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Heritage Walking Tour.
Kids playing by the river.
Evening Rowing Boat Ride.
Heritage Walking Tour
Heritage Walking Tour

Varanasi Heritage Walking Tour & Evening Boat Ride (Aarti ceremony & Cremations)

By Experience Varanasi Private Guided Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$76 per adult
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Overview

Take an insight into the old city by walking through the narrow alley ways and feel the energy of this ancient city. It gives you an opportunity to acclimatise with the culture and understand how people live here for thousand of years.

The (rowing) boat ride will soak you with amazing sight, smell and sound while you watch the activities happening by the river side. Watch the famous Ganga Aarti from your boat.
Learn and understand the concepts of life and death, reincarnation and salvation, about acceptability of Death and why elderly people from all over India choose to come to Varanasi to get an opportunity to die here.

Activity location

  • Experience Varanasi - Private Guided Tours
    • 221005, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Harish Chandra Ghat Road
    • Harish Chandra Ghat Road
    • 221001, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Varanasi Heritage Walking Tour & Evening Boat Ride (Aarti ceremony & Cremations)
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h4h
  • English

Take an insight into the old city by walking through the narrow alley ways and feel the energy of this ancient city. It gives you an opportunity to acclimatise with the culture and understand how people live here for thousand of years.

The (rowing) boat ride will soak you with amazing sight, smell and sound while you watch the activities happening by the river side. Watch the famous Ganga Aarti from your boat.
Learn and understand the concepts of life and death, reincarnation and salvation, about acceptability of Death and why elderly people from all over India choose to come to Varanasi to get an opportunity to die here.

Language options: English
Starting time: 3:00 pm
Price details
AU$75.56 x 1 AdultAU$75.56
Total
Price is AU$75.56

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedBottled water
  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate boat ride only for the group booking this experience.
  • What's includedWhat's includedAll Fees and Taxes
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedSnacks
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedDinner
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTips

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Experience Varanasi - Private Guided Tours
  • 2h
03:00 pm - 05:00 pm Start the tour with a Walking Tour. The Bengali Tola walk through the narrow alleys of Varanasi is a rich cultural walk which takes you through the heart of the Bengali community who have been living in Varanasi for generations. This walk takes you through the narrow alleys of Varanasi, to the heart of the old city and gives you an opportunity to acclimatise with the culture and understand how people live here for thousands of year. Visit a temple, an ashram and a private residence and interact with the family living there. After the walking tour, take a private boat ride in the evening on the Ganges river.
Experience Varanasi - Private Guided Tours
  • 2h
05:00 pm-07:00 pm: Evening boat ride by the sunset after the walking tour, watch the cremation and finally enjoy the Ganga Aarti ceremony from your private boat. The Ganges is worshipped as a living goddess, in Varanasi and daily prayers at dawn and dusk serve as salutations to the river. Oil lamps are offered and bells rung while sacred mantras are chanted. Five to seven priests offer prayers to Ganges in a spectacular and very well-orchestrated event which lasts 45 minutes to an hour. Tour ends.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESExperience Varanasi - Private Guided Tours
    • 221005, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEHarish Chandra Ghat Road
    • Harish Chandra Ghat Road
    • 221001, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

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