| 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 |
| Trek from Beas
Ghat to Riviera Beach above Mahadev Chatti. (04-05 hrs
walking time). Camp. |
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| Day 08 Camp |
| 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. Arrive Jaipur by lunch time. Evening
enjoy shopping at Hawa Mahal street. OvernightHotel. |
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| Day
16 Jaipur |
| Morning after breakfast
full day sightseeing of Amer fort and city. Overnight
Hotel. |
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| Day 17 Jaipur |
| Breakfast. Transfer
to Ajmer village for Volunteer work. |
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| Day
17- day 52 - 35 days Volunteer programme with an NGO based
in a village called Chhahiyawas in Ajmer |
where they will
get hands on experience in working for the most deprived
and rural section of the society and will be in a better
position to understand the developmental challenges of
rural India. They can help in research and documentation
while actually experiencing the rural community setup
of India.
The weekends will be free for them to explore the places
around Ajmer like Pushkar, Nagaur etc. on their own or
if they want we can arrange day trips to these places. |
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| Day 52 Ajmer-Jodhpur |
| Breakfast. Drive
to Jodhpur. On arrival check in at the hotel. Overnight
Hotel. |
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| Day 53 Jodhpur |
| After breakfast
sightseeing of Mehrangarh fort and Jaswant Thada. Overnight
Hotel. |
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| Day
54 Jodhpur-Udaipur |
| Morning after breakfast
drive to Udaipur. Enroute visit famous Ranakpur Jain Temple.
Arrive Udaipur and check in at the hotel. Overnight Hotel. |
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| Day
55 Udaipur |
| Breakfast. Full
day excursion to Chittorgarh. Overnight Hotel. |
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| Day 56 Udaipur |
| Breakfast. Half
day sightseeing of the city visiting City Palace and Sahelion
Ki Bari. Overnight Hotel. |
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| Day 57 Udaipur-Jodhpur |
| Breakfast. Relax
till lunch. After lunch drive to Jodhpur. OvernightHotel. |
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| Day
58 Jodhpur-Jaisalmer |
| Morning after breakfast
drive to Jaisalmer. Check in at the hotel. Evening visit
the Sam Sand Dunes to see the sunset. Overnight Hotel. |
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| Day 59 Jaisalmer |
| After breakfast
sightseeing of the fort and the city. Overnight Hotel. |
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| Day
60 Jaisalmer-Bikaner |
| Morning after breakfast
drive to Bikaner. Check in at the hotel. OvernightHotel. |
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| Day 61 Bikaner |
| After breakfast
sightseeing of Deshnok Temple and Camel Breeding Farm.
Overnight Hotel. |
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| Day 62 Bikaner-Delhi |
| Morning after breakfast
day free. Evening transfer to the railway station with
packed dinner to board train 4792 leaving at 1950 hrs.
for Delhi. Overnight at the train. |
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| Day
63 Delhi |
| Arrive Delhi at
0600 hrs. Transfer to the hotel. Overnight Hotel. |
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| Day 64 Delhi
Departure |
| Breakfast. Departure
for onward destination. |
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