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Safari Holidays
With a team of experts that have worked as conservationists and wildlife photographers, we have the expertise to make your safari dreams come true.
Remote Destinations
We’ve chosen these experiences, destinations and adventures to bring you closer to the great outdoors. This is your ticket to our wonderful world.
Unusual Holidays
The world may be conquered, but enough secrets remain to keep us up all night, dreaming of ways to whisk you off to the most unique corners of the globe. Where first?
Adventure Holidays
Hike across mountain ridgelines, scramble across glaciers and kayak down rivers – these trips are designed to immerse you in vast wildernesses and ancient cultures.
Beach Holidays
Porcelain shores, perfect seas and swaying palms; the allure of a beach break is hard to ignore. Which is why we handpick the best beachfront boltholes to offer you…
Food Holidays
Food and travel have long gone hand in hand, and we have put together some mouth-watering trips that capture the palate, of countries across the world. Bon appétit.
Slow Travel
As the world becomes busier, slow travel has never felt so fitting. Whether it’s meeting fishermen in Maine or learning the Dukha-way in Mongolia, take time to connect.
Eclipse Holidays
Eclipse travel celebrates our place in the wider cosmos. Let us take you to wherever in the world the eclipse is at its most arresting, and we’ll do it in style.
Proposal Service
Found the one and want to propose in style? The moment will be a memory forever and we’re here to help you make sure it’s the most perfect moment for you and your loved one.
Train Travel
“It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.” We’ve all heard this, haven’t we? And with these captivating luxury train journeys, we’ll show you the joy to be found travelling across the world by rail.
The Pursuit of Feeling
From impassioned and emotive journeys, to podcasts, you’ll find something to move you and something to soothe you. We want to fire your heart and provide food for your soul.
Set Jetting
Swapping salubrious saloons and questionable lodgings for sumptuous hotels and eye-opening experiences, each of our show-stopping journeys will take you behind scenes of some of TV’s most awe-inspiring locations.
See You in the Moment
You need only bring yourselves – your people, your histories. We’ll provide the moment itself. The anticipation, the togetherness, the memory. This is something to savour. This is something to remember.
Field Trip
Education begins in the classroom, but it’s IRL that younger generations put their lessons to the test. Field Trip is a curriculum of educational encounters around the world.
Take me on a Story
A series of family experiences celebrating the transformative power of the books we loved when we were young, and the stories our children have come to adore.
Get Lost
Designed as a once-in-a-lifetime challenge, train with elite survival experts before traversing a polar, jungle, coastal, mountain or desert region in your mission back to civilisation.
Blink
The ultimate luxury camping retreat. From the Sahara desert to the Andean Mountains, with Blink anywhere you can envisage it, we will create it.
Bring it Back
Bring It Back will embed you in an entirely different way of thinking, and of learning about a culture directly from its experts on the ground. You may be surprised by what you discover.
The Great American View
This series of breathtaking journeys culminate in some of America’s most legendary sights. They are the places you’ve always sought out, and now it’s your time to find them.
James Bond
We are proud to have been selected as the official travel partner to curate James Bond inspired trips.
Agatha Christie
We’ve been hand-picked by Agatha Christie Limited to help bring Agatha’s world-famous Grand Tour to life through a series of episodic trips across Africa, Australasia and North America, and a unique prelude in London.
Tasting Notes
Eating at a Michelin – starred restaurant is one thing. But now you can learn about the country through the lens of some of the most critically acclaimed chefs in the world, by travelling with them on the ultimately culinary experience
Take the Open Road with Auberge
With the iconic hotel brand Auberge Resorts, we’ve created a new series of tailormade, luxurious road trip itineraries. Emblems of America’s most iconic landscapes, regions, and people.
Remarkable Drives of Discovery with Auberge
Following on from the much lauded ‘Take the Open Road’ series, here’s five brand-new bespoke, multi-destination trips created with our friends at Auberge Resorts Collection. Delve deeper than ever before.
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Explore our inspiring experiences based on when you want to travel and how you want to feel.
“India lives in several centuries at the same time”
For Indian author Arundhati Roy, the interlacing of epochs was the key to her homeland’s sense of timelessness. And with its fascinating history and modern thrills, losing track of time is easy here. We’ll take you zip-lining through an ancient fort and on a hot air balloon flight over the sacred ‘pink city’ of Jaipur. On one of our tailor-made itineraries of the Indian subcontinent, you’ll experience this intricate mix of past and present for yourself. But it’s not only in India that you can feel lost in time. Bhutan. Nepal. Sri Lanka. Each one will take you on a captivating journey of discovery. Think receiving a blessing in a cliff-hugging monastery and white water rafting down the Trishuli River. Even meeting a living goddess.
