I booked a private auto-rickshaw tour of Jaipur, and had in mind specific sites I wanted to see. Soni picked me up at 5.45am for sunrise. He suggested the best spot given my list of sites. The descent from the mountain led to the water palace and I learned the lake is man made. I was ready for the hot chai tea made by a street vendor. I am grateful for Soni's advice on spending time at Amber Fort, especially timing it to avoid the heat of the day. It was impressive, and I took the time to explore its many secret passages. I would have loved to have seen it in its heyday when all the gardens and fountains cooled it. Soni took me to a tiny temple off the beaten track (Bihariji) and an interesting pool from which people used to collect water. The architecture was very clever and I was struck by how happy a man was to be pouring water into bird baths, singing for nobody in particular. I booked a private auto-rickshaw tour of Jaipur, and had in mind specific sites I wanted to see. Soni picked me up at 5.45am for sunrise. He suggested the best spot given my list of sites. The descent from the mountain led to the water palace and I learned the lake is man made. I was ready for the hot chai tea made by a street vendor. I am grateful for Soni's advice on spending time at Amber Fort, especially timing it to avoid the heat of the day. It was impressive, and I took the time to explore its many secret passages. I would have loved to have seen it in its heyday when all the gardens and fountains cooled it. Soni took me to a tiny temple off the beaten track (Bihariji) and an interesting pool from which people used to collect water. The architecture was very clever and I was struck by how happy a man was to be pouring water into bird baths, singing for nobody in particular. Sri Jagat Siromanini was delightful, especially a social interaction with some kids whose mothers were praying. I unexpectedly blew my daily backpacker budget to visit Ele Jungle and ride one of the elephants. I was pleased to see them happy and in good condition. I tend to avoid these places as they are often rushed and overly high priced. We had a lunch break at a lovely local restaurant, which was both affordable and delicious. I'm not into shopping, so the visit to the fabric store was wasted on me. The block printing was interesting though. I also wasn't planning to see the tombs of the Maharaja's family. The architecture is interesting, especially the marble from the different regions of India. I'd never have known had Soni not explained it to me before I entered. We finished a long day without having visited two of the sites on my list. So, I booked Soni for the following day as I was due to catch a train out at midday. We started at 7.00am to get an early start on Galtaji Temple. I wanted to see the monkeys, given I live in Indonesia and we have our own monkey temple. Soni organised a young man to give me a tour, including a motorbike ride up the mountain to save some time. I was horrified that the snack of choice for the monkeys was jelly candy and not fruit or nuts. Nevertheless, my guide was terrific at interacting with them. The temple itself has an interesting architectural position in nature. I was saddened by the filth of the holy water people were bathing and healing in. It seemed such a contradiction to the pure, fresh water sourced from a mountain spring. The human factor has a dreadful impact on it and it brought tears to my eyes. My final stop was Jantar Mantar, the ancient astronomy centre. This was important for me to see as my oldest grandchild wants to be an astronomer. The guides are hideously expensive and rush through as fast as physically possible to grab the next tourist's payment, which was disappointing given my purpose for sharing what I learned with my granddaughter. I took myself on a second tour of the instruments in the end. All in all, I enjoyed my time with Soni. He is knowledgeable, generous with his sharing and easy to communicate with. His instructions on getting the best out of a site is most helpful. My advice to anyone booking is to be clear about financial expectations up front. There were a few surprises. Siromanini was delightful, especially a social interaction with some kids whose mothers were praying. I unexpectedly blew my daily backpacker budget to visit Ele Jungle and ride one of the elephants. I was pleased to see them happy and in good condition. I tend to avoid these places as they are often rushed and overly high priced. We had a lunch break at a lovely local restaurant, which was both affordable and delicious. I'm not into shopping, so the visit to the fabric store was wasted on me. The block printing was interesting though. I also wasn't planning to see the tombs of the Maharaja's family. The architecture is interesting, especially the marble from the different regions of India. I'd never have known had Soni not explained it to me before I entered. We finished a long day without having visited two of the sites on my list. So, I booked Soni for the following day as I was due to catch a train out at midday. We started at 7.00am to get an early start on Galta Ji Temple. I wanted to see the monkeys, given I live in Indonesia and we have our own monkey temple. Soni organised a young man to give me a tour, including a motorbike ride up the mountain to save some time. I was horrified that the snack of choice for the monkeys was jelly candy and not fruit or nuts. Nevertheless, my guide was terrific at interacting with them. The temple itself has an interesting architectural position in nature. I was saddened by the filth of the holy water people were bathing and healing in. It seemed such a contradiction to the pure, fresh water sourced from a mountain spring. The human factor has a dreadful impact on it and it brought tears to my eyes. My final stop was Jantar Mantar, the ancient astronomy centre. This was important for me to see as my oldest grandchild wants to be an astronomer. The guides are hideously expensive and rush through as fast as physically possible to grab the next tourist's payment, which was disappointing given my purpose for sharing what I learned with my granddaughter. I took myself on a second tour of the instruments in the end. All in all, I enjoyed my time with Soni. He is knowledgeable, generous with his sharing and easy to communicate with. His instructions on getting the best out of a site is most helpful. My advice to anyone booking is to be clear about financial expectations up front. There were a few surprises.

