Varanasi Sarnath Bodhgaya Tour Packages

Tips for Travellers for Planning their Tour

Package Include-:

• Cost as per Mentioned Itinerary only.

• Commercial vehicle which Includes all Tax, Toll tax, Parking, Driver night charges

• Pickup and Drop to/from Railway station/Airport

• Hotel as per selected above with CP plan (Twin sharing room with Complimentary Breakfast)

• One Boat ride for about 45 min which covers all major Ghats of Varanasi ( At time of morning sunrise / evening sunset).

Package Exclude-:

 • Any personal expenditure like tip, Pooja etc.

• Any other boat ride, Guide charges

• Any Entrance Ticket

• Any Train/Flight Ticket

• GST as 5 % ( As per Indian government norms)

Note:

• Any deviation in itinerary will change the above proposed cost.

• For 3,5,7,9… pax(Odd number) - One room will be triple sharing

• Child below 5 is complimentary

• Children from 6-12 will be charged 70% of adult cost and Room will be shared by an existing room with an extra bed.

• Children of 12 + are treated as adults.

Itinerary

Day 01: Varanasi Arrivals + Ganga Aarti

 Pickup from Airport/Railway station and check in to the Hotel. In the evening, get ready to experience one of the most memorable moments of your life, as you will be taken to the River Ganges. Enjoy Ganga Aarti. Get a glimpse of the spiritualism at the Ganga Ghats (river front).Can enjoy the Ganga Aarti on Boat (optional and at your own cost). Night stay at Hotel in Varanasi.

Day 02: Varanasi – Morning Boat Ride – Sarnath (15 KM 0.5 hr) - Temple Tour

 Early in the morning, we will be taken for a boat ride on the Ganges. It is a mystical and spiritual experience as you watch people offering water to the Sun God and devotees taking holy dip in the Ganges. We will visit all the famous Ghats of Varanasi via boat. Later visit the most religious Kashi Vishwanath temple, Annapurna Temple, the Bharat Mata temple, Sankat Mochan(Hanuman temple), Manas Mandir, BHU. Come back to the hotel for breakfast.

 Later in noon, we will be taken for an excursion to Sarnath. Sarnath is the place where Buddha delivered his first sermon to his disciples. The attractions at Sarnath are the Buddha temples, the Dhamekha stupa, Chaukhandi stupa and the archaeological museum.

 In the evening, have leisure time for shopping in Varanasi (optional and on your own). Night stay at Hotel in Varanasi.

Day 03: Varanasi – Bodhgaya (300 Kms 6 Hrs)

After Breakfast transfer to Bodhgaya Check in Hotel. Later Visit Lord Buddha Temple (Maha Bodhi temple), Bodhi Tree, Buddha Statue Covers other sightseeing places Sita Kund, Janki temple and Overnight stay at Hotel in Bodhgaya.

Day 04: Bodhgaya-Gaya-Varanasi (300 Kms 6 Hrs)

After Breakfast transfer to Gaya (12 Kms).Visit Vishnu Temples, Vishnupad Temple is sacred among Hindus and is dedicated to Lord Vishnu. According to believers and religious texts, the footprints inside the temple are those of Lord Vishnu. Visit the Japanese Temple, Chinese Temple, Tibetan Temple, Phalguna River and drive to Varanasi. Overnight stay at Hotel in Varanasi.

Day 05: Varanasi- Ayodhya (250KM - 5 hrs)

 After early breakfast, we proceed to Ajodhya. Full day sightseeing of Ayodhya city. Ayodhya - a very holy city and is an important pilgrimage site. Lord Rama was born and had many of his pastimes here. It is said to have once had a perimeter of 96 miles and was the capital of Kosala. It is on the banks of the Gogra (Ghaghara or Saryu) River , bathing in which is supposed to destroy even the sin of killing a Brahmin. On the right bank of the river Ghagra or Saryu, as it is called within sacred precincts, stands the holy city of Ayodhya, believed to be the birth place of lord Rama, the seventh incarnation of lord Vishnu. Ayodhya during ancient times was known as Kosaldesa. The Atharvaveda describes it as "a city built by gods and being as prosperous as paradise itself". The illustrious Ikshvaku of the solar clan (suryavamsha) was the ruling dynasty of this region. Ayodhya is pre-eminently a city of temples yet, all the places of worship here are not only of Hindu religion. At Ayodhya several religions have grown and prospered simultaneously and also at different periods of time in the past. Remnants of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Islam can still be found in Ayodhya. According to Jain belief, five tirthankaras were born at Ayodhya, including Adinath (Rishabhadeva), the 1st tirthankar. Night stay in a Hotel in Ayodhya.

Summary :

 1. Lord Rama birth place

 2. Saryu River bathing

Day 06: Ayodhya- Allahabad (200KM - 4 hrs)

After breakfast , we drove to Allahabad. Check-in to Hotel have lunch and then proceed to see the Sangam (Meeting point) of the three rivers - Ganga, Yamuna & Saraswati. Sangam - overlooked by the eastern ramparts of the fort, wide flood plains and muddy banks protrude towards the sacred Sangam. At the point at which the brown Ganges meets the Greenish Yamuna, pandas (priests) perch on small platforms to perform puja and assist the devout in their ritual ablutions in the shallow waters. Covers other spots in Allahabad like Hanuman Temple, Anand Bhavan - one of the country’s best-running museums in memory of Jawahar Lal Nehru. Swaraj Bhawan -the house where the former Prime Minister of India Mrs. Indira Gandhi was born . Night stay at Allahabad.

Note : Have option to come back to Varanasi by boat (Sailing tour)

Summary :

 1. Sangan bath

 2. Hanuman Temple

 3. Anand Bhavan, Swaraj Bhavan

Day 07: Allahabad – drop to Allahabad/Varanasi

 After Breakfast, I have leisure time in the morning. Later drop to the airport/Railway station with a pleasant memory of a holy trip.