Moderate-to-challenging walking on more rugged terrain with significant ascents / descents on most days. Compass skills may be required (check the individual holiday).
The season for this holiday is:
01 October 2019 - 21 December 2019
15 March 2020 - 26 June 2020
01 October 2020 - 21 December 2020
Travelling from the UK
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Edinburgh - Delhi (via Dubai) | Various carriers (contact us) |
| Edinburgh - Delhi (via Heathrow) | British Airways |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Leeds Bradford - Delhi (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Gatwick - Delhi (via Doha) | Various carriers (contact us) |
| Gatwick - Delhi (via Dubai) | Various carriers (contact us) |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Heathrow - Delhi | British Airways, Virgin Atlantic |
| Heathrow - Delhi (via Abu Dhabi) | Various carriers (contact us) |
| Heathrow - Delhi (via Doha) | Various carriers (contact us) |
| Heathrow - Delhi (via Dubai) | Various carriers (contact us) |
| Heathrow - Delhi (via Muscat) | Various carriers (contact us) |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Stansted - Delhi (via Dubai) | Various carriers (contact us) |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Manchester - Delhi (via Abu Dhabi) | Various carriers (contact us) |
| Manchester - Delhi (via Dubai) | Various carriers (contact us) |
| Manchester - Delhi (via Heathrow) | British Airways |
| Manchester - Delhi (via Muscat) | Various carriers (contact us) |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Newcastle - Delhi (via Heathrow) | British Airways |
This list of flight options should be used as a guide only, and you should check each airline’s website for current routes, frequency and schedules. Not all flights operate daily, and may not run for the entire season. You should also heed the latest flight arrival time and earliest flight departure time stated in the connecting travel section, as it may not be possible to arrange connecting travel outside these times. Please do not book your flights until we have confirmed your accommodation to you. Alternatively, our expert reservations team will be happy to offer advice and to make flight bookings for you. We charge £35 per person for our flight booking service (£60 for India and Nepal). Your flights are then covered by our package-booking conditions, which give you greater protection in the event of delay or cancellation, as well as providing ATOL cover.
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Highlights included arriving at the tented camp in India and sitting looking at the Indian Himalayas and again sitting outside the tent with blankets and tea to see the sunrise the following morning. Sunrise from Sailung summit was another highlight.
As all the people involved were from the local communities, we felt as if we were part of the community rather than tourists. We enjoyed being vegetarians for 3 weeks, with a variety of local foods.
INNTRAVEL NOTE: These customers enjoyed our Towards Snow-Capped Peaks guided walking holiday in India followed by our Himalayan Panoramas guided walking holiday in Nepal
The holiday was an unforgettable experience. We really enjoyed our time in the Himalayan villages and experiencing the culture and hospitality of the people. The ultimate highlight was our night at the tented camp. Although very cold the views throughout our stay were breathtaking.
We loved this holiday and learned such a lot. The walking and the stays in the villages were something we could never have organised for ourselves and gave us a humbling insight into the lives of the people in this remote area. The information provided about the guest houses was helpful and accurate; not luxurious but our hosts had taken trouble to provide a welcome place to stay. The food was uniformly excellent, particularly when cooked in conditions that would defeat most of us. The scenery was, as expected, breathaking and our short walls around the different villages interesting and informative. All arrangements at every stage worked well and we felt incredibly welcome and looked after by all our hosts and guides. The golden triangle trip that followed was a real contrast and provided some amazing sight seeing. We were glad to do it this way round and felt it worked well as an introduction to different aspects of India. I'm quite sure we will be back for more in the future.
INNTRAVEL NOTE: Following their privately-guided walking holiday Towards Snow-Capped Peaks, these customers extended their trip with our Golden Triangle add-on
Highlights included arriving at the tented camp in India and sitting looking at the Indian Himalayas and again sitting outside the tent with blankets and tea to see the sunrise the following morning. Sunrise from Sailung summit was another highlight.
As all the people involved were from the local communities, we felt as if we were part of the community rather than tourists. We enjoyed being vegetarians for 3 weeks, with a variety of local foods.
INNTRAVEL NOTE: These customers enjoyed our Towards Snow-Capped Peaks guided walking holiday in India followed by our Himalayan Panoramas guided walking holiday in Nepal
The holiday was an unforgettable experience. We really enjoyed our time in the Himalayan villages and experiencing the culture and hospitality of the people. The ultimate highlight was our night at the tented camp. Although very cold the views throughout our stay were breathtaking.
We loved this holiday and learned such a lot. The walking and the stays in the villages were something we could never have organised for ourselves and gave us a humbling insight into the lives of the people in this remote area. The information provided about the guest houses was helpful and accurate; not luxurious but our hosts had taken trouble to provide a welcome place to stay. The food was uniformly excellent, particularly when cooked in conditions that would defeat most of us. The scenery was, as expected, breathaking and our short walls around the different villages interesting and informative. All arrangements at every stage worked well and we felt incredibly welcome and looked after by all our hosts and guides. The golden triangle trip that followed was a real contrast and provided some amazing sight seeing. We were glad to do it this way round and felt it worked well as an introduction to different aspects of India. I'm quite sure we will be back for more in the future.
INNTRAVEL NOTE: Following their privately-guided walking holiday Towards Snow-Capped Peaks, these customers extended their trip with our Golden Triangle add-on
The high camp at Jaikuni was amazing. The welcome, the food, the tents and we were so lucky with the views of the snow mountains - spectacular.
This has been an amazing holiday for us as a family and a great eye-opener and experience for our children aged 10 and 12. Very highly recommended.
Tips: We very much recommend an extra night in the Khali Estate on the way up, which was a lovely place to relax and recover from the journey. The Khali Estate is wonderfully tranquil and restorative and you are looked after very well there. It also helps with acclimitisation to the altitude.
Tips for coeliac visitors (especially those with coeliac children) - you MUST bring supplementary food as sometimes the food on offer is insufficient or simply unsuitable. For a child, it might also be worth bringing some small sachets of jam for breakfasts on the walk - at breakfast time, when everyone else is eating wheat chapattis with jam from a shared jar, and porridge with milk and sugar, it's a bit hard (for a child) to be expected to eat spicy chickpea dal with millet chapattis yet again.....
Our second Village Ways trip. Very different to the trip in the south but equally enjoyable and memorable. Seeing life in the villages was quite humbling.
The holiday was an extraordinary experience for us. We were overwhelmed by the beauty of the rhodedendron forests, the fields ready for harvest, the peaceful meadows, pristine landscapes, and of course by the stunning mountain views. The constant sound of bird-calls was an unexpected and wonderful aspect of the walk and one of our guides Lokesh was expert at helping us to see and identify many birds. In the villages we were looked after very well and the food was excellent. We saw women carrying enormous loads of wood, stones, cement, and harvested grasses. We saw women harvesting the fields by hand, threshing and winnowing on their front yards, and in all of these activities always dressed in traditional beautiful clothes. We saw colourfully painted houses in the villages, some with carved decoration on the front, with water buffalo occupying the downstairs rooms and very little of the furnishings that we consider basic. Life in the villages could hardly be more different to life in the UK. The holiday was educational, surprising, rewarding and very enjoyable. Staff at the Khali Estate were hospitable, friendly and interested in hearing about our experiences; Pooja helped us with a special transport request, which we appreciated. The organisation of the whole holiday was excellent.