Trips to India

India’s diversity of landscapes and abundance of cultures make it a nation of remarkable contrasts. Home to the highest mountain ranges in the world, jungles, deserts, tropical coastlines and a seemingly infinite variety of peoples, the country can have a beguiling effect on those travelling to India. The teeming cities of Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata throng with humanity and this populous nation is arguably the most fruitful birthplace of religion on Earth. Endless sights range from the majestic marble palaces, fortresses and emperors’ mausoleums of Rajasthan and Agra to the ghats of Varanasi, the monumental ruins at Hampi and the Hindu gateway and temple towers of the south.

India is a vast, multifaceted nation, with a complex geography. In the far north, the Himalayan mountains tumble into the great river plains of the Ganges, Yamuna and Punjab. To the west, the Thar Desert straddles the border with Pakistan, while further south, the high tableland of the Deccan Plateau forms the core of peninsular India, which tapers as it approaches the country’s southernmost tip.