India tours, tailormade

country:	India
location:	Golden Triangle in India
departures:	This trip can be tailor made throughout the year and can be adapted to suit your interests, budget and requirements as necessary
price:	From £600 (11 days) excluding flights. Price is for sample itinerary below. We can tailor this tour to fit your budget and length of stay
vouchers:	Gift vouchers can be used with this holiday

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the amazing things you'll be doing

Land of the Maharajas; of majestic palaces and stunning monuments; of towering mountains, dusty deserts, and thick jungles; of culturally diverse peoples - India is a country that is sure to live up to expectations.

India is also rightly well-known for its numerous national parks, which are home a wide variety of animal and plantlife, India is perhaps best known as being one of the last refuges of the endangered and enchanting Royal Bengal tiger.

We have a small range of Indian tours & services ideally suited for the active traveller. Whether you want us to arrange your hotel accommodation before you arrive in India (including your airport pickup) or a tour of Northern India we can ensure your stay is well organised and trouble free. Tours can concentrate on cultural and historic sightseeing, wildlife viewing, desert safaris, or any combination of these to make an interesting and rewarding holiday.

day-by-day itinerary

We offer a range of tailor made tour options in Northern India, designed to fit your own budget and personal requirements and staying in a wide range of accommodation from basic home-stays and wildlife lodges through to luxurious heritage palaces.

Itineraries can concentrate on cultural and historic sightseeing, wildlife viewing, desert safaris, or any combination of these to make an interesting and rewarding holiday. Please contact us with your ideas and we’ll be happy to provide some suggestions and possible itineraries.

A sample 11 day tour following the classic ‘Golden Triangle’ route of Delhi, Jaipur and Agra, but adding in Ranthambore National Park, Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary and the deserted city of Fatehpur Sikri is given below:

Day 1:	Arrive in Delhi. Meet & Greet at the airport and transfer to hotel (options available from budget to superior 5 star)
Day 2:	Delhi. City tour.
Day 3:	Travel by train or private car to Jaipur. Visit the Amber Palace
Day 4:	Jaipur city tour
Day 5:	Drive to Ranthambore National Park, one of the best places in India to see tigers and other wildlife
Day 6:	Ranthambore National Park – morning and afternoon safaris in the park
Day 7:	Ranthambore National Park – morning and afternoon safaris in the park
Day 8:	Rural back-roads drive from Ranthambore to Bharatpur.
Day 9:	Visit Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary and Fatehpur Sikri deserted city en-route to Agra.
Day 10:	Sunrise at the Taj Mahal. Visit the Red Fort. Afternoon drive to Delhi
Day 11:	Delhi. Free time. Transfer to airport for departure

how this holiday makes a difference

Our tailor made Indian tours are designed to introduce our travellers to the people, culture and country of India, and not cocoon them from it. As private tours for individuals, couples, families and small groups, we are able to be much more flexible with the itineraries, exploring famous sites and going off the beaten track, and taking you to smaller and more interesting family-run accommodation as well as classical heritage properties.

We take responsible travel very seriously, and have given some details below of how this is implemented on this tour.

Local People:

We chose our local suppliers in India very carefully and they have won many awards for their operations and pro-active environmental activities and principles, which we incorporate with our own ideas into the tours and itineraries we will suggest for you.
We use fully-trained Indian tour leaders, guides and reps, rather than flying in Western leaders whose knowledge and love of the country will never be as full or passionate.
We use smaller locally owned and operated hotels and restored heritage properties as much as possible, and can also feature home-stays, wildlife lodges and trekking tea-houses. This means your stay can directly benefit small families and village communities.
One of the highlights of the tours is finding and enjoying local Indian food in a wide range of small restaurants and snack shops.
We give information and advice to our travellers on how to respect local customs and religious practices, giving them a greater understanding of the local people and culture.

Environment:

The longer journeys between towns and cities are often done by train, so reducing extra vehicle miles and resulting pollution and energy use.
Explanations are given during the wildlife and trekking tours of how the local people manage their natural resources and how we can help them to sustain them.
We have a recycling policy in our UK and local offices and re-use or recycle the information booklets we provide to every client on arrival wherever possible.
We do not produce a glossy brochure, concentrating on a comprehensive website, and providing as much information to our travellers as possible electronically, reducing the use of paper and inks.

Local projects & charity support:

Through our local supplier, we support certain Non Governmental Organisations (NGO's) with tree plantations, help for earthquake relief, books and medicines to hill village schools and communities, and through purchases of artefacts produced by tribal communities.
The company also supports further projects and charities internationally.

Responsible Tourism: We send all our travellers a copy of our responsible tourism policy before their holiday, and encourage them to read it and join us in following the ideas and suggestions contained within it.

Tourism can be good and bad for destinations & local people.

We carefully screen every holiday against our criteria for responsible travel.

'Look behind the brochure' to find how each holiday makes a difference (see left).

We don't claim to be perfect - there is no global accreditation - but we've led the way since 2001 and screened 1000's of holidays.

We invite every traveller to write a review about their experiences and responsible tourism.

This valuable feedback is sent to the people who run the holidays. We keep a very close eye on it and take off holidays that don't live up to our standards.