The best Agra tour package from Delhi is our Taj Mahal overnight from Delhi: two days with your own car and driver, a licensed guide and a night in Agra, from $150 per person, two travellers sharing. If you have one day, Taj Mahal day trip from Delhi is from $75, and with three days Delhi and Agra in three days adds a full Delhi day.
This page is for travellers who want a package to Agra from Delhi: pickup, car, guide, hotel and the Taj Mahal arranged as one plan, with nothing to stitch together yourself. Whether you have one day or six, the choice below is about how much of the road you want to feel and how much of Agra you want to see.
We weighed length, how rushed the road feels, whether a night in Agra is part of the plan, and what each package adds beyond the Taj. Every journey is private, so the pace is yours and not a group's. Flights are not included, and the Taj Mahal is closed on Fridays.
Taj Mahal overnight from Delhi
- 2 days / 1 nights
- Delhi · Agra
- Own car and driver, licensed guide
A night in Agra changes the whole trip. Your driver collects you from your Delhi hotel around nine, and the car takes the expressway south, roughly three and a half to four hours with a break. After checking in you see Agra Fort and Itimad-ud-Daulah with your licensed guide, and watch the Taj from Mehtab Bagh at sunset. The next morning you are at the Taj gate before sunrise, then return to Delhi by the afternoon.
Because the Taj is seen after a night in the city, you are rested, the marble is quiet and nobody is racing the road home. The hotel is arranged as a five-star or heritage category, chosen when we plan. It is from $150 per person, two travellers sharing. It uses two days, day two must not be a Friday, and December and January fog can mute the sunrise.
Best for: Most travellers from Delhi who have two days and want the Taj Mahal seen properly without a rushed return.
Worth knowing: It takes two days, the Taj Mahal is closed on Fridays, and the sunrise start is before dawn.
Delhi and Agra in three days
- 3 days / 2 nights
- Delhi · Agra
- Own car and driver, licensed guide
Three days, Delhi first and then Agra, with the same car and driver throughout. Day one is Delhi: Jama Masjid, the lanes of Chandni Chowk, Humayun's Tomb and Qutub Minar. Day two is the drive to Agra, roughly three and a half to four hours, then Agra Fort and a sunset view from Mehtab Bagh. The Taj Mahal comes on the morning of day three, when the gates open, before the drive back to Delhi.
Spending a day in the capital first means you reach Agra rested, which suits guests recovering from a long flight. A licensed guide meets you in each city. It is from $225 per person, two travellers sharing. Red Fort is closed on Mondays and the Taj on Fridays, so tell us your dates early and we order the days around both, which keeps every day open.
Best for: First-time visitors who want Delhi and Agra together at a gentle pace.
Worth knowing: It needs three days, with roughly four hours of driving each way, so avoid a same-night international flight on the last day.
Taj Mahal day trip from Delhi
- 1 day
- Delhi · Agra
- Own car and driver, licensed guide
This is the simplest package: Delhi to Agra and back in a single day. Your driver collects you from your Delhi hotel early, usually around six, so the expressway is quiet. Your Agra guide joins you at the Taj Mahal gate and walks you through the gardens, the platform and the inlay, then you have a relaxed lunch and see Agra Fort and its views across the river towards the Taj before the drive back.
There is nothing to arrange on your side, and the road time is predictable on the expressway. It is from $75 per person, two travellers sharing, in a private air-conditioned car. We say plainly that it is a long day, about seven to eight hours of driving in total. Choose another day than Friday, and expect morning fog to slow the road from December to February.
Best for: Time-short travellers with a single free day who want the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort without changing hotels.
Worth knowing: It is a long day on the road as well as at the monument, and winter fog can slow the drive.
Agra and Orchha
- 4 days / 3 nights
- Delhi · Agra · Orchha
- Own car and driver, licensed guide
Four days: Delhi, Agra and Orchha. Day one is the expressway to Agra and Agra Fort. On day two you enter the Taj Mahal at opening time, then drive roughly five hours to Orchha, the quiet river town on the Betwa. Orchha is explored on foot, with the Raja Mahal, the Jahangir Mahal and the royal chhatris glowing at sunset, before the return towards Delhi.
Many guests find it a relief after the cities, because the temples and palaces sit in open countryside and are far less crowded. You travel in your own car with a driver and a licensed guide, and the hotels are in the heritage category. It is from $270 per person, two travellers sharing. The road to Orchha is long, and winter mornings and evenings are cold.
Best for: Travellers who want the Taj Mahal and then a calm, uncrowded change of pace.
Worth knowing: Orchha adds roughly five hours of road each way from Agra, so it is not for a two-day break.
The Mughal trail
- 6 days / 5 nights
- Delhi · Agra
- Own car and driver, licensed guide
Six days built around the Mughal story. It opens in Delhi with Humayun's Tomb and the Red Fort, then Jama Masjid and the lanes of Shahjahanabad. You drive to Agra for Agra Fort, then see the Taj Mahal at first light, Itimad-ud-Daulah, Fatehpur Sikri and Sikandra, before the road back. The guide explains how each building connects, so the Taj becomes the high point of a longer history.
Your own car and driver stay with you from Delhi to Agra and back, with a licensed guide in each city and hotels by category. It is from $365 per person, two travellers sharing. It suits history lovers who want depth, and the days are ordered around the Taj closure on Fridays and the Red Fort closure on Mondays. For most Agra visits, six days is more than is needed.
Best for: History lovers who want Delhi and Agra told as one connected Mughal story.
Worth knowing: Six days is more than most Agra visits need, and Old Delhi is crowded and best walked in the morning.
How to choose between these
- If you have two days and want the best all-round package, choose Taj Mahal overnight from Delhi, which splits the drive and puts the Taj at sunrise after a night in Agra.
- If you have only one day, choose Taj Mahal day trip from Delhi, and accept a long day with roughly seven to eight hours of driving in total.
- If you have three days and want Delhi properly, choose Delhi and Agra in three days, which gives the capital its own guided day before the road south.
- If you want a quiet add-on after the Taj, choose Agra and Orchha, and be ready for a long drive of roughly five hours between Agra and Orchha.
- If Mughal history is the reason for the trip, choose The Mughal trail, and tell us your dates early so we can order the days around the Friday and Monday closures.
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