3-Day Varanasi Tour: Experience River Ghat Boat Rides, Ancient Temples, and Spice Markets
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Experience the best of Varanasi in just three days! Enjoy boat rides on the river, visit ancient temples and spice markets, and witness the Aarti ceremony. Book now!
Duration: 3 days
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Highlights

Airport Arrival + Walking tour with Death & Rebirth cremation + Attend Eve. Ganga Aarti ceremony \n\nLal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, Varanasi - Arrival at Varanasi Airport or Railway Station: You will be met by our company representative and transferred to your booked hotel. Our representative cannot enter the baggage collection area.\n\nPlease make your way towards the exit of the terminal building, where you will see Sacred Tour Varanasi’s representative will be waiting to greet you with a paging board with your name on it. And take to the hotel help to check in the hotel.\n\nManikarnika Ghat - Get pick up in the afternoon, you will walk in oldest part of city through thousands-year-old alleys leading to see very ancient temples that will mesmerize you where almost every house has one or two temples.\n\nDiscover the sacred and oldest living culture of this oldest city by getting yourself into these oldest streets. A walk that promises surprise at every step is extremely rich in its insights and sights. With this walking tour, one would be able to see the Famous Market, Flower Market, and countless things. Food Streets of Varanasi: Kachuri Gali, Perfume Shop.\n\nLater you will be taken to River bank of Ganges at manikarnika ghat to see biggest cremation centre of the world where every day minimum 200 dead bodies are cremated there dead bodies comes from corner of india becouse the belivers believe it those who are cremated here librared from cycle of rebirth singal pyre for single dead bodie that is why it is done around the clock see rituals Death and Rebirth tour\n\nAssi Ghat - Later, proceed to Main Ghat to attend the evening prayer ceremony called Aarti, which is organized after the sun sets. This is the way of worship to give thanks to the river Ganges. This is open to everyone, and it attracts thousands of people. The Hindu ritual of saying thanks is very unique and originated a few years ago, but it is rapidly becoming famous around the world. Since this ceremony is attended by thousands of people, we will watch it from a rooftop. A safe and comfortable place to hold this prayer ceremony takes 45 minutes. This very engaging ceremony takes place on steps at the edge or strand of the Ghat prayer, performed by 7 young priests. It starts with Vedic hymns and mantras As holy chants are blown, a conch shell is used with an incense stick, sandalwood powder, a multi-oil lamp, and camphor. As soon as the Aarti is over, the priest pours the water into the Ganges, and prayers mark an end.\n\n### Sun Rise Boat Ride + City Tour + Visit very Piece full Place Sarnath\n\nGanges River - We will have a morning boat ride on the Ganges river at the time of sunrise from the main ghat, called Dashaswamedh. The very lively atmosphere of the ghats makes it one of the best places to visit in India. A very admirable and unforgettable river, and a very fascinated Sadhu With face and body paint, the tourist spent minutes after seeing the sunrise in a private hand-rowed boat. Worship rituals involve people doing yoga rays, touching the water’s reflection, and feeling the peace of mind that starts with the sunrise. See the place where life begins as the world talks about that place called Manikanika ghat, where it is believed to offer salvation, breaking the cycle of life.\n\nBanaras Ghats - According to records, there are more than ten thousand Hindu temples in the oldest part of the city. Varanasi is called the “City of Temples”. We will visit some prominent temples and a century-old university called Banaras Hindu University,it is second largest Residencial University in india built in 1916. There is a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva called Shri Vishwanath Temple that has beautiful architecture. and tallest temple Then proceed to the very ancient and red-colored Durga temple called Monkey Temple; later, we will also visit the Mother India Temple, which shows the fine quality of an artwork in the relief map of India built in 1936. Then proceed to the Kaashi Vishwanath temple, which is called the Golden Temple, but you can walk the beautiful corridor of the temple to reach the Muslim area over there. The handloom weavers make a saree, a bedsheet scarf made by silk thread, and get real experience seeing typical artistic Saree weavers enjoy the essence of the textile walk.\n\nSarnath - After lunch, you will proceed to Sarnath, where Lord Gautama Buddha gave his first sermon to his five disciples. At Sarnath, we will visit the temple of Buddha and the archeological museum, where you will see treasured and valuable findings from excavation of ruins, including a unique and antique piece of the world called our national emblem, a four-legged lion founded from here and other statues. then visit the ruins and see many votive The stupas Dharamrajika stupa, where the bonnets and asses of Buddha were enshrined for the Buddhist Memorial, and Dhamekh stupa, where Buddha taught his first speech, are the main attractions of Sarnath. See two kinds of monasteries: Vihar monasteries and Chaitya monasteries. Deer Park, see many deer as well, then visit the main temple called Mulgandhakutivihara. Visit the Bodhi Tree, which is the original banyan tree planted in Bodhgaya. then visit a Thai temple where you can see the tallest statue of Buddha, at 80 feet 9 inches high.\n\nKashi Vishwanath Temple - Walk around to kashi vishwanath temple and corridor of temple. Built in 2021 in November really very worth to visit there from the corridor of the temple will get very clearly photo of that temple \n\n### Airport Departure\n\nLal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, Varanasi - Day explore by your self and get assistance for airport departure as per the your flight schedule time.

