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Rajasthan
Jaipur, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Pushkar and the country between them. The India most first visits are built around, and the one most easily rushed.
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When to Travel
Which month, and what that month actually gives you. Season by season rather than a single best answer.
Destinations
Where to go, and why one region rather than another. Six rooms below, by part of the country.
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Delhi, Agra & the North
The capital, the Taj, Varanasi and the Gangetic plain. Where the Mughal story is physical.
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Getting In
Visas, flights, arrival and the first few hours. Rules change, so this room points at the current guidance rather than repeating it.
Journeys
The journeys themselves. What each one is and who leads it.
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Money & Tipping
Cards, cash, ATMs and what is customary. Figures move, so the answers here come from a curator rather than a table.
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Kerala & the South
Backwaters, tea hills, temple towns and the Coromandel coast. A different climate, a different calendar and a different food culture.
Good to Know
Seasons and visas. Dress and health and tipping. The practical things worth knowing before India.
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Health & Food
Water, ice, raw salad, spice, and eating well without spending a day of the trip regretting it.
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Himalaya & Ladakh
Ladakh, Spiti, Sikkim and the hill stations. The one part of India that runs on a summer calendar.
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Wildlife & Parks
Ranthambore, Bandhavgarh, Kanha, Pench, Kabini, Kaziranga. Tigers, and everything else that lives around them.
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What to Wear
Layers, seasons, temple dress and the footwear that makes a temple day pleasant rather than a chore.
Before You Go
The months between booking and departure. Ask anything here.
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Varanasi & the Ganges
The oldest continuously inhabited city many travellers will ever stand in, and the river it is arranged around.
Ask a Curator
A question put to the people who plan the journeys. Answered in the open so one answer serves everybody.
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Photography & Etiquette
Asking first, where cameras are not allowed, drones, and the difference between photographing a person and photographing scenery.
The Journal
New pieces from Elevated India and what you make of them.
Where We've Been
Your own account of a journey. Photographs welcome.
