Michael Gebicki & Elizabeth Ryan

SMH Travel Journalist
Tripwired

 Trip Highlights 

 Watch the sunset on the Aravelli Ranges over cocktails on the rooftop at Bujera Fort

Take a leopard spotting safari among the beautiful granite hills of southern Marwar

 Visit the village of Bagru outside Jaipur, home to the Chipa community who still make block-printed fabrics using a centuries-old method

 Visit the Jain temple at Ranakpur, poetry in white marble

Visit Om Banna, the only temple where the object of veneration is a motorcycle

 Ride bullock carts through Narlai village for dinner at an ancient stepwell lit by a thousand flickering oil lamps. 

 Explore Jodhpur’s Mehrangarh Fort, the most sensational and best preserved of all the palace citadels of Rajasthan

 Taste street food in the bazaars of Jodhpur and Old Delhi. 

 Visit the Taj Mahal, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World