Madhya Pradesh itinerary: 11 days in Maheshwar, Bhopal and Satpura
11 days · 10 nights · 4 stays · sample itinerary
Eleven days in central India: a night in Delhi, four on the Narmada at Maheshwar with day trips to Mandu and Omkareshwar, a night in Bhopal, and four at Satpura National Park for canoe, jeep and walking safaris.
It is a sample itinerary — a starting point, not a timetable. Each night has a place to stay, named where one is known; check that it is open and has room before you book. No flight or train is named, and the times in the plan are placeholders. Open it in the planner and it becomes a trip of your own, starting a month from today, with the places to see already on their days.
Day by day
Day 1
Stay: Place to stay in Delhi (not named — choose one), Delhi
1 night
Day 2
Delhi → Indore
Flight · 09:00–10:30
Then by road to Maheshwar. Times approximate.
Stay: Ahilya Fort, Maheshwar
4 nights
Day 3
REHWA Society handloom weavers
Day 4
Mandu: the Jahaz Mahal and the citadel’s palaces
Sunset boat ride on the Narmada to Baneshwar Temple
Day 5
Boat across the Narmada to the villages of Naodatodi and Bothu
In the morning.
Omkareshwar temple island
Day 6
Maheshwar → Bhopal
Train · 08:00–15:00
About two and a half hours by road to Indore station, then the train to Bhopal. Times approximate.
Stay: Jehan Numa Retreat, Bhopal
1 night
Day 7
Bhopal → Satpura
By road · 09:00–15:00
By road, stopping at the Bhimbetka rock shelters about an hour out. Times approximate.
Stay: Reni Pani, Satpura
4 nights
Day 8
Canoe on the Denwa River
In the morning.
Satpura jeep safari
In the afternoon.
Day 9
Satpura jeep safari
In the morning.
Guided walking safari in Satpura
Day 10
The villages of Magaria, Urdon and Nayapura
Day 11
Satpura → Delhi
Journey · 10:00–18:00
Added so the trip ends where it began, in Delhi: change it to wherever you go next. How is not stated. Times approximate.
How the route runs
A night in Delhi, then a flight to Indore and the drive to Maheshwar on the Narmada for four nights: the weavers, a day at Mandu with a boat ride at sunset, and Omkareshwar. Then by road and train to Bhopal for a night, and on past the Bhimbetka rock shelters to Satpura National Park for four nights of safaris by canoe, jeep and on foot.
What is left for you to fill in
No flight or train is named, and every time in the plan is a placeholder, marked approximate: choose the services that suit, and set the drive times with whoever is driving. Where a journey says how is not stated, choose how. The places to see have no time of day; add one if it helps.
A stay that reads "not named" is a night with no place to stay yet: choose one. A stay whose note lists others has alternatives worth comparing. Check that each is open and has room for your dates before you book.