Full day, 8 hours · Delhi
Delhi Full-Day Tour with a licensed guide
Delhi is three cities that happen to share a name — the Mughal walled city, the Sultanate ruins fifteen kilometres south, and Lutyens’ imperial capital between them. They are forty minutes apart in traffic and belong to different centuries. This day takes all three in the order that keeps the driving to about thirty-five kilometres.
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, three centuries
One full day, three centuries
- 08:00
Hotel pickup
The early start matters here: the Red Fort is calm at 09:30 and full by 11:00.
- 09:30
Red Fort
Two hours. Lahori Gate, the Diwan-i-Aam, the marble pavilions — and what is missing, since two-thirds of the palace was demolished after 1857 and replaced with barracks.
- 11:30
Jama Masjid and Chandni Chowk
The mosque courtyard, then the lanes by cycle-rickshaw as far as Dariba Kalan. Walking is the only way in and the guide leads.
- 13:00
Lunch in the old city or Connaught Place
Paranthe Wali Gali for the street version, Karim’s for Mughlai. Paid separately.
- 14:15
Humayun's Tomb
The building the Taj Mahal was drawn from, eighty years earlier. One hour, including Isa Khan’s tomb on the same ticket.
- 15:45
Qutub Minar and Mehrauli
The Sultanate layer — the minaret in four building campaigns, the Iron Pillar, and a mosque assembled from twenty-seven dismantled temples.
- 17:15
India Gate and the Rajpath drive
The imperial axis at the end of the day, when it is lit and the lawns fill.
- 18:00
Drop at hotel
The 8 hr / 80 km package covers the day as laid out.
Closed days, and how we plan round them
The Red Fort, the Lotus Temple and Akshardham all close on Monday. Qutub Minar, Humayun’s Tomb and India Gate are open every day, so a Monday booking runs the Sultanate monuments and Humayun’s Tomb instead — a good day, not a compromise.
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.
On this tour · 1 of 4
Red Fort
- Entry — Indian
- ₹35
- Entry — foreign
- ₹550
- Hours
- 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
- Closed
- Monday
- Time needed
- 2–2.5 hours
| Monument | Entry — Indian | Entry — foreign | Hours | Closed | Time needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red FortUNESCO | ₹35 | ₹550 | 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM | Monday | 2–2.5 hours |
| Humayun's TombUNESCO | ₹35 | ₹550 | Sunrise (about 6:00 AM) – Sunset (about 6:00 PM) | Open all days | 1.5–2 hours |
| Qutub MinarUNESCO | ₹35 | ₹550 | 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Open all days | 1.5–2 hours |
| India Gate | Free | Free | 24 hours | Open all days | 1 hour |
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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