UNESCOAmber Fort
- Entry
- ₹100 (₹200 with audio guide) · ₹500 (₹550 with audio guide) foreign
- Hours
- 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM, last entry 5:00 PM
- Needs
- 2.5–3 hours
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Licensed tour guides · Jaipur, Rajasthan
Hire a tour guide in Jaipur
A licensed guide in Jaipur is ₹1,500 for a full day of eight hours and ₹900 for a half day of four, in English — 10 languages are available, from ₹1,200 to ₹3,000 a day. This page carries all 6 of the city's main monuments with their entry fees and opening hours, a half-day and a full-day itinerary, and the licence basis you can check before you pay.
Full day · 8 hours
₹1,500
Half day · 4 hours
₹900
Languages
10 available
Monuments covered
6
Guiding in Jaipur
What a guide is actually for in Jaipur
Jaipur is the city on this list where a guide is most often the difference between shopping and being shopped. It is the world’s largest centre for cut and polished gemstones, the commission chain around a tourist is long and well practised, and a licensed guide who is paid a fixed fee by you has no stake in where you buy. Ask your guide directly whether they take commission; a licensed one will give you a straight answer.
Orientation. The walled Pink City holds the City Palace, Jantar Mantar and Hawa Mahal within a few hundred metres of each other. Amber Fort is eleven kilometres north, about half an hour. Jaigarh sits two kilometres above Amber; Nahargarh is six kilometres from the centre on the other side of the ridge.
2 UNESCO World Heritage sites. Amber Fort, Jantar Mantar — all of which admit a licensed guide and turn an unlicensed one away at the ticket gate.
What it costs
Guide rates in Jaipur
The fee below is for an English-speaking guide. The guide fee is set by language rather than by city, so the ten-language table underneath applies in Jaipur exactly as it does in Delhi. The vehicle half of a bundled day is the site's published 4 hr / 40 km and 8 hr / 80 km rental package — every total here is two published rates added together.
Half day
4 hours, 40 km included
₹900guide only
With a vehicle and driver
- Sedan (Swift Dzire / Honda Amaze) — 4 seats
- ₹2,400
- SUV (Ertiga / Innova) — 6–7 seats
- ₹3,100
- Innova Crysta — 7 seats
- ₹3,700
Guide ₹900 plus the published 4 hr / 40 km rental package. Monument entry tickets are paid at the gate and are not included.
Full day
8 hours, 80 km included
₹1,500guide only
With a vehicle and driver
- Sedan (Swift Dzire / Honda Amaze) — 4 seats
- ₹4,000
- SUV (Ertiga / Innova) — 6–7 seats
- ₹5,000
- Innova Crysta — 7 seats
- ₹6,000
Guide ₹1,500 plus the published 8 hr / 80 km rental package. Monument entry tickets are paid at the gate and are not included.
The half-day guide fee is 60% of the day rate, rounded up to the nearest ₹50. Monument entry is extra and listed by monument below.
All ten languages, in Jaipur
| Language | Half day | Full day | Who it serves | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hindi हिन्दी | ₹750 | ₹1,200 | Domestic travellers from across India, and NRI families returning with relatives | Hindi in Jaipur |
| English English | ₹900 | ₹1,500 | United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Canada, Ireland, Singapore, South Africa | English in Jaipur |
| Russian Русский | ₹1,500 | ₹2,500 | Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Armenia | Russian in Jaipur |
| French Français | ₹1,700 | ₹2,800 | France, Belgium, Switzerland, Québec, Morocco, Tunisia | French in Jaipur |
| German Deutsch | ₹1,700 | ₹2,800 | Germany, Austria, German-speaking Switzerland, South Tyrol | German in Jaipur |
| Italian Italiano | ₹1,700 | ₹2,800 | Italy, Italian-speaking Switzerland, San Marino | Italian in Jaipur |
| Portuguese Português | ₹1,700 | ₹2,800 | Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Mozambique | Portuguese in Jaipur |
| Spanish Español | ₹1,700 | ₹2,800 | Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Peru, United States (Hispanic travellers) | Spanish in Jaipur |
| Japanese 日本語 | ₹1,800 | ₹3,000 | Japan — independent travellers and organised group tours | Japanese in Jaipur |
| Mandarin 中文 | ₹1,800 | ₹3,000 | Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia | Mandarin in Jaipur |
What you will see
Jaipur's monuments, and what they cost at the gate
Every figure is taken from this site's own published guide to that monument, linked from each card and row. Plan around the closures: City Palace on Holi.
