Twelve to thirteen days is what the complete circuit needs. Shorter versions work by dropping cities, not by driving faster.
8 tours
11 days
Delhi · Pench · Kanha · Bandhavgarh · Khajuraho · Agra
Three of India's great tiger reserves — Pench, Kanha and Bandhavgarh — back to back, then the temples of Khajuraho and the Taj Mahal at sunrise.
11 days
Delhi · Jaipur · Agra · Jim Corbett
Delhi, Jaipur and Agra at an easy pace, then four days in the foothills of the Himalaya at Jim Corbett — India's oldest national park, with tigers, wild elephants and river forests.
12 days
Delhi · Agra · Ranthambore · Jaipur · Jodhpur · Udaipur
Twelve days across Rajasthan with two tiger safaris in Ranthambore, three fort cities and the lakes at Udaipur.
13 days
Delhi · Agra · Jaipur · Bikaner · Jaisalmer · Jodhpur · Udaipur
The full desert circuit — Bikaner, a night in a Jaisalmer desert camp, Mehrangarh and Udaipur — with the Taj Mahal at the start.
13 days
Chennai · Tirupati · Madurai · Rameswaram · Kanyakumari · Trivandrum
The great temples of the south in order — Tirupati, Kanchipuram, Chidambaram, Thanjavur, Srirangam, Madurai, Rameswaram — down to the tip of India.
14 days
Kochi · Periyar · Munnar · Ooty · Nagarhole · Coorg · Bandipur
A two-week loop through the forests of the Western Ghats — Periyar, Eravikulam, Nagarhole and Bandipur — with tea hills and Coorg in between.
14 days
Delhi · Agra · Jaipur · Bikaner · Jaisalmer · Jodhpur · Udaipur · Mumbai
The Golden Triangle, the whole desert circuit and the lakes of Udaipur — then a flight to Mumbai to finish by the Arabian Sea.
15 days
Delhi · Agra · Ranthambore · Jaipur · Bikaner · Jaisalmer · Jodhpur · Udaipur
Tigers to the Thar Desert: two safaris in Ranthambore, a night under canvas in the dunes, and every great fort between Agra and Udaipur.
The same on every tour, whatever its length.
