INCREDIBLE INDIA FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS

This tour gives you highlights of what this beautiful country could offer – the strong forts that were once inaccessible places, luxurious palaces, the rustic and traditional lives of its people, unique culture, ancient temples and colorful fairs. Most importantly, you would get enormous opportunity to get some great images from every location that will stay with you forever.

 

EXPERIENCES AVAILABLE:

Walking tours

  • Walking tour of ghats and old city in Varanasi

Private Access / Exclusive exploration

  • Experience Mehrangarh Fort by night on an exclusive tour with the curator himself
  • Tour of the private quarters of the City Palace in Jaipur 

Gastronomy

  • Cooking demonstration and meal with a local family in Jodhpur or Jaipur.
  • Walk in the spice markets in Jodhpur
  • Street food walk in Jaipur 

Ancient Temple Architecture / Spirituality

  • Witness the evening worship ceremony at Birla Temple in Jaipur 

Art

  • Block Printing workshop in Jaipur 

Adventure

  • Hot Air Ballooning in Pushkar and Jaipur
  • Ziplining in Jodhpur

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

SOUTHERN SOJOURN

This exciting tour features the very best of south India – historical monuments, cultural extravaganzas and calming waterways. From the historical colonial environs of Chennai you journey through the lively temple towns of Tamil Nadu, past culturally rejuvenating cities such as Pondicherry and Auroville By the Sea, both associated with The Mother and the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. Then it is on to Tanjore, present-day Thanjavur, with its stunning temple and gilded religious art, then Chidamabaram with its fabulous religious architectural marvels. Halt at the legendary enclave of the Chettinad region. Heading out for jasmine-scented Madurai and over the Western Ghats, we slip into the forested environs of the Thekkady wending our way into the glorious backwaters of Kerala and exploring the ancient harbour city of Cochin.

 

EXPERIENCES AVAILABLE:

Cycling

  • Explore on cycles the country side in the vicinity of Cochin 

Gastronomy

  • Cooking demonstration of the famed Chettinad cuisine at the hotel in Karaikudi
  • Cooking demonstration of Syrian Christian cooking with Nimmy Paul in Cochin 

Walking tours

  • Walking tour of the Jew Town in Cochin 

Art

  • Lecture demonstration of Bharatanatyam dance by proficient dancers in Tanjore.
  • Visit to Athangudi tile making centre in Karaikudi