Jaipur monuments · 1 of 6
Amber Fort
- Entry — Indian
- ₹100 (₹200 with audio guide)
- Entry — foreign
- ₹500 (₹550 with audio guide)
- Hours
- 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM, last entry 5:00 PM
- Time needed
- 2.5–3 hours
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UNESCOAmber Fort
Sound-and-light show from about 7:00 PM, seasonal
Timings, fees and full guideCity Palace
- Entry
- ₹75, plus ₹190 for Chandra Mahal · ₹300, plus ₹700 for Chandra Mahal foreign
- Hours
- 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM, last entry 4:30 PM
- Closed
- Holi
- Needs
- 2–3 hours
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City Palace
Your guide covers the history, the layout and the practical sequence of the visit.
Timings, fees and full guideHawa Mahal
- Entry
- ₹100 · ₹600 foreign
- Hours
- 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Needs
- 1 hour
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Hawa Mahal
Your guide covers the history, the layout and the practical sequence of the visit.
Timings, fees and full guideNahargarh Fort
- Entry
- ₹100 · ₹600 foreign
- Hours
- 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM, to 9:00 PM in peak season
- Needs
- 1.5–2 hours
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Nahargarh Fort
Your guide covers the history, the layout and the practical sequence of the visit.
Timings, fees and full guideJaigarh Fort
- Entry
- ₹35 · ₹85 foreign
- Hours
- 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
- Needs
- 1.5–2 hours
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Jaigarh Fort
Two kilometres above Amber, reached by road or the old connecting tunnel
Timings, fees and full guideUNESCOJantar Mantar
- Hours
- 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
- Needs
- 1 hour
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Jantar Mantar
The eighteenth-century observatory next to the City Palace; a UNESCO site in its own right
| Monument | Entry — Indian | Entry — foreign | Hours | Closed | Time needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amber FortUNESCO | ₹100 (₹200 with audio guide) | ₹500 (₹550 with audio guide) | 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM, last entry 5:00 PM | Open all days | 2.5–3 hours |
| City Palace | ₹75, plus ₹190 for Chandra Mahal | ₹300, plus ₹700 for Chandra Mahal | 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM, last entry 4:30 PM | Holi | 2–3 hours |
| Hawa Mahal | ₹100 | ₹600 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Open all days | 1 hour |
| Nahargarh Fort | ₹100 | ₹600 | 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM, to 9:00 PM in peak season | Open all days | 1.5–2 hours |
| Jaigarh Fort | ₹35 | ₹85 | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM | Open all days | 1.5–2 hours |
| Jantar MantarUNESCO | Not published | Not published | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM | Open all days | 1 hour |
5 of 6 carry a published entry fee. Where one is not shown it is because this site holds no verified figure for it, and a gap is better than an unchecked number.
Do you need a guide at each one? An honest answer per monument
The shape of the day
A half day and a full day in Jaipur
Both plans are written against this city's own monument opening hours, which is why the start times are what they are.
Half day · ₹900 guide
Amber Fort in the morning
Amber opens at 08:00 and is a different place at 08:15 than at 11:00. This half day exists to use that.
- 07:30
Hotel pickup
Half an hour up the Amber road, which is clear at this hour and a car park by ten.
- 08:00
Amber Fort, at opening
Two hours. The Jaleb Chowk, the Ganesh Pol, the Sheesh Mahal with its mirror vault, and the Sukh Niwas with the water channel that cooled it. Up by jeep, down on foot through the Jaleb Chowk if the group is willing.
- 10:15
Panna Meena ka Kund and the Amber lanes
The stepwell below the fort, and the old town most itineraries drive straight past.
