they should be.
Nice itinerary - there is also the night train to Jodhpur from Jaisalmer, leaving at 11.15 p.m. and gets in very early morning around 6 a.m. You will be sleeping the night in Jodhpur if you take the 4 p.m. train - arrives there around 10.15 P.M. I don't like the night train because you just get to sleep and then it seems you wake up again too early! However if you are young, you can cope!!

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Tapestry

You don't want to have one more day in Delhi? Otherwise your trip sounds good, not too rushed, but I just wonder if another day in Delhi might allow you to soak up some more of the sights here.

SilverMaple

I've been to all those places except Varanasi. For my own tastes, I'd say that both beautiful Jaisalmer and Delhi need another day at least to savour them. Many nice things in Delhi, not the horror we'd been led to expect. If I had to cut time anywhere from your schedule , it'd be a day from Jodhpur. Apart from the splendid citadel and views from it, it seemed depressingly poor, struggling and squalid & with such bad air pollution that it triggered my latent asthma. Also maybe cut a day from Pushkar.

dhans

I would slot in Agra between Jaipur andVvaranasi. The overnight train Agra - Varanasi is fit for this purpose and it cuts down on flying.

Hans

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I would squeeze out two days from the rest of your trip and add them to Delhi. The rest looks good.

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hotdiggeydog

it's nice to know that good people are still out there....thank you for all your help and your time. India mike is one of the best travel sitesa on the net!!!!!!!

cheers

Drews60

Take lots of pictures and post them when you get back. Enjoy your trip.

valenciacouple

Hi Jason - did you do the trip yet? If so, what do you recommend to do, and what to leave out in this itinerary? We are contemplating a trip in march 08, so just wanted your feedback.

SilverMaple

I would spend only one day in Jodhpur - see the citadel definitely - and use the other day for more time in Jaipur, maybe seeing nearby Amber Palace.

valenciacouple

Hi SilverMaple - hello from sunny Los Angeles. Thanks for your quick response. I saw your posts on Rajasthan. If I were 'forced' (for time limitations) to choose between Jaipur and Jaisalmer, what would you recommend? I know they must both be beautiful, but if you were to pick only one place - which would you have, based on your experience? Thanks so much.

Aishah

Just for updating - flights direct Delhi - Jaisalmer by Indian Airlines are cancelled. Other threads have details re Kingfisher, there is a flight daily to Jodhpur from Delhi operated by Indian and Jet. Kingfisher is not going directly to Jaisalmer but is flying in from Jaipur.

kristinm

Jaisalmer without a doubt - we really didn't like Jodhpur all that much although the fort is amazing and the audio tour of the fort is by far the most informative thing we did in the whole trip. We also did a Bishnoi village tour which was excellent - the other 2 days we spent there we would rather have spent in Jaisalmer, Udaipur, Bundi or even Mumbai or Delhi.

Jaisalmer is really special - clean crisp air (Jodhpur is extremely polluted), desert landscape, incredible fort and village, lovely people and a real outback/frontier type feel - big turbans, big moustaches, big scarves/big landscape. We stayed out of the fort at Fifu Guest house - very good.