Golden Triangle With Varanasi Tour 6 Nights 7 Days

I am so thankful that I chose this 7 day tour of the Golden Triangle and Varanasi. As a 72 year old woman travelling solo I found the driver and tour guides to be exceptional, respectful, friendly and knowledgeable at each venue. Everything ran smoothly and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing all the sites. The accommodations were comfortable and I also enjoyed the experience of riding the night train to and from Varanasi. India’s beauty, culture, art work, people and food has left an indelible impact on my heart and I surely will be returning to explore more of this amazing country. I met some truly beautiful people who I now consider to be my friend. Namaste to all. Don’t miss out on this life changing experience ????❤️????

Overall we loved our tour of Northern India. A positive feedback for this tour would be please check the itinerary and take control of what you are comfortable with. We found sightseeing all day followed by a 5-6 hours of driving is exhausting arriving at your hotel at 20.00-21.30 at night is far to late. We actually shortened some of the days visits to get to those times. Allow yourself some downtime in between days. The guides were first class and knowledgeable and really looked after us. Sharing their knowledge and going over and above to deliver an excellent experience, right down to taking us to our seats on the train (Sandeep). Viator’s should rate their tours with an intensity value to allow you to make informed decisions. Other improvements should be, have all your hotel booking references as we had to wait ages while the tour company had to be contacted for confirmation of our bookings which can be frustrating after a long day. Hotel standards were good

Overall very well organised, I could easily call or contact you and sort out stuff, e.g. when I could not find the driver, changes in program Driver (Delhi - Jaipur - Agra) Driver was nice, although his English was not the best, we could still easily communicate and he was doing his best that everything works! You could see he is an experienced driver - I always felt very safe even with Indian traffic :) I has some changes in the plan - asked to stay at my friends place and next day we woke up early to do some private sightseeing. We also changed the place where we wanted to meet to be picked up. I got impression that this was a problem and I felt that he was quite unhappy - I didn’t understood why. I also had a feeling that he was quite pushing to finish Jaipur sightseeing fast as we need to go to Agra on the same day. This I understand, but this was planed so why pushing. Guide Jaipur Really great - he spent a lot of time giving proper explanation and adjusting to my question - he was really knowledgeable and provided very good context Guide Agra Good but at the beginning everything felt very fast - we kind of rush through Taj - also here I had a feeling that it should be done fast When we started discussing it actually got very interesting and also here I got a lot of interesting insights, especially around history of Agra. Agra overall Everything was done by lunch Then I spend time in my hotel and there was no plan until the train comes (luckily I could stay there until 3pm) I was sent in a restaurant, saying - we have time - but there was no other plan. I think either telling upfront or providing additional options would be nice. I suggested something but everything was apparently closed etc. Overall, this part can be done better. At the end I was 2.5 hours earlier at the train station and was waiting there. Train to Varansi Great, all worked well Thanks for answering my question, I was a little worried as I was having quite big luggage. If I had more time, I would have taken the train from Varanasi to Delhi as well, but my travel schedule was quite tight. Varansi Both Sundeep and Gaurav were great - I was very happy and would 100% recommend them. Gaurav is very knowledgeable and has great local experience Sundeep was taking care of me last day, we had some time before my flight. In the hotel he suggested to visit a village outside Varansi which was great idea. This was a good way how to bridge the time. Also here, tbh. more clear plan for the gap between tour and travel would be nice. Delhi Guide was again great - very experienced and knowledgeable At the beginning it felt like he his also rushing through the "standard" stuff but then it got much better - visiting Sigh temple was one of the highlights for me. Overall: Well organized and I am overall happy Sometimes I had feelings there were "blocks" when nothing was planned which felt a little weird Furthermore, when I had some changes to the plan - it felt it's a bit more complicated but at the end we have managed. It would be good to "warn" people that you will need to tip everywhere - maybe the guides should provide guidance how much to tip I would recommend the tour for sure! Although with all the tips etc. it felt at the end quite expensive.