Travel back in time with in our vintage and classic cars tours and transfers in Jaipur. A city full of secrets and traditions. Participate in the annual vintage car rally!
Type of Holiday: Family
CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL IMMERSION IN INDIA
This tour blends the best of India’s art, culture and spirituality. Your tour will begin in Delhi, the Capital City of independent India which rewards the determined sightseer with more than a thousand monuments. Continue your journey to discover Pink City Jaipur made up of forts and palaces and bustling bazaars. Jaipur is a fascinating destination, giving one the chance to experience India from ancient to modern in one fell swoop. Next, you will travel to Agra to discover the wonder that is the Taj Mahal. Discover the extraordinary sculptures of the Khajuraho Temples before travelling to Varanasi, a city as old as Babylon and Nineveh. Uncover the mysteries of the Hindu faith amidst the burning ghats, antique temples and heritage of crafts amongst its twisting bazaar streets filled with legendary Indian silks and brocades. Your final destination will be Mumbai, the country’s financial capital and centre of business, fashion and film-making. Mumbai’s intensity is almost contagious – outlandish fashion and mind-boggling traffic, glistening skyscrapers and slums, bars and restaurants, mayhem and order, ancient bazaars and swish malls, loud temples and rare moments of tranquillity.
EXPERIENCES AVAILABLE:
Cycling
- Explore the lanes of Old Delhi on a morning cycling tour
Private Access / Exclusive Exploration
- Tour of the private quarters of the City Palace in Jaipur
Gastronomy
- Cooking demonstration and meal with a local family in Delhi or Jaipur
- Street food walk in Delhi or Jaipur
Spiritual
- Private Puja (worship) ceremony on the river ghats for prosperity and well-being
Textiles
- Block Printing Workshop in Jaipur
- Visit weaver’s village in Varanasi
Adventure
- Wildlife – Tiger Safari in Panna National Park, near Khajuraho
Community Service
- Visit an NGO in Delhi
- Visit the SHEROES café in Agra that employs acid attack survivors
- Visit the wildlife SOS Elephant rescue centre in Agra
BEST OF NORTH AND SOUTH INDIA
This tour blends the best of India’s art and culture taking you through some of the most popular destinations in North and South India. You will tour the capital city Delhi which rewards the determined sightseer with more than a thousand monuments, before travelling to Agra to visit the stunning Taj Mahal. Continue your journey to discover the proud and valorous regal splendour of Rajasthan amongst its magnificent forts and palaces, mansions and landscaped estates. Visit one of India’s premier Tiger parks – Ranthambore. This tour enables you to go on the trail of the majestic Royal Bengal Tiger in one of its prettiest refuge. From there experience Ramathra which offers one a chance to experience the great outdoors and ‘village India ‘ at its best, combined with a little fort lifestyle and exceptional Rajput hospitality – a rural idyll; a birdwatcher’s paradise; a nature lover’s dream. Next enjoy the Pink city of Jaipur before flying off to the south India. Experience the charms of God’s own country – with its back waters, simple people and picturesque natural beauty. Heading out from historic port town of Cochin to the backwaters of Kerala and spend a leisurely afternoon cruising in the traditional Kettuvallom house boats, along the waterways that form a dense network in Alleppey. End your journey at the picturesque fishing village Mararikulam, staying in a beach resort with palm fringed beaches, the ultimate destination for relaxation.
EXPERIENCES AVAILABLE:
Cycling
- Explore the lanes of Old Delhi on a morning cycling tour
- Explore on cycles the country side in the vicinity of Cochin
Private Access / Exclusive exploration
- Tour of the private quarters of the City Palace in Jaipur
Gastronomy
- Cooking demonstration and meal with a local family in Delhi or Jaipur.
- Street food walk in Delhi or Jaipur
- Cooking demonstration of Syrian Christian cuisine with Nimmy Paul in Cochin
Textiles
- Block Printing workshop in Jaipur
Walking tours
- Walking tour of the Jew Town in Cochin
Community Service:
- Visit an NGO in Delhi
- Visit the SHEROES café in Agra that employs acid attack survivors
- Visit the wildlife SOS Elephant rescue centre in Agra
BIRDING IN INDIA
This premier birding journey takes you to some of the best birding spots in India. Arrive in Delhi and then travel to Bharatpur, hop off point for Kheoladeo National Park, one of the great ornithological wetland wonders of the world. A birders’ paradise for long, the historic park continues to attract birding enthusiasts from around the globe.
Next you will travel to Chambal Sanctuary which is well known for the gharials and marsh crocodiles. The Sanctuary boasts of a rapidly increasing and impressive bird list of over 330 species of resident and migratory birds and is gaining a reputation as one of the most reliable places to see the Indian Skimmer. It is one of the last surviving habitats of the Gangetic River Dolphin. A quick visit to Taj Mahal in Agra before you head to the national parks in central India. – Satpura and Pench National parks. Satpura is one of India’s best kept secrets; this thick, dry deciduous forest is characterized by hilly backdrops, gorgeous water bodies and a rather stunning blend of landscapes. This is the only Park allowing walking safaris in India.
The forests of Pench National Park were the setting for Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book. Pench National Park is a wild playground harbouring country’s maximum density of prey animals, chased by estimated 65 Tigers. It has an appealing landscape of dry and moist deciduous forest and the vegetation is of undulating scrublands as well as bamboo patches around hilly areas.
ACTIVE ADVENTURE AND WILDLIFE
This tour offers you the thrill of coming face to face with untouched cultures as well as wilderness regions of great natural beauty. You will travel to Central India’s three most famous national parks, each with diverse wildlife, landscapes and tribal communities. These make it a fascinating region to cycle through forested animal corridors which connect the parks. Also on offer will be Night Safaris, Walking Safaris in the buffer zones and Canoe Safaris.
You will also visit Agra to marvel at the wonder that is the Taj Mahal.
WILDLIFE AND CULTURE TOUR OF SOUTH INDIA
Heading out from the metropolitan city of Bangalore, you travel to Mysore and will witness remains of a splendid city of palatial buildings, gardens and broad tree-lined boulevards. Your next destination is Kabini from where you will enjoy the wildlife of Nagarhole National Park before heading to the tranquil hill station Wayanad rich in plantations of coffee and the legendary pepper from which great fortunes have been made.