North India & West Bengal (Delhi to Kolkata)

A self-launched version of G Adventures' 16-day "Explore North India & the Ganges" (National Geographic Journeys, trip code AHLFNG) — Delhi's old and new quarters, the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri and the Chand Baori stepwell, Jaipur's Pink City, a rural heritage homestay, then a flight east to Kolkata for a slow, independently-booked cruise up the Hooghly past the old Danish, French and Dutch settlements, terracotta temples at Kalna, Mayapur, Murshidabad's palaces and the brassworkers of Matiari. Where G bundles this as a private van, internal flights and a chartered 24-passenger riverboat, here you use Indian Railways, government and private buses, ride-hailing cabs, budget flights and — for the river leg — either a small-group scheduled Ganges cruise booked direct or an overland train-and-hotel version of the same villages. All costs are approximate per-person estimates in GBP.

Travel Crew

~£1,310