India & Nepal combining the Golden Triangle’s landmark cities with a Nepal arc through Kathmandu, Chitwan, and Pokhara—built as a premium, private, customizable itinerary. Your Farbound tour director coordinates pacing, flights, guides, and on-ground flow across both countries, adjusting start times and dwell time live. This is enquiry-first: you can swap experiences, soften early mornings, add rest windows, or extend Kathmandu/Pokhara without breaking the route logic.
Farbound tour director to run pacing, routing, and live day-by-day adjustments across both countries
Premium stays as default; upgrades, alternate hotel styles, or pacing changes supported at enquiry stage
Private vehicle support for daily touring and transfers (India + Nepal) as per itinerary
Flights included end-to-end, including the international sector: Delhi → Kathmandu, plus all domestic Nepal flights as per itinerary
Planned activities across the India & Nepal private tour—Golden Triangle landmarks, Kathmandu sacred sites, Chitwan wildlife safari, and Pokhara lakeside layers—tailored to your pace
Meals – daily breakfasts plus select lunches and dinners as mentioned
Curated for You
Trips designed around your interests, pace, and preferences
Comfort, scaled to Fit
Trips designed around your interests, pace, and preferences
Connections, Not Crowd
Trips designed around your interests, pace, and preferences
12 Days from
$2,490 USD* per person
Based on double occupancy
Age : 18–80
Day 1 - Delhi
Arrival and private transfers with a flexible first-city flow.
- Meet your trip guide and begin exploring the contrasts of Old and New Delhi
- Experience Old Delhi by rickshaw, weaving through historic lanes, spice markets, and buzzing bazaars
- Visit Humayun’s Tomb and Qutub Minar, plus other key architectural landmarks of the capital
- Short walks, private transport, and flexible pacing throughout the day
- Evening at leisure, with support in planning how you’d like to spend it — from curated dinner reservations to recommended neighbourhoods and experiences based on your interests
- Personalize: Add an arrival-and-recovery day, or swap markets for a museum-led route
Le Meridien
Day 2 - Agra Fort and Craft Layers
Guided city exploration with private transport and short walks.
- Arrive in Agra with timing tuned for heat and access windows.
- Break for lunch at The Mughal restaurant at Clarks Shiraz.
- Agra Fort guided visit paced for shade, steps, and crowd flow.
- Stop at a zardozi workshop for a clear process‑and‑craft layer.
- Keep dinner open‑plan and shaped around guest mood and appetite
- Add a slower hotel‑first afternoon, or extend the craft layer if you prefer more depth.
Breakfast,
Lunch
Clarks Shiraz
Day 3 - Agra to Jaipur
Private overland journey from Delhi to Agra with a stop en route.
- Visit the Taj at sunrise
- Drive into Jaipur with comfort breaks and realistic buffers
- Arrival kept light: check-in, reset, and one short orientation layer if desired
- Optional stop at Abhaneri, the historic stepped-wells
- Optional evening market or café stop based on energy and heat
- The day is designed to set up a strong fort sequence tomorrow
- Trip lead manages timing so the day doesn’t run late
Breakfast
Trident Jaipur
Day 4 - Jaipur depth
City touring by private vehicle with timed entries.
- Start early at Amber Fort to catch better light and reduce congestion, with walking kept controlled and pauses built in.
- Continue to City Palace for royal collections and inner courtyards, then Jantar Mantar for its monumental instruments and city planning logic.
- Add a textile or block-print craft layer to connect Jaipur beyond monuments—studio-led, not showroom-like.
- The day is structured to feel decisive without being packed; your trip lead adjusts dwell time and routing live.
- Personalize: Add a heritage walk, swap the craft layer, or shorten the afternoon for more hotel time.
Breakfast,
Lunch
Trident Jaipur
Day 5 - Back to Delhi
Private overland journey from Jaipur to Delhi with sightseeing en route.
- Return to Delhi by private vehicle with breaks as needed.
- Lunch en route to Delhi.
- Check in and reset before a focused heritage stop.
- Visit Qutub Minar at an easy pace, timed around crowds.
- Evening can be quiet or social, based on preference.
- Personalize: Add a gallery-led layer, or keep the entire evening at leisure.
