North India with Katrina — Big Sista Adventures

A North India Adventure

Private Rooms : Comfortable Travel : Soft Adventure : Cultural immersion

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Delhi : Agra : Varanasi

21 November to 1 December 2027

Local Guides : Relaxed Pace
$3000aud
Private Rooms : Comfortable travel

A woman wearing a traditional orange and black saree is sitting on a bench with four young girls. The girls are dressed in colorful clothes and are taking selfies or playing around her. The scene is outdoors, next to a wall with a yellow metal fence above it.

A yellow and green auto rickshaw parked on a street with a large tree nearby. A person is seated inside the rickshaw, and another person in a blue hoodie is seen standing next to a white car. There are traffic lights and a 'No Entry' sign visible in the background.

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Let me show you the Delhi

that I know and love.

New Delhi contrasts India’s Moghul past with early 20th Century design, sweeping boulevards, and national monuments. Discover Ravi Chowk, formally Connaught Place, and a historic Hanuman temple said to date back to the Mahabharata period. Visit the Museum of Modern Art, a fantastic collection showcasing India’s many schools of art and tradition.

Enjoy the beautiful Sikh Gurdwara, a beautiful and serene complex dating back to 1783

Drink tea with me in aging imperial splendor at the Imperial Hotel or maybe a drink in Maharaja-style splendor at the Patiala Peg. Enjoy one of the largest private art collections in the world showcasing India’s rich cultural heritage, the walls of this majestic old hotel are lined with them.

Navigate bullock carts and tuk-tuks on the small streets of Pahaganje in pursuit of perfect chai, spicy fried potatoes or a bubbling curry. Shop in the iconic main bazaar area for trinkets silver, exotic perfumes, as well as handicrafts from all over India.

The Taj Mahal, a white marble mausoleum with a large central dome, surrounded by four minarets, set against a blue sky, with landscaped gardens and a reflecting pool in the foreground.

Group of six women smiling and posing in front of the Taj Mahal in India, with some trees and visitors in the background.

Agra

Home to the worlds best known monument to love.

Agra is best known for the beautiful Taj Mahal. The Taj a monument to love, is an exquisite example of Mogul design, from the sweeping Islamic gardens to the perfect geometrical design of the soft pure marble. Our two days in Agra, enable us to view the Taj in the twilight hours of sunrise and sundown. Marvel to the sight as the Taj changes colors at different times throughout the day. We visit the Agra Fort, also a UNESCO site with its red sandstone ramparts and imposing grandeur. We travel to and from Agra, departing from Delhi along the new direct toll road, in a private car.

Varanasi is older than history, older than tradition and even older than legend and looks twice as old as all of them together. Mark Twain

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Varanasi,home of gods & legends.

We take the new super-fast daylight express train to Varanasi. through rural India crossing rivers and passing small villages and towns. We are met at the Varanasi junction train station and taken to our hotel in time for dinner and an evening stroll along the Ghats.

Varanasi, also known as Kashi and Benares, the legendary home of Shiva and his wife Parvati is the oldest city on earth. Set on the Ganga River, herself a goddess, forever linked to Shiva upon whose head her waters fall.

The centuries of temples both large and small have been a site for pilgrims for millennia. The festive atmosphere is without doubt the best place to witness all the colorful pageantry, and devotion of Northern India.

The awe-inspiring ghats, consisting of wide steps from temple to river, provide a traffic-free place to walk peacefully.

We visit a rural village, an unique, unforgetable cultural experience to be welcomed as family into the home of beloved friends.

One of the closing treats is to have an Indian high tea, in an authentic palace as the sun sets majestically over the Ganga.

The quick one-hour domestic flight from Varanasi to Delhi concludes your amazing experience.

What’s Included

A 15 nights mix of hotels and guest houses. Basic and comfortable accommodations in iconic locations.
A breakfast, including yogurts, fruit, and local dishes, is provided everyday,
You will be met at New Delhi International Airport and transferred to our first accommodation where Katrina will be waiting for you - our adventure together begins.
This express journey on a fast modern train, arrives in Varanasi in time for dinner. Truly one of the world’s great train rides of Northern India.
Local guides will take us through the Agra Fort. as well as a night and day viewing of the magnificent Taj Mahal.

We start our time together with an evening concert on a boat as we drift lazily along the Ganga River, along with our friend Sandip, a traditional boatman who has grown up on this river where he often welcomes us into his town and home. A complementary light dinner is served on the boat.
The wide bodied boats are a staple of life in Varanasi and a highlight of any visit.
Sunset boat tour to the old ghat to be part of the evening ritual prayers, with hundreds of pilgrims in devotion and worship. Then a boat trip to the other side of the Ganga to the old fort, floating downstream in the predawn to witness Varanasi waking up.
Learn to make authentic chai from Vishnu, the owner of the best chai shop in the world and host of our street food tours.
We are welcomed into the home of a friend in this small village on the banks of the Ganga. Its like stepping into another world from another time. This is a unique experience we are blessed to be able to share.
Enjoy a sumptuous Indian high tea on the terrace of the Brij Rama Palace. A magnificent array of Indian delicacies served silver service in the finest hotel on the Ganga. The Brij Rama is a beautifully restored Mogul palace.
Silk and cotton are still woven here using the techniques and tools of their grandfathers who came before them. Varanasi is renowned for its silk saris which are displayed everywhere you go.
Your trip includes all of the above organised tours - all the good things !
My team on the ground are tuk tuk drivers, boat men and chai makers. We pay generously and foster on-going relationships as an ethical model of tourism.
We visit the National Gallery of Modern Art in Delhi and The Banaras Hindu University Museum in Varanasi. Both spanning centuries of history and artistic styles but in very different ways. The costs of all organised tours, travel and associated entry fees are included.