- 11:00
Jal Mahal and the drive back
A photo stop at the lake palace — you cannot go in, and the guide will tell you so rather than let you expect otherwise.
- 11:45
Drop
Back at the hotel by noon, which leaves the walled city for the afternoon on your own if you want it.
Full day · ₹1,500 guide
Amber Fort and the walled city
The full Jaipur day: a Rajput hill fort in the morning, the planned city of 1727 in the afternoon.
- 07:30
Hotel pickup
The early start is the whole trick in Jaipur — Amber at 08:00 and the City Palace after lunch, rather than both in the middle of the day.
- 08:00
Amber Fort
Two and a half hours at opening. Sheesh Mahal, Ganesh Pol, the Mughal garden in the lake, and the Kesar Kyari.
- 10:45
Jaigarh Fort
Two kilometres above Amber, and nearly empty. The Jaivana cannon — the largest wheeled cannon of its era — and the water system that supplied both forts.
- 12:15
Lunch in the city
Rajasthani thali, or a rooftop on Hawa Mahal Road with the facade in front of you. Paid separately.
- 13:30
City Palace
Two hours. The Mubarak Mahal, the armoury, the two silver urns in the Diwan-i-Khas, and Chandra Mahal if you took the ₹190 or ₹700 add-on.
- 15:30
Jantar Mantar
Next door, and an hour well spent — the instruments still work, and a guide who can read them turns a courtyard of sculptures into an observatory.
- 16:30
Hawa Mahal and Johari Bazaar
The facade from the street and from the rooftop cafe opposite, then the bazaar: Johari for gemstones, Bapu for textiles.
- 18:00
Nahargarh Fort for sunset, or drop
In peak season Nahargarh stays open to 21:00 and the view over the lit walled city is the best in Jaipur. Otherwise the day ends in the bazaar.
The fare, stated plainly
What is in the price and what is not
What the fare covers
- A Ministry-of-Tourism licensed Regional Level Guide for the Rajasthan
- The guide’s licence card photographed and sent on WhatsApp at confirmation, before anything is paid
- An AC vehicle with a driver on the published rental package, if you take the bundled rate
- Driver waiting at every stop for the full package duration — no re-booking between sights
- Fuel, tolls within the package distance, parking at the monuments, and the driver’s allowance
- Ticket-counter help: which tier to buy, which gate to use, and which queue is the short one
What it does not
- Monument entry tickets, paid at the gate — the Jaipur figures are in the table on this page
- Meals, shopping and any optional activity during the day
- Distance beyond the package’s included kilometres, at the published per-km rate
- Guide and driver gratuity, customary but never compulsory
- Monument camera or video charges where the monument levies them
Ministry of Tourism, Government of India
Regional Level Guide (RLG)
- Language examined in
- Ten languages
- Licensing region
- Rajasthan
- Full day · 8 hours
- ₹1,500
- Half day · 4 hours
- ₹900
Every licence card carries a photograph, a licence number, the issuing region and the languages the holder is examined in. We send a photograph of the card on WhatsApp when a booking is confirmed, before you pay anything, so you can check the number, the region and the language against the guide who meets you.
The credential
What a government guide licence is, and how to check one
A Regional Level Guide licence is issued by the Ministry of Tourism after a written examination, an interview and a training course run through the Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management. It is issued for a tourism region, not for the whole country, and it names the foreign languages the holder is examined in.
Archaeological Survey of India monuments admit licensed guides and turn away unlicensed ones at the ticket gate. An unlicensed "guide" who approaches you outside the Taj Mahal or Amber Fort cannot accompany you inside, which is why the pitch is always made in the car park.
In Jaipur: Rajasthan — the state issues its own regional guide licences
Questions people ask
Guides in Jaipur
FAQs
No. Rajasthan issues its own regional guide licences, so a Northern Region licence that covers Delhi, Agra and Uttar Pradesh does not cover Jaipur. On a Golden Triangle tour we change guide at the Rajasthan border and keep the same vehicle and driver for the whole trip — one car, three guides, each licensed where they are working.
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