subject: Cultural Tours Of North India [print this page] North India includes many states, such as Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand. The northern region of India has snug temperature for most a part of the year. It's characterized by its green meadows, snow capped mountains, exotic wildlife, majestic forts, non secular shrines, soothing hill stations, and historical buildings.
North India has several traditionally important places for pilgrims. These constitute Char Dhams, Vaishno Devi, Bodhgaya, Varanasi, Kushinagar, Pushkar, Golden Temple at Amritsar, Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti Durgah at Ajmer,Jama Masjid in Delhi and several other churches. You can explore the wildlife of India in its numerous national parks and sanctuaries. The most popular ones include Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan, Corbett National Park in Uttar Pradesh, Pench in Madhya Pradesh and Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary. These sanctuaries have a rich type of flora and fauna of the world like Asiatic lions, Wolves, Tigers, Jackals, Rhinos, Elephants, Gibbons, Snakes and a large type of exotic bird species.
Popular hill stations of North India are Srinagar, Shimla, Nainital, Dalhousie and Mount Abu. You'll get pleasure from adventure sports at numerous locations during your North India Tour. Kufri, Ladakh, Leh, Sarchu, Gulmarg, Kasauli, Shimla, Dehradun and Mahasu peaks offer many opportunities to travelers for enjoying games like river rafting, houseboat cruising, skiing, cycling, trekking, mountaineering and in addition to this, Camel, elephant and Yak safaris.
You can also explore North India by luxury tours. India has a number of luxury trains which give you a chance to explore its glorious cultural heritage in a very royal and splendid manner. The most famous luxury trains of India are Palace on Wheels, The Heritage on Wheels, The Fairy Queen and also the Deccan Odyssey. The Palace on Wheels begins its journey from Delhi and travels through the Rajasthan, presenting to you its huge forts and palaces.
The train has 14 saloons, 2 restaurants cum kitchen cars, four service cars and one bar cum lounge, doctor on call, foreign exchange facility and laundry services. Every saloon has four coupes with connected bathrooms The Palace on Wheels offers you personalized service as its every saloon including a saloon captain, games for youngsters and sound system so you'll get pleasure from your favorite music.
One more popular destination of North India is Golden Triangle. The triangle includes a tour to the three Indian cities i.e. Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. During your Golden Triangle tour, you will get to explore monuments of Delhi such as India Gate, Humayun's Tomb and President's House. Agra is famous for the magnificent Taj Mahal, which has been labeled as the "World Wonder" by UNESCO. Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan is also known as "Pink City" and is well known for its forts and palaces such as the Hawa Mahal ( Palace of Winds ), Nahargarh Fort, Amber Fort, town Palace, Laxmi Narayan Temple and Jantar Mantar Observatory.
