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Bubsy83 R Post Count: 7 Msg: #1 58 days ago, September 24th 2009 | Hey everyone! | I am going to India for 4-5 weeks next April and I am trying to map out a rough route of places to go. This is what i have so far: DELHI HARIDWAR RISHIKESH AGRA JAIPUR UDAIPUR AHMEDABAD MUMBAI GOA Am I missing out on any vital destinations? How long would you recommend staying in each of the places I have listed? Is 4-5 weeks long enough to see all these places? Thanks in advance!  Prakash Prakash Bang Post Count: 76 Msg: #2 57 days ago, September 24th 2009 | 4-5 weeks is great. You have got the cities all right. I would add Jaisalmer & Jodhpur in Rajasthan and delete Ahmedabad. I was in the Himalayas last month. The trip started from Delhi & Haridwar. Will send you the link when the blog is posted. In the meantime you may want to check my blog on Agra, Delhi & Gwalior. Might be of interest to you. Enjoy your trip. | Bubsy83 R Post Count: 7 Msg: #3 56 days ago, September 25th 2009 | That's fantastic! | Thank you. How many days would you recommend staying in each place? Is it easy to get trains to each place? How far in advance do train journeys need to be booked? Prakash Prakash Bang Post Count: 76 Msg: #4 56 days ago, September 25th 2009 | It all depends on your interest. For instance, those looking for peace would spend couple of weeks in Rishikesh! However, since you have 4 to 5 weeks on hand, consider: | DELHI 3 days HARIDWAR 2 days RISHIKESH 3 days (only 20 kms from Haridwar) AGRA 2 days JAIPUR 3 days UDAIPUR 2 days JAISALMER 2 days JODHPUR 2 days MUMBAI 3 days GOA 5 days. Chill out. You would need to add time for travel. Trains are available on all routes. You can book 60 days in advance. Your route will be: Delhi Haridwar Rishikesh Delhi Agra Jaipur (you can do Bharatpur bird sanctuary on the way) Jaisalmer Jodhpur Udaipur Mumbai Goa. Hope this works for you. Prakash  ckstorm chaitanya Post Count: 1 Msg: #5 56 days ago, September 25th 2009 | Hey... | your choice of citites is good..however dont forget to visit Bangalore and Hyderabad. You should see the charminar in old city of Hyderabad and Hitech city area of Hyderabad. You will see a 360 degree difference in life style.Dont miss it. KolKatta is also a nice city to visit once. Prakash Prakash Bang Post Count: 76 Msg: #6 55 days ago, September 26th 2009 | There are many nice places in India. Of course one can do a whirlwind tour across the country or stick to a region and soak in. If indeed one has to plan to scan, an open ended unlimited 21 day travel ticket from Indian Airlines can be considered. They use to have it once. Not sure about these days. | Prakash Bubsy83 R Post Count: 7 Msg: #7 54 days ago, September 27th 2009 | Having second thoughts about Goa. Will I be missing out if i don't go there? | gauravseth Gaurav Seth Post Count: 1 Msg: #8 54 days ago, September 27th 2009 | I am not really sure if you have any interest in wildlife, still I would suggest visiting a wildlife sanctuary during your trip to India. You can pick one of the Tiger Sanctuaries to make your trip little more interesting. I would also suggest you to contact one of the travel companies to book your tour in advance (it would save you from a lot of hassle and the cost difference would not be much). | It is advisable to get all your Train/Flight bookings done at least 45 days in advance. April is the end of academic year in most parts of the country and most of the educational institutions remain closed during that time. So, people prefer to travel during that time. Hope the above is helpful for you. Gaurav  Tanya_0608 Tanya Deshmukh Post Count: 132 Msg: #9 53 days ago, September 29th 2009 | Hi, 4-5 weeks in India is sufficient time to visit all the prominent places in the country. Travel would be a little hectic since its quite vast and if you are using the train, its fairly time consuming. | Based on my personal experience, I would suggest visiting the following places in India: I assume you would land in Delhi, so do visit all the prominent places here. From Delhi you should take the train to Haridwar (avoid the bus or cab) the train is a lot more comfortable. You'd get to Haridwar in about 4-5 hours by train from Delhi. From Haridwar take a cab/taxi