Experience Delhi
Private tours – City tours
Tour description
In addition to the usual tourist attractions, you can also take a look behind the scenes of India’s diverse capital city with us if you wish. Visit with us the modern, British-built New Delhi as well as the old, chaotic Old Delhi and experience the winding streets lined with traders by bicycle rickshaw. 14 million people live and work in Delhi and we will give you an insight into the daily life of the people of this big city. Depending on the time available to you and your interests, we will put together a tailor-made city tour for you and integrate the hotel category of your choice. Delhi offers a wide selection of luxury hotels of the absolute top class, business and middle class hotels as well as privately run guesthouses or homestays. Your city tour will be accompanied by local, unobtrusive, English-speaking guides. Integrate our Delhi tour module at the end and/or beginning of your trip to India.
We are happy to customize your tour to your needs.
Combine your tour with other destinations or activities. Contact us – we will be happy to advise you.
Highlights
- Old Delhi with cycle rickshaw tour, historic residential areas in Chandini Chowk, Jama Masjid (Friday mosque), spice & grain market Khari Baoli, Red Chili and Flower Market, silver & gold merchant streets, various mosques, Hindu and Sikh temples
- Gurudware (Sikh temple), e.g. by moto rickshaw, by local bus to Connaught Place
- Experience a Bollywood movie in an Indian cinema
- Shopping as you wish, e.g. for handmade items from all over India in the Crafts Museum or in the Dilli Haat open market
- Raj Ghat on the banks of the river Yamuna, built in honor of Mahatma Gandhi
- Tour with local youth trained as tourist guides through a neighborhood not far from the train station – gain deep insights into the lives of street children and how they are supported
- Bahai Temple, built in 1986 in the style of a lotus blossom
- The artists’ quarter Hauz Khaz with its monuments from the Lodhy dynasty
- Lodhi Park with a variety of bird and tree species
- India Gate, Rashtrapati Bhawan (Presidential Palace), Jantar Mantar (star observatory dating back to 1724), Red Fort
- Humayun’s Tomb, the first great example of Mughal architecture in India
- Qutub Minar (UNESCO World Heritage) is the tallest minaret in India at 73 m and was built between 1192 and 1368
- Hindu temple Chhatarpur, dedicated to the goddess Katyayani
- Museums: Rail Museum, Gandhi Museum, Gandhi Smriti, Indira Gandhi Memorial, National Museum Sound & Light show in the Red Fort (daily except Mondays)
Itinerary
- Day 1: Arrival in Delhi, International Airport. Transfer to your hotel. City sightseeing
- Day 2: City sightseeing – tailored to your interests
- Day 3: City tours – tailored to your interests
- Day 4: Transfer to the airport or continue with any travel module of your choice, e.g. “Agra Taj Mahal”, “Rajasthan”, “Darjeeling”, “Sikkim”, “Ladakh”, etc.
Options
- We are happy to adapt the Delhi sightseeing to your wishes and length of stay
- Ayurveda relaxation days: Round off your trip to India before your return tour with a few Ayurveda days at an Ayurveda resort with pool approx. 100 km (2 hours) outside Delhi
- Life in the countryside: visit a rural area and get an impression of life in the countryside; with a village visit
- Take a day trip to the Aravali Valley, one of the oldest biosphere reserves not far from the city of Delhi, with Tromedar trekking in the surrounding hilly landscapes on request. Just 1.5 hours outside Delhi, you will experience uninhabited natural landscapes with forests, steppes, ancient temples and shepherds.
- Agra, Taj Mahal: Combine your visit to Delhi with a visit to the Taj Mahal (UNESCO World Heritage Site); day trip or + 2 days
- Rajasthan: Combine your visit to Delhi with a tour of your choice to Rajasthan
- Golden Triangle: Add Agrau and Rajasthan to your Delhi visit to experience the classic ‘Golden Triangle’, ideal for visitors with limited time in India
- Tiger in Ranthambhore National Park: Complete your tour from Delhi with a very worthwhile visit to Ranthambhore National Park and observe tigers, other mammal species and a great variety of birds in the wild (+ 2 – 3 days)
