Which India tour is right for you?
17/03/2023 · By Sam Preece
Find the perfect India tour with Great Rail Journeys. Read our blog for guidance on choosing the right itinerary and start planning your Indian adventure.
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2024 Tour code: GCJ24
About the tour
On this unforgettable tour of Southern India, we visit the cities, temples and tea plantations of the Tamil Nadu region followed by a stay in beautiful Kerala. Here, we explore the captivating city of Kochi, relax on Kerala's beaches and cruise the Vambanad Lake.
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After meeting at London Heathrow, we depart on our overnight flight to Bengaluru, travelling via Dubai.
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4.1 / 5 · 32 reviews
Kate Fiddler
Submitted 1/Mar
Whilst a fairly enjoyable tour and I had a good holiday, there was a lot more coach travel than anticipated and very little free/down time unless you chose to miss an excursion. There were also not as many highlights as the Golden Triangle & Shimla tour we experienced last year. The boat trip in Kerala was the main highlight, despite this being different to that anticipated - it wasn’t through the backwaters, it was more of a zig-zag across the lake which maybe could have been done in less time, allowing for more time to enjoy the fantastic hotel (only there for one night). This all was a shame and the reason for the three stars.
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OKHouston
Submitted 1/Mar
Shame on you Great Rail. This tour had 36 people on it. Wait, wait, wait to get on the bus, to get off the bus, for people to make rest stops, to get hotel keys, food lines, etc. While our India based guide who was with us for the entire tour, was hard working and probably knew his topic his English was so heavily accented that most of us couldn't understand his instructions or descriptions. Could not recommend this tour unless changes are made.
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DRayner
Submitted 27/Feb
We booked this tour having done the Golden Triangle tour in 2016. Highlights should have been the Kerela backwaters and the Nilgiri railway. The Kerala element turned into a boring lake trip as the booked boat we were told "was too big to go into the backwaters" - this is unacceptable! The Nilgiri railway was a downhill run marred by very noisy carriage braking under our seats - some great views but glad to get to the end. Some other very good elements, such as tea and spice plantations and the optional extra visit on the last day (Mamallapuram) were excellent. Most hotels very good, Coconut Lacoon and Spice Village excellent. The Heritage Madurai let the side down though in terms of both room quality and service! Overall we enjoyed the holiday, but compared to the earlier trip it was not to the same standard. Tour guide and coach staff all excellent. Local guide very knowledgeable but accent made him difficult to understand at times. The group size of 34 made rounding us all up somewhat tedious and time at sites somewhat short at times. A smaller group could have had a smaller boat at Kerala.
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John
Submitted 26/Feb
Good itinerary . Good tour manager . Local guide - very pleasant - difficult to understand. , English not very fluent . Group far too large
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Mr Leslie Dorey
Submitted 26/Feb
Good value for money, well organised and very interesting. Accommodation perfect,
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LOUISE DYKE
Submitted 25/Feb
Good tour, a few niggles, but overall very good
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