| Trip Plan |
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| Day
01 Arrival in Delhi. |
| Meet and assistance
on arrival and transfer to hotel. After lunch half day
sighseeing of Delhi. Dinner and overnight Hotel. |
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| Day 02 Delhi
–Haridwar-Camp Silver Sand. |
| Early morning transfer
to the railway station to board train Shatabdi Express
for Haridwar. On arrival transfer to the Camp. Check into
tents. Lunch, camp briefing. Evening campfire dinner and
overnight at camp. |
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| Day 03 Camp
Silver Sand |
| Raft from camp
till Rishikesh - drive back to Camp for hot lunch. Afternoon
free for beach volleyball and camp games or to relax
at Camp Silver Sands |
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| Day
04 Camp |
| Drive 04-05 hrs
to Rudraprayag. Visit the place where Jim Corbett shot
the infamous man-eating leopard at Golabrai. Rudraprayag
is located on the confluence of the Alaknanda and Mandakini
rivers. After a thorough safety briefing, we board rafts
and travel upto an hour before setting up camp for the
night. Overnight at Camp. |
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| Day 05 Camp |
| Today we raft down
the big "Temple Rapids' and float past Srinagar,
the erstwhile capital of British Garhwal. We camp for
the night at Maletha, a small village below Srinagar. |
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| Day
06 Camp |
| Today we raft past
Devprayag, the confluence of the Alaknanda with the Bhagirathi
river, which meet here to form the holiest river in the
country, the Ganga. We get off rafts onto the Pilgrims
trail and walk past Amrasu village to reach Beas Ghat
where we walk down to the beach by the riverside where
we camp for the night. |
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| Day 07 Camp
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| Trek from Beas
Ghat to Riviera Beach above Mahadev Chatti. (04-05 hrs
walking time). Camp. |
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| Day 08 Camp
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| Today, we board
rafts again to raft down a big rapid, 'The Wall"
followed by a float till Camp Silver Sands, our base Camp.
Overnight at Camp. |
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| Day
09 -10 Camp |
| Morning Yoga session
before breakfast. Spend two days making fields and paths
at a nearby village. We will work in teams to level hillside
fields and clear paths through them. We will be based
at Camp Silver Sands for this duration. |
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| Day 11-12
Camp |
| Morning yoga session
before breakfast. Spend two days at Malakhunti, learning
to milk cows, de-weeding fields and preparing flower beds.
Overnight Camp Silver Sands. |
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| Day
13 Camp-Haridwar-Agra |
| Early morning transfer
to Haridwar railway station with packed breakfast to board
train 4310/ 4318 leaving at 0740 hrs. for Agra. Arrive
Agra at 1655 hrs. Transfer to the hotel. Overnight at
the hotel. |
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| Day 14 Agra |
| Morning after breakfast
full day sightseeing of the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and shopping.
Overnight Hotel. |
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| Day 15 Agra-Jaipur |
| Morning breakfast.
Later drive to Jaipur via Fatehpur Sikri Arrive Jaipur
by lunch time. Evening enjoy shopping at Hawa Mahal street.
OvernightHotel. |
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| Day
16 Jaipur |
| After breakfast
attend a workshop on the making of Kundan and gold jewllery.
Afternoon / evening free |
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| Day 17 Jaipur
|
| After breakfast
attend a workshop on preperation of Indian food. Afternoon
/ evening free |
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| Day
18 Jaipur |
| After breakfast
attend a workshop at Anokhi and learn about printing and
designing of Indian fabrics as well as vegetable dyes.
Afternoon / evening free |
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| Day 19 Jaipur
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| After breakfast
half day sightseeing of Jaipur city including Amer fort,
City palace and Hawa Mahal. Evening free. |
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| Day 20 Jaipur
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| After breakfast
attend a workshop at Sanganer and learn about pottery
making and printing on fabrics and try your hand at it.
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| Day
21 Jaipur |
| Breakfast. Departure
for onward destination. |
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