BHARATPUR


THE GLORIOUS RED 1500s Moghul city of Fatehpur Sikri is close enough to Agra for day trips -around an hour by train.
With so much see in India, the problem is not so much where to start, but where to stop. If you add on just one more stop, then well, why not one more, and before you know it, you’re on a six month sojourn.
Controversially perhaps, we didn’t visit Jaipur. Instead we opted for some twitching, 60km north of Fatehpur Sikri, in the Keoladeo National Park. Walking distance from the park is the town of Bharatpur, which has embraced the birding community with many ornithologically named guesthouses and hotels, and well trained guides.