The Caves Tour Of India

Upon arrival at the Mumbai airport or railway station, you’ll be transferred to the hotel we’ve pre-booked before the tour. We’ll let you rest after reaching the capital and suggest you do a little bit of exploring around the area or shop at nearby shopping centers before returning to the hotel to rest for the night.

• Breakfast at hotel and we start with a Mumbai tour since you’re already here. Our first spot has to be the Gateway of India, followed by the Elephanta Caves on Elephanta Island. Then we move to famous tourist spots like Mumbai University, the High Court of Bombay, the Rajabai Clock Tower, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Malabar Hill, and Marine Drive.
• We return back to the hotel for an overnight in Mumbai.

• We will take you to the airport after breakfast to take your flight from Mumbai to Aurangabad. Upon arrival, you’ll be transferred to the hotel for check-in. After dropping off your luggage, we’ll take you to two famous spots of Aurangabad: the Bibi Ka Maqbara, the tomb of Dilras Banu Begum, and Panchakki, a water mill with prominent medieval Indian architecture.
• We let you go to spend some leisure time on your own before returning back to the hotel to stay overnight in Aurangabad.
• Flight from Mumbai to Aurangabad with half-day Aurangabad Tour

We start the Ajanta Caves tour early after you finish your breakfast. The Ajanta Caves are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, an incredible collection of rock-cut Buddhist monuments that date back as far as the 2nd century BCE. The wall paintings and rock carvings were gradually added as one room after another was added for half a millennia until there were 30 before it was excavated in 1819. The structure was dug out from a vertical cliff of Ajanta hills, facing the west part of the river Waghora. Return back to hotel and overnight stay.

• After breakfast our schedule for the day starts with an exploration of another UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ellora Caves. It is one of the largest rock-cut Hindu temple cave complexes in the world. You can find 34 monasteries and temples built in a very neat sequence, a showcase of ancient India’s artistic touches and technological exploit. These structures date back to as far as 600 AD, and the construction continued for another 400 years. The sanctuaries built were devoted to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism. It’s an iconic spot that represents the spirit of tolerance and co-existence in India.
• Then we move to Grishneshwar Mandir, a temple that is considered the last and twelfth Jyotirlinga in the Shaiva tradition pilgrimage. It is dedicated to Lord Shiva with Grishneshwar, meaning the “lord of compassion.”
• The last destination of the day is the Daulatabad Fort, one of the strongest defensive structures that are three layers thick, an 1187 structure. We will return to the hotel and spend the night in Aurangabad.

After breakfast we drop you at either the airport or railway station for your onward journey, depending on your mean of transportation. Tour concludes with lifetime experiences.