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Namaskar...  Since 1983, Choomti Travellers have been specialising in providing tailor-made Journeys in India for discerning travellers, the majority of whom are personally recommended to us or are repeat clients.

Choomti's two Directors, who intimately know all the destinations described on this site, personally take care of all aspects of a tour from inception, to delivery and beyond.

When not working directly with clients, mainly in the off season, we travel around India seeking out new destinations and updating ourselves on existing ones, ensuring we know what we are talking about ...India !

New Delhi (India's capital), built on the site of seven historic cities, consists of the 17th century Old Delhi and 20th century New Delhi, created by the British when they transferred the capital from Calcutta in 1911.  A truly fascinating blend of the old and the new with ancient monuments and beautiful gardens, tree-lined avenues, splendid government buildings and bustling bazaars.

Mumbai (formerly Bombay), the most cosmopolitan of all Indian cities, is a vital and pulsating city with a tradition of cultures from many lands.  The city also contains some really magnificent Victorian and Gothic architecture, museums, markets, gleaming skyscrapers, and the highest cost of living in India as well as the largest of India's city slums made famous by the film "Slumdog Millionaire".

Chennai (formerly Madras), the earliest British settlement of the East India Company, is an elegant colonial port with some of the finest examples of the 19th century Indo-Saracenic architecture, a long beach with palm trees.  Nearby is the golden "City of a Thousand Temples" at  Kanchipuram, noted also for fine silks, the 7th Century Shore Temples and rock carvings of Mahabalipuram .

Choomti aims to provide you the closest insight into the wonders of India and the lives of the Indian People; to offer the maximum input to the local economy and minimum disruption to Indian Culture.

So, whatever your requirements, Choomti will provide you a very personal service, the best arrangements and the very best value for your money.

From New Delhi, the capital of India, to two former capitals of the Moghul Empires, Agra with the glorious Taj Mahal, and Fatehpur Sikri, the deserted city of Emperor Akbar and onto Rajasthan, the land of the Rajputs, palaces, desert forts and wildlife sanctuaries.  This is the essence of colourful and romantic India.

In the North, apart from the spectacular mountain ranges of the Himalaya there are the gardens and lakes of Kashmir, the desert kingdom of Ladakh, the rhododendron forests of Darjeeling and Sikkim and the hill stations with meadows of wild flowers and forests of pine.

Sikkim is a remote and beautiful Himalayan state of majestic mountains, ancient Buddhist monasteries, orchids and rhododendrons.

Far in the North of India on an ancient Silk Route to China, lies the Himalayan state of Ladakh.

Take a tour of the Himalayan Foothills, staying in former summer residences of the Maharajas and the British Raj with walks and fishing for Trout and Mahseer.

To the South, the Deccan plateau rises to a lesser known India, a land of temples and ancient empires little influenced by foreign invaders, beautiful beaches, lush vegetation and paddy fields.

The sandalwood city of Mysore, the spice centre of Cochin, the waterways of Kerala and the colourful temple towns of Tamil Nadu depict a rich cultural heritage.

A lush tropical land, palm trees and paddy fields, plantations of tea, coffee and cardamom, quiet backwaters, beautiful beaches, temples vibrant with colour and life, this is a journey to an exotic and lesser known India.

In India there are many wildlife sanctuaries and parks where more than 350 species of mammals and 1,244 species of birds can be observed in their natural habitat.  The diversity of India's climate and topography has resulted in a rich flora and fauna.  Recently, conservation measures have been adopted to preserve the wonderful heritage of India's fauna.

In the foothills of the Himalaya lies Corbett National Park, the oldest wildlife reserve. Noted for tiger, elephant, leopard, and marsh crocodile, Corbett boasts of 580 species of birds.

The saving from near extinction of the Indian one horned rhinoceros, the wild buffalo and the barasinga (swamp deer) at Kaziranga National Park in Assam is one of Asia's great conservation successes, with a wonderful bird life. Viewing by elephant, jeep and from watch towers.

"Bandhavgarh, in Central India is considered by many as the finest of all sanctuaries in India and is the home of many rare and endangered species. Kanha, the heart of the land romanticised by Kipling in his Jungle Books, there is a good chance of observing tiger, leopard, gaur, sloth bear, blackbuck and the barasingha"

For Fishing Trout as well as Mahseer please see the details of our tour of the Himalayan Foothills.

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