Golfing in India is gaining a lot of popularity in the global golfing community. India offers some of the greatest golfing challenges including world class designer golf courses and other golf courses with historical importance, yet unexplored but definitely a golfers delight. India has a stunningly diverse range of golf courses to please everyone. Golf Tourism in India : Why Choose India as a destination: Five world class golf courses in one city within easy reach of a single hotel and international airport. Delhi Golf Club - Peter Thompson designed golf course, Jaypee Greens - Greg Norman designed golf course, Classic Golf Resort - Jack Nicklaus designed golf course, DLF Golf Club- Arnold Palmer Signature course, Golden Greens - Dr. Martin Hawtree designed golf course.
Indian weather - the perfect outdoor temperatures starting late October till the first half of December and from February till late March.
Golf sun-up to sun-down at picturesque settings with verdant greens and rolling pastures in absolutely bracing cool mountain air, you can also explore the art and architecture of an ancient land and visit monuments that have not lost their splendor over thousands of years.
Excel Network Tours endeavors to bring you the best of Indian golf. We plan and arrange everything for you to enjoy your golfing holiday in the knowledge that you will be savoring the finest standards of golf and the warmest Indian hospitality along with high quality, personal service. The selected golf courses are amongst the finest in India, with each itinerary providing a variety of challenges. Accommodation is arranged in Superior/Deluxe luxury hotels and transportation in luxury vehicles
Suggested Itinerary
Day 01 : Arrive Delhi Today arrival at Delhi airport. Excel's representative will meet you as you exit the arrival terminal building after which you would be transferred to your hotel
Delhi is a bustling metropolis, which successfully combines in its folds the ancient with modern. Its strategic location was the prime reasons why successive dynasties chose it as their seat of power. In fact, more mythological cities are believed to be here, like the city of Indraprastha from the Hindu epic Mahabharata, founded around 5000 BC. Numerous monuments were built over several centuries by different rulers. Later in first half of 20th century much of New Delhi was planned by Sir Edwin Lutyens, who laid out a grandiose central administrative area as a testament to British rule in India
Overnight at Hotel
Day 02: In Delhi Morning Golf at Delhi Golf Club. DELHI GOLF CLUB is perhaps the only Golf club in the world, dotted with the monuments of great historic and archeological value. This course was originally called the 'Lodhi golf course.' in the 1930's the British ordered their chief of the horticulture department to design a course amongst the picturesque surroundings of the tombs of the Lodhi dynasty of Delhi, which date back to the 15th century. The character of the course lies in the rich fauna and flora that it has on either side of the fairways thereby giving prime importance to accuracy in the game. The Delhi Golf club is also home to many professional tournaments including the Indian open, part of the prestigious Asian PGA circuit. The club has every facility of bar & catering, a swimming pool and recently a new pub and a health club has been added to provide more facilities to the members.
Afternoon attention focuses on New Delhi, visit Humayun's Tomb, memorial of Mughal Emperor Humayun, Qutub Minar, built by Qutub-ud-din Aibek. It is the tallest (72m) brick minaret in the world, an important example of Indo-Islamic Architecture. Drive past India Gate, memorial built in the year 1931 to commemorate the Indian soldiers who died in the World War I & the Afghan Wars. President's House, the official residence of the President of India.
Overnight at Hotel
Day 03: Delhi > Jaypee Greens- Agra (204 Kms/4 hrs)
Morning leave for JAYPEE GREENS RESORT on the outskirts of Delhi to play a game of Golf. JAYPEE GREENS is a Greg Norman designed 18-Hole Golf Resort. It has as many as 88 bunkers and 14 water bodies pose a welcome challenge to golfers and the lush rolling greens delight them on 7343 yards that make it the longest course in India. It also has Club House and Bar, a Lounge and Restaurant.
Later leave by surface for Agra, beautifully situated on the banks of river Yamuna. It achieved prominence as the capital of the Mughal Emperors. from the year 1526 to 1628, remains major tourist destination because of its many splendid Mughal-era monuments. Upon arrival check in at hotel.
Overnight at Hotel
Day 04: Agra >Jaipur (237 kms/ 6 hrs)
Morning Half day City tour of Agra includes a visit to 16th-century Agra Fort & experiencing the magnificent monument to Eternal Poetry of love, the Taj Mahal symbol of eternal love, It was built by Shah Jahan in the year 1631 in memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Evening at Leisure.
Later drive to Jaipur, stop en-route for visiting of Fatehpur Sikri (Ghost Capital), the political capital of India's Mughal Empire under Akbar's reign, from the year 1571 until 1585, when it was abandoned, ostensibly due to lack of water. Visit Emperor Akbars Residential complex, Mosque & Tomb of Salim Chisti. Upon arrival Jaipur check in at hotel.
Overnight at hotel
Day 05: In Jaipur Morning round of Golf at RAMBAGH PALACE POLO & GOLF CLUB, a 18-hole par 72 course. An eighteen hole course with nine greens and nine browns overlooks the picturesque Moti Doongri Palace and the historical Nahargarh Fort. The fairway passes through the Rambagh polo grounds which have seen some of the finest polo matches in the time of the late Sawai Man Singh. These days there are more golfers to be seen on the ground where the royals once moved on their chargers. The upper course has nine greens around the polo ground. A drain separates the lower course which has nine browns spread over a rough undulating terrain
Afternoon Jaipur city tour visiting CITY PALACE - one of the most famous tourist attractions and a major landmark in Jaipur. HAWA MAHAL- Palace of Winds, JANTAR MANTAR - the largest stone observatory in the World and this feature makes it, a special destination for a traveler.
Overnight at hotel
Day 06: Jaipur > Delhi ( 270 Kms/6 hrs) & departure Morning visit AMBER FORT - a unique experience of riding a caparisoned elephant from the foothills of the ramparts of the ancient fort (subject to availability failing jeep safari will provide). Amber Fort in Rajasthan built in 1592 by Raja Man Singh, is one of the finest examples of Rajput architecture
Later drive back to Delhi airport to connect onward flight.
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