4-Day WILDLIFE SAFARI
Do tiger sightings, elephant trekking, nature walks, tasty Indian food and unmatched services sound enticing? Go on a wildflife safari to one of India's rich grassland jungles with the highest density of tigers! Spot a blue bull, wild boar, jackal, samber deer, the blue rock thrushes and crag martins. Stay in rustic or luxury lodges around the park.

11-Day PALACES OF RAJASTHAN
Delhi * Jaipur * Bikaner * Jaisalmer * Jodhpur * Ranakpur * Udaipur * Mumbai

Travel along the great Indian Desert and be pampered at former maharaja’s palaces and hunting lodges. Visit resplendent palaces museums, and the only living fortress city with filigreed havelis (mansions). Enjoy a sunset camel safari and shop for old silver, arts & crafts and textiles. Visit villages, lake palaces, ancient bazaars, and temples.

15-Day CULTURAL INDIA
Mumbai * Aurangabad * Udaipur * Jaipur * Agra * Khajuraho * Varanasi * Delhi

Experience the essence of India replete with art, architecture, legends and lore. The cosmopolitan cities of Mumbai and Delhi offer fabulous hotels, fine dining, silver streets, jewelry bazaars and evocative ruins. In Aurangabad see some of the finest Buddhist cave paintings. Reminisce at fairytale palaces, erotic temples and Jaipur's old walled city. Meet artists, buy colorful textiles, view fortress museums, and pilgrims along the Ganges River. Enjoy a magical sunset over the delicately ethereal Taj Mahal, a symbol of love and outrageous opulence.

15-Day BEST OF INDIA'S WILDLIFE Nov - May
Delhi * Jaipur * Agra * 3 Wildlife Parks * Khajuraho * Varanasi * Delhi

Enjoy wildlife safaris in three of India's top wildlife reserves with the best animal sightings including tigers, blue cow, spotted deer and exotic birdlife. View the bamboo forests and grassland jungles. Learn about Project Tiger and be enriched by the artistic legacy, colorful history and fascinating cultures of India.

8-Day SOUTH INDIA INTERLUDE
Chennai * Mahabalipuram * Cochin * Periyar * Alleppey * Goa

Travel from bustling Chennai to the beautiful seashore temples with their intricate rock carvings. Visit an ancient silk weaving town and spice plantations. Relax on a deluxe rice barge cruise along the “backwaters” of Kerala. View the Chinese fishing nets, active Jewish quarter and classical dance performance in Cochin and arrive in Goa, once a quaint Portuguese fishing village, now a vacation hot spot with revolutionary standards of luxury.

8-Day BEST OF LEH mid Jun - mid Sep
Journey to Ladakh, known as Little Tibet, and explore its capital city, Leh. Under rugged snow-capped mountains, explore this scenic town with spectacular Buddhist monasteries and gompas (stupas) and breath-taking scenery. See the intricate turquoise headdresses worn by local women, visit the Tibetan medicine hospital and, perhaps, discuss with an oracle life’s unanswered questions.

8-Day TREK AROUND LEH mid Jun - mid Sep
Hike past snow-capped mountains, fluttering prayer flags and remote monasteries on this high altitude trek. Admire the frescoed halls and splendid religious art and join a peaceful prayer ceremony. Zigzag through mountain villages, over clear streams and barley fields in Ladakh known as "Little Tibet".

10-Day TRIBAL ARUNACHAL PRADESH Oct - May
Calcutta * Dibrugarh * Khonsa * Longding * Calcutta

Explore Arunachal Pradesh’s recently opened tribal villages set amidst roaring rivers and deep gorges in the lofty Himalaya. 25 different tribes live here in near isolation retaining their traditions, animistic beliefs, language and to a large extent their dress. (Restricted area permits are subject to government approval.)
Optional Kaziranga Wildlife extension available

13-Day INDIA'S LAST FRONTIERS
Calcutta * Pasighat * Along * Ziro * Tezpur * Guwahati * Calcutta

Once known as the ‘Hidden Land’, Arunachal Pradesh was completely closed to all outsiders. A limited number of travelers are now being permitted to visit this beautiful region covered by natural forests, turbulent streams, roaring rivers, deep gorges and the lofty Himalaya. A sentinel of the country in the northeast, this ancient land has been mentioned in the Hindu epics.

