Travellers' reviews about India

The cities I visited - Jaisalmer, Jodphur, Udaipur - were all fascinating in their own way. Kumbalgarh fort and wandering the small streets of Udaipur were highlights.

Enjoyed most of it. I would not visit Delhi again, too polluted. We love Gujarat, Diu beach a disappointment due to rubbish on beach We had two good drivers but one did not speak much English and we were told we would have English speaking drivers. Having said that he was really kind, considerate, helpful and looked after us much better than the second English speaking driver. One hotel Udiapur was changed and was not of a similar standard than the original. Company did their best to sort this out but the hotel was poor and would definitely not eat in the hotel restaurant. there was a beautiful hotel 200 meters away not too expensive Overall we had a great time with a few hiccups I would travel this way again and would recommend the company as they did everything they could to help and kept in contact to see we were OK.

We enjoyed seeing India, or at least a small part of it. The driver and guides were excellent and everything was as promised. The Hotel in Delhi, the Maidens, was superb, the Double Tree Hilton in Agra was functional but not in the least Indian, and the third one in Jaipur Dera Mandawa was a fabulous Indian house hotel, full of authenticity.

All destinations interesting and serious history about some. Worth going to see.

Excellent assistance Wonderful driver Nice hotels Too much spicy food even when we asked no spicy. in general very good service. Nice experience. In some hotels I felt as king.

In addition to what was explained in the best parts section, I would say that the two first hotels (Suryagargh and Raas) were an experience in itself. Try the spa facilities in Suryagargh and take a fort view room in Raas where you can enjoy from your balcony the fort lightening up while drinking a glass of champagne. It is just fantastic.

Five days, four nights on a trip across southern India from Chennai to Kochi

Drive from Pondicherry to alleppey in India. Beautiful temples, landscape and people. Amazing trip

India was a wonderful destination to explore. Because we stuck to travelling around the state of Kerala we managed to see a lot, but didn't feel rushed. Kerala offers many different landscapes for you to enjoy from mountains to rice fields.

Visiting the breathtaking Taj Mahal, Qutab Minar, Humayun's Tomb, Amber Fort, City Palace & sunrise over Annapurna were not to be missed, plus we added 3 days in Delhi to 'do our own thing' and experience life outside of the tourist route which was well worth while. In Nepal we had to ask our guide to visit the center of Kathmandu and the World Heritage Site Monument Zone of Durbar Square, as it was not in the itinerary and was well worth the visit.

Kerala is magic, it has a lot to offer. Nature is lush, food is various with a lot of vegetarian choice. People are nice and friendly, and I've always felt safe. My trip has been all about nature and the best bits have been Munnar and Peryar probably, but it's very difficult to decide among all the places.

We thoroughly enjoyed our first trip to Kerala. We visited the towns of Fort Cochin and Munnar. Enjoyed bird watching at HornBill Camp and Munnar. Spent a day and night on our own Houseboat with excellent meals and service, and finally 3 nights luxury accommodation at Abad Turtle Beach with its own private beach.

That was a great travelling experience. We have a few remarks, though: 1. Varanasi was definitely the most exciting place to be. Though, we didn't visit the Golden Temple and the well of knowledge. Here's what happened: on arrival at the airport we were welcomed by Mr. Nittin who explained the plan for the next two days. He introduced to us the driver and escorted us to the hotel. We didn't see him since although he should have taken care of our departure and 2 boat rides. In the afternoon the driver took us to the town and somehow we managed to understand him that another 'guide' will take us around. Driver dropped us in the middle of the street downtown where Mr. Raj (so he introduced himself) took us over. We are still not sure who this person was and how did he get into this story. He lead us around the city and its winding narrow streets, we stopped by at Blue Lassi for a glass of lassie (he invited himself for a drink on our treat). He was explaining the story of his life and how he strives to provide for his family (showing us pics of some women and a child) and then took us to the evening boat ride. After that he took us back to the car park where the driver was waiting. Mr. Raj of course expected a tip (although we don't know if he was planned in this tour at all) and apparently frowned dissatisfied with the tip of 400 INR for a 2 hour guidance. Next morning we set out to the morning boat ride and we were again handed over by the driver to Mr. Raj in the city centre. He hardly greeted us and explained that a boatman will take us to the ghat and on a boat tour. These were now 4 different people guiding us in Varanasi. After the boat ride the boatman was paid a tip by us (although the ride was included in our tour) and keep rushing us back to the car where the driver was waiting. Immediately after we set out to Sararnath. When I mentioned that we didn't visit all the sights in Varanasi, he was quite confused and called Mr. Nittin who then I spoke to and explained to him the situation. He replied that he'd see what he could do in the afternoon. The driver also didn't want to take us back due to heavy traffic and no parking in the vicinity of the sight. Late in the afternoon Mr. Nittin called back but I had to agree at that time was no time to go back to Varanasi for the sightseeing again as our departure time was closing. The driver then explained that after lunch we were waiting for another guide who would escort us to the train as this procedure is also quite complicated. The guy came and did his job properly (against the tip, again). Although, it was obvious that we were way to early for boarding the train and both (driver and train guide) were trying to show us this church and that house along the way just to kill time and we were not interested in all that at all. So, this was person no. 5 in the Varanasi story. Besides, each expected a tip although only two persons were planned in this section of the tour! We really were impressed with the city but REALLY unfortunately we hadn't had a chance to feel it properly. We could have spent the whole morning in Varanasi but we hadn't. Everything was done in a rush (mostly throughout tho whole journey) while before departure we were hanging around some unimportant buildings along the way to the train station. We hereby demand an explanation around this situation that unpleasantly surprised us and would even expect some kind of compensation for that. We were very satisfied with Mr. Narendra on the road trip in Rajastan. Very professional and accomplished gentlemen, helped us a lot on the way with guidance, advice and all we needed. Kerala: if we planned the tour again, we would definitely skip Munnar. Too long a drive (both ways) for very little satisfaction. Beside tea museum there was nothing to write home about. Not to mention that dairy farm planned to visit as well as natural resort are closed to public. Echo point is one ridiculous place with hundreds of local tourists and there's no echo to hear. Again, the driver suggested a few activities to fill in the extra time we had left. Instead, we could have spent a day more on the beach or above all in interesting places of Rajastan (Pushkar is worth staying a day more)

The agency was superb in supplying everything we had asked for, they arranged all the hotels/homestay/heritage hotels and havelis that we asked for. Their driver Anil was superb, always ready to answer any questions that we had and suggest interesting places to visit as well as being an excellent driver. 21 days gave us the opportunity to visit many of the Golden Triangle greats - Taj Mahal, Amber Fort, the Pink City, the Blue City but also to see some of the less well visited but equally stunning places - loved the forts and temples but Bharatpur for the birds, Pushkar for the atmosphere and Nawalgahr for the havelis were absolutely stunning. to name but a few.

Our driver Rajeef was most excellent - always courteous, on-time, friendly and informative. The trip was good overall although the dirt and poverty, especially in Agra was a shock. We liked Jaipur. Everything went as planned and we have been very pleased.