India Sri Lanka | Nepal | Bhutan Discover the beauty of India and Beyond 2019 - 2020 Find More at: www.sri-lanka-tours.com.au nam aste Namaste is a respectful form of greeting in Hindu custom. In Hinduism it means "I bow to the divine in you". Sri Lanka Tours & Beyond would like to welcome you to our new 2019- 20 brochure. This brochure is equipped with best deals in the range of tours and journeys that shows the best of India. The tours include snowy peaks of Himalayas, where prayer flags flutter against an impossibly blue sky which never forgets to leave an indelible impres- sion on you! The golden deserts of Rajasthan and the snowy white sands of the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat will make your experience stupendous. The temples of Madhya Pradesh and the Southern part of India will color you into its own aura. The beaches of Malabar Coast and Goa which are living paradise on earth. The royalty of Lucknow – also known as nawabo ka sheher and Hyderabad will amaze you with its forts and people which still echoes the bulge of victory of its feudal past. This year I am thrilled to be bringing you a broader range of some of our favourite & most inspirational destinations across India & Indian Subcontinent. Please take time to open your heart and mind to this selection of wonderful travel experiences and let us work with you to create your own new moments to reflect upon packages which can be customized as per your need & interest. Welcome onboard and witness the enig matic ‘’otherness’’ of India and beyond!! 2 IN Incredible ndia D IA S JAMMU & UB KASHMIR Sumoor Srinagar Leh C O Sarchu N Jispa Manali TINENT MA Amritsar HIMACHAL PRADESH PUNJAB Nalagarh Shimla Chandigarh Dehra Dun Rishikesh UTTARAKHAND HARYANA BHUTAN Corbett RAJASTHAN Delhi NEPAL ARUNACHAL Pokhara PRADESH Bikaner SIKKIM Thimpu Khimsar Samode Kathmandu Punakha Jaisalmer UTTAR PRADESH Chitwan Gangtok Mandawa Nagarkot Paro Itanagar P Pushkar Jaipur Agra Dhulikhel Jodhpur Sawai Madhopur Bharatpur Lucknow Darjeeling ASSAM Kaziranga Chittorgarh Ranthambore Guwahati NAGALAND BIHAR Kohima Deogarh Orchha Shillong Patna MEGHALAYA Khajuraho Varanasi Imphal Udaipur MANIPUR Bhuj GUJARAT Bandhavgarh JHARKHAND Agartala Aizawl Bhopal WEST Ahmedabad Ranchi BENGAL MIZORAM MADHYA PRADESH Kanha Pench Kolkata CHHATTISGARH Sundarbans TRIPURA Gir Raipur Diu Nagpur Aurangabad Nasik INDIA Bhubaneswar Mumbai ODISHA MAHARASHTRA TELANGANA Hyderabad Bijapur Hampi Panaji GOA INDIAN OCEAN ANDHRA PRADESH Tirupati KARNATAKA Bengaluru Chennai (Madras) Mysore Mamallapuram Andaman KERALA TAMIL NADU Punducherry Islands Tiruchirapalli Tanjore Trichy Munnar Madurai Kochi Rameswaram Kuramarakom Alleppey Thekkady Thiruvananthapuram Nicobar Kovalam Sigiriya Islands Kanyakumari Polonnaruwa Kandy Colombo SRI LANKA MALDIVES Nuwara Eilya Bentota Yala Galle 3 sri-lanka-tours.com.au Contents 1. Guide for Brochure 24. Decan Pearl 05 49 2. Events in India 25. South India - Stopover Options 07 48 3. Best of India 26. Gir, Kaziranga and Sunderbans 09 56 4. Rajasthan in Deep 27. Tiger Trails 11 57 5. Essence of India 28. South India Wildlife 13 59 6. Indian Magic 29. Textile and Lifestyle North India 15 61 7. Colours of India 30. Odhisa Textile and Tribal 17 63 8. Best of Rajasthan 31. Culinary Tours of India 19 65 9. North India with Kolkata 32. Taste of South India 21 67 10. Unexplored Rajasthan 33. Golden Triangle with Rishikesh 22 70 11. Golden Triangle 34. Yoga and Wellness 1 23 71 12. Gujarat Heritage Tour 35. Yoga and Wellness 2 25 72 13. North India - Stopover Options 36. Yoga Retreat 27 73 14.Majestic Himachal and Amritsar 37. Luxury Train 34 76 15. Magical Leh and Ladhak 38. Ganges Voyager 35 79 16. The Eastern Galore 39. Assam Bengal Navigation 36 80 17. Himalyan Hotels 40. Add Ons 37 81 18. Kerala Delight 41. Beauty of Nepal 40 84 19. Enchanting South 42. Glorious Bhutan 41 85 20. Essence of South India 43. Sri Lanka in style 43 86 21. Best of Kerala and Karnataka 44. Essence of Sri Lanka 45 88 22. Gems of South India 45. Best Of Sri Lanka 47 89 23. Short Kerala 46. Tea and Ocean Sri Lanka 48 90 4 GETTING THERE You can fly into India, Sri Lanka and Nepal by major airlines like Singa- pore Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Air India, Cathay Pacific Airways, Emir- ates, Qantas, Thai Airways and Sri Lankan Airways to name a few. Bhutan is accessible via India, Nepal and Thailand by Druk air. PASSPORT & TOURIST VISAS Passport Please ensure that your passport is in order with a minimum validity of six months from the date of arrival PRIVATE CAR and must have at least two Guide for TOURS blank pages. Brochure India The tour packages in this brochure Visa is required and you can apply are a collection of popular Itinerar- for E-VISA online by visiting EXPERIENCE & ies which can be used as it is or https://ind