Why this ride
From New Delhi it runs 383 km to New Delhi; allow about 6 h 02 of riding. The stops in between: Keoladeo National Park and back through Keoladeo National Park. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Delhi long day · Keoladeo National Park
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 383 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 02
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Delhi
Delhi is a city of layers, and every dynasty that wanted to rule northern India seems to have built its own version here. The Qutub Minar, a 73-metre tower of red sandstone, was begun in the late twelfth century; the great Mughal emperor Shah Jahan built the Red Fort and the Jama Masjid in the seventeenth century; and in the twentieth century the British laid out New Delhi with its wide avenues, India Gate and the long processional road up to the Presidential Palace. Old Delhi, around Chandni Chowk, is a maze of lanes, spice markets and food stalls where paratha shops have been frying bread in ghee for generations.
Read the complete Delhi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Delhi is where the day begins. Next is Keoladeo National Park.
2. Keoladeo National Park
For decades the Maharajas of Bharatpur kept this marshland as a duck-shooting estate, and the scale of the sport is hard to believe. On a single day in 1938 the viceroy Lord Linlithgow and his party shot more than four thousand birds, a record that still shocks people today. The shoots ended after independence, and in 1971 the area became a protected sanctuary. It is now Keoladeo National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1985 and one of the finest bird sanctuaries in Asia.
Read the complete Keoladeo National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Keoladeo National Park comes up 111 km in.
3. Keoladeo National Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Keoladeo National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
222 km in you reach Keoladeo National Park. Next is back through Keoladeo National Park.
4. back through Keoladeo National Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Keoladeo National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Keoladeo National Park, late in the day. Next is Delhi.
5. Delhi
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Delhi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Delhi. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Delhi to Keoladeo National Park
Delhi → Keoladeo National Park is 222 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Keoladeo National Park to Delhi
back through Keoladeo National Park → Delhi is 222 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.