| Abercrombie & Kent |
0845 0700610 |
Luxury escorted tours and tailor-made itineraries for independent travellers. |
| Adventure Company, The |
0870 794 1009 |
Small group tours 'off the beaten track'. They used to be called 'Travelbag Adventures'. They have a selection of tours all over India and a couple suitable for families too. |
| Ampersand Travel |
020 7289 6100 |
India specialists offering a strong selection of classic tours, special interest and tailor made travel all over India, plus weddings & honeymoons, and villas & private retreats in Sri Lanka and Kerala. Also they feature the Lakshadweep Islands, and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. |
| Audley Travel |
01993 838 000 |
Audley is one of the major UK operators to the Indian sub-continent, offering upmarket tailormade and small group tours throughout India. (Tip: You'll need to disable your anti pop-up software to get past the welcome page of their website!) |
| Avion Holidays |
020 8492 3531 |
Southern India specialists with customised tours to Goa & Kerala. |
| Bales Worldwide |
0845 057 0600 |
Bales, who were one of the first British tour operators to take holidaymakers to India in 1963, have a programme of fully-escorted tours covering most parts of the India and a comprehensive selection of tailor-made travel options. They say that 40% of their visitors to the Indian sub-continent opt for 'tailor-made' tours now. |
| Bufo Ventures |
01539 445 445 |
Treks to remote and off-the-beaten track parts of the Dhauladhar range in the Himalayas. |
| Captain's Choice, The |
020 8879 7705 |
Launched in 1993, The Captain's Choice specialise in small group, ultra-luxury, multi-country/destination tours and tailor-made tours, usually by private aircraft, train or ship. Guests are accompanied by a team of helpers including the tour manager and a doctor. A number of their regional tour programmes cover India. |
| Classic Journeys |
01773 873497 |
Tailor-made and small group trekking, walking, culture and wildlife adventure holidays in the Himalayas, Kerala, Rajasthan and other regions. |
| Complete India & Asia |
01283 820467 |
Travel Consultants/Operators (since 1994) offering tailormade cultural and adventure in India. |
| Cox & Kings |
020 7873 5000 |
 One of the best-known India specialists with a huge programme of upmarket tours and tailormade holidays. Tour operators come and go quick quickly so one who has been around since the 1970s/1980s is considered 'well-established'. Cox & Kings were arranging travel to & from India for British officers of the Raj in 1758.... you simply don't get more 'established' than that! |
| Darjeeling Tours |
020 8133 9679 |
Special interest tours to India since 2002, particularly for railway enthusiasts wanting to visit the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, but also covering Textiles, History, Photography and Cookery. |
| Discover Goa |
0845 299 0410 |
Travel agency specialising in holidays and cheap flights to Goa & Kerala. |
| Dragoman |
0870 499 4475 |
Small group overland adventures in expedition trucks. Dragoman have been on the road since 1981. They have many itineraries passing through India and a few itineraries exploring the country in more depth. |
| Eastravel |
01473 214305 |
Individual tour itineraries with chauffeur-guided transport. |
| Equinox Travel |
020 7831 4888 |
Arts/culture/yoga specialists with a wide range of tailor-made itineraries to India. |
| Exodus |
0870 240 5550 |
Adventure holidays specialist offering small group exploratory tours, treks and special interest tours. |
| Explore Worldwide |
01252 760300 |
A wide range of small-group exploratory tours all over India. |
| First 48 |
0845 130 48 49 |
Tailor-made tours, classic sightseeing tours and overland adventure expeditions. |
| Greaves India |
020 7487 9111 |
Luxury travel to India on classic itineraries. |
| Hayes & Jarvis |
0870 366 1636 |
Resort stays and classic tours |
| Highlife Holidays |
020 8238 5810 |
Wide selection of classic tours to all parts of India, or tailormade arrangements. |
| High Places |
