SOUTHERN ASIA · COUNTRY GUIDE
Handpicked trips across India, from Mughal capitals and sacred rivers to southern temple cities and tropical backwaters.
Planned and run by us
12 trips to start with, of 34 we run in India. Each one is a starting point — your trip manager moves the days, hotels and pace until it reads like your trip.
3D / 2N
3D / 2N
3D / 2N
3D / 2N
4D / 3N
3D / 2N
3D / 2N
4D / 3N
3D / 2N
8D / 7N
6D / 5N
6D / 5N
First trips usually centre on six routable areas: Delhi–Agra–Jaipur, wider Rajasthan, Varanasi, Mumbai–Goa, Karnataka, and Kerala–Tamil Nadu. Combining more than three usually requires domestic flights.
Days may begin with sunrise on the Ganges, continue through a 16th-century fort and end over regional dishes shaped by monsoon crops, migration and trade.
Tandoori chicken is finished in a tomato, butter and cream gravy.
Baked wheat baati accompanies lentils and sweet, crumbled churma.
A crisp fermented rice-and-lentil crêpe encloses spiced potatoes.
Lacy fermented rice pancakes pair with coconut-milk vegetable or meat stew.
Fish cooks with coconut, chillies and kokum in a tangy coastal curry.
Fried, stuffed pastries are served with spiced potato curry, especially at breakfast.
Move the days, pick a comfort level, and see a realistic per-person number before you talk to us. Based on the 32 trips we currently run to India.
The practical half of the trip, in short answers — each one checked against an official source before we publish it.
Breathable, modest clothing suitable for temples, Comfortable closed shoes and easy-remove sandals, Sunscreen, hat and refillable water bottle, Mosquito repellent and basic stomach medicines, Prescriptions in original packaging with doctor’s letter, Passport, identification and travel insurance documents, and Phone charger and Type D or M adapter.
October to March suits Delhi, Rajasthan, Varanasi and southern India. Himalayan routes and Ladakh have separate summer seasons.
No. Indian citizens enter with a valid Indian passport when arriving internationally and do not require an Indian visa.
Hindi and English work across many visitor routes, while Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and other regional languages dominate locally.
Main routes are widely travelled, but traffic, scams, food hygiene and unwanted attention require care. Use registered transport and official guides.
Pack breathable modest clothing, comfortable closed shoes, mosquito repellent, prescribed medicines, sun protection and a Type D or M adapter.
Call 112 for integrated emergency assistance. Police is 100, fire 101, ambulance 102 and the tourist helpline 1363.
