A TAILOR-MADE HOLIDAY DESIGNED BY SPECIALISTS
At The Ultimate Travel Company, all our holidays are created individually to suit your preferences and the Colonial East India itinerary can be used for inspiration or as a starting point for your luxury India holidays. Whether you prefer a different style of accommodation, a greater focus on a particular experience or wish to include extra stops on your journey, our experts will design an itinerary that is entirely unique to you.
ABOUT THE ITINERARY
With our Colonial East India holiday itinerary, you will have the chance to combine the heady thrills of an elephant safari with an inside look into India’s culture, tea industry and history.
Wander through the multi-coloured streets and flower markets of Calcutta, experiencing an energy and ambience like no other, before trading the hustle and bustle for serenity by strolling through Calcutta’s spectacular botanical gardens.
Your luxury holiday to India will then take you on an elephant safari in Kaziranga National Park, before travelling high in the foothills of the Himalayas to enjoy an iconic tea experience.
DUBAI – KOLKATA
Fly to Dubai and connect with your flight to Kolkata. You’ll arrive in the cool of early morning and will be taken to your hotel.
Lose yourself in the twisting alleyways and side streets that line the banks of the Hooghly River and form Kolkata’s fragrant flower market, before crossing the river by ferry, to visit the famous, 273-acre botanical gardens, originally created in 1786. Then move on to see the Marble Palace, Indian Museum, Potter’s Village and Mother Teresa’s house.
Stay: Two nights in a deluxe room in the Oberoi Grand Hotel.
KOLKATA – JORHAT – KAZIRANGA
Return to the airport for a quick flight to Assam’s Jorhat, and then onwards to Kaziranga National Park.
The park offers you an unforgettable experience. You can trek after a rich variety of wild game on the gently swaying back of an Indian elephant, in the manner of the old colonials. But you, of course, will be shooting with your camera. Expect to photograph rhino – the park’s population numbers 1500 – wild buffalo, gaur, leopards and civet, otters, swamp deer, wild boar, gibbons and langurs, sambar, pythons and even the mighty tiger. Plus a huge variety of birdlife.
Stay: Three nights in a cottage at Diphlu River Lodge.
KAZIRANGA – GUWAHATI – BAGDOGRA – GLENBURN TEA ESTATE
Today you travel to Guwahati Airport for your flight to Bagdogra and the Glenburn Tea Estate.
And relax. Your days at the Glenburn Tea Estate will, of course, include taking afternoon tea on the balcony; overlooking the rolling hillsides and drinking in the delicious scenery. You will wander around the tea plantation and enjoy a guided factory tur, complete with tasting session. You can swim in Rungeet River and indulge in an Indian barbeque feast or hike up Tooti Daara for a hilltop picnic. There is river rafting, plus hikes along River Rung Dung, overnight stays in a log cabin, as well as trips to Darjeeling, Kalimpong and local primary schools. You can visit the grand old Planter’s Club, take a train from Darjeeling Town to picturesque Ghoom and Kurseong, tour the local Maharaja’s palace and photograph the views from Chowrasta’s colonial bandstand.
Stay: Four nights in a suite in the Glenburn Tea Estate
FLY HOME
Return to Bagdogra Airport for your flight back to Kolkata.
Fly home on day 12.
Stay: One night in a deluxe room in the Oberoi Grand Hotel.
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