Unbound India’s 2008/2009 Programme Features “Unique Interactive Experiencesâ€
Three Small Group Trips to South India, Central North India and Kerala are new inclusions in the 2008/2009 brochure launched earlier this month by Melbourne-based India Unbound.
All Small Group Trips are limited to just 10 travellers so there’s more time to focus on the finer details and enjoy interactive experiences from market visits, sipping chai on street sides, camel rides and sharing a meal with local friends of the guide, to cooking classes, playing a game of cricket, Ayurvedic massages, traditional Kerala dancing …. even helping to wash elephants, said India Unbound Founder, Lincoln Harris.
“Our Small Group Trips also allow the opportunity to stay in more unique accommodation such as lovingly run home stays on private rubber plantations to restored heritage hotels,†he said.
“Over the years we’ve formed friendships with many of the people that provide services to our groups – so guest house owners, guides and drivers have become friends and almost family members.
“The importance Indians place on friendship means our travellers are invited into homes for a cup of tea or a meal – or even the occasional wedding! Some travellers find this aspect of their trip as rewarding as any other aspect of their time in India,†said Harris.
Passengers get to know the locals on India Unbound’s boutique interactive tours.
The 14 day Kerala holiday includes Cochin, Kannur, Calicut, famous as the landing place of the first European to visit India, Vasco de Gama, Palakkad, Palai for a plantation home stay, Kumarakom where passengers board an a/c kettivallum (a traditional rice barge converted to a houseboat) for a cruise of inland waterways, Alleppey and back to Cochin.
In addition to Small Group Trips are Fixed Departure Tours of Rajasthan, North Kerala and Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Group size is limited to a maximum of 15 passengers.
For visitors wanting more flexibility, India Unbound has 10 Assisted Independent Travel itineraries.
These, in effect, are private tours without fixed departures but with prearranged accommodation, transport and sightseeing, said Harris.
Eleven short stops and special interest itineraries featuring such leisure activities as skiing, wildlife watching and lazing on the beach are also included in the new brochure.
These can be taken as stand-alone holidays or stopovers for travellers with limited time, he said.
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