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India River Cruise – Ganges Adventure
8 days, Patna to Calcutta
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Imagine the cruise of a lifetime along India's Ganges River. Unpack once in your cabin and let the riverboat move you from place to life-changing place for seven incredible days. Explore palace ruins at Rajmahal, trace 6th-century rock carvings with your own fingers, and photograph to your heart's content the picturesque Pawapuri Jain temple in the middle of a lake. Experience India in a way you haven't yet imagined.
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Trip Code: AHLPF
Is this tour for me?
Travel Style: Marine
Small-ship adventures on the world’s great seas, rivers, and other places only accessible by boat.
Service Level: Upgraded
Quality accommodations and more inclusions than on other G Adventures tours, like meals, private transport, and activities.
Physical Rating: 2 - Light
Light walking and hiking suitable for most fitness levels. Nothing too challenging.
Trip Type: Small Group
Small group experience; Max 24
Age requirement: 18+
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What's Included
- Arrival transfer
- Patna city tour
- Buddhist monastery and stupa visit (Nalanda)
- Pawapuri Jain temple visit
- Rickshaw ride to a Mughal fort and the East India Company cemetery (Munger)
- Pirpahar Hill and Sitakund Hot Springs visit
- Sultanganj visit
- Mansion and silk-weaving village visit (Bhagalpur)
- Bateshwar Temple visit
- 8th-century Buddhist stupa ruins and monastery visit (Vikramshila)
- Rajmahal visit
- Train to Kolkata
- All meals on board Varuna
- All transport to/from included activities and between destinations
Accommodations
Aboard the Varuna riverboat (6 nts), comfort hotels (1 nt).
Meals
7 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 6 dinners
Allow USD55-75 for meals not included. Drinks and tips on board not included.
Staff & experts
Chief Experience Officer (CEO) throughout, local naturalist.
Available extras (Add these to your tour when you book)
Visit Gonia Monastery, Vouves and Agia Lake - From $None
Head to the Gonia Monastery and learn about its history as you discover important religious artefacts preserved in the on-site museum. Next, you’ll head to the award-winning Anoskeli oil mill and see the Monumental Olive Tree of Vouves, one of the oldest in the world. On your way back to Chania, you’ll stop at Agia Lake, a protected wetland habitat for birds. This excursion includes a tasting of olive oil and wine-tasting with local snacks.
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