Tigers and temples itinerary: 15 days in Bandhavgarh, Khajuraho, Agra, Ranthambore and Jaipur
15 days · 14 nights · 6 stays · sample itinerary
Fifteen days that alternate forest and monument: Bandhavgarh’s tiger country, the temples of Khajuraho, Orchha on the way to the Taj Mahal at sunrise, Ranthambore, and Jaipur, between two stays in Delhi.
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: The Imperial, Delhi
2 nights
Day 3
Delhi → Jabalpur
Flight · 08:00–09:45
Then by road into the forest. Times approximate.
Stay: The Oberoi Vindhyavilas Wildlife Resort, Bandhavgarh
3 nights
Day 4
Bandhavgarh jeep safari, morning and afternoon
Day 5
Bandhavgarh jeep safari
In the morning.
Nature or village walk at the forest’s edge
Day 6
Bandhavgarh → Khajuraho
By road · 09:00–15:00
Times approximate.
Stay: The Oberoi Rajgarh Palace, Khajuraho
2 nights
Day 7
The Khajuraho temples, with a guide
Day 8
Khajuraho → Agra
Train · 08:00–18:00
By way of Orchha for a heritage walk, then on by train to Agra. Times approximate.
Stay: The Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra
2 nights
Day 9
Taj Mahal at sunrise
Day 10
Agra → Ranthambore
By road · 09:00–15:00
Times approximate.
Stay: Six Senses Fort Barwara, Ranthambore
3 nights
Day 11
Ranthambore jeep safari
In the afternoon.
Day 13
Ranthambore → Jaipur
By road · 09:00–13:00
Times approximate.
Stay: The Oberoi Rajvilas, Jaipur
2 nights
Day 14
Amer Fort
City Palace
Day 15
Jaipur → Delhi
Journey · 09:00–15:00
The trip ends back in Delhi. How is not stated. Times approximate.
How the route runs
Two quiet nights in Delhi, then a flight to Jabalpur and the drive into Bandhavgarh for three nights of safaris. By road to Khajuraho for its temples; by way of Orchha and the train to Agra for the Taj Mahal at sunrise; by road west to Ranthambore for three nights; then Jaipur for Amer Fort and the City Palace, before the return to Delhi.
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.