All Jaipur Tours & Excursions in 2026 - page 5

Great tour…four different locations and three different hotels. We booked the private tour with the five-star hotel option for the two of us. Everything was wonderful but quite intense. Daily India itself is intense, and a speed tour of the Golden Triangle with a Tiger Safari makes travel super intense and colorful. The local roads are full of people, cars, Toktok, trucks, and animals… we saw oxen, sheep, camels, and elephants on the road. The modern highway linking each location looks brand new with very little traffic (yet). The driver and tour guides were the best. Special commendation for our driver Sayam, and our Agra Taj Mahal tour guide Rusheed Qureshi who took wonderful pictures of us at the Taj Mahal and Fort Agra. We took this tour in May, which was hot, hot, hot. So, if you have a choice, pick cooler months to visit the Golden Triangle, and it will be even more enjoyable. Hotel stays, entrance tickets, breakfasts, and dinner at the Tiger Resort were all included in the tour. Day 1 Delhi sights, drive to Agra: Our driver Sayam met us with a nice white sedan at our Delhi hotel. He would be our driver for the entire trip, and we would pick up a different tour guide every day in each location. We toured Delhi from late morning until lunch around 2:30. We ate lunch at this delicious Indian Chinese restaurant. After lunch, we drove 3-4 hours to Agra and stayed at the Jaypee Palace, a beautiful resort hotel where past US presidents Bush and Obama stayed. Day 2 Agra Taj Mahal, drive to Ranthambore National Park area hotel: We woke up at 4 a.m. So we could tour the Taj Mahal at sunrise and only 90°F, not 120°F later in the day! Absolute jaw-dropping experience. We are so grateful we could see that in our lifetime. Our tour guide Rusheed Qureshi was amazing; he knew the exact location, angle, lighting of how to take the perfect pictures for the Taj Mahal. We finished our tour around 8:30 a.m. and returned to the hotel for breakfast and a nap, before checking out. Our driver Sayam picked us up again with Rusheed and we toured Fort Agra, which is another fascinating historic sight, then the baby Taj. We got dropped off at another tasty restaurant early afternoon. Afterwards, we drove about 6 hours to the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve area and checked in our room at the AamaGhanti Wildlife Resort. This is a beautiful resort with each room named after a tiger in the Reserve. There was a little bit of an electric problem and we asked to change room and maybe upgrade to a bigger room… and for $50US, we got another room 10X the size! Dinner was included that evening at the resort. Day 3 Tiger Safari, drive to Jaipur: We met at 6 a.m. and got picked up in an 8-person jeep, for a driver, a guide, and 6 tourists. We toured in Zones 7, 8, and 9 and learned all about local tigers and saw lots of mammals like deer, antelopes, monkeys, and birds, but no tigers. Since it was a safari, you never know when you would see which animal. They said the tour group the day before saw a tiger! The land/jungle (dry) was vast, and the openness of the terrain was beautiful. Afterwards, we returned to the resort and had breakfast and a nap before checking out. We drove 3 hours to Jaipur around noon. We were dropped off at the Jaipur Intercontinental Hotel midafternoon, and we were on our own. We ate a late lunch at the hotel. It was 115°F outside, and we were glad we had time to relax for the rest of the day. Day 4 Tour of Jaipur, drive to Delhi Airport: Sayam met us at 7:30 a.m. after we had breakfast and checked out of the Intercontinental. Off we go with another tour guide to see the amazing sights in Jaipur. We had lunch early in the afternoon, and the tour could drop us off anywhere between Jaipur and Delhi. We asked to be dropped off at the Delhi airport around 6 p.m. It was about a 4-hour drive from Jaipur to the Delhi International Airport. Thank you, Crystal India Holidays, you made great memories for us in India.

Sonny was a fantastic tour guide. His English was clear, he was positive and very informative. He worked the tour based on our needs- for example, when we were all tired and hungry, he took us to a great local restaurant. The car was air conditioned and spacious. We happy recommend him!!

We had a great half day tour with our guide Mr. Inder and our driver. He was very knowledgeable about all the sites we visited. He helped us by taking some great pics and videos. We enjoyed our time at Amber palace, elephant village, Hawa mahal. We also had the opportunity to go see block printing in action. Overall a great start to our trip to Jaipur.