Since 2005 we have taken travellers across the subcontinent: private game drives in Ranthambore with rangers who know individual tigers by name, a monastery stay in Bhutan with a cultural guide whose family has lived in the valley for generations, a house-boat journey through the Kerala backwaters with a naturalist who grew up on the water. We didn’t buy this access; we earned it through two decades of relationships with guides and operators who trust us to bring the right travellers. We build every itinerary from scratch around you.
Inspiration to get under the skin of Indian Subcontinent
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An exclusive whale watching expedition accompanied by marine conservationist Muditha on a private yacht. Learn first-hand about the cetaceans found in these oceans, the challenges they face, and the efforts underway to protect them. Conser\u2026
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A half-day program at a monastery covering the birth of Buddhism and its propagation in Sri Lanka, meditation methods with a practical session, and participation in the alms giving to Bhikkhus. Led by Buddhist scholar Mr. Siri de Thabrew\u2026
Enquire NowSri Lankan masks have been used for centuries in storytelling, traditional dance, and healing ritual. In a Galle Fort gallery, a local craftsman guides you through carving your own from light kaduru wood, or painting a pre-carved mask if y\u2026
Enquire NowDinner with experts from a conservation group founded in 1995, working to reduce conflict between elephants and the communities they move through. Hear about the strategies, citrus crops, treehouses along migration routes, and understand t\u2026
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Sri Lanka's first long-distance hike, divided into 22 stages through tea plantations, national parks, and landmarks most visitors only photograph from a distance. Your guide, Shehan, lives on the trail and knows it better than anyone, whic\u2026
View ItineraryEvery evening in Galle Fort, young Sri Lankans gather for a friendly game of cricket. Now you're invited. Six players a side, five overs each, and a host who grew up in the fort and keeps the banter going throughout. Among those evenings t\u2026
View ItineraryNepal's Kumari is a living goddess, a young girl selected for her purity and worshipped until puberty, when she returns to ordinary life. Meeting a former Kumari is a rare and thoughtful conversation about tradition, transition, and what i\u2026
Enquire NowEvery Everest story is different. Spend an hour with someone who has stood at the top of the world, hearing about the journey, the decisions made at altitude, and what comes after. Questions are welcome. The answers are rarely what you exp\u2026
Enquire NowA gentle float down the Seti River through quiet villages and hillside scenery, followed by an overnight stay at Seti River Camp, meals by the water, the sound of the river, and nothing else requiring your attention. The kind of night that\u2026
Enquire NowEach child, plus one adult, gets Rs 1,500 and a designated lane in the market. The goal: buy as many items as possible. Past hauls have included a single lime, one egg, and a bidi. Chaotic, creative, and among the most genuinely fun hours\u2026
Enquire NowOn the rooftop of a private home in Jaipur, as the sun sets and kites fill the skyline, you'll join a local family and one of our most competitive guides for an afternoon of kite flying with chai. It sounds simple. It is. That's precisely\u2026
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India's trucks are rolling canvases, "Horn Please," painted cows, elephants, and symbols of devotion covering every surface. Join the painters as they work and add your own mark to one of the country's most iconic and most overlooked art f\u2026
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Learn Bollywood moves alongside a local troupe, high energy, optionally costumed, and genuinely infectious. Someone will be on hand to capture your best moments for an Instagram reel. No prior experience required. Enthusiasm, however, is n\u2026
Enquire NowJoin Mumbai's famous tiffin delivery men from the start of their day, riding the train as they head out on their routes, singing as they go. An insight into one of the city's most extraordinary logistical feats, led by the people who make\u2026
Enquire NowA proper, improvised game of cricket, jumpers for stumps, arranged with local children on a patch of land with the Taj Mahal behind you. There are very few places in the world where you can say that. Best with larger groups. Competitive co\u2026
Enquire NowAt the Dera Amer private estate, rescued elephants live alongside the mahouts who care for them. Spend time learning about the daily routines, the bathing rituals, and the bond between a mahout and his elephant, a relationship built over y\u2026
Enquire NowArrive at Thiksey Monastery at dawn to witness the early morning Buddhist prayers as the sun rises over the mountains. A private blessing ceremony in the Ghokang follows, conducted by a monk on duty, bestowing long life, good health, and p\u2026
View ItineraryA hands-on cooking lesson built around the spices and techniques of Rajasthani cuisine, grinding, tempering, rolling, tasting. You'll learn by doing, and eat what you make, and it will quietly reframe everything you thought you knew about\u2026
View ItineraryVaranasi at dawn, the ghats alive with offerings and incense and the sound of bells, the Ganges lit gold by the rising sun. Thiksey Monastery in Ladakh at first light, monks in morning prayer as the mountains emerge from the darkness behind them. Tiger’s Nest, perched on a cliffside in Bhutan that looks impossible, approached on a trail through rhododendron forest. The Indian Subcontinent holds more ancient, layered, living spiritual tradition than almost anywhere else on earth — and the experiences we build into itineraries are chosen because they let you encounter it properly, not from a distance.
