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Palaces of The Raj |
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First get yourself to Delhi, your Ride Leader will meet you personally at the airport. Then we transfer from the airport to our Delhi central hotel. Welcome to India Dinner meet fellow riders and start the Tour Briefing. The next morning we transfer by a/c coach south to our hotel in the town of Bharapur. Here you take charge of your Royal Enfield. After a briefing we'll take our Enfield Bullets for a gentle ride to the ancient Mogul city of Fatehpur Sikri, with it's fine Masjid or Mosque. It's a desert motorcycle tour and our Royal Enfields take us through low hills, desert terrain, sand dunes and then into a splash of green. It's a desert motorcycle tour through a land where ancient farming techniques are still in use. Our Enfield Bullets rumble through dusty villages and then suddenly over the brow of a hill looms an old Maharaja’s Palace made of golden stone, cut so finely you’ll think it’s made of lace. Tour Essentials
Location: Western central IndiaDuration: 20 days. Riding Days: 16 days.
Distance: 2,250kms.Minimum Riders: 3. Maximum Riders: 10.
Tour 1: Oct/08 to Nov/08. Tour 2: Nov/08 to Dec/08. Tour 3: Dec/08 to Jan/09.
Rider Price: € 2,550. Pillion Price: € 1,925.
Includes: Bullet ~ Fuel ~ Accommodation ~ Support ~ Domestic Transfers ~ Adventure
Excludes: International Air Tickets ~ Visa ~ Bar / phone Bills ~ InsuranceTour WayPointsDelhi Welcome to India Dinner - Trek Briefing
Bharapur Collect your Royal Enfield. Fatehpur Sikri ride
Jaipur Mogul Forts ~ Royal Observatory ~ Hawa Mahal
Mandawa Desert Rest Stop ~ Colourful Bazaars ~ Fortress
Bikaner Jain Temples ~ Junagarh Palace ~ walled fortress
Jaisalmer Great Thar Desert ~ Walled city Havelis ~ Camels
Jodhpur Meherangarh Fort ~ Marwar festival ~ Umaid Bhawan Palace & Museum
Ranakpur River Luni and Erinpuri ~ 1444 Pillars of Wisdom
Udaipur Badi ka Talab ~ the Tiger Lake ~ Outlying forts ~ The Monsoon Palace
Pushkar Camel fair ~ India’s only Brahma Temple ~ the peaceful Pushkar Lake.
Jaipur Explorating Jaipur ~ Solo or small group touring
Bharatpur Balaji Temple
Agra Taj Mahal ~ The Red Fort
Administration Stuff Singles - Singles can opt for a single room for an additional fee of €50. But generally we put singles of the same gender together sharing a twin room (or a double + single bed room).
Pre – Post Tour - Arrangements can be made for additional days before and after the planned Tour dates including escorted transfer to the scheduled Tour hotel. Additional transfer and hotel room fees will be charged pro-rata.
Group Discount - Book as a Group of Friends or Team-up with Friends from your Club and get a discount. FreeSpirit Adventure Tours are offering 10% discount to Riders and Pillion making a booking as a group. Groups of 8 or more Motorcycles get 10% Discount.
Reality CheckToughness / Climate Rating - This desert motorcycle tour is gentle to moderately tough. Sometimes dusty, broken roads. busy city traffic - some long riding days. Requires mental and a degree of physical stamina. Domestic transfers are as comfortable as possible. Warm to hot daytime sun, evenings cool to chilly, sometimes rain showers.
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Maps & Navigating Tips
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Finding maps of remote and far away places is a challenge at the best of times. In London I would go to Stanfords. In San Fransisco I would go to Rand McNally's. In Leh Ladkah I would go to the local bookshop in the market square. In Kargil it's the stationery shop, and in Srinagar look in the book shops. |
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A question arose about the scale and distances involved on a particular map we were reading, something like, "How big is this map?" There was no Distance Scale Rule printed on the map, save the chilly numbers 1:250,000. Ok that's 1 bit on the map = 250,000 bits on the ground right? So how far is it between here and there... |
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Testimonials
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"It's only been a 4 day tour but we've seen a lot of different things. The Elephants were brilliant, I loved Chitwan. And the route back over the Dam was really beautiful. It's been fun riding with Peter, he's shown us so much in 4 days. Graham Davis. UK. |
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