Bodhgaya Day Tour (Hotel Pickup)

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Itinerary

1. The Mahabodhi Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an ancient, but much rebuilt and restored, Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, marking the location where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment. The Bodhi Tree is inside the temple premises. Mobile phone or any other gadgets are not allowed to carry inside which can be kept at the mobile locker free of cost near the entrance gate. Camera is allowed at an extra charge.

   1.5 h

2. The Giant Buddha statue is one of the many stops in the Buddhist pilgrimage and tourist routes in Bodhgaya, Bihar (India). The statue is 19.507 m (64.00 ft) high in meditation pose or dhyana mudra seated on a lotus in open air.The total height of the architecture is 80 ft with statue of 64 ft, lotus on which statue sits is of 6ft and the lower pedestal is of 10ft. It took seven years to complete with the help of 12,000 masons. It is a mix of sandstone blocks and red granite.[3] It is possibly the largest built in India and was consecrated on 18 November 1989 by the's 14th Dalai Lama.

   30 min

3. One of the most beautiful temple in bodhgaya with beautiful design and sculptures.

   30 min

4. One of the most beautiful temple located centrally in Bodhgaya with beautiful architecture.

   15 min

5. The Royal Bhutan Monastery is situated in Bodh Gaya, Bihar. The Monastery was believed to be built by the King of Bhutan in the name of Lord Buddha. The monastery sketches out the brilliancy of art work and instance the monastery is the canvass where one can find the important stages in the life of Lord Buddha, which create a unique feature in its architecture and its décor which attracts the tourist across every corner of the place.

   20 min

6. Indosan Nippon Japanese Temple is one of the most beautiful and popular temples of Bodhgaya. The temple was built back in the year 1972. Today, it is one of the most visited shrines in Bodhgaya.

   20 min

7. One of the most important place for Buddhist , this is the place where Lord Buddha was offered sweet curd and rice by the lady Sujata. we will take you to Sujata garh as well as Sujata temple.

   1 h

8. Vishnupad Temple (temple of Vishnu's feet) is an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu in Gaya, Bihar, India, located on the banks of Phalgu river.The temple is believed to be built upon the site where Vishnu had purportedly killed the demon Gayasura or pinned him underground. The temple features a 40-cm footprint purported to be of Lord Vishnu incised into a block of basalt, known as Dharmasila which was retained when the deity stepped on Gayasura's chest before pinning him underground.

   30 minAdmission included

9. The Mangla Gauri temple in Shakti Peetham, Gaya, Bihar, India has been mentioned in Padma Purana, Vayu Purana and Agni Purana and Devi Bhagvata Purana and Markandeya Purana in other scriptures and tantric works. This temple is among the eighteen maha shaktipeeth. The present temple dates back to the 15th century. The shrine is dedicated to Sati or the Mother Goddess in the predominantly Vaishnavite pilgrimage center of Gaya. Mangalagauri is worshiped as the Goddess of benevolence.

   30 minAdmission included

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

Ratings come from 26 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.

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• 5Our experience with the Bodh Gaya day tour

  We booked the guided trip very fast and easy through text. Everything went great, we got picked up at our hotel. It was an amazing experience. He was very kind, it was great to talk to him about everything we saw. This trip really heightened our experience in Bodh Gaya! We definitely recommend him to everyone!

  288katavJuly 2026via Tripadvisor

• 5Cool 😎 🧘‍♀️

  5/5 A very Clean, Good and Mesmerizing place to sit

  arjunthoratMarch 2026via Tripadvisor

• 4An Excellent Tour of Mahabodhi & surrounding area

  Though his knowledge of speaking in English was limited he was able to provide me with an excellent tour of Madabodhi temple & the surrounding area. Special mention must also be given to him for being very punctual in picking me up from the hotel.

  Siddartha_NOctober 2025via Viator

• 1This is a scam

  Firstly, the driver showed up with no guide. I asked about the guide and he said “you should have booked a guide if you want one”… umm I was under the impression that I did book a guide when I paid 3000 rupees for the tour and the reviews referred to a guide. They didn’t even provide the water which was mentioned in the description inclusionsz The driver proceeded to taxi me around to temples around bodh gaya. Taxi driver was a nice guy, but could offer no explanation to what I was looking at at any of the places. 3 hours into the tour, the driver said we are finished… I told him it’s advertised as a 6-8 hour tour, why the difference? He said “Oh it’s because we don’t have a guide for you”. What!?!? I said I want to see the Pragbodhi caves, since we have more time. We started driving there, then another guy jumped in the car and said “I’m the guide”. Nice of him to show up… We went to the caves. The guide spent the whole time trying to sell me on donating to his “charity” (which sounded like a scam) rather than explaining what we were seeing. After the caves, they said the tour is finished (4 hours into the tour) and dropped me to the station. When I said goodbye, the guide aggressively said “you need to pay my fee”. I told him “no chance, I’ve already paid” and left. This was a laughably disastrous tour.

  Chris_RFebruary 2025via Viator

• 3Sub par experience

  The palace were good but the tour only included the vehicle and no guide was provided to help you understand the history and the driver didn't help much

  harshwardhanb2025February 2025via Tripadvisor

• 1Fraud

  It's a fraud Be aware There is no other way to put it It was most horrendous experience I have ever experienced in my whole life

  757atulkJanuary 2025via Tripadvisor

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How it compares in Bodh Gaya

• Its from-price is 81% below the median of the 41 experiences we list in Bodh Gaya.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 3 of 41.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Bodh Gaya

Bodh Gaya in Bihar is where the Buddha is said to have reached enlightenment, with a World Heritage temple and monasteries from many Buddhist countries.

Bodh Gaya is a small town in Bihar, in eastern India, and one of the holiest sites of Buddhism, because it is here, beneath a sacred fig tree, that Siddhartha Gautama is said to have attained enlightenment. The Mahabodhi Temple, a tall pyramidal tower of brick with niches of Buddha figures, stands beside a descendant of that original Bodhi tree, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Top-ranked sights in Bodh Gaya: Mahabodhi Temple, Great Buddha Statue, Bodhi Tree.

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