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Rajasthan Forts & Palaces Tour
Duration: 16 Nights / 17 Days
Destinations: Delhi - Mandawa - Bikaner - Jaisalmer - Ranakpur - Udaipur
- Bundi - Jaipur - Agra - Delhi
Day
01 : International Flight - Delhi
Day 02 : Arrive - Delhi
Upon Arrival Kai Repsentative Will Welcome Assist At The International Airport
And Provide Transfer To Respective Hotel For Overnight. Morning After Breakfast
Departs For Combined City Tour Of Delhi Visiting Qutab Minar, Jama Masjid,
Humayun's Tomb, India Gate, President House & Government Buildings. After
Visit Return To Hotel For Overnight
Day 03 : Delhi - Mukandgarh (265 Kms Approx 6 Hrs)
Early Morning Depart For Shekhawati Region (Mukandgarh). Upon Arrival Check
Into The Respective Hotel. Afternoon Sightseeing Tour Of Mukandgarh &
Mandawa Visiting Havelies (Houses Of Rich Business Community) Known As Marwari's,Havelis
are Famous For Its Paintings & Frescos. Evening Return Hotel For Overnight.
Day 04 : Mukandgarh - Bikaner (225 Kms Approx. 5 Hrs)
After Early Breakfast Drive To Bikaner Via Fatehpur Also Famous For Painted
Havelies & Frescos, Continue Drive To Bikaner. Upon Arrival Check Into
The Respective Hotel. Afternoon City Tour Of Bikaner Visiting Junagarh Fort
& Bazaar After Visit Return To The Hotel For Overnight.
Day 05 : Bikaner - Jaisalmer (325kms 08 Hrs)
After Breakfast Depart For Jaisalmer " The Golden City ". Upon Arrival
Check Into The Respective Hotel For Overnight.
Day
06 : Jaisalmer
After Breakfast Full Day Sightseeing Of Jaisalmer Visiting Tricuta Fort, Jain
Temples, Cannon Bastion, Salim Singh Ki Haveli, Patwon Ki Haveli, Nathmal
Singh Ki Haveli, Gadhi Sagar, Loudrva Jain Temple & Sunset Point. Evening
At Leisure.
Overnight At Hotel.
Day 07 : Jaisalmer - Jodhpur (290 Kms 07 Hrs)
After Breakfast Drive To Jodhpur. Upon Arrival Check-Into The Respective Hotel.
Afternoon City Tour Of Jodhpur Visiting Mehrangarh Fort & Jaswant Thada,
Evening Return To The Hotel For Overnight.
Day 08 : Jodhpur - Udaipur (300 Kms Approx. 6 Hrs.)
Morning After Breakfast Drive To Udaipur Enroute Visiting Ranakpur Jain Temple.
After visit Continue drive To Udaipur. Upon Arrival Check-Into The Respective
Hotel For Overnight.
Day 09 : Udaipur
Morning After Breakfast Sightseeing Of Jagdish Temple, Ghats, Nagda, Eklingji
Temple & Sahelion Ki Bari. Afternoon Visiting City Palace, & Boat
Ride On Lake Pichola. Evening At Leisure For Personal Activities. Overnight
At Hotel.
Day 10 : Udaipur - Bundi (315 Kms Approx. 9 Hrs.)
After Breakfast Drive To Bundi Enroute Visiting Chittorgarh. Upon Arrival
In Bundi Check Into The Respective Hotel For Overnight.
Day
11 : Bundi
After Breakfast Full day City Tour Of Bundi Visiting, Taragarh Fort, Havelies
& Temples. Late Afternoon Return To Hotel For Overnight.
Day 12 : Bundi - Jaipur (220 Kms Approx. 7 Hrs.)
After Breakfast Drive To Jaipur. Upon Arrival Check Into The Respective Hotel.
Afternoon At Leisure To Explore Surrounding. Overnight At Hotel.
Day 13 : Jaipur
After Breakfast - City Tour Of Jaipur Visiting Hawa Mahal (Wind Palace) Amber
Fort With Elephant Ride. Afternoon Visit, City Palace, Jantar Mantar - An
Open Air Observatory & Birla Temple. Return To Hotel For Overnight.
