India · 3 nights
Ajanta, Ellora & Daulatabad
Three nights in Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) for two UNESCO cave complexes: Ellora's Kailasa temple, carved from a single rock, and Ajanta's 2,000-year-old painted caves.
Ellora, Maharashtra
The itinerary
Night by night, stop by stop
Days 1 – 3 · 3 nights
Aurangabad
A day each at Ellora and Ajanta, Daulatabad Fort and Bibi Ka Maqbara, timed around the caves' weekly closing days
- Length
- 3 nights, 1 stops
- Ideal for
- Heritage short break
- Best time to go
- October – March; July – September for a green, waterfall-filled gorge
- Travel style
- Culture & heritage
A starting point, not a fixed package. In the planner you can change dates, nights, hotels and travellers and see an indicative cost before sending it to us.
Highlights
The moments you'll remember
Kailasa temple
Ellora's Cave 16, carved top-down from one rock.
Ajanta's paintings
Buddhist murals in a horseshoe gorge.
Daulatabad Fort
A hilltop citadel with the Chand Minar.
In pictures