Travel And Taste

One of the most exciting travel destinations in the world, India is beautiful, bustling, enriching and can provide a real culture shock to the senses. So different from anywhere else, your first visit to this great big country can be daunting, no matter how much you want to see it. But with a local guide, three and four-star hotels and tours that have that tailormade touch to them, all of your concerns can fade away with Travel & Taste.

Best Of India Luxury Tour

From food to temples and elephants to markets, you can visit the popular and lesser-known treasures of India. On this 10-day 11-night tour, you’ll visit the 300-year-old Chandni Chown Market and Mahatma Ghandi memorial of Delhi, the fortresses and al fresco art of Mandawa, and the ruggedly beautiful Amber Fort, which you’ll ride an elephant to get to just like the royal Maharajas!

In Agra, you’ll get to spend one morning watching the white marble of the Taj Mahal light up in the sunrise, and take an overnight train to Varanasi, where you’re met with the Aarti ceremony on the River Ganges, as well as a boat ride along its waters.

Grand Heritage India Tour

For 15 days and 14 nights, you can get to grips with even more Indian culture and history on the Grand Heritage Tour. Destinations, monuments and experiences include the Taj Mahal, Amber Fort and elephant ride, as well as lakes and temples of Pushkar, the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Fort Chittorgarh and Fort Kumbhalgarh, the City Palace and museum of Udaipur, a boat ride on Lake Pichola, the Jain temple comlex of Ranakpur, the oldest mountain range in India, the markets of Jojawar and Jodhpur, and a train ride through the beautiful forests and hills of Kambli Ghat Pass.

If you want to travel around India but have no idea where to start, Travel & Taste provide comfortable and informative tours to many of its great regions. With a local guide, you’ll see and do things that you would have no idea about if you went alone. Breakfast is included each morning, and you can add on lunches and dinners with a simple supplement. You’ll also get to stay in hotels graded three and four stars, so after all that driving, you can have a little bit of luxury. This doesn’t mean that you have to empty your savings to enjoy it – the Best Of India Luxury Tours is $1459pp based on a single traveller in a car, or $899pp if two are sharing. Meanwhile, the Grand Heritage India Tour is $2198pp for a single traveller in a car, and $1499pp if two are sharing.

These tours are available exclusively to BBM readers and won’t be found on travelandtaste.com.au. For full details contact [email protected]