Explore the City of Joy: Kolkata in 5 Days
Highlights
Calcutta
religious, museums, sightseeing
Private Tour
5 Days
Easy
English
Description
Visit Kolkata, India's second-biggest city, a perpetually ongoing festival of human existence, concurrently luxurious and squalid, refined and frantic, pointedly futuristic, while beautifully in decay. A vibrant 350-year-old metropolis located on India's Eastern Coast, West Bengal's capital thrives on contradictions and imposing spectacles; nothing is commonplace in this city. Famously known as the City of Joy, Kolkata is, in every sense, the artistic, cultural and intellectual capital of the
Itinerary
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Day 1: Arrive at Kolkata
- Upon arrival at Railway station / Kolkata Airport meet our representative and transfer to hotel.
- Check in to the hotel. Overnight stay at hotel.
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Day 2: Gangasagar Trip
- Early morning, proceed for Gangasagar; Sagar Island is an island in the Ganges delta, lying on the continental shelf of the Bay of Bengal about 100 km (54 nautical miles) south of Kolkata. It belongs to the Republic of India and is governed by the State government of West Bengal. Although Sagar Island is a part of the Sunderban Administration, it does not have any tiger habitation mangrove forests or small river tributaries as is characteristic of the overall Sunderban delta. This island, also known as Gangasagar or Sagardwip, is a place of Hindu pilgrimage.
- Every year, on the day of Makara Sankranti(14 January), hundreds of thousands of Hindus gather to take a holy dip at the confluence of the river Ganges and the Bay of Bengal and offer prayers (puja) in the Kapil Muni Temple.
- On return, visit Kalighat Temple and go back to the hotel. Overnight stay at hotel.
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Day 3: Kolkata
- After breakfast, proceed to Dakhineswar temple and Belur Math (Visit Kali Mata, Thakur Ramakrishna Home and Mata Sarada, Swami Vivekananda Math, etc.)
- Afternoon visit to the Eco-Tourism Park and Mother Wax Museum, back to the hotel. Overnight stay at hotel.
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Day 4: Kolkata
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Proceed for the Kolkata city tour.
- Visit - Indian Museum, Victoria Memorial, Eden Garden, Fort William, Racecourse, High Court, Alipur Zoo, Birla Mandir.
- Evening free for shopping. Overnight stay at hotel.
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Day 5: Departure
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Check out from hotel and transfer to Railway station / Airport.
What's Included
What's Excluded
Know Before You Go
Meeting Point
Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price
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This is a private tour |
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