Private Half-Day Tour in Sarnath from Varanasi

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You can select up to 15 travelers in total.

Adult (18-99) Minimum: 1, Maximum: 15

Child (0-17) Minimum: 0, Maximum: 5

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

Tour with Entrance Fees

2 Adults x $86.00

$172.00

Approx Total

$172.00

Car, Driver, Guide & Tickets: In this option, you will get a private car, driver, and tour guide. Attraction tickets will be included.
Pickup included

Inclusions / Exclusions

Mobile ticket
Offered in: English
Parking, toll taxes; and fuel
Private live tour guide as per itinerary
Bottled water
Pick-up and Drop-off to anywhere in Varanasi
Entrance Fees of all the attractions

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Overview

On this tour, you will be taken to the ancient city of Budda-age. You will be visiting Dhamek Stupa, Chaukhandi Stupa along with Tibetan Temple. Also, you have an amazing opportunity to explore the Sarnath museum which holds artifacts and scriptures dated back the 3rd century.

Itinerary

Varanasi

The driver will pick you up from any location or airport in Varanasi and will drive you towards Sarnath City.

35 minutes
Dhamek Stupa

This is your first stop in Sarnath city. It is a massive stupa that originated as pre-Buddhist tumuli, in which ascetics were buried in a seated position, called chaitya.

40 minutes
Chaukhandi Stupa

The next stop will be another Buddhist stupa. These stupas have evolved from burial mounds and serve as a shrine for a relic of the Buddha.

40 minutes
Tibetan Temple

This city is home to a large number of twentieth-century Buddhist temples built and maintained by Tibetan, Chinese and Japanese monks. This temple houses a statue of Shakyamuni Buddha or Buddha in a resting position. Famous for its Thangka or Tibetan Buddhist paintings, and frescoes, the Tibetan Temple showcases many of these on the walls and ceilings.

40 minutes
Archaeological Museum

Last but not the least, you will be taken to a museum. Some notable images at the museum is of Buddha preaching, from the Gupta period, and the Lion Capital of Ashoka. Other objects like figures of birds, animals, male and female heads dating from 3rd century BC to 12th century AD and terracottas, decorated baked bricks and pots, images of Jain Tirthankaras Parshvanatha, and Vimalanatha, etc.

40 minutes
Varanasi

The driver will drop you back to your preferred location in Varanasi, with wonderful memories of Sarnath city.

35 minutes

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Free Cancellation

February 06100% refund

February 07No refund

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