5N/6D

Bhopal - Raisen - Sanchi - Udaigiri - Bhojpur-Bhimbhetka - Bhopal

You arrive at the Bhopal airport/railway station where you will meet assistance that will help you to get transferred to the hotel. A group get-together is arranged in the evening for introduction followed by site seen in Bhopal.

Leaving Bhopal after breakfast to visit Raisen Fort. Raisen Fort is huge and colorful hilltop fort built around 1200 A.D. This ruined edifice is of great historical and architectural interest. The fort consists of temples, cannons, three palaces, 40 wells and a large tank.

After lunch it is back on the bikes for the rest of our leisurely bike ride to Sanchi. The route takes you along sparsely trafficked roads through villages where tourists are a rare sight. Our ride will end at Sanchi where you will be spending next two nights.

This morning we will be visiting the Sanchi Stupas. Make sure you have enough film roles for the camera and the batteries of your digital cameras are fully charged, as you are about to witness a mesmerizing piece of Buddhist art. After lunch we will start our bike ride to visit Udaigiri caves.

Udaigiri caves are rock-cut cave shrines, dating from 320-600 A.D. This bike ride will take us through the town of Vidisha and some beautiful rural settings. We will come back to Sanchi in the evening. You may opt to spend the evening strolling through the quiet streets of the historical town of Sanchi.

After breakfast, we will start our bike journey towards Bhopal. On the way we will stop for lunch. This evening you will be spending time sight seeing the Bhopal city.

This morning we set off on our last beautiful bike ride to witness another world heritage site at Bhimbetka. The Bhimbetka rock shelters exhibit the earliest traces of human life in India; its Stone Age rock paintings are approximately 9,000 years old, making them among the worlds oldest. On the way, we will stop over at Bhojpur to see the remains of magnificent Shiva Temple and Cyclopean dam dated 1010-53 A.D. The tiny village of Bhojpur is situated on the bank of river Betwa.

We will return to Bhopal on the same day. You can return either by bike or in the luxury of our support vehicle.

Trip concluded on this day. You will be checking out from the hotel and transferred to the airport or the railway station for onward journey.