Day 14 : Jaipur - Agra (230 Kms Approx. 5 Hrs.)
After Breakfast Drive To Agra Enroute Visiting Fatehpur Sikri. Upon Arrival
In Agra Check-Into The Respective Hotel For Overnight.
Day
15 : Agra - Delhi (200 Kms Approx. 5 Hrs.)
After Breakfast Visit Famous Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, & Sikandra.
After Visiting Continue Drive To Delhi No Accommodation. Evening Dinner Will
Be Provided Before Transfer To International Airport To Connect Flight Back
Home.
Day 16 : Delhi Back Home
On International Flight Back Home.
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People & Tribes of Himalayas
The
population, settlement, and economic patterns within the Himalayas have been
greatly influenced by the variations in topography and climate, which impose
harsh living conditions and tend to restrict movement and communication. People
living in remote, isolated valleys have generally preserved their cultural identities.
However, improvements in transportation and communication, particularly satellite
television programs from Europe and the United States, are bringing access from
the outside world to remote valleys. These outside influences are affecting
traditional social and cultural structure.
Nearly 40 million people inhabit the Himalayas. Generally, Hindus of Indian
heritage are dominant in the Sub-Himalayas and the Middle Himalayan valleys
from eastern Kashmir to Nepal. To the north Tibetan Buddhists inhabit the Great
Himalayas from Ladakh to northeast India.
In central Nepal, in an area between about 1830 and 2440 m (between about 6000
and 8000 ft), the Indian and Tibetan cultures have intermingled, producing a
combination of Indian and Tibetan traits. The eastern Himalayas in India and
nearby areas of eastern Bhutan are inhabited by animistic people whose culture
is similar to those living in northern Myanmar and Yunnan province in China.
People of western Kashmir are Muslims and have a culture similar to the inhabitants
of Afghanistan and Iran.
The economy of the Himalayas as a whole is poor with low per capita income.
Much of the Himalayas area is characterized by a very low economic growth rate
combined with a high rate of population growth, which contributes to stagnation
in the already low level of per capita gross national product. Most of the population
is dependent on agriculture, primarily subsistence agriculture; modern industries
are lacking.
Mineral resources are limited. The Himalayas has major hydroelectric potential,
but the development of hydroelectric resources requires outside capital investment.
The skilled labor needed to organize and manage development of natural resources
is also limited due to low literacy rates. Most of the Himalayan communities
face malnutrition, a shortage of safe drinking water, and poor health services
and education systems.
Agricultural land is concentrated in the Tarai plain and in the valleys of the
Middle Himalayas. Patches of agricultural land have also been carved out in
the mountainous forested areas. Rice is the principal crop in eastern Tarai
and the well-watered valleys. Corn is also an important rain-fed crop on the
hillsides.
Other cereal crops are wheat, millet, barley, and buckwheat. Sugarcane, tea,
oilseeds, and potatoes are other major crops. Food production in the Himalayas
has not kept up with the population growth.
The
major industries include processing food grains, making vegetable oil, refining
sugar, and brewing beer. Fruit processing is also important. A wide variety
of fruits are grown in each of the major zones of the Himalayas, and making
fruit juices is a major industry in Nepal, Bhutan, and in the Indian Himalayas.
Since 1950 tourism has emerged as a major growth industry in the Himalayas.
Nearly 1 million visitors come to the Himalayas each year for mountain trekking,
wildlife viewing, and pilgrimages to major Hindu and Buddhist sacred places.
The number of foreign visitors has increased in recent years, as organized treks
to the icy summits of the Great Himalayas have become popular. While tourism
is important to the local economy, it has had an adverse impact on regions where
tourist numbers exceed the capacity of recreational areas.
Historically, all transport in the Himalayas has been by porters and pack animals.
Porters and pack animals are still important, but the construction of major
roads and the development of air routes have changed the traditional transportation
pattern.
Major urban centers such as Kathmandu, Simla, and Srinagar, as well as important
tourist destinations, are served by airlines. Railways link Simla and Darjiling,
but in most of the Himalayas there are no railroads. The bulk of goods from
the Himalayas, as well as goods destined for places within the Himalayas, generally
come to Indian railheads, located in the Tarai, by road. The pack animals and
porters transport goods from road heads to the interior and back.
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