West & North16 to 18 daysfrom £1,720/p
Royals, Sand & Colour
Mumbai to Udaipur to Jodhpur to Jaisalmer to Jaipur to Agra to Delhi
Mumbai’s ambition, the golden desert of Rajasthan, blue and pink cities, and the Taj Mahal at first light.
India, as it was always
meant to be felt
Come back to the country you’ve heard about, and experience the one that’s actually there.
“We don’t sell packages. We return you to a place you’ve never left.”
For those who feel a pull toward India, whether it’s a memory passed down, a family story half-told, or simply a country they’ve always wanted to know properly. We design trips for people who want to go deeper, not the tourist version. The real thing, with someone who knows the difference.
Eight trips. Eight Indias. Every one, a way in.
Trips
Find your way into India.
Eight journeys. Many ways in. Start with a story, a place, a feeling or simply a question.
Start here
Journeys designed as welcoming first steps into India, each with its own rhythm, character and reason to go.
West & North
Punjab & Himachal14 to 16 daysfrom £1,650/p
Roots, Ghee & Himalayas
Delhi to Amritsar to Dharamsala to McLeod Ganj to Shimla to Manali
Sacred dawn prayers in Amritsar, pine scented Tibetan monasteries in Dharamsala, and the old quarters of Delhi.
Tamil Nadu & Kerala18 to 21 daysfrom £1,850/p
Spice, Temples & Backwaters
Chennai to Pondicherry to Madurai to Munnar to Alleppey to Kochi
Towering Madurai temple spires, sunrise filter coffee, cardamom scented tea estates, and silent backwater houseboats.
East & Northeast14 to 16 daysfrom £1,580/p
The Undiscovered
Kolkata to Darjeeling to Gangtok to Shillong
Sunrise over Howrah Bridge, the UNESCO Darjeeling toy train, Sikkim’s monasteries, and Meghalaya’s living root bridges.
Go deeper
Journeys for travellers drawn to a particular landscape, history, idea or side of India.
Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand16 days, 16 to 23 with a Nepal extensionEst.from £1,600/p
Sacred Rivers & the Himalayan Foothills
Delhi to Lucknow to Ayodhya to Varanasi to Rishikesh to Haridwar to Nainital to Jim Corbett
Nawabi Lucknow, Ram’s Ayodhya, the Ganges ghats of Varanasi, foothill ashrams in Rishikesh, and Jim Corbett’s tiger forests.
North & East14 to 16 daysEst.from £1,650/p
Following Buddha: Enlightenment, Learning & Legacy
Delhi to Bodh Gaya to Rajgir to Nalanda to Sarnath to Varanasi to Kushinagar
The places where an Indian prince became the Buddha, his teachings took root, and the ideas that shaped Asia were debated and preserved. Reflective, not devotional.
Central India14 to 16 daysEst.from £1,750/p
Heart of India: Forts, Temples & the Wild
Delhi to Bhopal to Sanchi to Orchha to Khajuraho to Bandhavgarh
Forts, forests, carved temples and cities most first-time visitors never think to put on the same map. India’s civilisational heartland, away from the postcard route.
Ladakh10 daysEst.from £1,750/p
Monasteries, Moonscapes & the Roof of the World
Leh to Nubra Valley to Pangong Tso
High mountain passes, monasteries, desert dunes at altitude, and a lake that shifts colour through the day.
Why us
01
The trip is yours, not ours
Every itinerary here is a starting point. Swap modules, extend stays, cut sections. We build around you, not the other way around.
02
Honesty over romance
India is not always beautiful. It’s loud, overwhelming, and confrontational. We tell you what each place actually feels like, not the brochure version.
03
Personal, not generic
If your family is from Punjab, going to Amritsar isn’t tourism, and neither is a first trip built around what you actually want to see. We know the difference, and we design accordingly.
Travel with confidence
The practical part, made plain.
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Paid in the UK, in pounds
We’re a small UK-based team. When you book, you pay us directly in pounds, so there’s no overseas transfer to arrange and no separate agent to chase.
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Priced land-only, up front
Every trip is priced transparently on its own page, land package only, so you know the cost before you book your own flights.
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Run by Travel Pals India, since 1994
Once you land, every hotel, transfer and guided experience is handled by Travel Pals India, a family-owned, National Tourism Award-winning operator we work with directly, coordinated end to end.
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Change it, right up until you fly
This is a bespoke trip, built around you. Swap a city, shift your dates, change the service tier, for as long as you haven’t boarded your flight to India. Customisation is available throughout, not just at checkout.
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A person replies, within one to two days
Every inquiry reaches a member of the team directly, with a reply on dates and pricing within one to two days, by whichever contact method you prefer.
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Every inquiry becomes a dossier
We don’t just email back a price. The team turns your inquiry into a personal dossier, with a personal touch: confirmed dates, your chosen module swaps, and the exact land price, sent within one to two days.
The map
Eight trips shown. Every region on the table.
These eight are our reference itineraries, giving you a sense of pace and price for each region. If the place that’s calling you isn’t one of these, tell us where and we will build a trip around it the same way.
The journal
Field notes, honestly written.
Packing lists, visa specifics, and write ups from the routes above, plus the regions we have not built a set itinerary for yet.
Read the journalHow it works
You fly on your terms. We take care of India.
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Browse or take the finder
Read the trip pages and pricing directly, or take the five question finder. Every module swap is listed, nothing is hidden.
02
We build it around you
The team confirms dates, applies any module swaps, and locks in accommodation and internal travel. You book your own international flights to India.
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You land, everything is handled
Private cars, trains, domestic flights, hotels, guided experiences, restaurants, all pre-coordinated. Free days are built in.
Begin your journey.
Tell us the trip, roughly when, how many of you, and anything you have already decided, solo, as a couple, or across the whole family. Someone from the team comes back within one to two days with specifics on dates and pricing, and none of it is locked in early, so keep changing your mind right up until you fly.
A small UK-based team. Our story →