ianvisaonline.g ov.in/e- EXPERTISE modified to suit your individual visa/tvoa.html at least 14 days style and pace of travel. Our tours Sri Lanka Tours & beyond is a before arrival in India. provide you with your own air-con- travel wholesaler in Australia. ditioned car, well experienced Our dedicated team is committed 1 Month Visa driver, a private English-Speaking - Peak Season Visa Charge: US$ 25 tour guide for sightseeing and ence as well as bringing out the assistance at each destination. best in both quality and value of Choose your own dates, select your our Private Car Guided Tours, 1 Year Visa: US$ 40 preferred accommodation and Family Holidays and Tailor-made 5 Year Visa: US$ 80 enjoy the holiday you deserve. Tours. *Cond itions and fee apply. BROCHURE TAILOR MADE Sri Lanka TOURS PRICES Visa is required and can be obtained online by visiting All prices shown in this brochure Our tours have been designed to www.etag ovik.com at least 15 days are in Australian Dollars (AUD) and feature a selectee of the destina- before arrival in Sri Lanka. are on a per person basis. Twin tion, highlights, but they may not *Cond itions and fee apply. share prices will only apply when meet all of your requirements. At you share a room with one of your Sri Lanka Tours & Beyond we are travel companions. Nepal services that enable us to construct Visa is required and can be No Hidden Cost your perfect holiday. Perhaps you obtained on arrival. We love transparency so the prices would like to vary the standard of *Cond itions and fee apply. shown in this brochure are almost accommodation or modes of trans- all inclusive and help the traveller port. On the other hand, you may to budget their holidays accurate- want to create an entirely individu- ly. All we ask you to do is relax and al itinerary that includes destina- Bhutan enjoy your holiday, knowing that tions and experiences not covered Visa is required, we can help obtain all prepaid expenses have been in the brochure. Whatever your visa if the tour is booked with us. included in your initial tour cost. needs, we are happy to design a *Cond itions and fee apply. Please refer to the tour inclusions personalised itinerary and quote for more details. without obligation. 5 sri-lanka-tours.com.au WHAT IS NOT TRANSPORTATION X INCLUDED? We use all travel modes such as International airfares, any meals coaches, cars, SUVs, cycle/auto other than those specified, drinks, rickshaws, cruises, trains, camels, laundry, mineral water, telephone elephants, tongas and planes to make calls, postage, video/still camera your holiday more enjoyable, enabling charges at monuments and forts, you to enrich your authentic travelling train or domestic airfares excluding experience. By using these various those mentioned in the "includes" forms of transportation our travellers column of each tour package, are able to visit areas that are highly optional tour and excursions, Visa recommended and worth visiting but and passport fees, travel insurance where access for cars and coaches is of any kind, tipping, extra baggage impossible. Our car and coach travel charges, early check-in or late is in comfortable air-conditioned check-out. vehicles with driver, while all internal flights are based on economy class. MEALS TIPPING Tipping in India has always been Being seasoned travellers BEST TIME TO TRAVEL ourselves we understand the hassle of searching for proper dining or proper guidelines. These days India when travelling time is unpredict- most hotels and restaurants have able. Most of our tour packages replaced tipping with a service the best time to visit India is include daily breakfast and dinner charge of around 10%. In some of the between September to April when which are a combination of local restaurants where service charges temperature is cooler and enjoy- and western food, usually served in are not included in your bill a tip of a similar amount is appreciated by the able. May & June is peak summer and days are warmer where else sample the local specialties and July & August is monsoon season. cuisines of each region. While you around INR 100 to carry bags. Local April - September are in India don’t expect to eat tour guides expect INR 500. Boat- Himalayas Sightseeing & Trekking, much western food. Rather, enjoy men at Kerala expect to be tipped West Bengal the local cuisine of a true blend of INR 300. Our recommendation for June – August spice and not too much chilli. drivers at the end of your tour is INR 300 per day per person. Similar Leh & Ladakh guidelines can be used when travel- September – April TRAINS IN INDIA ling to Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan. Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, It is customary to tip waiters, Tamil Nadu, Hyderabad, Mumbai Travelling by train in India is com- porters, guides and drivers.