3 independent reviews for South India walking, culture & wildlife holiday, India
Reviews for South India walking, culture & wildlife holiday, India
Peter Young review 8 Feb 2026
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
Trekking in the Periyar Tiger Reserve, being shown many trees, plants, birds and evidence of wild animals.2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
You must enjoy hiking, have comfortable boots and thin long trousers to avoid scratches.3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
. Supported local hotels, guides and tiger reservation - also elephant monitoring4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
Active, interesting and educational . Gave us a chance to get close to and learn about local animals, birds, and agriculture. Also to find out where all our favourite spices came from. We appreciated high standards of welcome, accommodation and food each evening after a strenuous days trekkingMartin Holley review 9 Dec 2024
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
Kayaking in the backwaters.2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
Tailor make it to fit your needs.3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Definitely benefited local people, many of whom were environmentally responsible.4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
Fantastic, varied trip and very well looked after with fab food throughoutAmanda Eley review 28 Feb 2017
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
There are so many very special moments, but we feel that this holiday enabled us to become involved with local people and their culture that we couldn't have achieved independently. We also enjoyed the combination of nature, wildlife and city attractions.2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
This tour offered so much more in reality than can be described in a brochure.3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Certainly we interacted and used local people as much as possible.4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
Excellent, all communication prior to the holiday was good, the organisation whist on tour was good and our driver and guide were fantastic and really heard what we wanted to achieve from the trip.Holiday Reviews
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