A 26-day exploration combining must-see highlights with quiet villages, backwaters and beaches. Stress-free traveling, with a guide throughout and three internal flights to cover the ground.
New DelhiJaipurAgraOrchhaKhajurahoVaranasiChennaiMamallapuramPuducherryTanjavarKaraikudiMaduraiPeriyarKochiKerala backwatersKumarakomKovalam
This Indian state is renowned for stonkingly delicious food, tea and spices, and the beautiful Western Ghat mountains.
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Reviewed on 19 Nov 2023 by Henriqueta Furtado
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
Difficult to say, since every new location was exciting. But the unexpected was Diwali in Pushkar.
2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Be prepared for a lot of palaces, bring your swim suit since it is great to have a swim after walking up and down stairs, be prepared for some shopping, relax and enjoy.
3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
The operator does make the effort with the choice of hotels, home cooked meals and reminding the impacts of some of our potencial actions.
4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
Excellent.
Responsible Travel
As the pioneers of responsible tourism, we've screened this (and every) vacation so that you can travel knowing we've worked to maximise the benefits of your vacation to local people and places, and minimise any negative impacts.
Planet
It’s not only the humans in India that need support. Our Company is constantly monitoring the manner in which the elephants at Amber Palace in Jaipur are treated. With the help of a local organisation, Help in Suffering, and the information gathered from our leaders and passengers, we have decided to not include the elephant ride up to the palace due to the inhumane manner in which these animals are maintained. On the Agra-Jaipur highway, there are numerous sloth bears being used to entertain tourists and they are badly abused and beaten. Through our Foundation, we support the efforts of an organisation called Wildlife SOS in their setting up a sanctuary to care for these tortured bears. In voluntarily giving up the bears to the project, the owners are re-educated and re-skilled and are compensated with motorized rickshaws or welding tools.
People
One of the major organisations we support in India is Deepalaya. Through Deepalaya, our Company are currently sponsoring a number of children in the slums of South Delhi to complete their schooling, an opportunity they would otherwise not be able to afford. Since 1990, the support of this organisation has enabled thousands of children to receive quality education and become professionally qualified in such jobs as teachers and technicians.
In a country where so many ethnic communities live together, it’s important to respect individual religious beliefs. Our Company wants to promote this understanding through insight into religious and cultural practices. Our leaders will take you into temples, mosques, shrines and gurudwaras where appropriate, and are able to teach the group about the etiquette and customs specific to the place visited, enabling a deeper understanding for the group of the communities and cultures encountered in India.
At the end of our journey travelers may donate any unwanted clothing, medicines and bandages, which are distributed to a group called Goonj. This organisation is a nationwide movement that provides help to remote villages in Assam, Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal, Uttaranchal and wherever the demand arises or disaster forces people to look for support.
