Our Tours
ESSENTIAL INDIA offers tailor-made and special interest holidays to India for small groups of adventurers. You can combine your visit with one of our tours or travel independently if you wish.
Please note: For your convenience, in depth information about our holiday destinations is available by clicking on the highlighted letters (in red) throughout this website. This site is best viewed with a screen resolution of 800x600 or above.
Prices are listed on our tour pages and are based on a minimum of 2 people travelling together on your own preferred departure and return dates, sharing a car and double/twin room. Top range prices are based on your staying in 5 and 4 star accommodation and Mid range prices are based on en-suite 4 and 3 star accommodation.
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Prices for our scheduled holiday departures are based on a minimum of 4 people sharing twin room accommodation.
All of our listed tours can be adapted to suit your travel requirements.
For further information please telephone 01225 868544 or email info@essential-india.co.uk
GOLD MEDAL TRAVEL are our flight providers and you can choose from over 3 million discounted fares on over 130 scheduled airlines to approximately 1500 destinations worldwide. You can fly economy, enhanced economy, business or even first class. The price for return economy flights to India is usually between £350 and £450, depending on the time of year.
We accept all major credit and debit cards via our secure Barclaycard Business online payment form. We do not charge bank clearance fees for this service.
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Flights are not eco-friendly so please click on this link to find out how you can help to care for our planet.
You can download and print our booking form and our detailed day by day tour itineraries with accommodation photographs and service details.
Having lived and worked in India for many years, we have frequently seen some of the negative environmental and cultural impacts that foreign tourism can bring. At essential India Travel, we are making every effort to minimise any adverse impacts that our business may have and, as importantly, to maximise the benefits.
Wherever practical, we employ 'in situ' staff, which profits the local economy. In addition, we pay a fair rate, as overpaying for staff and services can be as destructive as underpaying. We also prefer to use locally owned hotels and restaurants (rather than corporate or multinational chains) where possible, again helping to ensure that local businesses and families benefit. We have trained our trekking staff to be aware of potential environmental damage and ensure that all waste material is packed out or appropriately disposed of on site. We ask our clients to be aware of the impact they may have and to observe local traditions, particularly with respect to dress.
It is important to remember that tourism can have positive impacts too. As a result of regular employment, many of our ground staff are now in a position where they can afford to send their children to school, rather than to work, and can pay for medical care for their families.
This is a brief summary of our views and more information is given in our detailed India Travel Guide. If you have any further concerns or questions, please do call us on 01225 868544 .
