Taste of India
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Trip Highlights
· Volunteering with some of Delhi's neediest - yet loveliest - people
· Delhi’s Gandhi Memorial, and temples
· The Taj Mahal
· Ranthambore Tiger Reserve
· The “pink city” of Jaipur
· The deserted city of Fatehpur Sikri
Your "Taste of Volunteering" Project
Your Volunteer Project will be one of the following (depending on time of year and availability):
- with a charity associated with Tear Fund where you will be working in impoverished areas, helping renovate and beautify the slums, thus vastly improving sanitation and living conditions; or
- with a charity dedicated to improving the lives of India’s poorest children - where you will help teach, or renovate the buildings, and generally help relieve the teachers’ workloads.
Trip Summary
Your adventure begins in the vibrant city of Delhi, which we visit on your second day, and then straight into your Volunteer Project. You will experience four enriching days doing repairs and renovations or teaching English.
We then travel to Agra, the ancient capital of India, and visit the famed monument to love - the Taj Mahal - described as the most beautiful building ever constructed.
We travel the following day to the deserted city of Fatehpur Sikri and on to Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in search of the spectacular, endangered Bengal tiger, as well as the elusive leopard.
The ‘pink city’ of Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, is our next stop, where you can stroll through the many jewellery and textile bazaars. We include a visit by elephant to the nearby fort palace of Amber, which was the ancient capital of the Jaipur state. We also explore the Maharajah’s City Palace and museum and the Jantar Mantar, which is the largest stone and marble crafted observatory in the world. We finish the day with a rickshaw ride through Jaipur’s colourful markets.
If you choose Extension Trip 1 or 2 to explore Rajasthan more fully, you will commence this from Jaipur, but if not, you will return to Delhi, where you can extend your adventure into Goa, Varanasi, Kerala, or Nepal if you wish.
Note:
You accommodation is in a high quality heritage hotel in Delhi (6 nights), 3.5* hotel in Agra (1 night), 4* and/or heritage hotels in Ranthambore (1 night), Jaipur (2 nights) and Delhi (1 night).
For a full trip description in PDF format, click here (you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader).
Extension Trips
India - Extension 1: Colours of Rajasthan
India - Extension 2: Rajasthan Adventure
India - Extension 3: Ganges & Temples
India - Extension 4: Chillin in Goa
India - Extension 5: Kerala Kruising
India - Extension 6: Nepalese Encounter
If you like this trip, you may also be interested in:
China - Along the Silk Road
India - Ultimate India in Style
Thailand - Village Vitality
Indonesia - Way of the Dragon
