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Duration : 07 Nights - 08 Days
Destinations : Lucknow - Balrampur - Lumbini - Kushinagar - Vaishali - Patna - Nalanda - Rajnagar - Bodhgaya - Varanasi

Day 01 : Lucknow - Arrival
On arrival at Lucknow, IndiaTravelTours.Net representative greets you heartily and transfers you to the pre-booked hotel. Freshen-up, change and relax at the hotel. Later enjoy welcome dinner and comforting overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 02 : Lucknow - Balarampur
After morning breakfast at the hotel, drive towards Balrampur. On arrival at Balrampur, IndiaTravelTours.Net representative greets and transfers you to the hotel. Freshen-up, change and relax at the hotel. Later visit to Saravasti the holy place, where Buddha spent 24 rainy seasons preaching. Dinner and overnight stay will be at the hotel.

Day 03 : Balrampur - Lumbini
After breakfast at the hotel, drive to Lumbini the place where Buddha was born. On arrival at Lumbini, IndiaTravelTours.Net representative greets and transfers you to the hotel. Freshen up, change and later visit to the birth place of Lord Buddha. Dinner and overnight stay will be at the hotel.

Day 04 : Lumbini - Kushinagar
Have a sumptuous dinner at the hotel. Later drive to Kushinagar the holy place where Gautam Buddha attained Mahaparinirvana (Salvation). On arrival at Kushinagar, IndiaTravelTours.Net representative greets and transfers you to the pre-booked hotel. Later visit to the Mahaparinirvana Temple and the site of the Lord Buddha’s Cremation. Dinner and overnight stay will be at the hotel.

Day 05 : Kushinagar - Vaishali - Patna
Enjoy a hearty breakfast at the hotel. Later drive to Patna enroute visiting Vaishali. It is in Vaishali Lord Buddha last sermon before his death. Visit the famous lion Pillar, Stupa, Japanese Temple, Kharauna Lake, etc. Later continue your drive to Reach Patna. On arrival IndiaTravelTours.Net representative transfers you to the pre-booked hotel. Dinner and overnight stay will be at the hotel.

Day 06 : Patna - Nalanda - Rajgir - Bodhgaya
After sumptuous dinner at the hotel, drive towards Bodhgaya enroute visiting Rajgir and Nalanda. Rajgir is the holy place where the first Buddhist Council was held. Here take a hot water bath at the Kund and offer prayer at the shrines dedicated to god and goddesses. Nalanda was the great Buddhist centre of Learning. Later continue your drive towards Bodhgaya. On arrival at Bodhgaya, IndiaTravelTours.Net representative greets and transfers you to the hotel. Freshen up, change and relax at the hotel. Dinner and overnight stay will be at the hotel.

Day 07 : Bodhgaya
After early morning breakfast at the hotel visit to Mahabodhi Temple. It is place where Mahatma Buddha sitting under the Bodhi Tree attained enlightenment. Rest of the day enjoy at leisure or at your free will. Dinner and overnight stay will be at the hotel.

Day 08 : Bodhgaya - Varanasi
Enjoy hearty breakfast at the hotel. Later drive to Varanasi and important an important Hindu pilgrimage center. It is one of the oldest cities in the world. On arrival at Varanasi, IndiaTravelTours.Net representative greets and transfers you to the hotel. Dinner and overnight stay will be at the hotel.

Day 09 : Varanasi - Departure
Enjoy early morning breakfast at the hotel. Later visit to Sarnath where Buddha delivered his first sermon after getting enlightenment. Here visit Dharmarajika, Chaukhandi, Dharnek stupas and remains of Monastery. After farewell dinner at the hotel, IndiaTravelTours.Net representative transfers you to the airport to board flight for onward destination.

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Mr. Craig Taylor & Family, From Canada
We would like to thank you for making our last trip to India so thriving and enjoyable. As photographers our needs are many and detailed, but your office staff, guides and drivers worked very well to meet our constant demands.