India Holidays
India awaits you, magnificent and mysterious, colourful and bewildering – a land of incredible diversity which truly offers something for everyone. Spectacular temple complexes, grand mosques and historic churches, abandoned cities, remote indigenous communities, princely forts and palaces, India is a panorama of life untouched by the passing of time.
Northern India and Rajasthan are the setting for some of India’s grandest sites – a region of imposing desert fortresses, floating palaces, iconic buildings, historic trains, pilgrimage cities, colourful textiles and traditional handicrafts. To the north of Delhi the terrain rises steadily. Here roads lead from the hill stations of Shimla and Manali towards the mighty Himalayas, passing the serene lakes of Kashmir and ending in the high mountains of Ladakh. Central India is rightly famed for its wildlife and its collection of national parks is arguably the best place to see the majestic tiger in the wild, however, this is also a region of ancient cave temples, Buddhist complexes and India’s commercial centre, Mumbai.
Southern India is divided by the Western Ghats – tropical Kerala with its palm-fringed beaches and lush tea plantations to the west and the monumental multi-coloured temples of Tamil Nadu. Eastern India and the remote North East remain India’s last frontier with the cultured city of Kolkata the starting point for exploration of the region. Explore Orissa’s temples and discover the state’s indigenous culture, cruise the Hugli and Brahmaputra rivers, search from rhino in Assam’s pristine national parks, learn about the proud indigenous heritage of Nagaland or travel through little-visited Arunachal Pradesh.