or bus to Rishikesh. Cab would be around 700-800 INR whereas a bus fare would be about 50 INR. I would suggest taking accommodation only at Rishikesh and spending more quality time there. Haridwar is far more touristy and less clean. Plus there is not much to see here, so half a day of site seeing would cover everything possible. Rishikesh has a lot of yoga ashrams, river rafting, trekking and a lot of other adventure sports you could indulge in. Else there are meditation centers and temples that you can visit. If you are looking at including wildlife in your trip - then travel from Rishikesh to Jim Corbett National Park. Its a tiger santuaary plus you'd get to see a lot of other wild life too there. You can goolge it up or check blogs written on this site. You'd have to come back to Delhi (from Rishikesh or Corbett) and travel towards Agra. Agra is about 4 hours by train from Delhi. You can see the Taj Mahal - ofcourse - but also do visit Agra Fort, Sikandara and Fatehpur Sikri. I personally think that Fatehpur Sikri is the most beautiful architecture. From Agra travel to Jaipur (another 4-5 hour journey) and from Jaipur to Udaipur. I would ask you to skip Jodhpur and Jaisalmar on your first trip bcoz though they are really beautiful and worth a visit, if you spend a lot of time in Rajasthan, you will miss out on other nice places. You could instead travel from Udaipur to Khajuraho and Orchha in Madhya Pradesh and from there travel to Mumbai. After spending time in Mumbai you can go to Goa. I do feel you'd be missing out on a nice place if you skip Goa - Goa is renowned for its beaches. Its full of beach huts and shacks where you get loads of beer and seafood and can party through the night. If any of this excites you, do make the trip else free to drop it from your plan. If you do visit Goa, travel from Goa to Kerla, to the backwaters in Alleppey. Some other destinations worth visiting are Munnar, Thekkady and Kumarakom. You must also visit Kanyakumari - southernmost tip of the Indian Peninsula. You can actually see tThe confluence of three ocean bodies - the Bay of Bengal, the Indian Ocean, and the Arabian Sea here. From Kanyakumari you can travel to Chennai, visit Mahabalipuram and Pondicherry and since Chennai has an international airport, you can fly back from Chennai instead of traveling back to Delhi to board your flight. If you do need any specific information, do write back. Prakash Prakash Bang Post Count: 76 Msg: #10 52 days ago, September 29th 2009 | Tanya has it all rightly lined up. Great effort. | sekhar sekhar ray Post Count: 4 Msg: #11 47 days ago, October 5th 2009 | HI Bubsy83, | YOU KNOW, INDIA IS A COUNTRY OF DIVERSITY. SO MANY VARIATION OF LANGUAGE,RELIGION,WEATHER, FOOD HABITS ....EVEN SKIN COLOUR. TO GET A COMPLETE FLAVOUR OF INDIA U HAVE TO INCLUDE SOUTH & EAST INDIA ALSO . DONT MISS KOLKATA-'THE CITY OF JOY'. Prakash Prakash Bang Post Count: 76 Msg: #12 46 days ago, October 5th 2009 | I am sure you are a confused lot by now. Good luck. | Jai R Jai R Post Count: 24 Msg: #13 36 days ago, October 15th 2009 | Amazing itinerary Tanya. you seem to be a real pro :) | Bubsy, it will be hot though in April & you would probably need to book your train tickets well in advance coz in the summers its very difficult to get anything last minute or even a week in advance, with it being holidays for school children here & lots of families planning summer getaways. Have an enjoyable trip all the same.  Debtravel Debbie Post Count: 212 Msg: #14 35 days ago, October 16th 2009 | Hi Bubsy, | Re your question about Goa. Personally I don think youd be missing out at all if you didn go there. A lot of it I think is a bit ruined by westerners and tourism (although Panjim the capital city is lovely). If you want to chill out on a beach for a few days, then you could try the Kerala beaches instead. Kerala is a beautiful state, youll still get the lovely Arabian sea sunsets, and its much more chilled out than Goa. You might want to try Kovalam or Varkala for seaside places to go in Kerala. In any case there are some lovely places to see around Kerala, like the backwaters for example. Hope you have a great trip, Im jealous! :) Number of Users: 8 | Number of Posts: 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