0114 275 7500 |
Treks in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan as well as the Himalayas, which is their speciality. |
| Hinterland Travel |
01883 743584 |
Hinterland Travel offers adventure tours to remote parts of the middle east & asia. It started out running overland tours from the UK to Nepal, but these days is best known for its pioneering tours to troublespots - namely Iraq & Afghanistan. |
| Imaginative Traveller, The |
0800 316 2717 |
Escorted small group adventure tours. A selection of around 15 tours from 12 to 22-days around most parts of India. |
| Indian Encounters |
01929 481421 |
Specialist operators to India for 19 years (04) offering tailormade tours and a range of special interest tours and activities such as fishing, horse-riding safaris, textiles, painting cookery, wildlife & bird-watching. |
| India Travel Plan |
01273 718034 |
Innovative operator (aka Rickshaw Travel) offering self-tailored itineraries to India, created from a selection of modules or short trip programmes. |
| Indus |
020 8901 7320 |
A huge range of tailor-made and escorted tours throughout India, plus special interest such as Painting, Cooking, Golfing, Geology, Ayurvedic, Festivals, and spa holidays in association with Champneys. |
| Intrepid Travel |
0203 147 7777 |
Wide range of small group overland and adventure tours. |
| Jewel in the Crown |
01293 533338 |
Specialist holiday operator to Goa - it's where they started their first tours in 1987. They also offer 'Blazing Trail' motorcycle holidays on classic Enfield motorbikes in Goa, Kerala and the Himalayas. |
| KE Adventure |
017687 73966 |
Trekking in northern India |
| Kerala Connections |
01892 722440 |
Tailor-made holidays to southern India, in particular Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and the Lakshadweep Islands. |
Kuoni |
01306 747002 |
 Tailormade, resort stays, multi-centre holidays and a selection of escorted tours. |
| Lazydays |
01202 484257 |
Villa and apartment rental in Goa. |
| Lumle Holidays |
0845 475 3435 |
Tailormade holidays and a good selection of tours covering the Golden Triangle, Kerala, Goa, Rajasthan and 'Scenic Kashmir'. |
| MAhout |
01295 758150 |
Highly-recommended one-woman travel consultancy run by Mary-Anne Denison-Pender who knows pretty much all there is to know about the best hotels and experiences India has to offer. |
| Mountain Kingdoms |
01453 844400 |
Formerly (well) known as 'Himalayan Kingdoms', a name that got a little restrictive for them as they expanded! Small group adventure trekking in northern India. |
| Nomadic Thoughts |
020 7604 4408 |
Tailormade travel to India. |
| Page and Moy |
0800 567 6638 |
Escorted tours to the 'Golden Triangle' - Agra, Jaipur & Delhi; 2-centre tours with Sri Lanka; and rail journeys on the 'Palace on Wheels' train. P&M are part of the Kaleidoscope Travel Group which specialises in escorted travel. |
| Partnership Travel |
020 8343 3446 |
Tailor-made holidays to Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, and eastern India. |
| Pettitts Travel |
01892 515966 |
Luxury tailormade private tours to the 'must-see' sites of India. |
| Reef & Rainforest |
01803 866 965 |
R&R introduced India to their programme in 2004. They have two sample itineraries for tailor-made game viewing tours in the north of India, mainly Rajasthan. The Birds & Big Cats of Northern India tour takes in the Keoladeo Wetlands (home to 400 bird species) and the forests of Bandhavgarth (home to the Bengal tiger, chital, wild elephant, sloth bear, leopard, langur, jackal, wolf, wild dog & rhesus macaque), and Sianna (the seldom travelled area where leopard sightings are most frequent). |
| Scott Dunn World |
020 8682 5010 |
Upmarket operator Scott Dunn creates tailormade itineraries or has a selection of eight classic journeys across India by privately chauffeured car staying in luxious hotels and lodges, on which you can base your plans. |
| SD Enterprises Ltd |
020 8903 3411 |
