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Varanasi Highlights. 1 Day Tour
Varanasi Highlights. 1 Day Tour
Varanasi Highlights. 1 Day Tour
Varanasi Highlights. 1 Day Tour
Varanasi Highlights. 1 Day Tour

Varanasi Highlights. 1 Day Tour

By Streetwise Varanasi Tours - Day Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$181 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 10h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Do you have one day to experience Varanasi? We create a programme that suits you perfectly! Our goal is to provide you with a unique experience!
From early morning until night, we will be your host, friend and guide, and together we will tour the most emblematic places of the city and we will discover corners and alleys that do not appear in the guides and others that are not easily accessible to non-locals. We will make this a memorable journey within the holy Indian city of Varanasi! Join us!

Activity location

  • Dasaswamedh Ghat
    • Dasaswamedh Ghat Road, Bangali Tola
    • 221001, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Kashi Chat Bhandar
    • 37/47 Dashashwamedh Ghat Road
    • 221001, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Varanasi Highlights. 1 Day Tour
  • Activity duration is 10 hours10h10h
  • English

Pickup included

Price details
AU$181.28 x 1 AdultAU$181.28

Total
Price is AU$181.28

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedLocal transport
  • What's includedWhat's includedWhenever you need a break, we can enjoy a chai, a lassi or a mineral water
  • What's includedWhat's includedBoat ride
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAll Fees and Taxes
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTips
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedArrival-Departure transport to the airport

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Dasaswamedh Ghat
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Before dawn rise, we will start our day with a boat ride from Varanasi's main and busiest ghat, Dashashwamedh. You will feel overwhelmed by the beauty of the sunrise and the magic light that bathes the historical palaces and temples on the banks, enjoying for sure witnessing local life and photographing the vibrant activity, full of colour and tradition, on the ghats: pilgrims and locals taking the sacred bath, praying, doing ceremony, washing clothes, chatting. Shadus, Babas… A gift for senses!
Manikarnika Ghat
  • 3h
  • Admission ticket included
After going to your hotel for a short nap, I will pick you up again and we will continue exploring Varanasi. We begin the second part of the tour at Manikarnika, where death is celebrated. Above the main burning ghat of Varanasi, one of the holiest cremation sites along the Ganges River, from the best place to observing and photographing, I will explain to you in detail about the Hindu sacred rituals of death. From there, we will head to the old town to discover the small and colourful alleys of the centre, historical palaces, sacred temples, traditional ashrams, bazaar and local markets...
Varanasi
  • 3h
Time for lunch! it's time to regain strength after a long walk… I will recommend you a good place for taste a jummy indian meal or for drinking the best lassi of the city. When your stomach gets happy I will bring you by tuk tuk on our next stop: the traditional silk weaving. There we will scooting the muslim area, learning about the silk weaving, you can see how is the process of creating and also the beautiful final products...
Ganges River
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
And again time to come back to the river for a boat ride on sunset. Light and ghats at that time are also a dream, people and activities are different at the morning time so you will enjoy witnessing local life and photographing. A new experience for your senses is waiting for you!
Dasaswamedh Ghat
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
We will finish the day with one of the most spectacular sights in Varanasi: The Ganga Aarti Ceremony. This is a godly spiritual ritual on the banks of the Ganges River. There, Hindu priests celebrate a beautiful and sacred ritual in honour of Mother Ganges, accompanied by songs of praise and surrounded by thousands of pilgrims who come from far every evening in order to get the Goddess’s blessing who its believed that pours on each individual present there when the ritual is completed.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESDasaswamedh Ghat
    • Dasaswamedh Ghat Road, Bangali Tola
    • 221001, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEKashi Chat Bhandar
    • 37/47 Dashashwamedh Ghat Road
    • 221001, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

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