North India comprises many states like Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand. The region has comfortable temperature for most part of the year. It is characterized by its meadowed greenery, snow capped mountains, majestic forts, exotic wildlife, soothing hill stations, religious shrines and historical buildings. North India tour can be classified into five major categories like cultural tour, spiritual tour, adventure tour, wildlife tour and wildlife tour.
North India has several historically important places for pilgrims. These include Char Dhams, Vaishno Devi, Varanasi, Bodhgaya, Kushinagar, Pushkar, Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti Durgah at Ajmer, Golden Temple at Amritsar, Jama Masjid in Delhi and several churches. You can explore wildlife of India in its various national parks and sanctuaries. Popular ones include Ranthambore national park in Rajasthan, Pench in Madhya Pradesh, Corbett national park in Uttar Pradesh and Bharatpur bird sanctuary. These sanctuaries have a rich variety of flora and fauna of the area like Asiatic lions, tigers, wolves, jackals, elephants, rhinos, gibbons, snakes and a large variety of exotic bird species.
Popular hill stations of North India are Shimla, Nainital, Dalhousie, Srinagar and Mount Abu. You may enjoy adventure sports at various locations during your North India Tour. Kufri, Leh, Ladakh, Sarchu, Kasauli, Gulmarg, Dehradun, Shimla and Mahasu peaks provide opportunities to travelers to enjoy games like river rafting, skiing, houseboat cruising, cycling, trekking, mountaineering and Camel, elephant and Yak safaris.
You can also explore North India by luxury tours. India has several luxury trains which give you an opportunity to explore its rich cultural heritage in a royal and splendid way. The popular luxury trains of India include Palace on Wheels, The Fairy Queen, The Heritage on Wheels and the Deccan Odyssey. The Palace on Wheels starts from Delhi and travels through the Rajasthan, showcasing you its majestic forts and palaces.
The train has 14 saloons, 2 restaurants cum kitchen cars, one bar cum lounge, four service cars, doctor on call, foreign exchange facility and laundry services. Each saloon has four coupes with attached bathrooms and toilets. The Palace on Wheels offers you personalized service as its each saloon has a saloon captain, games for children and sound system so that you may enjoy your favorite music.
One more popular destination of North India is Golden Triangle. The triangle includes travel through 3 cities of India i.e. Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. During your Golden Triangle tour, you will get the opportunity to explore monuments of Delhi like Humayun’s Tomb, India Gate, Lotus Temple and President House. Agra is famous for Taj Mahal, which has recently been given the status of a “World Wonder” by UNESCO. Jaipur, the state capital of Rajasthan is also known as “Pink City” and is famous for its forts and palaces like the Hawa Mahal ( Palace of Winds ), Nahargarh Fort, Amber Fort, City Palace, Laxmi Narayan Temple and Jantar Mantar Observatory.