I have been engaging in correspondence with Amanbagh and they have mostly answered my questions. So I am thinking of finalizing the first part of the trip:

Wed Oct 24 -- Sat Oct 27 Delhi (hotel TBD)
Sat Oct 27 -- Mon Oct 29 Varanasi (Taj Nadesar Palace)
Mon Oct 29 - Wed Oct 31 Agra (Oberoi Amarvilas)
Wed Oct 31 - Sun Nov 4 Amanbagh
Sun Nov 4 - Fri Nov 9 still leaving open but likely to include Udaipur

We will get a taste of the animal reserves by taking a one day safari from Amanbagh instead of going to Aman-i-khas

The last 6 days of the trip are not finalized because I have a very good relationship with an Indian charity that is headquartered in Silicon Valley and the managing director of the charity keeps offering to take responsibility for part of the trip. He may well smell a potential donor, but he is a very decent guy and we get along well. If this doesn't happen, I think most likely 3 nights at Udaipur and also flying from Jaipur to Udaipur because I suspect by then we will have had enough long Indian road trips.

Amanbagh has finally admitted it would be OK to book their Shanti package through Virtuoso/FHR so I will eventually likely make all the bookings that way.. The Shanti package seems to have somewhat better inclusions than either Virtuoso or FHR.