These are not products on a shelf. They are the regions we know best, written up as a starting shape — then redrawn around whoever is travelling.
We would rather send you one honest number than five tempting ones.
A number on this page would be a fiction. The same eleven nights in Rajasthan can differ enormously depending on when you go, how many of you there are, whether you want the palace or the family haveli, and how much of the driving you would rather hand to someone else.
So we quote once we know the shape of your trip — itemised, in writing, with nothing buried. What drives it:
Six routes we build often, with the reasoning behind each one. Every one of them is a first draft — lengthen it, cut a leg, swap a region, travel it at half the pace.
Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, then south to Udaipur for the part everyone remembers. Short drives, the famous things at dawn before the coaches, and a lake to stop moving beside at the end.
Fort Kochi, one night on a private houseboat rather than three, then tea country and a beach. The least driving of anything we run, and the easiest first trip to India with children.
Leh, Nubra, Pangong and the Indus valley monasteries, with two nights of doing very little built in at the start because the altitude is not negotiable.
Our home state, and the one we know street by street. Bhubaneswar’s temples, Konark, the Puri coast, Chilika at dawn, and the painters at Raghurajpur.
Guwahati, the Khasi hills, Kaziranga and a slow cruise down the Brahmaputra. The trip for a second visit to India, when the obvious things are done.
Ranthambore, then Bandhavgarh or Kanha, with the option of Kaziranga for rhino. Two safaris a day, naturalists who read tracks, and no promises about what you will see.
Every night on your itinerary, in the properties named in the quote.
Private and air-conditioned, yours for the whole route rather than per transfer.
Local specialists and monument tickets wherever the itinerary lists them.
Domestic flights and train tickets shown in the itinerary.
Breakfast daily, plus dinner anywhere there is no sensible alternative nearby.
Permits, redrafts, and the printed field book you travel with.
24×7 contact with the person who actually planned your trip.
Unless you would rather we booked them alongside everything else.
Required before you travel, and yours to choose.
Including the Bhutan Sustainable Development Fee.
And dinners on the evenings we leave free for you.
Charged at some monuments and national parks.
Along with anything out of the minibar.
Arranged on the road and settled at the end.
With the first draft itinerary, usually within a week of the initial call. It is itemised by element — accommodation, transport, guiding, entries — so you can see exactly what a change would cost before you ask for it.
Yes. The first conversation and the first written itinerary carry no charge and no obligation. We only ask for a planning fee if a trip becomes unusually complex before you have committed, and we would flag that well in advance.
A deposit confirms the booking and holds the rooms; the balance is due before departure, typically six weeks out. Payments can be made in Indian rupees by bank transfer or UPI, or by card in your own currency for international clients.
Cancellation terms follow the suppliers we have booked on your behalf and are set out in writing with your quote, before you pay anything. Some camps and peak-season lodges have strict terms; we will always tell you which parts of a trip are the least flexible.
Swap a region, add a week, drop the driving, bring the children. We will send an itemised quote once the shape is right.
