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Four to seven days, two long drives, one very early morning. Add the tigers or the lake city if the calendar allows.

Delhi2–3 daysAgrathe Taj at sunriseJaipur2 days · forts and bazaarsRanthambore+2 days for tigersUdaipurthe lake extensionVaranasifly east for the river

★★★★★★★★★★5.0· 4,304 travellers on the most-booked run

Three ways to stand in front of it: the long day-return from Delhi by car, the fast train down and back, or a night in Agra so you are at the gate when it opens. These three carry the most travellers.

• 1Same Day Taj Mahal, Agra Fort & Baby Taj Tour from Delhi by Carfrom $62
• 2Taj Mahal Day Tour from Delhi by Superfast Train – TOP RATED TOURfrom $100
• 3Full Day Taj Mahal, Agra Fort & Baby Taj Tour from Delhi by Carfrom $62

The long day

Delhi to Agra and back in one go

12–14h· from $50· private car

Out of Delhi at four in the morning, marble by sunrise, Agra Fort while the light is still soft, and back down the expressway before dinner.

By rail

The fast train down, the Taj by nine

Day trip· from $13· reserved seats

The Gatimaan and its sister services run Delhi to Agra in around a hundred minutes. Every seat is reserved, which is the point: no traffic, no four-hour drive back in the dark.

Staying in Agra

Sunrise at the Taj, the fort by breakfast

Half day· from $7· skip-the-line

Sleep in Agra and the morning belongs to you. The gates open at first light, the crowds arrive at nine, and the red fort across the river is twenty minutes away.

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The marble, the fort, the food lanes, the ghats, the tigers and the backwaters. Six things most itineraries are built from, and the best way to book each one.

Every reviewed tour, sorted by what it actually charges. The median day out on this site is twenty-seven dollars.

Under $20

478 tours

Walking tours, street-food crawls, ghat boats and entry tickets. Most of India's best mornings live here.

• 1Taj Mahal & Agra Private Day Trip with Transfersfrom $4
• 2Fontainhas Heritage Walk by Make It Happenfrom $12
• 3Taj Mahal Sunrise, Baby Taj & Agra Fort Day Tourfrom $10

$20–75

692 tours

The standard full day: a car, a driver, a licensed guide and the monuments paid for.

• 1Old & New Delhi City Tour – Half or Full Day Options Availablefrom $38
• 2Half Day Private Delhi City Tourfrom $37
• 3Same Day Taj Mahal, Agra Fort & Baby Taj Tour from Delhi by Carfrom $62

$75 and up

315 tours

Multi-day Golden Triangle runs, private safaris and the trips that include hotels and internal transfers.

• 1Taj Mahal Day Tour from Delhi by Superfast Train – TOP RATED TOURfrom $100
• 2Private Sunrise Taj Mahal Trip from Delhi all Inclusivefrom $80
• 33-Days Private Golden Triangle Tour: Delhi, Agra & Jaipur by Carfrom $127

Ranked by the number of travellers who have been and rated it — not by what an operator paid to sit at the top.

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Old & New Delhi City Tour – Half or Full Day Options Available

Private half or full day Old and New Delhi tour with hotel pickup, A/C car, tuk-tuk ride, top monuments, and bottled water for $38.

From · $38

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2 ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 4,474 reviews Half Day Private Delhi City Tour from $37 3 ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 4,304 reviews Same Day Taj Mahal, Agra Fort & Baby Taj Tour from Delhi by Car from $62 4 ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 4,166 reviews Taj Mahal Day Tour from Delhi by Superfast Train – TOP RATED TOUR from $100 5 ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 3,647 reviews Full Day Taj Mahal, Agra Fort & Baby Taj Tour from Delhi by Car from $62 6 ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 · 3,181 reviews Taj Mahal & Agra Private Day Trip with Transfers from $4 7 ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 2,849 reviews Taj Mahal Tour from Delhi by Express Train (Viator Award Winner) from $75 8 ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 2,834 reviews Fontainhas Heritage Walk by Make It Happen from $12

Forts and food markets exist across Asia. A river ceremony watched from a rowing boat, a free kitchen feeding a hundred thousand people, and a bed on the dunes belong to India.

Varanasi, every evening

The Ganga Aarti

At Dashashwamedh Ghat the lamps go up at dusk: a line of priests, brass fire, bells, and a crowd on the steps that never thins. The steps fill early, so most visitors watch from a rowing boat on the water instead, which is also the best place to be at five the next morning when the light comes back over the far bank.

1. 1Varanasi Landmark Evening City Tour – Aarti, Boating & Witnessing the GOD★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 149 reviews
2. 2Varanasi Evening Ganga Aarti Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 90 reviews
3. 3Delhi Agra Jaipur & Varanasi Tour – Taj Mahal & Ganga Aarti★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 50 reviews

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Out past Jaisalmer

A Night on the Thar Dunes

Ride out at four, watch the sun drop behind the Sam or Khuri dunes, eat, and sleep on a rope bed under a sky with nothing between you and it. Nights between December and February get genuinely cold, so the good operators send blankets; the ones that do not are the ones people write about afterwards.

1. 1Non-Touristic overnight Camel Safari★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 526 reviews
2. 2Overnight Camel Safari – Sleeping under the Stars★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 390 reviews
3. 3Adventure non touristic camel safari★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 300 reviews

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Amritsar

The Free Kitchen at the Golden Temple

The langar at Harmandir Sahib serves tens of thousands of free meals a day, every day, to anyone who sits down for one. Everybody eats on the floor in the same rows, volunteers wash the steel plates in shifts, and the temple itself stays open through the night. Cover your head, leave your shoes, and take a plate.

1. 1Golden Temple Guided Tour (Planet Amritsar Inc.)★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 78 reviews
2. 2Amritsar Golden Temple Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 61 reviews
3. 3Golden Temple, Jallianwala Bagh, Partition Museum & Wagha Border – #Travellouge★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 60 reviews

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