Don't be put off by appearances (it may not be the most state-of-the-art website you've seen!), SD Enterprises is Dr Swaminath Dandapani. He is Indian Railways' agent in the UK. He is also an agent for the Royal Orient and Palace on Wheels trains and for various hotels. He will put together tailor-made packages (with or without rail travel) throughout the Indian sub-continent for independent travellers. |
| Sherpa Expeditions |
020 8577 2717 |
Escorted walking tours in the Himalayan foothills. |
| Shoestring |
020 3024 9268 |
Small group adventure tour company with the backing of Kuoni. Originally Dutch, they've now (2008) expanded their offices to Germany, Italy and the UK. |
| Somak Holidays |
020 8423 3000 |
One of the biggest operators to India & Goa with a large range of tours and tailor-made options. |
| Steppes Travel |
01285 880980 |
Tailormade travel throughout the Indian sub-continent from scratch or based on a number of core itineraries. |
| Tiger Travel |
n/a |
Women-only small group tours to Rajasthan & Gujarat. |
| Trans Indus |
020 8566 2729 |
Specialist operator to the Indian sub-continent since 1989 offering a wide range of sample itineraries throughout India. (They have some nice testimonials from famous actors, rock stars and tv presenters who've travelled with them too!) |
| Travel Indochina |
01865 268940 |
Far East specialists operating a programme of scheduled small group tours in India. Travel Indochina also trade online as Essence of Asia |
| Traveller, The |
01937 587182 |
Specialist operator to the region offering tailor-made tours and wildlife tours. Their full name is The Traveller and Palanquin, which dates back to their merger with Palanquin Holidays who were the India specialists. The Traveller was originally the tours & travel department of the British Museum, until it became commercially independent in 2003. Now they are a part of Steppes Travel group. |
| Travelsphere |
0844 318 8132 |
A selection of fully-escorted tours from 8 to 18-days covering India or combining India with Nepal, Sri Lanka, etc. |
| Travel The Unknown |
0845 053 0352 |
These guys specialise in tailormade or scheduled small group tours, 'off the beaten track'. In India that means the Himalayan foothills in north-east India around Assam. |
| Tropical Locations |
020 7229 9199 |
Tailormade holidays based around luxury hotels and resorts. |
| Tropical Sky |
0870 9079 605 |
Specialist long-haul operator to 'tropical' destinations offering tailor-made holidays to Kerala and Goa. |
| Ultimate Travel Company, The |
020 7386 4646 |
Tailor-made tours for individual travellers and wildlife tours (tiger-spotting, etc) for small escorted groups. |
Virgin Holidays
 |
0844 557 3865 |
Resort holidays in Goa (a selection of 4 resorts). |
| Voyage Jules Verne |
020 7616 1000 |
A selection of around 14 classic heritage tours in their ‘Dreaming of India’ programme including a number by rail (VJV's speciality). New for the 05/06 season are itineraries based on a new Gatwick-Agra flight. VJV is a Kuoni brand. |
| Wendy Wu Tours |
0870 343 0386 |
Australian specialist operator to Asia that has just (spring 2005) opened an office in London. They have a range of fully-inclusive, fully-escorted 9 to 22-day grand tours. |
| Western & Oriental |
0870 277 3344 |
Tailormade travel arrangements throughout India, very much at the luxury end of the market. |
| Wildlife & Wilderness |
01625 530035 |
Tailormade holidays for individuals and private groups all over India, based on a selection of core itineraries. Also specialist guided tour eg. wildlife tours to tiger country. Wildlife & Wilderness were formerly known as Oksana Tours. |
| World Big Cat Safaris |
01273 691 642 |
Specialist operator creating tailor-made safaris to see big cats around the world, and in India that means Tigers. A donation from each safari sold goes towards the conservation of endangered big cats. |
| World Odyssey |
01905 731373 |
Small operator specialising in tailor-made adventure tours and treks for individuals or small groups. For 2005 they have a selection of five small group tour itineraries last between 12 - 20 days, visiting most must-see sites in India and a few of the beaten track. |
