New phone number!
Please note that our phone number has changed. Our old 0208 number is now out of use, so please contact us on 01777 817798
We are always happy to talk about our tours. A brief word of warning, though: we will be away in India on a ‘recce’ trip from 3 to 13 May, so there may be a delay in replying to phone enquiries and post, but emails should still work well.
Here we go again!
With Covid numbers coming down, we now have confidence that our autumn and winter programme will run to plan. General confidence is rising – our November tour to east India and Bangladesh, the Darjeeling Mail, is now fully booked.
Most countries’ restrictions on tourism have eased significantly. We are watching these closely, and keeping an eye on visa requirements, and, as usual, we will make sure that everyone booked on one of our tours is fully briefed in good time.
These tours are our holidays as well, so of course we do everything possible to ensure that we, as well as you, have a really good time!
Here's our full programme:
3 to 18 September 2022 - The Best of Colorado
All the major steam railroads in Colorado, plus really BIG trains on the main line. And UPs ‘Big Boy’
14 October to 1 November 2022 - Australia
All the best of south-east Australia, Melbourne trams, Puffing Billy, Queensland sugar lines and the Great Barrier reef
6 to 20 November - 2022 Hidden Textiles of North India
A tour of India specialising in studying and practising textile and cloth work, with expert tuition and explanation. Sightseeing, too in Amritsar, Shimla and Ahmedabad
21 November to 8 December 2022 - The Darjeeling Mail - FULLY BOOKED
Kolkata, Bangladesh and the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
11 to 27 January 2023 - Indian Magic
Our signature tour. Kolkata, Darjeeling, Shimla and the Taj Mahal. Ooty, too, if you wish!
4 to 25 February 2023 – Southern India
A superb tour covering Chennai, Trichy, Madurai, Kerala Backwaters, Ooty, Mysore – plus time at Goa if you wish
12 to 30 March 2023 - The Kangra Valley
Shimla and the magical Kangra Valley Railway, plus Amritsar, Jaipur and the Dhaulpur narrow gauge
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. In India, April to June is unpleasantly hot (on the plains) and July to September is the monsoon season, which explains our dates for Indian tours. We also have tours to the USA and Australia.
The 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 all our Indian train tours - group tours - and you’ll have time in each place to relax and explore.
In the hill stations, we stay in interesting heritage properties such as the Windamere Hotel in Darjeeling or the Accord Highland 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 great tours to Colorado. Following our successful 2018 tour to Australia we have an even better one organised for this year!
For a first visit to India, we have our Indian Magic tour, visiting the three famous Hill Stations of Darjeeling, Shimla and Ooty. Our Southern India tour covers so many unusual surprises (like a train driving simulator, and a night on a houseboat) that a good read of the itinerary a must! Also have a look at our Kangra Valley tour for 2023 - this really covers some of the most beautiful and interesting places in North India. If you enjoy the vivid colours of Indian clothing our Textiles tour will repay investigation.
For your peace of mind, we’re a UK based tour operator and have run rail tours for over 20 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.
Please note that our phone number has changed. Our old 0208 number is now out of use, so please contact us on 01777 817798
We are always happy to talk about our tours. A brief word of warning, though: we will be away in India on a ‘recce’ trip from 3 to 13 May, so there may be a delay in replying to phone enquiries and post, but emails should still work well.
Here we go again!
With Covid numbers coming down, we now have confidence that our autumn and winter programme will run to plan. General confidence is rising – our November tour to east India and Bangladesh, the Darjeeling Mail, is now fully booked.
Most countries’ restrictions on tourism have eased significantly. We are watching these closely, and keeping an eye on visa requirements, and, as usual, we will make sure that everyone booked on one of our tours is fully briefed in good time.
These tours are our holidays as well, so of course we do everything possible to ensure that we, as well as you, have a really good time!
Here's our full programme:
3 to 18 September 2022 - The Best of Colorado
All the major steam railroads in Colorado, plus really BIG trains on the main line. And UPs ‘Big Boy’
14 October to 1 November 2022 - Australia
All the best of south-east Australia, Melbourne trams, Puffing Billy, Queensland sugar lines and the Great Barrier reef
6 to 20 November - 2022 Hidden Textiles of North India
A tour of India specialising in studying and practising textile and cloth work, with expert tuition and explanation. Sightseeing, too in Amritsar, Shimla and Ahmedabad
21 November to 8 December 2022 - The Darjeeling Mail - FULLY BOOKED
Kolkata, Bangladesh and the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
11 to 27 January 2023 - Indian Magic
Our signature tour. Kolkata, Darjeeling, Shimla and the Taj Mahal. Ooty, too, if you wish!
4 to 25 February 2023 – Southern India
A superb tour covering Chennai, Trichy, Madurai, Kerala Backwaters, Ooty, Mysore – plus time at Goa if you wish
12 to 30 March 2023 - The Kangra Valley
Shimla and the magical Kangra Valley Railway, plus Amritsar, Jaipur and the Dhaulpur narrow gauge
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. In India, April to June is unpleasantly hot (on the plains) and July to September is the monsoon season, which explains our dates for Indian tours. We also have tours to the USA and Australia.
The 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 all our Indian train tours - group tours - and you’ll have time in each place to relax and explore.
In the hill stations, we stay in interesting heritage properties such as the Windamere Hotel in Darjeeling or the Accord Highland 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 great tours to Colorado. Following our successful 2018 tour to Australia we have an even better one organised for this year!
For a first visit to India, we have our Indian Magic tour, visiting the three famous Hill Stations of Darjeeling, Shimla and Ooty. Our Southern India tour covers so many unusual surprises (like a train driving simulator, and a night on a houseboat) that a good read of the itinerary a must! Also have a look at our Kangra Valley tour for 2023 - this really covers some of the most beautiful and interesting places in North India. If you enjoy the vivid colours of Indian clothing our Textiles tour will repay investigation.
For your peace of mind, we’re a UK based tour operator and have run rail tours for over 20 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) 1777 817798
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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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