We are a retired couple from the USA in our late 60s.  We recently returned from a fantastic five-week tour of India and Bhutan (four weeks in India followed by a week in Bhutan) arranged through this agency, a truly first-rate company.  Our travel planner had assured us that our tour would be the “trip of a lifetime,” and we were not disappointed.  We are veteran travelers and usually tour on our own (renting a car) in Europe–and even in Japan.  Our instinct was that we should not attempt this in India–and we were certainly right.

We began our search for a tour company by looking at small-group tours, but these did not offer the length of stay we had in mind.  Figuring this would likely be our one trip to India, we wanted to spend at least four weeks and to include as many destinations as possible.  We also had the idea of extending the trip by an additional week in Bhutan, since relatives had been there and loved it.

We soon discovered that there are a number of companies offering personalized tours for individuals or small family groups, and that such individual tours are the preferred way to tour India.  Having surveyed a number of such luxury tour providers online, we selected three of the top companies and solicited proposals for a three- to four-week tour of India hitting as many of the must-see destinations as possible.  We then studied the proposals and followed up with lengthy phone conversations with representatives of the three companies, including our travel planner.