Old And New Delhi Full Day Private Tour – All Inclusive

Your driver will pick you up from your hotel or airport in the morning and take you to meet your tour guide. You will head out to visit the tomb of the Mughal emperor, Humayun. The tomb, located in Nizamuddin East, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993 and was the first garden tomb on the Indian subcontinent. The expected length of the visit is an hour. Akbran Tours keeps this opening movement practical and punctual: the driver confirms the pickup point, assists with luggage or station/airport formalities where applicable, and keeps the route comfortable so the sightseeing day begins without confusion. The transfer also gives travellers useful context about the city, road distance, timing, monument entry process, and the best way to pace the day. Delhi sightseeing connects the Mughal, colonial, and modern layers of India through Old Delhi streets, New Delhi avenues, memorials, mosques, tombs, markets, and government landmarks. The experience is paced to show both heritage and everyday city life, from grand monuments to bazaars, rickshaw lanes, and ceremonial boulevards.

After, visit Qutab Minar, a soaring 73-meter tower, and the tallest brick minaret in the world. It was built in 1193 by Qutub-ud-din Aibak immediately after the defeat of Delhi’s last Hindu kingdom and is also a UNESCO World Heritage site. The expected length of the visit is 45-minutes. Delhi sightseeing connects the Mughal, colonial, and modern layers of India through Old Delhi streets, New Delhi avenues, memorials, mosques, tombs, markets, and government landmarks. The experience is paced to show both heritage and everyday city life, from grand monuments to bazaars, rickshaw lanes, and ceremonial boulevards.

Next up is the Lotus Temple (closed on Mondays), the last of seven Major Bahai temples, and built-in 1986 out of pure white marble. Around the blooming petals are nine pools of water that light up in natural light. The expected length of the visit is an hour. Delhi sightseeing connects the Mughal, colonial, and modern layers of India through Old Delhi streets, New Delhi avenues, memorials, mosques, tombs, markets, and government landmarks. The experience is paced to show both heritage and everyday city life, from grand monuments to bazaars, rickshaw lanes, and ceremonial boulevards.

After the Lotus Temple visit, you’ll be taken toward your luxurious lunch in the multi-cuisine, fully air-conditioned restaurant where you can get all the delicious flavours and delicacies of the city (at your own expense). Next, visit Jama Masjid, the largest mosque in India, with its courtyard capable of holding 25,000 devotees. It was begun in 1650 by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, and more than 5,000 workers toiled for six years to complete it. The expected length of the visit is 30-minutes.

At the centre of New Delhi stands the 42-meter India Gate, an Arc-de-Triomphe-like archway in the middle of a crossroad. It was built as a memorial to the 70,000 Indian soldiers killed in World War I. The gate was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and completed in 1931. The expected length of the visit is 15-minutes.

After completing the Old and New Delhi sightseeing route, your chauffeur will drive you back to your hotel, airport, or preferred drop-off point in Delhi NCR. The tour ends with memories of Delhi's Mughal monuments, colonial landmarks, spiritual sites, markets, and local neighbourhoods experienced during the day, along with a clearer understanding of the capital's layered history and everyday rhythm.