North India Tour - By The Dragon Trip

Delhi: Day 1 - In the evening you will meet the group and Adventure Leader at the hostel. Here you will have a pre-departure briefing in which your Adventure Leader will tell you everything you need to know about the tour. After you will sit down and have dinner together as a group and take part in your first Hindi lesson of the trip. You will then make your way to Sri Bangla Sahib Gurdwara, one of Delhi’s iconic Sikh temples and take a tour of the temple. If you’re still peckish, then you can indulge in one of the night suppers provided by the gurdwara.

Delhi & Varanasi: Day 2 - Throughout the morning and afternoon, you will wander the streets of Delhi where you'll explore the Shri Digambar Jain Temple and visit a local street food and spice market to try some local delicacies. Later, make your way to The Lodi Garden Park and admire some Lodhi Colony Street Art - India's first-ever Public Art District on the walls of the iconic Lodhi Colony of Delhi. In the evening get yourself ready for the start of your India adventure and your first overnight train as you travel to Varanasi!

Varanasi: Day 3 - Arrive in Varanasi early in the morning and take a private transfer to your accommodation. Check in to your hostel you take part in an optional breakfast food tour where you can taste some local delicacies. After, you will enjoy a walking tour Varanasi Old town where you'll visit the Blue Lassi Store. Later, you can spend the afternoon watching the Ganga Aarti Ceremony, a devotional ritual made to the Goddess Ganga that uses fire. You have two options, you can either witness the ceremony for free amongst the crowd or as optional activity you can pay a small fee and hop on a boat to watch Ganga aarti ceremony! In the evening you will have the option to enjoy a group dinner at the Dolphin restaurant.