Varanasi is the oldest continuously inhabited city in India and makes no effort to be comfortable. Pilgrims bathe at dawn, bodies burn at Manikarnika, and the lanes behind the ghats are too narrow for a car.
A boat at first light is the thing to plan around. The city faces the river, so the only way to see it properly is from the water.
4 tours include Varanasi
8 days
Delhi · Jaipur · Agra · Varanasi
Delhi, Jaipur and a full day in Agra, then the Vande Bharat east to the Ganga — the evening aarti, a sunrise boat and Sarnath — and a flight home.
2 days
Varanasi
Two days on the Ganga — the great temples and the old lanes, the evening aarti, a boat at first light and the silk weavers of Banaras.
1 day
Varanasi ghats · Temples · BHU
One day on the Ganga from dawn to the evening aarti — two boat rides, the old temples, the university and time for the silk shops.
3 days
Delhi · Varanasi · Delhi
Fly from Delhi on the first morning, two nights on the Ganga with both aartis and a sunrise boat, and fly back in time for dinner.
