Full day, 8 hours · Jaipur
Jaipur Full-Day Tour with a licensed guide
A Rajput hill fort in the morning and a planned city of 1727 in the afternoon. The whole trick in Jaipur is the start time: Amber opens at eight and is comfortable until about half past ten, while the City Palace and Hawa Mahal are indoors and perfectly tolerable at midday. Reversing that puts you at Amber in the worst two hours of the day.
Duration
Full day, 8 hours
Full day, with car
₹4,000
Monuments
6
Licence region
Rajasthan
The plan
What the full day, 8 hours looks like
One full day, fort then city
One full day, fort then city
- 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 and a half hours. Jaleb Chowk, the Ganesh Pol, the Sheesh Mahal with its mirror vault, and the Sukh Niwas water channel.
- 10:45
Jaigarh Fort
Two kilometres above Amber and nearly empty. The Jaivana cannon 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 — and Chandra Mahal if you took the add-on ticket.
- 15:30
Jantar Mantar
Next door, and an hour well spent: the instruments still work, and a guide who can take a reading turns a courtyard of sculptures into an observatory.
- 16:30
Hawa Mahal and Johari Bazaar
The facade from the rooftop cafe opposite, then the bazaar — Johari for gemstones, Bapu for textiles.
- 18:00
Nahargarh for sunset, or drop
In peak season Nahargarh stays open to nine and the view over the lit walled city is the best in Jaipur.
Closed days, and how we plan round them
Nothing in Jaipur closes for a weekly rest day. The City Palace shuts on the day of Holi. Elephant rides at Amber run in the morning only and are capped, so be at the gate at eight if that is why you are going.
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 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
| 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 |
| Jaigarh Fort | ₹35 | ₹85 | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM | Open all days | 1.5–2 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 |
| Jantar MantarUNESCO | Not published | Not published | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM | Open all days | 1 hour |
| 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 |
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
- 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 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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