India Escorted Tours

Amber was the capital of the Kachchawahs from 1037 to 1728, when Sawai Jai Singh II moved the capital from the Amber Fort to the valley below and built Jaipur. The Fort as seen today was constructed from 1592 and extended by successive rulers. It was...

The exquisite Golden Temple, the most sacred place in Sikhism, attracts pilgrims as well as tourists from all over the world. As the central place of worship for all Sikhs, it provides a welcome and shelter for people of all faiths and castes, in keeping...

Delhi is a microcosm of India’s past, present and future. Here are the extremes that make India so compelling. A city that encompasses Mughal glory, European grandeur, Punjabi opulence, and the futuristic high-rises and malls of the new satellite city...

Delhi is a microcosm of India’s past, present and future. Here are the extremes that make India so compelling. A city that encompasses Mughal glory, European grandeur, Punjabi opulence, and the futuristic high-rises and malls of the new satellite city...

In 1728 the Maharajah Sawai Jai Singh II decided to move his capital from the Amber Fort to a dry lake in the valley below. Completed in just eight years, Jaipur was the first city in India to be built with rigorous town planning according to the principles...

Sheer beauty and Shere Khan. Widely considered the greatest of India’s wildlife reserves, Kanha National Park covers nearly 1,000 sq km of deciduous forest, savanna grassland, hills and meandering rivers with crystal clear waters. Few visitors are disappointed...

Launched in 1982 and refurbished many times since, the Palace on Wheels is one of the top luxury trains in India and rated as one of the world’s great train journeys. The delight of the experience is twofold. On the one hand, you get to see all the...

Once upon a time, Ranthambore was a game reserve of the royal families of Jaipur and Karauli, where huge tiger hunts took place involving the entire royal court on some 40 elephants slaying prodigious amounts of big game. Through the 20th Century, India’s...

As if Agra didn’t have more than its fair share of attention with the Taj Mahal, it also has up its sleeve the magnificent Red Fort, also known as Agra Fort. A mere 2km from the Taj along the Yamuna River, the high red sandstone ramparts dominate a...

Rising in the Himalayas and flowing over 2,500km through India and Bangladesh before emptying into the Bay of Bengal, the mighty Ganges is the world’s third largest river after the Amazon and Congo.But it is far more than a geographical statistic. The...

Shimla straddles an eight-mile long ridge, its buildings clinging to the green hillsides. The British ruling classes began coming here in the 1820s as a refuge from the summer heat. By 1864 Shimla, known as the Queen of Hills, was the British Raj’s...

What can be said about the Taj Mahal that hasn’t already been written? How many times have you already seen it in zillions of photographs, films and TV programmes? Can such a hyped up destination possibly live up to expectation?Don’t worry. What many...