Western India Tour Companies

Excellent Tour with personlize services

Thanks to driver Vijay.

On the plus side, this tour covers a LOT of Rajistan. (I think we saw 8 cities in 14 days?) It also covers a fair number of interesting things to do, like the Taj Mahal and Agra fort. As a negative, the entire trip felt incredibly rushed. I'd guess that about 75% of time with the tour guide was spent in a bus. Not exactly my idea of a fun trip. (Especially as the trips were often "get on a bus for 3 hours", "get off at a rest stop that serves coffee and medicore food", "get back on the bus for 3 hours". Having a few things to see along the way would have made a huge difference.) I feel like it would have made sense to cut some of the stops (or maybe get up earlier or later? Something???) so that there was more time in each city to actually, y'know, see the country we were in. I also disliked the number of "shopping trips" organized for us. There were at least 7 (7!!!) stops to small stores, all of which sold fairly expensive items (so not really suitable to just picking up a quick souveneer) and had salespeople who were often fairly aggressive if I didn't buy. (Hey, guys, I didn't want to come here...) We also stopped for about an hour at each place...which meant that a huge portion of "on the ground" time in India was spent...at very expensive shops with pushy, aggressive sales people. Personally, if I had to do it over, I'd probably just take either train/planes or a private car (even a private driver would probably cost less than this tour...) and have a bit more time on my own to explore.

Intrepid Premium India in Depth (November 13 - 25) Mumbai - Delhi Excellent tour leader along with very good local informative guides. 3 changes in accommodation; Mumbai - Gordon House Hotel is excellent, well priced and only 1 street back from Gateway to India but the company changed to Fariyas Hotel, Mumbai which was been renovated as well as painted so very noisy, couldn't use the pool and scaffolding all around. Definitely not ideal. Our second night in Delhi was also cancelled at Jaypee Siddharth Hotel though privately booked and paid for months before the tour so had to find alternative accommodation while on the tour and they told the travel agents they were "closed for renovations" however the tour was booked and stayed there and no renovations were occuring. Hadoti Palace Hotel in Bundi looked nice and rooms were big but not clean especially the toilet and shower. Otherwise all hotels were very nice and rated accurately; cleaning the showers/washrooms would have helped with the mouldy smell but that is somewhat consistent in most countries. November is the start of wedding season in India which are very loud and noisy and have no time restrictions so be prepared for that if going at this time of year. Tour involves quite a number of days travelling in a bus/coach for 4 - 6 hours with a stop every 2 - 3 hours. Rest stops are OK at best with only snack food to purchase. Adjusting the departure time would have helped with timeframes as quite a few days we were getting lunch around 2 - 3 pm when hotel kitchens were closed. Definitely not enough free time for shopping on your own with organized evenings most nights or in a venue on the outside of towns. Toured the markets but they were only a walk through with the group and no time to stop and shop. Restaurants and food was amazing and no one was unwell on the trip. 2 days in Ranthambhore Park was too long and could have done in 1.5 days with more time in Agra. Overall a very good trip for myself and my father (aged 79).

great itinerary, guides were knowledgeable and friendly, driver was excellent, always on time and friendly Tour provider was very helpful with all details.

the tour postponed to several months latet

Allanta and Ellora are impressive. The carvings, the paintings and the history behind those monuments made this trip unique.

Everything was perfectly organised from arrival to departure. The hotels were comfortable and the tour guide for visiting the caves were knowledgeable and friendly. I highly recommend to visit these caves to everyone.

We did an amazing tour.. Responses Always on time and excellent Driver and tour guides. We would like to thank all aspects of the tour that was arranged, and would not hesitate in recommending this tour to anyone.

Great tour, was super complete and the guides really good

The trip was disappointing, basically all it was just a transfer to and from hotel to the airport. Hotel had awesome breakfast and it was a definite plus. Advertised beech in far distance from hotel, dirty, trashed and impossible to use for swim. Waste of my time:( Had to book extra trips and pay just to be able to go somewhere and see historic sites and near attractions. For the price a nice drive around should have been included, really disappointed. Overall would NOT recommend this trip. Dined in local restaurants and food was absolutely amazing, was avoiding overpriced hotel meals and it was a great decision. Inspite language problems family restaurants offered awesome service and absolutely unforgettable meals.