About 25 different tribes inhabit Arunachal Pradesh. Due to its closure and remote location, these tribes have retained their intrinsic heritage and remain untouched. It has a patriarchal society where most locals practice polygamy. Head hunting has long since ceased and these are peace-loving people. In January you can participate in the Reh Festivalat Pasighat, celebrated by the Idu Mismi tribe to thank for a bountiful harvest. Celebrate the unity among men with the Hill Miris at the Boori Boot Festival in Daporijo. In March see Mopin Festival of Adi (Hillman) tribes proficient in weaving, the Tagin with their unique slant thatch-roofs, the Nishi and the enterprising Apa Tani tribes of Ziro. End in Calcutta, the grand old city of the British Raj.

15-Day ORISSA: A Cultural Tapestry
Bhubaneshwar * Pipli * Taptapani * Jeypore * Gopalpur on-sea * Puri * Calcutta

Journey to vibrant Orissa with its ‘living’ temples, untouched tribal villages, rich diverse art forms and pristine shoreline! Marvel at the ancient rock-cut, ornate sandstone temples in Bhubaneshwar. Visit Jaganath Temple at Puri and the Sun Temple at Konarak, with its exquisitely preserved sculpture and astonishing erotica.

25 percent of Orissa's population is adivasi (tribal); they are thought to have descended from pre-Aryan aboriginal inhabitants and still practice their unique traditions and languages. Visit the nomadic Langia Soura tribes and drive to Taptapani, a spa village nestled in the Ghats. Go to Jeypore to meet the Kutia and Dongria Kondh, Koya and Bonda (naked) tribes who dress in colorful beads, heavy silver jewelry and little else. Amble in the weekly market and join the village festivities amongst these tribes dressed in all their finery. Relax at Gopalpur-on-sea's long pristine beach and end in colonial yet traditional Calcutta.

16-Day HIMALAYAN FOOTHILLS: KULLU & KANGRA
Delhi * Rishikesh * Shimla * Manali * Dharamshala * Dalhousie * Amritsar

If you wish to get away from it all, have us arrange a spiritually rejuvenating journey to the intensely beautiful valleys of Kullu and Kangra in Himachal Pradesh located between Punjab and Tibet. Walk amongst the surrounding hills and alpine meadows in undisturbed bliss. Visit nomadic Gaddis and quaint villages.

This region offers magnificent scenery with snow-covered mountain ranges stretching majestically for hundreds of miles. The Kangra Valley with its varied cultures, fragile ecosystems, thick pine forests and snow-fed, crystal-clear streams is flanked in the north by the perpetually snow-capped Dhauladhar mountain range. This region abounds in ancient temples and monasteries and is where the famous Kangra School of miniature painting was born.

Journey to Rishikesh with its peaceful ashrams and go up the mountains to Shimla, the lovely summer capital of the British. In September celebrate the famous weeklong Dussehra Festival where about 200 statues of devtas (Hindu Gods) are brought from the surrounding villages in carved wooden chariots clad in bright silks under lavishly embroidered parasols. Rejoice in the festivities and mingle with snake charmers, astrologers, sadhus (holy men), and gaily dressed Himachali dancers. Drive past lush tea gardens to Mcleodganj, a small sleepy Tibetan town in the Kangra valley where the Dalai Lama now lives in exile. Visit the pine-covered slopes of Dalhousie reminiscent of the Raj. Admire the glittering dome of the golden temple that rises above the teeming streets of Amritsar, the holy city of the Sikhs.

19-Day BEST OF NORTH & SOUTH INDIA
Delhi * Jaipur * Agra * Khajuraho * Varanasi * Chennai * Madurai * Cochin * Goa * Mumbai

Revel in the timeless beauty and cultures of both north and south India. Sample exotic cuisine, visit palaces, schools, and a home kitchen to learn authentic cooking. View the amazing accurate stone observatory and the often photographed palace of winds in Jaipur. Ride elephants, view the magnificent Taj Mahal, and the temples at Khajuraho, built in a burst of creativity in just 100 years! Enjoy a boat ride on the sacred Ganges River and a luxury rice barge cruise in Kerala. Relax and enjoy south India's lush gardens, palm fringed white sandy beaches, exquisite temple art, spice plantations, lakes and wildlife. Cruise along Kerala's backwaters on your luxury houseboat. Visit Cochin's active Jewish Quarter and enjoy classical dance and music performances.

22-Day ARUNACHAL PRADESH & NAGALAND Oct - May
Calcutta * Guwahati * Dhirang * Tawang * Bomdilla * Ziro * Jorhat * Mon * Calcutta

Arunachal Pradesh is covered by natural forests, turbulent streams, roaring rivers, deep gorges and the lofty Himalaya. About 25 different tribes live here in near isolation retaining their animistic beliefs and language. Visit rural villages in Nagaland and meet the former headhunters. Explore remote Twang Monastery and end in Calcutta, the grand old city of the British Raj. (Restricted area permits are subject to government approval.)