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Inca World Tour - India & Africa19 days duration (20 days including travel days from/to Australia)
We depart today aboard our flight bound for India, where we arrive late this evening after a plane change in Singapore. After clearing Customs and Immigration in Delhi, we are met and taken to our hotel for a relaxing two night stay. (Meals in flight)
This morning we undertake a comprehensive tour of Old and New Delhi in which we get to see India Gate, the Houses of Parliament, Raj Ghat, the memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, the Red Fort and Jama Masjid, one of Asia’s largest mosques. Our tour finishes with a fascinating rickshaw ride through the narrow streets and colourful alleys of Old Delhi's market places. This evening we are taken for a ‘tour welcome’ dinner. (BLD)
Today we will travel by road to Agra. Later in the day we visit the Agra Fort and the Itimad-ud-Daulah, a beautiful tomb with marble and intricate etchings in its walls. (BL)
Early today we visit what is one of the absolute highlights of the tour: the Taj Mahal, built in memory of his beloved empress, Mumtaz Mahal, by Emperor Shah Jahan. This marble mausoleum is the greatest gesture of love known to mankind. It is breathtakingly beautiful with many precious stones used in its inlays. Timed to correspond with the sunrise, we have ample time to explore this memorial.
In the afternoon we drive to Jaipur, the Capital of Rajasthan and often referred to as the ‘Pink City’. On arrival we check into our hotel for two magical nights. (BD)
We undertake a comprehensive full day tour of Jaipur taking in the highlights this interesting city has to offer. They include the Hawa Mahal, or the ‘Palace of Winds’, the Jantar Mantar (Astronomical Observatory) and the ornately decorated Amber Fort, located just outside the city. This was the seat of power before the City Palace was built, which is visited on our return to the city. (BL)
Early this morning we are taken to the airport for our flight to Udaipur where we are met and undertake one of the Inca Options listed below. Later you are taken to our hotel for a fabulous two-night stay. Udaipur is also known as the “Lake City” because of its two most beautiful sites, the dream-like Jag Niwas (Lake Palace) and the Jag Mandir marble palaces, which appear to rise from the blue waters of Lake Pichhola. (BL)
Included Inca Choices: Today you have the choice to undertake either a full day excursion to Ranakpur Temple OR an excursion to the village of Eklingji with its temples, some dating back to 734 AD. Both choices include lunch.
This morning we visit the famous City Palace. It is actually a collection of palaces all surrounded by the royal palace walls, which stretch over a mile on the eastern side of the lake. Following our tour of the palace we take a brief tour of Udaipur and then the remainder of the day is at leisure to further explore the palace or its surroundings. (BL)
A morning flight takes us to Mumbai or “Bombay”, as it was formally known. On arrival we are taken to our hotel to rest and freshen up. In the afternoon you can undertake one of the Inca Options listed below. In the early evening we embark on a tour to savour the ambience of the Mumbai streets using the traditional mode of transportation, a horse drawn ‘tonga’ or “Victoria”, as it is known. The ride takes us from the Gateway of India between the illuminated buildings and monuments of this city that never sleeps, then along Chowpati Beach and the Marine Drive. (BD)
Included Inca Choices: Today you have the choice to visit the Bollywood Studios for an afternoon tour and visit to a film set OR undertake a guided tour of the Elephanta Caves.
Today we undertake a comprehensive city tour which includes visits to the Gateway of India, the Hanging Gardens and Mani Bhawan, the house where the ‘Father of the Nation’, Gandhi, stayed on his early visits to the city. This afternoon you have time to explore the local bazaars or relax in the hotel.
Later we are taken out for dinner before being taken to the airport for our flight to Johannesburg departing early tomorrow morning. (BD)
Very early this morning we board our flight to Johannesburg in South Africa where we connect with our flight to Victoria Falls. On arrival we are taken to our hotel for a two night stay. We have the afternoon at leisure to recover from our flight of the previous night. (Meals in Flight)
After breakfast we are taken on a guided tour of the first of our great waterfalls to be visited on the tour. The Victoria Falls are one of the Natural Wonders of the World. This leisurely walking safari takes us through the magnificent rainforest surrounding the falls to where we can view the many cataracts, Livingstone’s Statue and a wide variety of birds and plants along the way. This afternoon you can choose from one of the Inca Choices below. In the early evening we are taken out to a traditional ‘Boma’ where we get to enjoy some traditional food as well as watch the local dancers. (BD)
Included Inca Choices: Today you have the choice to undertake a 15 minute ‘Flight of the Angels’ helicopter flight over Victoria Falls OR undertake a ‘Walk with the Lions’ encounter with captive lions in the bush.
This morning we are taken by road to your lodge located on the Chobe River and adjacent to the Chobe National Park in Botswana. With gorgeous, breathtaking vistas as a backdrop, we'll come face-to-face with the abundant creatures of the bush, and some of the most spectacular sunsets Mother Nature bestows. (BD)
Both days we enjoy guided game drives in open-sided 4X4 vehicles that take us to the heart of Africa's largest concentration of elephants, as well as hippos, buffalos, puku, antelope, lions and other creatures that gather on the banks of the Chobe River. As the sun sets we are taken on a sundowner cruise, particularly spectacular on the Chobe River, before returning to the lodge for dinner. (BLD)
This morning we are taken by road to the airport at Victoria Falls. Here we board our flight to Johannesburg. After clearing customs and immigration we connect with our flight to Cape Town. On arrival in Cape Town we are met and taken to our hotel for a relaxing three night stay. (B)
This morning we enjoy a city tour taking in all of the highlights of Cape Town, which include the Castle of Good Hope from 1666, the Malay Quarter and the magnificent Table Mountain. Here we ascend to the top (weather permitting) by revolving cable car, where we can marvel at the birds-eye view of the city and its beaches far below. After descending from the mountain you have a choice of one of the Inca Choices below. (BL)
Included Inca Choices: Today you have the choice to board a ferry to Robben Island; formerly a political prison, now a museum and National Monument; where you view what was once Nelson Mandela’s maximum-security prison cell during his 18 years of incarceration. (Subject to weather conditions on the day) OR undertake a half day ‘Winelands Tour” through historic Stellenbosch.
Today’s pleasant tour begins with a scenic drive along the Atlantic Coast, with its glorious views of the Twelve Apostles, part of the Table Mountain Range; the fishing village of Hout Bay, one of Cape Town’s best-kept secrets; and then on to Cape Point in the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet. Following the False Bay Coastline, we return to Cape Town by way of Simon’s Town where we visit the Penguin Colony at Boulders Beach.
Before our return, we stop at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens for a short walking tour of these beautiful gardens. The final leg of the tour takes us past the University of Cape Town, Rhodes Memorial and the Groote Schuur Hospital where the world’s first successful human heart-transplant was performed in 1967. (BL)
Today is completely at leisure to further explore the waterfront. (B)
Following breakfast we are taken to Cape Town Airport for our flight to Singapore. (B + Meals in Flight)
Early this morning we arrive into Singapore where we remain in transit until our flight home later this morning. You arrive back into Australia tonight where your India & Africa Tour ends. (Meals in Flight)
Welcome home!
All prices are subject to currency fluctuations, additional airline charges and changes in costs from ground suppliers. We reserve the right to vary any part of the tour at our sole discretion as circumstances may require.
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