What's Included
  • Local English-speaking guide for monument tours
  • Entrance fees to all monuments included
  • Private AC vehicle for all transfers, sightseeing, and excursions
  • Rooftop seating for evening Aarti ceremony viewing
  • Exclusive use of a private hand-rowing boat
What's Not Included
  • Gratitude
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
Additional Information

Join us on a three-day journey through the iconic sights of Varanasi. We’ll embark on a boat ride to view the ghats at sunrise, tour the largest cremation site globally, and explore ancient temples within the old city. The tour includes a visit to Sarnath — the cradle of Buddhism, where you’ll see the Buddha’s stupa temple and the world’s antique pieces of the national emblem. Enjoy breathtaking views of the Aarti ceremony from a rooftop at the Ghat, a highly energetic and unique experience. Finally, wander through the country’s largest spice market, floral market, perfume shops, and the renowned Kachori street known for its delicious food.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Nicolof717
Apr 27, 2024
The expected India - Coming from the north, Varanasi is the Indian city i've expected to found landing in India from Italy. A lot of colour, people, animals, Horn mixed together. The aarti seen from a very special place, the sunrise from a boat along the Gange were something unforgettable. Thank to the staff and a special thanks to our driver and to our guide Anshu that answer to every our question and request! (Anshu is also a very very good photographer!)
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Seat123
Feb 17, 2024
Great guide good company - Arvind was punctual and pleasant.A fluent communicator in French and English.He answerrathered all our questions and explained an things clearly. We requested he initially picked us up from our hotel rather than the airport.It worked seamlessly.Varanasi is a special place like no other that I have seen.Its mesmerising.
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Claudi0t0rres
Jan 30, 2024
The best guide in Varanasi. - We had Ritu as our guest and he was great! He is very knowledgeable about all the sites we visited, went out of the way to help us with everything that we needed, explained the ceremonies in detail, and much more! I truly recommend him as a guide in Varanasi, and the tour in general. It was excellent!
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373mariacristinaf
Jan 30, 2024
Lovely rituraj - Yes , everything was very nice, And the tour guide rituraj is Incredible , wonderful, and let us know about the City in a very good way. We love him and recomended him
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James_s
Dec 17, 2023
Great tour - Wasim was amazing. Took us to all the local places, very knowledgeable and easy going. Highly recommend
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Christianbernardi
Oct 21, 2023
The experience of life - Once in a lifetime experience made even more memorable by the excellent organization of our Operator, Aziza of Sacred Varanasi Tour. If you rely on his experience you will be efficiently guided through the most unique and exclusive experiences that the city of Varanasi can offer. Navigation on the sacred river at dawn to admire the various Gat and the riverside from a truly unique perspective and light. Visit to the places where cremations take place and where the fire has been burning for 3500 years, tasting of the famous Blue Lassi in the heart of Varanasi, visit to Sarnath, Mother India Temple and dozens of other very interesting discoveries; the guide, Arvind will take you to the secret places of this splendid city full of life, culture and centuries-old traditions.
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Sightsee54307109941
Sep 21, 2023
Best service - There was grand welcome by sacred varanasi tour on arrival at the airport with garlands it was really amazing and surprised to us sacred varanasi tour designed the itinerary according to us that was really suitable and comfortable for three days very quick reply and good care provided best guide Arvind who spoke very good english and soft very knowledgeable tour was really fantastic best service provided by this company very highly recommend.
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Travel55338483584
Jul 18, 2023
It's excellent tour in Varanasi I love Kashi - Sacret tour in Varanasi team is one of the best tour company in Varanasi I recommend hardly this company
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Ajith
Jul 13, 2023
Memorable Kashi Trip with Guide (Arvind Yadav) - We completed our 3 days and 4 nights trip to Varanasi recently. It was very good and memorable enough. Our itinerary was mainly to cover Kashi and Allahabad Triveni Sangam. Since we belonged to South India and we had keen interest in knowing more about the history of the place and cover the itinerary with ease, we engaged with Mr Arvind Yadav as our tour guide. He is a Government Appointed Tourist Guide who has good knowledge of the Benaras and its history and culture. More than that he is very calm, humble and very patient. My father took extra time to offer prayer and at times we were behind schedule and he did not say anything. He can speak Hindi and English fluently and also speaks French (although I am not aware about his French proficiency).
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P1zo
Jun 17, 2023
Very unforgettable - Very highly recommend and great thank you to team of sacred varahasi tour very helpful and designed the tour as per my request very knowledgeable and flexible guide very kind help lots while exploring oldest part of city and other places and very good examples about every places with patients really very unforgettable tour provided by sacred varahasi tour once again thank you to all
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