Agra Chambal Safari Tour

Duration: 05 Night/ 06 Days
Destinations Covered: Delhi - Bharatpur - Chambal - Agra - Delhi

Note - *Taj Mahal Remain Closed on Friday

Day 1: New Delhi
Welcome to India and the start of your holiday! Arrive Delhi, included transfer to hotel. Overnight - New Delhi

Day 2: Bharatpur Delhi - Bharatpur
Morning drive to Bharatpur(approximately 5 hours) and check in to our hotel. In the afternoon, we travel by rickshaw to the Keoladeo National Park.
The Keoladeo National Park is a World Heritage Site. It was artificially created by a planned system of canals, embankments and sluices, as a private wildfowl shooting preserve by the Maharaja of Bharatpur in the 1850s. Now a National Park, Keoladeo attracts thousands of migratory birds during the winter months, which fly in from Central Asia, Siberia or China to escape the severe cold and restricted daylight hours of their homelands. It is one of the finest waterfowl reserves in the world; over 350 species of birds have been spotted here. Overnight - Bharatpur

Day 3: Bird watching at Bund Baretha and Bharatpur
This morning we start our bird watching at Bund Baretha, followed by a visit to the bird sanctuary. Bund Baretha is a large reservoir which is also noted as a good location to find Indian Skimmer and other waterbirds. The surrounding arid countryside is worth checking for sandgrouse, Indian Coursers, Yellow-wattled Lapwing, Eastern Pied, Isabelline and Desert Wheatears along with a number of prinia species to test identification skills. This afternoon we travel back to Bharatpur to the Sanctuary. Overnight - Bharatpur.

Day 4: Bharatpur - Chambal
Today we have an early start for our drive to Chambal (approximately 3 hours). We check into our hotel and later in the afternoon, head off on a boat safari on the Chambal River. Overnight - Chambal

Day 5: Boat Safari on the Chambal River
Today we take on a boat safari along the Chambal River. The Chambal River was declared a Gharial Sanctuary during 1978-79 by the M.P. Government, with an aim to provide a fully protected habitat for the conservation and propagation of the highly endangered Crocodilian species and other aquatic animals. The National Chambal Sanctuary is the longest river Sanctuary and holds the best Gharial population in the country. Overnight - Chambal

Day 6: Taj Mahal and Agra Fort Chambal - Agra -Delhi
Early morning drive from Chambal to Agra (approximately 2 hours). Check in at your hotel (day room use). Enjoy a sightseeing tour of the city in the afternoon, including Taj Mahal and Agra Fort. Built entirely of white marble, the Taj Mahal has no peers. Continuing, we visit Agra fort, which boasts some of India's finest Mughal buildings behind it's fortified walls. Later on transfer to Agra Railway Station for overnight train to Jabalpur 2nd Class Air Condition Sleeper. Overnight - Sleeper Train