Premium North & South India

Meals

10 breakfasts and 6 dinners are included

Transport

Auto rickshaw, Boat, Cycle rickshaw, Metro, Plane, Private vehicle, Jeep, Ferry

Accomodation

Hotel (16 nights), Jaipur Feature Stay (2 nights), Houseboat Feature Stay (1 night), Kochi Feature Stay (2 nights)

Included Activities

• Delhi - Welcome dinner
• Old Delhi City Tour
• Delhi - Sheeshganj Gurudwara (Sikh Temple)
• Delhi - Jama Masjid (Shoe Keeper)
• Delhi - Visit to the Jama Masjid Mosque
• Jaipur - Leader-led orientation walk
• Jaipur - Home-cooked dinner
• Jaipur - Amber Fort
• Jaipur - City Palace
• Agra - Taj Mahal
• Lucknow - Orientation Walk
• Lucknow - Sheroes Dinner
• Lucknow City Tour
• Lucknow – Awadhi Cooking Class
• Orientation Walk in Varanasi
• Varanasi - Evening Ganga aarti with musicians on boat
• Varanasi - Ganges candle flower ceremony
• Varanasi - Sunrise Ganges boat trip
• Sarnath Museum Visit
• Sarnath Stupa Visit
• Varanasi – Rickshaw Food Tour
• Farewell Dinner at Haveli Dharampura
• Complimentary Arrival Transfer
• Chennai - Welcome dinner
• Mamallapuram - Shore Temples guided tour
• Puducherry - Leader-led French Quarter walking tour
• Puducherry - Sri Aurobindo Ashram
• Puducherry - snack stop at local cafe
• Madurai - Leader-led street food tour
• Madurai - Sri Meenakshi 1000 Pillar
• Madurai - Sri Meenakshi Temple
• Madurai - Gandhi Museum
• Madurai - Leader-led walking tour
• Madurai - Thirumalai Nayakkar Palace
• Madurai - Local family visit and home-cooked Tamil dinner
• Thekkady - Expert-guided spice plantation visit and lunch
• Periyar - Kalaripayattu (Indian Martial Art) performance
• Periyar - Guided nature walk
• Munnar - Tea plantation view point
• Munnar - Tea Museum
• Munnar - Mattupetty Dam
• Munnar - Leader-led town walking tour
• Kochi - Kathakali performance
• Kochi - Jewish Synagogue
• Kochi - Ferry to Mattancherry
• Kochi - Dutch Palace
• Kochi - Keralan cooking class
• Kochi – Fort Kochi Tuk Tuk Tour

• Enjoy accommodation like no other – a heritage stay in Jaipur in a beautiful converted houseboat on the Kerala backwaters and a suave heritage hotel in Kochi are your Feature Stays on this trip.
• Find out what makes Indian cuisine so special during Exclusive Experiences, including local-lead food tours in Varanasi and Madurai, home-cooked meals with local families, and an ayurvedic cooking demonstration and dinner.
• Discover the beauty in buildings that lie across India, from Jaipur’s Amber Fort and Royal City Palace to Agra’s Red Fort and iconic Taj Mahal, and see architectural influences from a multicultural past in Puducherry and Kochi.
• Take part in Exclusive Experiences, like a cruise down the Ganges with local musicians, and witness a lively performance of kalarippayattu.
• Experience a thousand shades of green as you tour a scenic tea plantation in Munnar and track footprints in search of wild elephants in the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary.