1^st Day: Arrival in Beijing
You'll be met upon arrival at the Beijing Capital Airport with comfortable private transfer and check into your hotel. The left hours of the day are for free individual activities or take time to revitalize yourself from the long flight journey.

Accommodation: Holiday Inn Central Plaza  - the best Holiday Inn Hotel in Beijing 


2^nd Day: Beijing (B+L+D)
You will be thrilled the whole day when you visit the Tiananmen Square - one of the largest and grandest city squares in the world; the Forbidden City - the imperial palace of Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Temple of Heaven - which was the royal temple during Ming & Qing Dynasties. The Beijing Duck Dinner is served as Welcome Dinner at a well-known restaurant. The cheering Peking Opera (the National Opera) is scheduled as evening delight after dinner.

Accommodation: Holiday Inn Central Plaza  - the best Holiday Inn Hotel in Beijing
  
 
3^rd Day: Beijing (B+L)
You will be accompanied by our local professional guide to one of the greatest world heritage sites - the Great Wall, Badaling section. Drive to escape the shopping site tourist restaurants near the Great Wall to have a decent meal -Sichuan food, for lunch. The visits continue to the Ming Tomb and the Summer Palace in the afternoon.

Accommodation: Holiday Inn Central Plaza  - the best Holiday Inn Hotel in Beijing 


4^th Day: Beijing - Lhasa  (B+D)
Head for Lhasa by morning flight where the altitude is 3,650 meters above sea level,be met by your local expert travel buddy upon arrival at the Gongga Airport. Check into the best hotel in Lhasa. Take time to adapt yourself to the high attitude, no sightseeing arranged in the afternoon. Welcome dinner will be served at a top end local best Sichuan cuisine restaurant, a la carte style.

Accommodation: ShangBaLa Hotel


5^th Day: Lhasa  (B+L+D)
Make the most of the day by visiting the magnificent Potala Palace, Sera Monastery, the Norbulingka Park and a local Tibetan family. Dinner is served at your hotel so the extra drive and energy will be saved for the next day.

Accommodation: ShangBaLa Hotel


6^th Day: Lhasa  (B+L+D)
The escorted tours today will cover some other highlights of Lhasa - the Jokhang Temple, the perfect mixture of Han and Tibetan style both in the architectures and in the rituals of the Religion; the bustling bazaar along the Barkhor Street, the Tibet Museum, the Tibetan Traditional Medicine Hospital and the Carpet Factory. Enjoy your dinner at your hotel.

Accommodation: ShangBaLa Hotel


7^th Day: Lhasa - Katmandu  (B+L)
Head for Katmandu by flight. Upon arrival, your professional local guide will expect your with comfortable airport-hotel transfer. Check into your hotel. Have a lively city package to this unspoiled religious city - Kathmandu which will cover the Durbar Square, the Swayambhunath Pagoda, the Buddhanilkantha Temple and the Bouddhanath Stupa.

Accommodation: Manang Hotel 


8^th Day: Katmandu (B+L)
Second day's Kathmandu city safari covers the highlights of this mysterious country along the southern side of the almost unsurmountable Himalaya, which are the Pashupatinath Temple, Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the Patan Durbar Square and the Golden Temple.

Accommodation: Manang Hotel 
 

9^th Day: Katmandu - Varanasi (B)
Morning is for free individual activities. Head for Varanasi by flight. Thus you will enter a country with brilliant ancient civilization. Upon arrival, your professional local guide will meet you with comfortable private airport-hotel transfer. Check into your hotel. Have a visit to Sarnath in the afternoon. Attend the Puja ceremony on the river Ganges with boat ride on the river Ganges in the evening.

 

Accommodation: Hindustan International Hotel  


10^th Day: Varanasi - Khajuraho (B+L)
Start the city safari by a boat riding on river Ganges at Sunrise to see the devout praying and bathing on the Ghats (Banks), with funeral pyres burning in the distance. Enjoy the city tour through the narrow lanes and temples. Head for Khajuraho by flight. Upon arrival, your local guide will expect at the airport with comfortable private transfer. Check into your hotel.

Accommodation: Holiday Inn Hotel  

11^th Day: Khajuraho - Agra  (B+L)
Have a visit to ' the Khajuraho Temples' which were deems as the architectural marvels. Then head for Agra boarding the Shatabdi Express from Jhansi. Upon arrival in Agra, your professional guide will meet you at the railway station with comfortable private transfer. Check into your hotel.

 

Accommodation: Holiday Inn Hotel 
 
 
12^th Day: Agra  (B+L)
Have a visit to the Taj Mahal in the early morning when the sun rises which is a unique symbol of eternal love and one of the "Wonders of the world". The visit continues to the Agra Fort. After is for free individual activities.

 

Accommodation: Holiday Inn Hotel
 
 
13^th Day: Agra - Jaipur (B+L)
Head for Jaipur overland, on the way, visit the Fatehpur Sikri - the Ghost capital of the Mughal Emperor Akbar, Fatehpur Sikri - about 40 kilometers from Agra, built entirely of red sandstone and now declared as a World Heritage Monument. Check into your hotel in Jaipur.

Accommodation: Holiday Inn Hotel 


14^th Day: Jaipur  (B+L)
The Jaipur city package includes the highlights of the city, like the visit to Amer Fort in the morning and the City Palace of the Jaipur Maharaja, the Honeycomb designs Hawa Mahal and the amazingly accurate Jantar Mantar stone observatory.

 

Accommodation: Holiday Inn Hotel  
 
 

15^th Day: Jaipur - Delhi  (B+L)
Travel to Delhi by car and check into your hotel.  

Accommodation: Connaught Hotel  

 

16^th Day: Delhi  (B+L)
Enjoy a full day capital city tour of Old & New Delhi which includes the Raj Ghat,  the Jama Masjid, the Red Fort and the fabled Chandni Chowk. On the way back to the hotel, stop at the National Crafts Museum. The city tour of New Delhi includes the Qutab Minar, Emperor Humayun's Tomb, India Gate, the Houses of Parliament and the Presidential Palace.

 

Accommodation: Connaught Hotel 

17^th Day: Departure from Delhi  (B)
Board your homebound flight. Comfortable hotel-airport transport is arranged according to your flight schedule.