India
A private journey through royal India
About This Journey
This journey moves through the India that the Mughal emperors built and the Rajput maharajas inherited and the Rajasthan desert kept intact for everyone who came after. Delhi, Agra, Ranthambore, Jaipur and Udaipur — eleven nights and twelve days through three centuries of palaces, tigers, marble and lake-bound architecture. The Maharaja Road, properly taken, with five of the most extraordinary places to sleep in their respective cities.
What's Included
Day-by-Day Itinerary
The Capital
Delhi
Arrive at Indira Gandhi International Airport with VIP meet-and-greet assistance — fast-track immigration, visa handling and luggage cleared before the transfer to The Leela Palace in the Diplomatic Enclave. Check in to India's most celebrated hotel and spend the first evening at whatever pace the journey demands — the rooftop infinity pool, a table at one of the hotel's restaurants, or an early walk through the Lodhi Garden if the light is right.
Old Delhi and New Delhi
Delhi
A full private day with a guide who understands the difference between the Delhi tourists see and the Delhi continuously inhabited for three thousand years. Old Delhi first: a rickshaw through Chandni Chowk, the spice market at Khari Baoli, the Jama Masjid. Then the monuments: the Red Fort, Humayun's Tomb, and Qutb Minar. Afternoon in the galleries, boutiques and craft studios of the fashionable districts.
The Marble Mausoleum
Agra
A private road transfer south from Delhi to Agra — a three-hour drive through the Yamuna plain that arrives at the Taj Mahal with no ceremony other than the eastern gate and the moment the monument appears in full. The private tour with your Agra historian: the Taj from every angle, the inlaid stonework, the calligraphy panels. Then Agra Fort, where Shah Jahan spent his last eight years imprisoned with a view of the Taj from his tower window.
Sunrise Marble and the Tiger Country
Ranthambore
A pre-dawn departure to the Taj Mahal for sunrise — the marble shifting from grey to pink to white as the sun rises behind you. Return to the Oberoi Amarvilas for breakfast, then a private road transfer to Ranthambore National Park. Check into the Oberoi Vanyavilas and spend the late afternoon on the first game drive: jeep through scrub and dry forest, the Ranthambore Fort ruins on the ridge above, and the tigers somewhere in all of it.
In Tiger Country and On to Jaipur
Jaipur
A pre-dawn morning game drive through Ranthambore's nine zones — the hour before the heat is when the tigers move. Bengal tigers have been photographed inside the fort's stone corridors, making this the only tiger reserve in India where the big cats move through documented human history. Return for breakfast, then road transfer to Jaipur. Check into Rambagh Palace and take the afternoon at leisure: peacock garden, polo grounds, the first walk into the terracotta-pink streets.
The Pink City
Jaipur
A full private day in Jaipur: the City Palace, still partially inhabited by the royal family; Hawa Mahal, the five-storey latticework facade built in 1799; and Jantar Mantar, the 18th-century astronomical observatory. The afternoon moves through the bazaars with a guide who knows the workshops behind the shopfronts: the block-printing studios of Sanganer, the kundan and meenakari jewellery quarter, and the blue pottery kilns. An evening Aarti ceremony at the Govind Dev Ji temple.
Amber Fort and the Sheesh Mahal
Amber Fort
A morning departure to Amber Fort before the tour groups arrive — the hilltop fortress of the Kachhwaha Rajputs, reflected in the Maota Lake below the gatehouse. A private session with specialist access to the Sheesh Mahal — the Hall of Mirrors, whose ceiling multiplies a single candle flame into a thousand points of light. The afternoon returns to Jaipur for textile markets, the Johari Bazaar for silver and gold, and contemporary craft galleries.
Arrival at the Lake Palace
Udaipur
A morning flight from Jaipur to Udaipur — a one-hour hop that exchanges the flat Rajasthani plain for the Aravalli hills and the lake basin. Transfer to the Taj Lake Palace jetty, where the hotel boat collects guests for the five-minute crossing to the island. Built in 1746 by Maharana Jagat Singh II — 65 rooms entirely surrounded by water, no road, no bridge. Spend the afternoon doing what the address demands: a private boat on Lake Pichola as the sun drops.
The City Palace and the White City
Udaipur
A full private day in Udaipur with a local art historian. The City Palace in the morning — the largest palace complex in Rajasthan, built and extended by successive Mewar maharanas over four centuries. The Jagdish Temple at the top of the bazaar steps where morning puja operates at full ritual intensity. The Saheliyon Ki Bari pleasure garden and the miniature painting studios where the Mewar tradition is still practiced. The evening closes with dinner in the home of a Udaipur family.
Temples, Ruins and the Lake
Eklingji
A morning excursion north to the Eklingji Temple complex — a cluster of 108 white marble and granite temples dedicated to Shiva, active since the 8th century and the personal deity of the Mewar royal family. Return through Nagda, where the ruined 10th-century Sas Bahu temples stand in partial collapse above the lake. A gourmet thali lunch at a Udaipur haveli with lake views. An afternoon at leisure at the Taj Lake Palace — the floating pool, the spa, the island in late light.
The Final Lake Evening
Udaipur
A full day at complete leisure — which at the Taj Lake Palace means the lake from every angle in the changing light, a morning on the hotel boat, or a final wander through the old city's bazaars for the last of the blue pottery, silver and miniature paintings. An optional sunrise hot air balloon over Udaipur from 300 metres. The final evening at the Lake Palace terrace as the city lights come on across the water and the marble goes golden, then white, then blue.
Departure
Udaipur
A final breakfast at the Taj Lake Palace with the lake below — the lake in the morning is a different lake from the one at sunset and the morning is worth waking for. A hotel boat back to the jetty, then a private transfer to Maharana Pratap Airport for the connection to Delhi and the onward international flight. Leave carrying the particular quality of attention that India produces in people who gave it enough time.
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