Full day, 8 hours · Agra
Agra Full-Day Tour with a licensed guide
The whole Mughal sequence in a day, in the order it was built: Akbar’s capital at Fatehpur Sikri, Akbar’s fort in Agra, and Shah Jahan’s tomb for his wife. Taken that way round it is a story rather than three stops, and it also puts the forty-kilometre drive at the start of the day when the road is clear and the heat has not arrived.
Duration
Full day, 8 hours
Full day, with car
₹4,000
Monuments
4
Licence region
Northern Region
The plan
What the full day, 8 hours looks like
One full day, chronologically
One full day, chronologically
- 06:00
Hotel pickup
Guide and car together. The plan below runs against the traffic and ahead of the heat.
- 07:15
Fatehpur Sikri
An hour out. The Buland Darwaza, the Panch Mahal, Jodha Bai’s palace, and the Diwan-i-Khas with the single carved pillar where Akbar held his inter-faith debates. One ₹50 or ₹610 ticket covers the complex.
- 10:30
Drive back to Agra
An hour. Most itineraries stop at a marble-inlay workshop on this stretch; say if you would rather not.
- 12:00
Lunch on Fatehabad Road
Paid separately.
- 13:30
Agra Fort
Two hours. Akbar built it, Shah Jahan refaced it in marble, Aurangzeb imprisoned his father in it.
- 15:30
Taj Mahal
Afternoon light on the west face and a thinner crowd than the morning. Two hours inside.
- 17:45
Mehtab Bagh, October to March
In the winter months the sun sets late enough for the garden across the river. In summer the day ends at the Taj gate.
- 18:30
Drop at hotel or station
The 8 hr / 80 km package covers Agra city plus the Fatehpur Sikri run.
Closed days, and how we plan round them
The Taj Mahal closes on Friday. Fatehpur Sikri and Agra Fort are open seven days, so a Friday booking runs the same day without the Taj and we will say so when you book.
What you will see
The monuments on this tour
Entry fees and opening hours are each monument’s own, taken from this site’s published guide to it.
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Fatehpur Sikri
- Entry — Indian
- ₹50
- Entry — foreign
- ₹610
- Hours
- Sunrise (about 6:00 AM) – Sunset (about 6:00 PM)
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
| Monument | Entry — Indian | Entry — foreign | Hours | Closed | Time needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatehpur SikriUNESCO | ₹50 | ₹610 | Sunrise (about 6:00 AM) – Sunset (about 6:00 PM) | Open all days | 2–3 hours |
| Agra FortUNESCO | ₹40 | ₹550 | 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM | Open all days | 2 hours |
| Taj MahalUNESCO | ₹50, plus ₹200 to enter the mausoleum | ₹1,100, plus ₹200 to enter the mausoleum | 30 minutes before sunrise – 30 minutes before sunset | Friday | 2–3 hours |
| Mehtab Bagh | Not published | Not published | Sunrise – Sunset | Open all days | 45 minutes |
What it costs
The price, and what makes it up
The guide fee plus the published local rental package. Two published figures, 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.
English-speaking guide shown. Monument entry tickets are paid at the gate and are listed in the table above.
The fare, stated plainly
What is in the price and what is not
What the fare covers
- A Ministry-of-Tourism licensed guide for the full day, 8 hours, in the language you book
- The guide’s licence card photographed and sent before anything is paid
- An AC vehicle with driver on the published rental package
- Driver waiting at every stop — no re-booking between monuments
- Fuel, tolls and parking within the package distance, and the driver’s allowance
- Ticket-counter help: which tier to buy, which gate to use, which queue is short
What it does not
- Monument entry tickets, paid at the gate and listed on this page
- Meals, and anything you choose to buy during the day
- Distance beyond the package’s included kilometres, at the published per-km rate
- Camera and video charges where a monument levies them
- Gratuity. Customary in India, and the rate is complete without it
Ministry of Tourism, Government of India
Regional Level Guide (RLG)
- Language examined in
- Ten languages
- Licensing region
- Northern Region
- 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 guide
Who comes with you, and how to check them
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.
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.
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