Exploring India: A Guide to the Best Destinations and Experiences for Every Traveler
INDIA TOURISM
India is a vibrant country with a rich heritage and diverse attractions, making it a popular tourist destination among travelers worldwide.
India is home to the finest architectural heritage, serene ghats, spectacular landscapes, the largest tiger reserve, rhinoceros habitats, beaches, mountains, tribes, spiritual and sacred destinations, water sports, winter sports, corals, and many more. You name it, and India has all experiences to offer.
Today, the tourism and hospitality industry is one of India’s largest service sectors, driving growth, prosperity, and employment to millions of people directly and indirectly. Tourism is the sector with the potential to generate the largest number of jobs. India has all forms of tourism flourishing, whether domestic, outbound, inbound, or meetings, incentives, conferences, events, and weddings.
When it comes to incoming tourism, the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, is the torchbearer and principal agency drafting and implementing the required policies. The Indian government has been regularly and tirelessly working on infrastructure and upgrading tourism sites to provide better and world-class facilities to visitors.
WHERE TO GO FIRST IF TRAVELING TO INDIA
The selection process – India has everything. Only you can decide what you want to see and how you want to see it, and when you are traveling. Preferred months for travel to India are September, October, November, December, January, and February. Now the question comes as to which places you should visit in these months.
Your idea of a dream holiday in India may be rushing up mountains, palace-hopping in Rajasthan, drooling over Dravidian temple architecture, making long train journeys, watching the local craftsmen, or spotting wildlife from an elephant’s back.
With this article, we have tried to give an idea of the range of offerings. But one man’s fascination is another’s absolute boredom. Recently, one Indophile recommended Bijapur, one of his favorite cities, to a friend. His friend drove through the night from Mumbai and arrived to find an unsympathetic atmosphere, no accommodation, and buildings not to his taste at all.
There is far more to India than the golden triangle of Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur, and although the Taj Mahal and Fatehpur Sikri are magical, there is no compulsion to visit them first. They will be there still next time. Additionally, the Indian Golden Triangle is much more enjoyable outside the tourist rush of November to January. There is so much else to see and do that it seems a shame to follow the Western throng.
It is best to select one or two areas of the country and combine visits to monuments with wanders in town bazaars and outings to nearby villages by car and train. This way, you can see how people live, work, and celebrate their festivals. This is far more rewarding than taking a plane every other day to a new set of isolated monuments.
And a few days in a game park, walking the hills, or soaking in the sun always happily tags on the front or back of two or three weeks of sightseeing and traveling.
INDIAN ARCHITECTURE
India is full of sublime architecture despite the ravages of countless marauders. There are Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Jain, and colonial monuments of the highest quality throughout the country. But some are much easier to get to and better equipped for tourists than others. The more isolated sites suggested in this article will, I hope, repay the longish journeys to get to them and the more modest accommodation.
Old Delhi, Agra, and Fatehpur Sikri have great Mughal architecture. Rajasthan is covered in hilltop forts and sumptuous wedding-cake palaces, many of which are now converted into hotels. All these are very easy to visit. So are the rock temples of Ajanta and Ellora, the Hindu temples of Orissa and Khajuraho, the sacred city of Varanasi, and nearby Buddhist Sarnath. All of these are served by airports and comfortable hotels.
The rewards for the more hardy and intrepid traveler are sensational. In Karnataka, the magnificent ruined city of Hampi and the Hoysala temples are a bit of effort to reach, as are some of the temple cities of Tamil Nadu. Karnataka’s other treasures are hardly ever visited—Bidar, Bijapur, and the early Hindu temples in and around Badami.
Nor do many visitors reach the central Indian monuments at Sanchi, Mandu, and Bhopal, or the ruined palaces of Datia and Orchha, south of Gwalior.
WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES IN INDIA
The parks of India and Nepal cover thousands of square kilometers and give sanctuary to a wide range of threatened species of mammals, reptiles, and birds, as well as flowers and trees. India is an important area for animal conservation work. Visitors explore the parks by jeep and on elephants. However, few are yet as well-run as African parks, and accommodation may be quite simple.
INDIAN BEACHES
Considering the length and beauty of its coastline, India has relatively few good beach resorts. Goa is best, followed by Kovalam and the coast south of Chennai (Mahabalipuram). But the choice extends to the smart beaches of Sri Lanka, the escapist island of the Maldives, and the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands. All are very beautiful and perfect places for switching off.
BIG CITIES
India’s big cities are much more difficult to visit than their equivalents in Europe and America. They are huge, sprawling, and overpopulated. But Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad have fine colonial buildings and offer opportunities to see India’s great musicians and dancers.
Delhi and Mumbai have the best restaurants in the country and something almost approaching the Western idea of nightlife. Both cities are essential for stocking up on information, bookings, and literature on the way into India and have the best shopping on the way out. A full two days in either city at the beginning and end of the trip makes things run much more smoothly in between.
MOVING AROUND
Just as important and amusing as deciding which places to visit is deciding how best to get to them. For instance, few journeys are as enjoyable as the flight from Srinagar to Leh, a cruise from Goa to Mumbai, a train from near Coimbatore to Ooty, a backwater cruise in Kerala, or a drive from Jammu to Srinagar.
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