India, planned by people who are actually there
Fourteen days is the number that works. Ten covers one region properly. Three weeks reaches both halves of the country without becoming a blur. Every India trip we build is written from scratch by one of five people: our Head of Consulting Mai, our India specialists Shira, Omer and Yael, or Arun, wh
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- Best time to go
- October to March
- How many days
- 14 to 21
- Entry
- e-visa, arranged online in advance
- Getting around
- Private car and driver, plus internal flights
Why plan India with us
We are in the country. Our Delhi office is ours, staffed year round, covering India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan. That is what turns a cancelled internal flight or a permit query in Ladakh into something handled rather than escalated.
A named specialist, not a queue. One person owns your file from the first email to the day you land home.
The first proposal is free and it is not a template. You see the actual hotels, the driving hours, the flights we would use and the reasoning behind the order of the days, including which stop we took out of your brief and why.
We will tell you the unwelcome thing. That your ten-day plan is four holidays. That Rajasthan in June is genuinely unsafe. That nobody can promise you a tiger. Our reviews sit at 4.9 from 93 travellers largely because of it.
A WhatsApp group while you travel. Your consultant here and our representatives there, open from take-off until you are home.
The short answers
| Question | Short answer | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| Best time to go | October to March | March is the underrated month. Ladakh runs the other way, June to September. |
| How many days | 14 to 21 | Under 10 means one region. Two regions need a flight day in the middle. |
| Entry | e-visa, arranged online in advance | There is no visa on arrival for most passports. Apply weeks ahead, not days. |
| Getting around | Private car and driver, plus internal flights | Indian main roads average 30 to 35 miles an hour. Ask for real driving times. |
| Typical budget | $120 to $600 per person per day | Land only, excluding international flights. The hotels move this number, little else does. |
The full breakdown is in our complete guide →
Eight ways to travel India
Every route below is one we actually build, published day by day. Start from one and we will rebuild it around you.
- The Golden Triangle and Rajasthan, 14 days: Delhi, Agra, Ranthambore, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur
- India with children, 12 days: shorter drives, pool afternoons, three tiger safaris
- Ladakh and the Himalaya, 15 days: six days on the Markha Valley trail
- Romantic Rajasthan, 11 days: three hotel changes, lakes and a candlelit stepwell
- India by food and culture, 13 days: Old Delhi, the Golden Temple kitchen, Kerala
- Boutique India, 12 days: palace hotels and a leopard camp at Jawai
- Kerala and the south, 14 days: backwaters, tea hills, Chola temples
- Deep India, 21 days: north and south, Varanasi to the Tamil coast
India in the magazine
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India itineraries
Every one of these is a starting point, not a fixed departure. We change the length, the pace and the hotels to fit you.
The Golden Triangle and Rajasthan: 14 days
The route that made northern India famous, built so it does not feel like a coach tour. Six stops in fourteen days, one internal…
India with children: 12 days that work for everyone
India is warmer towards children than almost anywhere we send families, and harder on them than parents expect. The problem is never the destinations.…
Ladakh and the Himalaya: 15 days
Ladakh is high-altitude desert on the Tibetan plateau, and it is the part of India that looks nothing like India. Barley fields and white…
Romantic Rajasthan: 11 slow days for two
Built on the principle that a honeymoon is not a sightseeing trip. Three hotel changes in eleven days, no drive longer than three hours,…
India by what it cooks: 13 days
There is no such thing as Indian food. There are perhaps thirty cuisines that share a spice cupboard and agree on almost nothing else,…
Boutique India: 12 unhurried days
For travellers who judge a trip by the rooms and the rhythm. Twelve days across northern India in small heritage properties and one exceptional…
Kerala and the south: 14 days
The alternative fourteen days, and the one we recommend to anyone nervous about a first trip to India. The south is greener, quieter, better…
Deep India: 21 days, north and south
Three weeks is where India stops being a highlights route and becomes two countries. The north is Mughal, Rajput, wheat-eating and dry. The south…
What is in every India trip we build
- A day-by-day document with real driving hours, not just city names
- A private air-conditioned car and an English-speaking driver on the road legs
- Local guides on the days the context changes what you see, and not on the days it does not
- Internal flights, reserved train seats and safari permits booked by our Delhi office
- Hotels chosen for where they are as much as what they are, with the trade-offs written down
- Permits for Ladakh and the other restricted areas, checked against the rules current on your dates
- Our Delhi office on WhatsApp for the whole trip
Planning India, in detail
What we would skip in India, and what we book instead
This article costs us bookings and we publish it anyway, because the alternative is selling you a day you will resent.
Which tiger park, and what your odds actually are
Start with the sentence that decides everything else: nobody can promise you a tiger. Anyone who does is selling you something, and…
Rajasthan in twelve days, and what to leave out
Most Rajasthan briefs that reach our desk contain eight places. Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, a tiger park, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Udaipur and something in…
India with children
India is better with children than most people expect and harder than the brochures admit, and the two facts are not in…
What to eat in India, and how not to get ill
Indian food is the best reason to go and the thing first-time visitors are most anxious about. Both of those are fair,…
India month by month, region by region
The most expensive planning mistake in India is treating it as one climate. It has at least four, they are not in…
Frequently asked questions
Do we need a visa for India?
Is a first trip to India difficult?
When should we go?
Can you guarantee a tiger?
Can we combine India with another country?
Tell us roughly what you want. We will tell you honestly what works.
A named consultant in Tel Aviv, our own people on the ground, and a written plan you can argue with before you commit to anything.