Rajasthan is the trip most people picture when they picture India, and it is also the one most easily ruined by rushing. Five cities in seven nights turns a remarkable state into a blur of car windows and hotel lobbies.
We build it the other way round: three or four bases, unhurried drives between them, and enough time in each to walk out after dark. You stay in family havelis and converted forts rather than business hotels, and eat where the owners eat.
A starting point, not a fixed departure. Every element below can be lengthened, shortened or swapped.
Every journey is quoted individually once we know your dates, party size and pace. The first conversation is free.
Drives between cities run three to six hours on good roads; we build them into the morning so the afternoons stay free. April to June is very hot and July to September brings rain, but both bring lower rates and far fewer people if you can take the weather.
Fly into Delhi and out of Jaipur, or the reverse. The whole route works by road with a driver, which is how we normally run it – the drives are half the pleasure.
Drink far more water than you think you need, and give yourself a slow first afternoon in Delhi.
Layers – the same day can run from 8C at dawn to 28C by lunch. Sunglasses and a hat are not optional in the desert.
Add a week, drop the walking, bring the children, or start somewhere else entirely. We redraw every itinerary from scratch.
