Journeys

Journeys across India

Thirty-nine journeys, from four days in Coorg to a month across the south, planned and looked after by our own team.

39 journeys

Journeys

From nine days to a month, for travellers flying in.

15 days

Kerala

Kerala from end to end

Trivandrum to Kochi by the long road, through every kind of country Kerala has.

13 days

Kerala

Kerala, slowly

Five places most itineraries leave out, with two or three nights in each.

The face of a Theyyam performer at Nileshwaram in north Kerala

15 days

Kerala · Kerala & north Malabar

Kerala, in other people's houses

Fifteen days in homestays and family houses, ending in the Theyyam country of the north.

A figure on the beach at Alappuzha at sunset

10 days

Kerala

Kerala for families

Ten days planned around what children enjoy doing.

Palm trees and still water in south Kerala

14 days

Stillness · Kerala

Ayurveda in Kerala

Fourteen days at Chowara, with around three hours of treatment each day.

About three weeks

The South · Tamil Nadu & Kerala

Dravidian India, coast to coast

Southern temple architecture, followed from one coast to the other.

The carved tower of the Brihadeeswarar temple at Thanjavur

11 days

The South · Kerala & Tamil Nadu

Kochi to Chennai

Across the south of India from coast to coast, in eleven days.

15 days

The South · Tamil Nadu & Kerala

Tamil Nadu and Kerala

Fifteen days from the east coast to the west, on a route we have run.

14 days

The South · Karnataka & Kerala

Karnataka and Kerala

Mysore, a tiger reserve, the Malabar coast and the backwaters, on another route we have run.

The seafront and lighthouse at Pondicherry from above

14 days

Tamil Nadu

All of Tamil Nadu

The Pallava shore, the Chola temples, Chettinad and French Pondicherry, in fourteen days.

A painted gopuram of the Meenakshi temple, Madurai

12 days

Tamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh

The pilgrim road of the south

Tirupati to Rameswaram, following the pilgrims rather than the tour buses.

Green tea hills at Coonoor in the Nilgiris

14 days

Karnataka & Goa · Kerala, Tamil Nadu & Karnataka

The hills of the south

Munnar, the Nilgiris, Mudumalai and Coorg: fourteen days in the cool of the hills.

14 days

Karnataka & Goa · Karnataka & Telangana

The dynasties of Karnataka

Hoysala, Vijayanagara, Chalukya and the Deccan sultans, in fourteen days.

A railway line beside a river on the west coast

15 days

The South · Kerala, Karnataka, Goa & Maharashtra

South India by rail

Up the Konkan coast from Kerala to Mumbai by train, with a sketchbook.

30 days

The South · Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka & Goa

A month in the south

Thirty days from Chennai to Goa, with nothing left out.

The carved front of a rock-cut temple in the Deccan

About three weeks

Sacred India · Maharashtra & Karnataka

The rock temples of the Deccan

Ajanta, Ellora and Elephanta, and the kingdoms that came after them.

A white church above a flight of steps in Panjim, Goa

10 days

Karnataka & Goa · Maharashtra & Goa

Mumbai to Goa, down the coast

The Konkan coast road, the part most travellers fly over.

15 days

Sacred India · Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh

Along the Ganges

From where the river leaves the mountains to the ghats of Varanasi.

About two weeks

Sacred India · Uttar Pradesh & Bihar

In the footsteps of the Buddha

The places of the Buddha's life, in the order they happened.

The Taj Mahal in the haze, seen across old ruins

About three weeks

Sacred India · Uttar Pradesh, Bihar & Bengal

From the Taj Mahal to Kolkata

Three weeks across the north of India, ending in Bengal.

Carved golden sandstone balconies in Rajasthan

21 days

Rajasthan & the north · Rajasthan

Rajasthan and the Thar

Three weeks among the Rajput palaces and the desert around them.

15 days

Rajasthan & the north · Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh

Rajasthan with a sketchbook

Fifteen days of drawing, with a teacher alongside.

Embroidered and printed cloth hanging in a Rajasthan market

13 days

Craft & Cloth · Rajasthan

The textile trail of Rajasthan

Thirteen days of block printing, tie-dye and embroidery.

The City Palace and a boat on Lake Pichola, Udaipur

9 days

Rajasthan & the north · Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh & Delhi

Rajasthan in nine days

Four cities and the Taj Mahal, for travellers short on time.

Mehrangarh fort above the town of Jodhpur

15 days

Rajasthan & the north · Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh

Havelis and palaces

Rajasthan through its houses as much as its forts, and the countryside in between.

10 days

Rajasthan & the north · Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh

Holi in Rajasthan

Ten days planned around one festival day, spent with a family rather than at a party.

An old boat on a beach in the Andaman Islands

13 days

Rajasthan & the north · Delhi, Rajasthan & the Andaman Islands

The Taj Mahal and the Andaman Islands

A week in the Mughal north, then the islands of the Bay of Bengal.

22 days

Rajasthan & the north · Delhi, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu & Kerala

North to south

Delhi to the backwaters in three weeks, for a first visit that covers it all.

Snow on the mountains above a valley in Ladakh

18 days

The Himalaya · Ladakh & Himachal Pradesh

Across the Himalaya through Zanskar

From Leh to Lahaul, over a pass above five thousand metres.

A monastery on a hill among the mountains of Ladakh

14 days

The Himalaya · Ladakh

The archaeology of Ladakh

An excavation, and the country around it.

Houseboats on a lake below snow-covered mountains in Kashmir

15 days

The Himalaya · Kashmir & Ladakh

Kashmir to Ladakh

The route of the early Buddhist pilgrims, in the direction they travelled.

The blue water of Pangong Tso among bare mountains

15 days

The Himalaya · Northern Ladakh

Nubra and Pangong

Three days by Bactrian camel, on an old trade route.

Houses of a mountain village on a steep slope in Ladakh

By arrangement

The Himalaya · Central Ladakh

Ladakh, at village pace

Staying in village homes, and walking from one to the next.

15 days

The Himalaya · Sikkim & West Bengal

Sikkim and Darjeeling

The old Buddhist kingdom of Sikkim, and Darjeeling below it.

Mountains seen between two golden prayer wheels in Sikkim

About two weeks

The Himalaya · Sikkim

Sikkim, after Alexandra David-Néel

Following the traveller who went on to walk to Lhasa.

Short escapes

Four or five days, for anyone already in India.

A fisherman casting his net from a canoe on the backwaters at sunset

5 days, 4 nights

Kerala · Kerala backwaters

The backwaters from Kochi to Kollam

Five days on one boat, along the full length of the backwaters.

5 days, 4 nights

Kerala · Munnar & Thekkady

Munnar and Thekkady

Tea, cardamom and cool air, in five days.

The courtyard of a Chettinad mansion with its red-tiled roof

4 days, 3 nights

Tamil Nadu

Chettinad and Madurai

Merchant mansions, handmade tiles, and the Meenakshi temple.

4 days, 3 nights

Karnataka & Goa · Karnataka

Coorg and Bylakuppe

Coffee country, and a Tibetan monastery close by.

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