The original post: /r/travel by /u/HippoTrain on 2024-10-13 15:13:48.
My wife and I are travelling for 6.5 months next year and would appreciate some feedback on our itinerary for India. This is the first country we’ll be visiting and we’ve allocated 4 weeks to it, starting in early January.
This is our current plan. What are we missing? Do we have too much time in a particular location?
| Day | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delhi | Arrive early morning |
| 2 | Delhi | |
| 3 | Delhi | |
| 4 | Delhi/Jaisalmer | Flight to Jaisalmer (1.5 hours) |
| 5 | Jaisalmer | |
| 6 | Jaisalmer | |
| 7 | Jaisalmer | |
| 8 | Jaisalmer/Jodhpur | Train to Jodhpur (5-6 hours) |
| 9 | Jodhpur | |
| 10 | Jodhpur | |
| 11 | Jodhpur | |
| 12 | Jodhpur | |
| 13 | Jodhpur/Jaipur | Flight to Jaipur (1 hour) |
| 14 | Jaipur | |
| 15 | Jaipur | Day trip to Pushkar |
| 16 | Jaipur | |
| 17 | Jaipur | |
| 18 | Jaipur/Agra | Train to Agra (5 hours) |
| 19 | Agra | |
| 20 | Agra | |
| 21 | Agra/Lucknow | Flight to Lucknow (1 hour) |
| 22 | Lucknow | |
| 23 | Lucknow | |
| 24 | Lucknow | |
| 25 | Lucknow/Varanasi | Flight to Varanasi (1 hour) |
| 26 | Varanasi | |
| 27 | Varanasi | |
| 28 | Varanasi/Delhi | Flight to Delhi (1 hour) for onward travel |
We are quite conscious of not burning out on this trip, especially as we’ll still have 5 months travel ahead of us! We originally included Udaipur as a stop between Jodhpur and Jaipur but it meant moving to a new place every 3 days. By removing Udaipur, we are able to take a flight between Jodhpur and Jaipur instead of a 5-6 hour train between Jodhpur and Udaipur, then the same from Udaipur to Jaipur. The itinerary feels much more manageable.
Would really appreciate your thoughts 🙏
Edit: we visited Mumbai, Goa, and Kerala on a previous trip.