Tour guided by Sonny, a man that explain everything so good with great pasión, making sure we are confortable and pleasant. The tour allows you to see the most important places in Jaipur and it is meant to be done along the day (meal included). No doubt I would repeat it.

SUNNY the perfect guide. Everything was authentic and interesting. I was kind and expanded me everything about the city.

Very good tour. We got to see everything that we wanted on our itinerary. Sohil was very good and told us where to go for each place.

Everything was nicely arrange, cab was really good, Sony the guide was very knowledelnable higly recomond people to choose their sevices

We had Soni look after us both for the day as our driver. A great experience going to all the sights Jaipur has to offer and with the freedom and time to look around at each location. Also the advice at each spot with knowledge, picture opportunities and advice on prices for entry. All in all a great day out, shame we didn’t have an extra day.

Nice trip for one day in Jaipur, The Pink City. Nasir is good and driver for this trip. Have good location in Jaipur by hin.

Thank you to Soni for looking after us so well today. We have had a really good day seeing all the sights of Jaipur. Soni told us where to go, what to avoid and gave us plenty of free time to explore when we wanted to. He also showed us great photo opportunities that we would have missed. Namaste Soni 🙏

We had a fantastic tour with Raj and Sohil! Best way to see Jaipur in one day only. Thank you for the experience and the authenticity

We had an amazing time. Our driver Hassan was very polite, friendly and waited patiently while we got late. I would surely recommend this tour to anyone and chose Hassan as your driver. Out of all the places that we went to, the only place which I didn’t like was the handloom house at Amber fort. Overpriced shop and they try very hard to sell their stuff. Overall a great day.

This temple provides a tranquil sanctuary for spiritual seekers. The architecture is awe-inspiring, reflecting rich cultural heritage.However, some visitors note occasional overcrowding during peak times. Overall, it's a place of profound spirituality and cultural significance.

I had a great day with Raj my knowledgeable and helpful guide and Assan my very competent and safe driver. We adjusted the tour to your to suit my needs and I would recommend both Raj and Assan for another trip.

Our taxi driver was Sohil. He had an amazing understanding of Jaipur. He explained that he can also do a full day tour of the city. We wish we had known this as Sohil was a brilliant guide and his English is exceptional. My husband wanted his shoes cleaning on the way to the airport and he couldn’t help us enough. Couldn’t recommend Sohil highly enough

It was a beautiful day with Soni our guide to visit Amber and all what is around. And good place for eating and shopping. It’s a good person and we recommand him to be relax.

Had a great and exciting day with both our driver Sameer and guide Raj. Our driver went above and beyond stopping along the way to buy different things. Would highly recommend.

Great tour - our guide Raj was very informative and friendly. They took us to some local shops with no pressure to buy. For future visitors, I would recommend discussing which exact shops you'd like to visit and what lunch location you'd like to visit prior to disembarkment.

City Tour was very good. Comfortable visiting all place with tour guide. Driver Nadeem timely reach all Places and nicely pick up and drop to hotel.

Soni was very nice and gave me a good tour tailored to what I wanted to see. He also chose a great lunch place and let me explore on my schedule.

Amazing tour, hits every landmark in the city & more! Sonhi, our guide, was very accommodating. Included stops for lunch, and made sure all passengers were happy & smiling. Perfect.

This tour was amazing! Our driver sonhi went above and beyond all day, explained the sites to us, and made sure we didn’t pay extra or get scammed at any attractions. He listened to our requests and took us to see the things we were interested in, and his english was amazing. We covered so so so much stuff - basically the entire city and beyond. Thanks Sonhi!