Customised North India Tours, Trekking and Remote Road Safaris in the Indian Himalaya. Specialist India tour operator since 1991.

 

TOURS FROM NEW ZEALAND

EXPLORING, ADVENTURING

FULLY GUIDED GLOBAL WALKS AND ROAD SAFARIS

2012 Escorted by Robin Ross

 

INDIA   2012  MOUNTAINS TO THE SEA TOUR -24 DAYS  Sept 11-Oct 4

FROM THE HIGH INDIAN HIMALAYA DOWN TO THE TIP OF INDIA AND THE SEA -AN EXPLORATION BY ROAD, TRAIN, BOAT, CAMEL & FLIGHT.  AMAZINGLY VARIED.

WITH  EXTENSIONS AVAILABLE PRIOR TO TOUR EX-DELHI -FROM 1  DAY TO 10 DAYS   
Main Tour cost from $10645  NZ pp ex-Delhi twin share.  Single is extra cost.   Heritage Hotels, luxury camping, homestay lodges.

A heritage discovery journey from the high peaks of the Indian Himalaya as far North as travelers are permitted, to the Southernmost tip of India at Kunyakumari Beach, Cape Cormorin.  Three oceans meet here -Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea & The Bay of Bengal.

we use a mixed style of uncommon accommdoation places such as  heritage hotels, homestay lodges, luxury fixed tent camps, houseboats and locally run/Western styled hotels.  With 4 star luxury combined with personal hospitality you will feel the local involvement.

Keep active with plenty of light walks and lots of participation to experience India first hand.

Activites include camel safaris, wild Bactian camels, ancient Buddhist gompas of Ladakh, Beating the Retreat on the Pakistani border, Hindu temples & history, th eBritish Raj era, trains, heritage walks, discovery walks, jewellery, clothing, fruit & flower markets, cruises, ayurvedic massage, cooking class all wrapped into an easy paced tour.

Travel in Ladakh, across the highest road pass in the world  -Khardung La at 5600m -to the previously forbidden Nubra Valley -ancient, barren, mountainous, yet with bright cultivated patchworked fields around the few villages.  Ladakh today is often more Tibetan than Tibet.

In Kerala and in the Himalaya we stay overnight on Indian houseboats and enjoy a new experience on the.water.

Wildlife sanctuary nature visits and lake cruises hopefully to see sloth bears and deer.

We move through ancient temples, ex-Maharajah Palaces, museums & forts absorbing the history and living in the mantle of an Indian life long past.

You also experience breathtakingly beautiful flights over the Himalaya from Delhi to Leh and return.

Add on extensions are availalbe pre-tour to Manali to visit Robin's Himalaya home and to Shimla, Agra & The Taj Mahal, Varanasi on the Ganges or a tour combing all these attractions in one 10 day visit.