& the colourful mosaic of festivals and fairs brings the streets to life. People embrace us as they come from all directions to share in the frivolity.
Individualised Travel
With operating experience of nearly 25 years A&K India has 5 offices and some 76 dedicated staff. This ensuring dependable quality and a vast range of special experiences to create an unforgettable Indian journey. Accommodation throughout is hand picked and offers a fine variety from converted palaces to sophisticated city hotels, boutique choices and luxurious wildlife camps.
A visit to India is a sensory adventure, its colours are dazzling and its sights many. Picture bejewelled ladies in bright silk saris wandering through a spice-laden market and you come close to one of the classic images of India. Its culinary traditions are legendary and its monuments include some of the world’s most famous. From the high mountains of the Himalaya to the palm-lined backwaters of Kerala, the opulent marble palaces of Rajasthan to its incredible wildlife, A&K presents the best there is to offer.
When to Go
Characterised by a hot, tropical climate the best time to travel to India is during our summer months when conditions are more temperate and the humidity lower. The monsoon occurs May to September with rain generally occurring in the morning or late afternoon. Travelling at this time shows the country in a lush new light. In the Himalayan regions to the north, travel is recommended late spring or autumn.
India | Splendours of Rajasthan
Central India | Temples and Tigers
Southern India | Spices of the South
Eastern India | Himalayan Sojourn
Leh | Foothills of the Himalayas
Amritsar | Visit to the Golden Temple
Aurangabad | Ajanta and Ellora Caves
Shimla | Himalayan Retreat
Bhutan | Temples in the Sky
Educated and sophisticated, entertaining and discreet, A&K guides transform a holiday experience. On your visit to India you may meet Sushil Dahiya, an accomplished A&K guide with more than two decades experience. An actor, linguist, spiritualist and traveller, Sushil is forever going the extra mile to ensure each of his guest’s Indian experience is special and memorable. An adventurer at heart, when not travelling he resides in New Delhi, often acting for television or training the young ones to speak ‘the Queen’s English’.
Discover Old Delhi with ‘local in the know’, Satish Jacob, author and former BBC correspondent. Enjoy A&K's special access to the private residence of the Maharaja of Jaipur with all the opulence a Rajasthani palace. In Western India, experience warm Goan hospitality with a local family over High Tea.
Shop for antiques in Kochi
Stroll down Kochi’s cobbled Jew Street. Home to the local Jewish community, the streets are lined with arched fretwork buildings with fading blue green facades and renowned for antiques, art works and trinkets.
