Private Day Trip to Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri

Had a long but enjoyable trip to the Taj Mahal and back to New Delhi yesterday with Suresh Thakur as our driver. He was excellent. He provided us with water, made a stop in both directions for a toilet and food break, provided us with wi fi throughout the trip and a mi ile phone charger and waited for us patiently while we visited the Taj Mahal and later went shopping. He then dropped us to the airport the following day. I highly recommend him. Our accompanying tour guide Singh was very knowledgeable about the Taj Mahal but was clearly on commission with local merchants. He insisted on taking us to see rugs being handmade which was interesting but then we got drawn into the shop where we were shown hundreds of rugs which we didn’t end up buying. He then took us to a jewellery shop which was interesting. I bought a beautiful expensive bracelet there however it broke when I put it on today. So disappointing. He then showed us the fort by car and then suggested we go to the marble shop to see how marble was made. That’s when I reiterated we were very tied. So our driver then drove us home. Was a very worthwhile trip nonetheless.

We went on a day trip to the Taj from New Delhi with our driver, Suresh Thakur, and had an amazing time. He was very professional and accommodating and we had lovely conversation during the trip. The wifi is quite good in the car, sometimes dropped out a little on the highway but mostly pretty strong connection. We met the tour guide, Pushpender Singh, in Agra and he was very knowledgeable on the Taj Mahal, and put up with our thousands of photos. We jumped to the front of all the lines so very minimal waiting times, which was great as there were thousands of locals. The guide will likely ask if you want to go see how carpets, jewellery and marble is made - they are all seperate shops and obviously they all want you to try buy something, so if you are not interested in going just say no, or if you’d like to see how it’s made but don’t want to buy anything, just be very forward with the shop keepers as they are very persistent. It is 3.5-4hrs each way from New Delhi with a quick stop in the middle, so just note that if you spend lots of time in Agra after the Taj you will get back to new Delhi quite late. Overall a great tour - would recommend booking through Bagga!