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Ajanta and Ellora Caves: Explore the World Heritage Site from Aurangabad in One Day
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Ajanta
Discover Ajanta and Ellora Caves: ancient rock-carved wonders near Aurangabad. Explore Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain heritage in a day.
Duration:
12 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Ajanta Caves - Early Morning at 0600hrs OR 0700 Hrs, We pickup from your hotel in Aurangabad. Our chauffeur will meet you at your hotel and start your journey to visit Ajanta caves which take 2 hours. Reach Ajanta caves parking area and you will have to travel by shuttle bus from parking area to Ajanta caves entrance point, where you can buy entrance tickets.
Discover Ajanta caves for couple of hours, then come back to the parking area by same shuttle bus, then we move towards Ellora caves and the journey takes another couple of hour.
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Ellora Caves - After reaching Ellora caves , explore Ellora caves for 2-3 hours.
The incredible Kailasa Temple (also known as the Kailash Temple), which forms Cave 16 at Ellora, is undoubtedly the most famous attraction. The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and his sacred abode at Mount Kailash. Its immense size covers twice the area of the Pantheon in Athens, and is one and a half times as high! The life-size elephant sculptures are a highlight.The most incomprehensible thing about the Ajanta and Ellora caves is that they were crafted by hand, with only a hammer and chisel. There are various cave complexes in India, but these are definitely the most spectacular.
Now head to Aurangabad, you will reach by 6 Pm you will be in the city, then our driver will drop you at the Airport or Railway station or if you are going to stay in Aurangabad for the night then our driver will drop you at Hotel.
What's Included
- Bottled water provided for hydration
- Transportation in a private car with a professional driver
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- local guides
- Monument entry fees
Additional Information
Journey through the world heritage site of Ajanta & Ellora caves, surprisingly hewn into remote hillside rock. A total of 34 caves are present at Ellora, originated between the 6th and 11th centuries AD, while Ajanta hosts 29 caves that were established between the 2nd century BC and the 6th century AD. All Ajanta caves embody Buddhist themes, while Ellora contains a diverse mix of Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain elements.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Dress code is smart casual
- An overnight at Aurangabad can be arranged in a 3 star hotel @ USD 45 Per Room Per Night
- A english speaking local guide can be arranged for the cave visits @ USD 25 Per Person
- Entrance fees are around USD 10 Per Person which tourists can buy at the monuments.
Location
Ajanta Caves
Ajanta Caves Road
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Resort24978770028
May 27, 2024
Great tour with THOMAS the experienced tour guide at an extra charge! A MUST DO 👌 - This tour was well organized and even went out of their way to included exoerienced tour guide on our request and entry to all areas that took us directly through the entrance gates like VIP.. our highly Experienced tour guide THOMAS was EXCELLENT! his knowledge was astonishing and was extremely interesting to hear the history or ot all. He went out of his way for us in every way possible and guided us safely through both places. Also with us paying extra to have entry prepaid he knew all the security people and ticket people at the caves which made it all streamline through perfectly (he has his contacts and is very very well know in the industry as it seemed EVERYONE knew him. It was wonderful.
He made the tour all that so much better and deserves HIGH PRAISE 👏 THANK YOU THOMAS!! 🙏🕌
Make sure you ask to include THOMAS the guide so you can get the FULL EXPERIENCE 😉
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Nauperito
May 26, 2024
Excellent service - They were concerned from the beginning in helping us with the itinerary, in such a way as to comply with visiting all the caves of Ellora and Ajanta. The driver picked up us at the hotel on time and at always he met our requirements. They considered the best route to finish the tour at the airport, and thus take our flight to the next destination.
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Trail06263000771
Apr 30, 2024
Great trip! - Good car service, and the caves are incredible. They are well worth the visit and recommended for anyone with a day in Aurangabad area. Thanks for making it possible!
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Kiwiburger12
Apr 22, 2024
Amazing world heritage sites.. breathtakingly beautiful! - A great trip, friendly driver, clean and comfortable car. We were travelling as a family with young kids and it was perfect, would recommend 😀
If you are tight on time, this is a great way to do both Ajanta and Ellora on the same day. We left our hotel in Aurangabad around 7.30am and came back around 5.30pm. It didn’t feel rushed, we took our time and used the local guides at each monument to right size how much time we wanted to spend at each location. There was enough time to have breaks during the long stints of driving…to get some snacks, stretch our legs etc.
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Garyy449
Oct 25, 2023
Ajanta and Ellora Caves in One Day - This is a very good way to see Ajanta and Ellora in the same day. The driver told us what time we needed to start and how long we could stay so that we could see the all the highlights and still catch our evening flight. It was a busy day and everything worked as expected. I highly recommend this tour for those with only one day to see the area. If you hire a guide at the site, be sure to tell them how much time you want to spend at a specific site (Kailasa Temple) as we did not do this and felt pressed for time near the end.
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Doondon
Oct 19, 2023
Ajanta and Ellora 1 day is enough - Ajanta and Ellora caves are really beautiful and worth visiting. And 1 day is totally enough to see both places. Here I am giving a review to an activity organized by specific company. The activity I did is basically just a private driver who takes you to Ajanta and Ellora caves. It's good if you have 1 day, want to see it at your own pace and don't need a guide.
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Toosker
Jun 29, 2023
Ancient marvels galore and proud heritage of India - Ancient marvels galore and proud heritage of India. Complex of Buddhist and Hindu cave complexes built to comfort the monks of Hindu and Buddhist order. Our car was also comfortable and were picked-up and taken to the sites in time.
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Luciamoniz2348237
May 24, 2023
A great day spent in discovering the ajanta and ellora caves. - A great day spent in discovering the ajanta and ellora caves. good to note that ancient Buddhists and hindu were existing peacefully and building marvel side by side
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Isabelecotillard
May 18, 2023
An ancient engineering feat discovered in a day from aurangabad city - A feat to discover ancient marvels in one day! With the help of our able and friendly operator "Discover activities", we were able to pull off a journey packed with history and architectural beauty in a day itself.
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Kevinnashwarlikes
May 8, 2023
Masterpiece of Buddhist and Hindu religious art and architecture. - Ajanta caves include masterpiece paintings of Buddhist religious art, with figures of the Buddha and depictions of the stories that tell about the previous lives of Buddha. I equally found Hindu temple of "Kailasha", designed to recall Mount Kailash, the abode of Lord Shiva. It looks like a freestanding, multi-storeyed temple complex, but it was carved out of one single rock, and covers an area double the size of the Parthenon in Athens. The Kailasha alone took hundred years to be completed!
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