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India overwhelms in the best way: the Golden Triangle of Delhi, Agra and Jaipur delivers Mughal forts and the Taj Mahal, while the south offers Kerala's backwaters and Goa's beaches.
It's chaotic, colourful and astonishingly cheap — go with an open mind and a flexible plan.
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Mughal monuments, bazaars and the country's gateway.
Home of the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort.
The Pink City — palaces and hilltop forts.
Mughal monuments, bazaars and the country's gateway.
Home of the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort.
The Pink City — palaces and hilltop forts.
Beaches, backwaters and houseboats in the south.
Mughal monuments, bazaars and the country's gateway.
Home of the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort.
The Pink City — palaces and hilltop forts.
Beaches, backwaters and houseboats in the south.
Visa rules change frequently. Most tourists apply for the official India e-Visa online before travel; avoid third-party sites. Always verify with the official India immigration / e-visa website before travelling.
The world's most beautiful monument to love.
Hilltop palace of mirrored halls.
Houseboat cruises through palm-lined canals.
Sacred sunrise rituals on the Ganges.
Laid-back sand, seafood and nightlife.
Hinduism's sacred river at its most intense — sunrise rowboat past the burning ghats and evening Ganga Aarti…
A 1,400 km² tiger reserve with ruined 10th-century forts among the trails — India's most reliable tiger sighting.
India's densest tiger population — daybreak jeep safaris in sal forest, ancient fort ruins on a hilltop deep…
India's great desert — camel safaris from Jaisalmer's golden sandstone fort into dunes and old caravan villages.
Srinagar's "jewel" — Mughal-built houseboats, shikara boats and floating vegetable markets at dawn, ringed by the Pir Panjal…
A "Sonar Quila" living golden-sandstone fort in the Thar Desert — 4,000 people still live within the walls.
A 14th-century reservoir lake in Udaipur with floating palaces — the Indian "Venice of the East" at sunset.
Home to two-thirds of the world's one-horned rhinos — jeep and elephant safaris in the Brahmaputra floodplain.
India's oldest national park (1936) — a sal-forested tiger reserve at the foot of the Himalayan foothills.
India's highest tiger density — Bengal tigers in sal forest, plus a 2,000-year-old fort on a sandstone hilltop.
Tent camps on the shore of a 134-km Himalayan lake at 4,250 m — straddles India and China,…
The sal-tree forest that inspired Kipling's Jungle Book — sambar, swamp deer and Bengal tigers in central India.