Bengal tigers moving through the sal forests of Ranthambore. Leopards tracked at dawn across the rocky scrubland of Rajasthan by villagers who have read this landscape for generations. One-horned rhinos wading through the grasslands of Chitwan. Leopards in Yala at the highest density of any national park in the world. Sloth bears emerging from the undergrowth at dusk. Sri Lanka’s blue whales surfacing off Mirissa from March through April. The subcontinent’s wildlife is remarkable in its variety, and the guides we work with — many of whom have spent decades in these reserves — make the difference between a sighting and an understanding.
The subcontinent rewards multi-country trips. Bhutan and Nepal share the Himalayas but differ entirely in character — the fortified dzongs and government-controlled access of Bhutan against the ancient temples and trekking culture of Nepal. India and Sri Lanka connect naturally on a southern circuit: the spice markets and backwaters of Kerala flowing into Sri Lanka’s hill country train and Yala’s leopards. Rajasthan pairs well with Nepal for those who want palace hotels and tiger reserves alongside high-altitude monasteries. We plan the routing and the transitions so the journey feels considered from beginning to end.
The Himalayas
Nepal and Bhutan. Two small kingdoms in the shadow of the world’s highest mountains, both shaped by Buddhism in ways that run through everything — the monasteries perched above valleys, the monks in evening prayer, the prayer flags that line every ridge and pass. In Nepal, rhinos and tigers move through the forests of Chitwan. In Bhutan, the Phobjikha Valley opens beneath ancient gompas. The air is thin, the silence is deep, and the perspective it offers is one you carry home with you.
India
A country so vast and so layered that no single trip comes close to the whole of it. The Taj Mahal at sunrise, its marble shifting from white to gold as the light changes. Bengal tigers moving through the sal forests of Ranthambore. Leopards tracked across the rocky scrubland of Rajasthan by villagers who have read this landscape for generations. The backwaters of Kerala. The spice markets and temple bells. The sheer, bewildering, life-changing scale of it all. India doesn’t reveal itself easily. That’s precisely the point.
Sri Lanka
A teardrop island off the southern tip of India, and a world apart. The slow train winding up through the hill country from Kandy to Ella, tea plantations rolling past the windows in every shade of green. The ancient rock fortress at Sigiriya, rising improbably from the jungle floor. Whales surfacing off Mirissa. The south coast’s long, empty beaches at the end of a day that started with a Buddhist temple at dawn. Sri Lanka moves at its own pace. You’ll quickly find yourself moving with it.
Six Senses Bhutan
Amankora Thimphu
Gangtey Lodge
For a single-country luxury Indian Subcontinent holiday — Bhutan, Nepal, or Sri Lanka — ten days to two weeks gives you enough time to move between distinct regions. India benefits from at least two weeks if you want to combine more than one region; Rajasthan and Kerala, for example, are a full trip on their own. Combining two countries — India and Bhutan, or Nepal and Sri Lanka — works well over two to three weeks. We design every itinerary around your available dates and what you most want to experience.
Combining multiple Indian Subcontinent countries in one trip is often the most rewarding approach. India and Bhutan share a border and complement each other — the scale and vibrancy of Rajasthan or the Ganges against the controlled calm of Bhutan’s valleys. Nepal and Bhutan pair naturally for a Himalayan circuit. Sri Lanka adds coast and wildlife to a trip that begins in India’s south. We plan every routing and connection so the journey feels coherent rather than stitched together.
The best time for a luxury Indian Subcontinent holiday depends on where you are going. India’s north and Rajasthan are best October to March — cool, dry, and ideal for wildlife. Sri Lanka’s west and south coasts peak December to March; the east coast suits May to September. Bhutan is most beautiful in spring and autumn — March to May and September to November. Nepal’s trekking seasons peak October to November and March to May. We factor all of this into every itinerary and will always tell you honestly if your chosen dates are not ideal for a destination.
For a first luxury Indian Subcontinent holiday, India is the most compelling entry point — the scale, the palaces, the wildlife, and the food offer more variety in a single country than most regions can across several. Sri Lanka suits those who want the cultural depth of the subcontinent alongside excellent beaches and a more manageable scale. Bhutan is the right choice for those seeking the most controlled, exclusive, and spiritually immersive experience in the region. Wherever you start, we’ll design the itinerary around what matters to you — and tell you honestly where to go next time.
The cost of a luxury Indian Subcontinent holiday depends on the countries you visit, the duration, and the style of experience. India and Sri Lanka tend to offer strong value for equivalent luxury. Bhutan has a government-mandated Sustainable Development Fee that adds to the cost and limits visitor numbers — making it one of the more exclusive destinations in the region. Multi-country itineraries combining India with Bhutan, Nepal, or Sri Lanka carry additional logistics. We price every holiday individually based on your specific requirements, with no planning fees. Speak to one of our specialists to discuss what the right trip looks like for you.
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