Rajasthan Tours — Private Heritage Journeys

Royal Rajasthan is the full six-day version, and it's Rajasthan-only — no Delhi or Agra: Jaipur's forts and palaces, the holy lake town of Pushkar, Jodhpur's blue old city beneath Mehrangarh Fort, and a finish in Udaipur among the palaces of Lake Pichola. The eight-day route instead follows the classic Delhi–Agra–Jaipur start most Golden Triangle tours use, then continues on to that same Udaipur finish rather than turning back — Pushkar and Jodhpur aren't on this one.

Short on time but want both Jodhpur and Udaipur after the Taj Mahal? The seven-day Golden Triangle with Jodhpur and Udaipur fits Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Jodhpur and Udaipur into one week, with Ranakpur's marble temple on the way and a short flight back from Udaipur.

Neither of the circuits above reaches the desert. The 13-day Ultimate Classic Rajasthan Tour does — Bikaner's Junagarh Fort, the golden fort and old city of Jaisalmer, a camel ride and overnight stay at a desert camp near the Sam sand dunes, then on through Jodhpur and Udaipur before finishing via Jaipur. It's the longest itinerary we run in Rajasthan, built for travellers who want the desert as a real part of the trip rather than an add-on.

The other 13-day route trades the Thar Desert for wildlife and fortresses: two jeep safaris in Ranthambore, holy Pushkar, Jodhpur, the 36-kilometre walls of Kumbhalgarh, Ranakpur's marble temple, Udaipur and a day at Chittorgarh — four of the six UNESCO-listed Hill Forts of Rajasthan in a single trip.

If Rajasthan on this trip means Jaipur and nothing more, three options cover it: a same-day round trip from Delhi, a two-day version with an overnight in Jaipur for a calmer pace, and — for anyone who's already in Jaipur rather than coming from Delhi — a standalone city tour that starts and ends there.

Want Jaipur's markets rather than its monuments? The Jaipur Shopping Tour spends five to six hours in the old bazaars with a local guide — gems and silver in Johari Bazaar, textiles in Bapu Bazaar, lac bangles made while you wait — with an optional hands-on block-printing workshop in Sanganer.

Jaipur alone is a comfortable one-to-two-day stop. Adding Pushkar, Jodhpur and a finish in Udaipur without feeling rushed pushes that to five or six days, which is what Royal Rajasthan is built around. Starting from Delhi instead and adding Agra along the way pushes the same Udaipur finish out to eight days. Add Bikaner and a night in the Jaisalmer desert to that same route and it becomes a 13-day trip — the version to pick if the Thar Desert itself, not just Rajasthan's cities, is part of what you came for.

October through March is the window that actually works — daytime temperatures in the high 20s°C rather than the 45°C-plus of a Rajasthan summer, which makes fort visits and a day on Lake Pichola genuinely enjoyable rather than something to endure.

A private air-conditioned car for the full circuit, an English-speaking guide, and hotel pickup are standard. Monument entry and meals are itemised per tour — check the included/excluded list on each tour page, since it varies more here than on a single-city day trip.