Breakfast,
Dinner
Le Meridien
Day 6 - Fly to Kathmandu
Flight from Delhi to Kathmandu, then private transfer and guided routing.
- Arrive in Kathmandu and reset into the valley’s sacred geography and older urban texture
- Check in, then take a sunset walk at Swayambhunath, framed by prayer flags, stupas, and wide valley views
- The day is intentionally light beyond one strong anchor, allowing time to settle after the cross-border flight
- Local guide support keeps context precise and pacing calm, without rushing the circuit
- Your trip lead coordinates timing and routing so the experience lands in the best light window
- Personalize: Add a short Durbar Square layer if you arrive early, or keep the day strictly minimal after travel
Marriott Kathmandu
Day 7 - Kathmandu Rituals
Guided city touring across temple precincts and artisan quarters.
- Visit Boudhanath and join a butter-lamp lighting moment for a quiet ritual layer within the stupa precinct
- Continue to Pashupatinath for the evening aarati ceremony, approached with sensitivity and clear context
- Add Patan’s artisan quarter for craft lanes, workshops, and architectural texture rooted in Newar heritage
- The day balances sacred sites with a human-scale craft layer, avoiding a rushed, multi-stop checklist
- Your local guide and trip lead tune timing live around ritual schedules and crowd movement
- Personalize: Add a museum layer in Patan, or keep the afternoon open and return for aarati in the evening
Breakfast
Marriott Kathmandu
Day 8 - Bharatpur & Chitwan National Park
Flight from Kathmandu to Bharatpur, then lodge transfer and safari experiences.
- Fly into Bharatpur and transfer into Chitwan’s forest-and-river landscape
- Canoe-and-jeep safari combo for a first read of the park’s wildlife rhythm and terrain
- Visit the elephant veterinary clinic for a behind-the-scenes conservation and care perspective
- The day is structured around two strong anchors with breathing space, keeping the safari feel calm and premium
- Your trip lead and local naturalist manage timing, entry flow, and comfort windows on-ground
- Personalize: Keep the afternoon lighter after travel, or extend the safari block if conditions are strong
Breakfast,
Lunch,
Dinner
Tiger Tops Tharu Lodge
Day 9 - Chitwan at Ease
Leisure day at lodge pace with an evening cultural layer.
- A slower Chitwan day built around lodge rhythm, nature views, and recovery time between flight days
- Keep the daytime open for rest, reading, and quiet property hours rather than stacking activities
- In the evening, attend a Tharu cultural dance performance for regional identity and community texture
- Your trip lead keeps the day intentionally low-effort while maintaining a clean, meaningful close
- This is the route’s reset point before you move into Pokhara’s lake-and-mountain atmosphere
- Personalize: Add a short nature walk if you want more movement, or keep the full day strictly downtime-led
Breakfast,
Lunch,
Dinner
Tiger Tops Tharu Lodge
Day 10 - Fly to Pokhara
Flight to Pokhara, then lakeside touring with sunrise/sunset layers.
- Fly to Pokhara and settle into a calmer, open landscape shaped by the lake and Himalayan sightlines
- Sunset boat ride layered with a folk flute moment—kept simple, atmospheric, and unhurried
- Early-morning Sarangkot viewpoint for sunrise, timed for the cleanest visibility window
- The day is structured to feel spacious: one strong sunset layer, one strong sunrise layer, with downtime protected between
- Your trip lead adjusts timing live based on weather and visibility conditions
- Personalize: Add an extra night in Pokhara for slower pacing and more lake time without compressing your onward flight
Breakfast,
Lunch
Shangr-la Village Resort
Day 11 - Return to Kathmandu & Departure
Flight from Pokhara to Kathmandu for onward connections.
- Fly back to Kathmandu and align the day around your international departure window
- Routing is kept clean and buffer-led to protect connections, with your trip lead managing timing end-to-end
- If your onward flight is later, a short, low-effort Kathmandu layer can be added without introducing risk
- This day is intentionally designed as a same-day transfer to keep public-facing routing and rates modest, while keeping extension flexibility open
- Personalize: Add 1 extra night in Kathmandu to slow the departure and create space for any final city layers before flying onward
Breakfast
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12 Days from
$2,490 USD* per person
Based on double occupancy
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