Darjeeling Tours for the very best of Indian Hill Railways and more! We offer a range of escorted tours and add-ons to all of our itineraries so you can visit other parts of India, such as the amazing Taj Mahal or Kerala’s backwaters.
We also have tours to the USA and Australia.
COVID 19
Quite understandably, with Coronavirus impacting travel and movement across the globe, international travel for early 2021 will be difficult if not impossible, and certainly undesirable. The situation in India (in late October 2020) is showing some promise, with COVID daily infections on a falling trend, but the situation in early 2021 is still likely to pose an unacceptable risk for visitors. In addition, India is unlikely to grant visitors coming from other countries or areas perceived to be high-risk.
In these circumstances, we have taken the only sensible decision, which is postpone our Indian programme for the first quarter of 2021 until later in the year, or early 2022. In India, April to June is unpleasantly hot (on the plains) and July to September is the monsoon season, so the postponement is significant.
The postponements are as follows:
Indian Magic was departing 13 January 2021 - postponed until 12 January 2022
Hidden Textiles was departing 9 February 2021 - postponed until 9 November 2021
Darjeeling Mail was departing 22 February 2021 - postponed until 22 November 2021
Kangra Valley was departing 14 March 2021 - postponed until 13 March 2022
Colorado was departing 5 June 2021 - postponed to 4 September 2021
The amended itineraries are available on this site for perusal or download, or please let us know if you would like us to mail you a paper copy. After all the COVID disruption, don’t you deserve a good interesting holiday?
Our Tours
Most of our escorted rail tours include steam charters, and on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway there’s our exclusive dining charter plus a bus that follows the train along the line, so you can get those great shots of the locomotive in action. There’s plenty for partners to enjoy on our Indian train tours - group tours - and you’ll have time in each place to relax and explore.
We have a new tour exploring the rich variety of textiles and textile work in Northern India. Please take a look at the itinerary of this tour with a difference – you will get some real experience with the locals who actually produce those bright and cheery garments that you see on sale in the bazaars – and across much of the rest of the world!
In the hill stations, we stay in interesting heritage properties such as the Windamere Hotel in Darjeeling or the Taj Savoy in Ooty - oozing with character! Each rail tour is accompanied by one of our experienced Tour Managers who will make sure that your holiday runs smoothly.
We don’t just organise holidays to India, we also specialise in the USA and have a great tours to Colorado in the States. Following our successful 2018 tour to Australia we have an even better one organised for 2021!
Plans include:
For a first visit to India, we have our Indian Magic tour, visiting the three famous Hill Stations of Darjeeling, Shimla and Ooty. Have a look at our Kangra Valley Tour for 2022- this really covers some of the most beautiful and interesting places in North India.
For your peace of mind, we’re a UK based tour operator and have run rail tours for many years. We’re ATOL licensed, for your protection. When you contact us you’ll speak to a real person with lots of experience of travelling in India the USA and Australia and we’ll personally make sure that you have an amazing holiday experience with us! You can book online, by phone or just fill in the booking form.
We also have tours to the USA and Australia.
COVID 19
Quite understandably, with Coronavirus impacting travel and movement across the globe, international travel for early 2021 will be difficult if not impossible, and certainly undesirable. The situation in India (in late October 2020) is showing some promise, with COVID daily infections on a falling trend, but the situation in early 2021 is still likely to pose an unacceptable risk for visitors. In addition, India is unlikely to grant visitors coming from other countries or areas perceived to be high-risk.
In these circumstances, we have taken the only sensible decision, which is postpone our Indian programme for the first quarter of 2021 until later in the year, or early 2022. In India, April to June is unpleasantly hot (on the plains) and July to September is the monsoon season, so the postponement is significant.
The postponements are as follows:
Indian Magic was departing 13 January 2021 - postponed until 12 January 2022
Hidden Textiles was departing 9 February 2021 - postponed until 9 November 2021
Darjeeling Mail was departing 22 February 2021 - postponed until 22 November 2021
Kangra Valley was departing 14 March 2021 - postponed until 13 March 2022
Colorado was departing 5 June 2021 - postponed to 4 September 2021
The amended itineraries are available on this site for perusal or download, or please let us know if you would like us to mail you a paper copy. After all the COVID disruption, don’t you deserve a good interesting holiday?
Our Tours
Most of our escorted rail tours include steam charters, and on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway there’s our exclusive dining charter plus a bus that follows the train along the line, so you can get those great shots of the locomotive in action. There’s plenty for partners to enjoy on our Indian train tours - group tours - and you’ll have time in each place to relax and explore.
We have a new tour exploring the rich variety of textiles and textile work in Northern India. Please take a look at the itinerary of this tour with a difference – you will get some real experience with the locals who actually produce those bright and cheery garments that you see on sale in the bazaars – and across much of the rest of the world!
In the hill stations, we stay in interesting heritage properties such as the Windamere Hotel in Darjeeling or the Taj Savoy in Ooty - oozing with character! Each rail tour is accompanied by one of our experienced Tour Managers who will make sure that your holiday runs smoothly.
We don’t just organise holidays to India, we also specialise in the USA and have a great tours to Colorado in the States. Following our successful 2018 tour to Australia we have an even better one organised for 2021!
Plans include:
For a first visit to India, we have our Indian Magic tour, visiting the three famous Hill Stations of Darjeeling, Shimla and Ooty. Have a look at our Kangra Valley Tour for 2022- this really covers some of the most beautiful and interesting places in North India.
For your peace of mind, we’re a UK based tour operator and have run rail tours for many years. We’re ATOL licensed, for your protection. When you contact us you’ll speak to a real person with lots of experience of travelling in India the USA and Australia and we’ll personally make sure that you have an amazing holiday experience with us! You can book online, by phone or just fill in the booking form.
We also design Readers’ Tours for magazines and other publications or special interest groups/clubs. Readers’ Tours are a great way to get a group together with a special interest. Contact us to find out more.
Want to chat about our tours? Give us a call on +44 (0) 208 249 8943
Want to chat about our tours? Give us a call on +44 (0) 208 249 8943
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All the flights and flight-inclusive holidays on this website are financially protected by the ATOL scheme. When you pay you will be supplied with an ATOL Certificate. Please ask for it and check to ensure that everything you booked (flights, hotels and other services) is listed on it. Please see our booking conditions for further information or for more information about financial protection and the ATOL Certificate go to: www.atol.org.uk/ATOLCertificate.
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