Our trip with Mr Karni's agency was perfect. We landed at dawn on 18 April at Delhi airport, where, as agreed, the driver Nand was waiting for us with a Toyota Innova, a very comfortable car considering that there were 4 of us with lots of suitcases. We set off straight away for Agra, where we arrived in the late morning and settled into the hotel, and in the afternoon we went to visit the Red Fort with a guide we found thanks to our driver's helpfulness. The following morning at dawn our driver Nand took us to visit the Taj Mahal, India's most famous monument – an indescribable emotion. In the afternoon we set off again for Ranthambore National Park, where we arrived in the evening, partly because we made a stop to visit the site of Fatehpur Sikri. The third day began with another dawn wake-up call for the safari in the park where, unfortunately, we didn't see any tigers (everyone says you need to do at least 2–3 safaris to be able to spot a tiger, but unfortunately we had a packed itinerary and couldn't stay more days); still, we saw antelopes, gazelles, monkeys and a variety of birds. After coming back from the safari and taking a relaxing break in the pool of the resort where we were staying, after lunch we set off for Jaipur, where we arrived in the evening. That evening Mr Karni kindly invited us to dinner at his home; we had a wonderful time and had the pleasure of meeting his whole family. On the fourth day we devoted ourselves to visiting Jaipur, the pink city and capital of Rajasthan. Our driver took us to the foot of Amber Fort, just outside Jaipur, where we rode up to the fortress on elephants, and in the afternoon Nand took us to visit the centre of Jaipur, the City Palace, the Palace of the Winds and the whole historic centre. In the evening we said goodbye to our dear Nand, because Mr Karni had told us that for the continuation of the trip to Udaipur he would change our driver. Sure enough, the following morning, at the agreed time, Dara was waiting outside for us – another driver from the Karni agency, who accompanied us on the long journey, about 8 hours, to Udaipur in the south of Rajasthan, the white city. He too was an excellent driver, delightful and kind. Along the way we stopped to visit another ancient site, Chittorgarh, and then arrived in Udaipur in the evening, where we stayed in a beautiful hotel with a lake view. Udaipur is indeed the white city, surrounded by several lakes, where the scenery is breathtaking. The next day we visited Udaipur, and in the afternoon the driver came to pick us up to take us to the airport, where we caught a flight to Delhi. In Delhi we had practically two full days: one free and relaxing, and on the other Mr Karni provided us with another driver, Gadju, who came to pick us up from the hotel in the morning and stayed with us all day, taking us to see the many sites, temples and mosques that Delhi has to offer. Gadju too was an excellent and very knowledgeable driver who made the most of our visit to Delhi. Then for the last days we went off to relax, first taking a flight from Delhi to Goa, where we stayed in Candolim and from there saw various beaches, and then for the last two days we flew to Mumbai, where we stayed to end the trip and from where we left for Italy. We liked Mumbai very much too. Our compliments to Mr Karni's agency and organisation, and above all, all three drivers we met were exceptional, kind and polite; they speak English well and some also a little Italian and Spanish. I strongly recommend that anyone who wants to visit India uses this agency's services, above all because the staff give excellent advice, the prices of the services were excellent, and the drivers are helpful, kind and punctual. If I come back to India in the future, I will certainly, without a shadow of a doubt, contact this agency.
Itinerary:
Arrival – 18 April [Monday] at 04:15 hrs on RJ 192 Departure – 23 April [Saturday] in Udaipur
18 April [Monday] – Arrival and continue to Agra
19 April [Tuesday] – Fatehpur Sikri / Ranthambhore NP
20 April [Wednesday] – Jaipur 21 April [Thursday] – Amber / Jaipur
22 April [Friday] – Udaipur 23 April [Saturday] – Udaipur (DROP)
Written by the traveller and first published in Italian on our former Italian website. Translated from Italian.