Pre Ride Tour
Day 01:
Arrive Delhi. Upon arrival you will be met and driven to your hotel.
Overnight: Delhi
Day 02: Delhi is a charming city, which juxtaposes ancient and modern in the same time and space. Late morning you will enjoy a combined sightseeing tour of Delhi – visiting Jama Mosque, Gandhi’s cremation site, Qutab Minar and drive past Government Buildings. Delhi Old Delhi pulses with the energy and colour, the hustle and bustle of thronged bazaars and is laced by a maze of narrow lanes, which twist and turn between tall, leaning houses full of the sights, sounds and aromas of the Indian sub-continent. In Old Delhi you will see the famous Red Fort surrounded by shops, and bazaars (built by the Emperor Shah Jehan - the builder of Taj Mahal), the Jama Masjid mosque with its tapering minarets and wonderful marble domes, Chandni Chowk (Old Delhi's business nerve centre), the hustle-bustle of everyday Indian life all around you and chattering voices. As a complete contrast, New Delhi stands in formal splendour, like a lone sentry guarding an outpost of a long-gone empire. It is a city of wide boulevards, which offers ever-changing perspectives of Lutyen's landscaped city. It is a city rich with formal parks and you'll see the magnificent Parliament Building and the Rashtrapati Bhawan (the official residence of the President of India in the 330 acres of land and designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens), once the awe-inspiring residence of the British Viceroys and now the Presidential Palace, the Raj Ghat (cremation site of Mahatama Gandhi), India Gate (a majestic 42 mts high arch, built as a memorial to the Indian Soldiers killed in World War I), Qutab Minar (the 72.5 mts high tower dating back to 13th century and one of the greatest bequests of Islamic Culture), Humanyun's Tomb (built in the 16th century and architecturally the fore runner of the Taj Mahal, has Mughal Architecture at its graceful best) and the Birla Mandir (a large Hindu Temple built in 1938).
Day 03:
Fly to Jodhpur (the winter schedule of the flight will be available later but most likely it would be a morning flight). Afternoon: Free to relax or you may explore the city with car /driver at disposal.
Overnight: Jodhpur
Day 04: Morning: Half-day tour of Jodhpur (Merhrangarh / Jaswant Thada) Jodhpur Visit the Mehrangarh Fort, founded by Rao Jodha in 1459 when he shifted his capital here from nearby Mandore. There are Palaces, housed within this daunting structure, among them are Moti Mahal and Phool Mahal. Jaswant Thada, constructed out of thin sheets of marble that allow the sun to filter in, was built in the memory of Maharaja Jaswant Singh II, in 1899. Afternoon: At leisure Overnight: Jodhpur
Day 05: This morning you will be driven to your riding point….
Riding Tour
Day 05: …this morning you will arrive at Rohetgarh (40 Km) from Jodhpur. Rohetgarh is an old family property of the Thakur of Rohet and now converted into a comfortable hotel set within a village in the semi-desert country. The afternoon you will familiarise with the horses and will go for a short ride in the neighbourhood….
Overnight: Rohetgarh (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day 06:
This morning you will go on a 12 Kilometres ride through scrubland to visit the hamlets of the Bishnoi tribe. You will see herds of blackbuck and chinkara before returning to Rohetgarh for lunch. The afternoon may be spent in leisure or you may explore the little village on your own….
Overnight: Rohetgarh (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day 07:
In the morning you ride again though sandy tracts and scrubland, passing quaint hamlets of mud-huts occupied by the various colourfully clad tribes of the desert (25 Kilometres ride). You will arrive at Sardar Samand in time for lunch and would be at leisure for the rest of the day or you may just go down to the lake and watch birds there….
Overnight: Sardar Samand
Day 08:
After an early breakfast ride through open scrubland, along dusty trails, passing through villages upto Utwan (22 Kilometres). Here we stop for a picnic lunch, prepared hot on site…. After resting a while you continue your riding until by sunset you reach Sodawas (23 Kilometres)…
Overnight: Sodawas
Day 09:
Another long day-another early start. Ride 20 Kilometres through farms and villages. You watch the landscape change from dry thorny scrub of the first two days to taller trees and rich fertile farmlands. You will see the multifarious use of oxen in ploughing, carting and irrigation. Arrive at an old Shiva Temple for Lunch….
After lunch as you ride on, you enter low hillocks and open grassland. And 22 Kilometres later you are at 200 year old castle in the middle of a small rustic shepherd’s village….
Overnight: Kotri Castle
Day 10:
After two long days of riding today you start leisurely with riding to a Marwari Horse Breeding Farm, and, after a short break continue to Narlai (15 Kilometres ride). After lunch you will be driven about 20 Kilometres to visit famous Ranakpur Jain Temples before returning to Narlai for a leisurely evening….
Overnight: Rawla Narlai
Day 11:
Today you will ride into the Aravali Hills; passing through Ghanerao and wooded country you arrive into a valley inhabited by Garacia tribals (18 Kilometres ride). After lunch you ride on to climb 2000 feet in 3 hours, through the Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary, to finally arrive at The Aodhi Hotel (12 Kilometres ride). With this your riding comes to an end… Later in the evening you will be taken to visit the massive Kumbhalgarh Fort….
Overnight: Kumbhalgarh
Day 12:
After a leisurely morning you will continue to your onward destination….
Post Riding Tour
Day 12
This morning you will be collected from Kumbhalgarh and driven to Udaipur. This afternoon you will be taken for a boat ride.
Overnight: Udaipur
Day 13:
Morning: City tour – visiting City Palace and Jagdish Temple.
Udaipur
Udaipur, "city of Lakes" is often referred to as the most romantic city in India. In contrast to some of its desert neighbours it presents an enchanting image of white marble palaces, placid blue lakes and green hills that keep the wilderness at bay. It is an oasis of colour in a stark and arid region. This morning visit the superb Jagdish Temple which is noted for its elephant - motif carving and the grand City Palace which overlooks Pichola Lake.
Overnight: Udaipur
Day 14: Morning: At leisure Afternoon: Transfer to airport for flight to Delhi Arrive Delhi and transfer to hotel for day use you will be collected from hotel and taken to Airport to catch your flight back home….
