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Buddha Footsteps

 

Duration : 15 Nights / 16 Days
Places covered : Kolkata - Patna - Nalanda - Rajgir - Bodhgaya - Varanasi - Kushinagar - Sravasti - Lucknow - Delhi - Agra - Bhopal - Aurangabad - Mumbai

Day 1 : KOLKATA
Arrive Kolkata and transfer to the hotel. Overnight Stay.

Day 2 : KOLKATA
Breakfast at the hotel. Full day guided city tour Kolkota. Lunch at city restaurant. Dinner and overnight stay at hotel.

Day 3 : KOLKATA - PATNA
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to airport to board flight for Patna. Lunch on board. On arrival, check-in at the hotel. Visit to Vaishali. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 4 : PATNA - NALANDA - RAJGIR - BODHGAYA
Breakfast at the hotel. Drive to Bodhgaya visiting Nalanda & Rajgir enroute. Lunch at Rajgir. Dinner and overnight stay at hotel.

Day 5 : BODHGAYA
Full day for Prayers & meditation in Bodhgaya. Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner at hotel.

Day 6 : BODHGAYA - VARANASI
Breakfast at the hotel. On arrival, check-in at hotel. Day free for personal activities. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 7 : VARANASI
Early morning boat excursion on the river Ganges. Breakfast at the hotel. Visit to Sarnath, where Buddha preached his first sermon after getting enlightenment. Lunch at Sarnath. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 8 : VARANASI - KUSHINAGAR
Breakfast at the hotel. Drive to Kushinagar. Visit the site of Lord Buddha's cremation and visit the Mahaparinirvana temple. Lunch, Dinner and overnight stay at hotel.

Day 9 : KUSHINAGAR - LUMBINI - SRASVATI
Breakfast at the hotel. Drive to Sravasti, visiting Lumbini (Nepal), the birth place of Lord Buddha. Lunch at Lumbini. Dinner and overnight stay at hotel.

Day 10 : SRASVATI - LUCKNOW - DELHI
Breakfast at the hotel. Visit Sravasti, where Buddha lived for 24 rainy seasons. Drive to Lucknow in time to board flight for Delhi. Dinner and overnight stay.

EXTENSION

Day 11 :DELHI
Breakfast at the hotel. Full day guided city tour of New & Old Delhi. Lunch at city restaurant. Dinner and overnight stay at hotel.

Day 12 : DELHI - AGRA
Early morning transfer to train station to connect train (Shatabdi Exp.0615 hrs.) for Agra. Breakast on board. Check-in at the hotel. Guided city tour visiting The Wondorous Taj Mahal,Agra Fort and Itmad-ud-Daulah. After Lunch visit the deserted city of Fatehpur Sikri. Dinner and overnight stay at hotel.

Day 13 : AGRA - BHOPAL
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to train station to board train for Bhopal. Check-in and Lunch at the hotel. Afternoon, guided city sightseeing. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 14 : BHOPAL - JALGAON - AURANGABAD
Breakfast at the hotel. Excursion to Sanchi to see some of the most expressions of Buddhist art. Evening transfer to the railway station to connect overnight train to Jalgaon. Lunch at the city. Overnight in the train.

Day 15 : AURANGABAD
Breakfast at the hotel. Arrive Jalgaon and depart for Aurangabad visiting Ajanta, the 2nd century BC Buddhist caves en route. Lunch at Ajanta caves. Dinner and overnight stay at hotel.

Day 16 : AURANGABAD - MUMBAI
Breakfast at the hotel. Visit Ellora caves. Transfer to the airport to board flight for Mumbai. On arrival chech-in at hotel. Late evening, transfer to international airport for onward/return journey.