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Vacation in India : Highlights & Travel Tips
India is a destination of extraordinary scale and variety, where ancient traditions, dramatic landscapes, and vibrant daily life create an unforgettable travel experience. Travelers are drawn by its remarkable contrasts: Mughal monuments and sacred temples, Himalayan mountain towns and tropical backwaters, bustling mega-cities and quiet desert villages. From watching the sunrise over the Taj Mahal to exploring Jaipur’s palaces, cruising Kerala’s waterways, spotting wildlife in national parks, or joining festivals filled with color, music, and ritual, India offers a depth of culture and sensory richness that few places can match.
For first-time visitors, popular highlights include the Golden Triangle of Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur, as well as Varanasi for its spiritual atmosphere, Rajasthan for forts and desert heritage, Goa for beaches, and Kerala for nature and wellness retreats. Practical planning makes a big difference: distances are long, so it is best to focus on one region at a time; booking trains, flights, and major sights in advance can save time; and dressing modestly, carrying cash for smaller purchases, drinking filtered or bottled water, and allowing flexibility for crowds and traffic will help the trip go more smoothly. India can feel intense, but travelers who arrive with curiosity and patience are often rewarded with some of the world’s most memorable food, hospitality, and cultural experiences.
Best time to travel India
The best time to visit India is generally October to January, with October (0.22) and January (0.18) showing the strongest popularity and February (0.12) also remaining favorable. These months are typically preferred because the weather is cooler and more comfortable across many regions, making sightseeing, festivals, and longer journeys much easier than during the hotter pre-monsoon and rainy monsoon months.
Best travel reports from India
We explore the school, and instead of teaching, we go on unplanned missions - Week 2
Monday - Welcome at School
We experience the first rain of the year in India and the 'Cat Murderer of Oslo' slips into my dreams.
Monday - Tina surprised by the rain
Tina calls a cow gay and we become proud owners of Harry Styles tickets - Week 4
Monday - Harry Styles wants our money
We smear spices on a stranger's face and question our professional future - Week 5
Week 5: February 2-8 Monday, February 2: This week we spent the first day at the old school because there was a parliamentary session scheduled, which w
We are riding in the party bus and will become superstars - Week 1
Week 1: January 8-11 Thursday, January 8: After our long journey, we needed a day to chill and adjust. We
From Xinjiang to Kerala
The bus surprisingly drove to a completely different border crossing that wasn't even marked on my map. The questioning was a bit more intense than usual, asking me what I was...
We're making Mumbai our playground and coincidentally meeting a buddy from Germany - Week 11
Week 11: March 16-22 Monday, March 16: We landed in Mumbai at 1:30 AM. Before that, I want to share one of our favorite conversations from this trip. It too
Final Countdown
India, finally something completely different. My flight was supposed to depart for Varanasi at 7 o'clock in the morning. Unlike many other travelers, I take others into...
Working on a tea plantation - India
After a far too long bus ride, I arrived in the most famous tea region of India and all the exhaustion of the journey seemed to disappear with the sight of the mist-filled tea...
Cycling through big cities and lots and lots of hinterland - India III
Maharashtra - Gujarat - Rajasthan
Sad farewells and a meaningful connection
A meaningful connection brings me a great internship. But a death overshadows my joy
Eintauchen in den heiligsten Ort Indiens: Varanasi
India Varanasi
Agra, Varanasi - India
With the food poisoning we went on a rather unpleasant journey to Agra. A city that combines all the negative aspects and sides of major Indian cities and still attracts...
Indian Himalayas
From the overcrowded, dirty, polluted and noisy Delhi, things were finally going up into the mountains. Welcome Himalayas!! After a two-day bus and train journey, I arrived in...
From Georgia to India - September/October 2023
GEORGIA - Stepantsminda - Mestia/Svanetien - Tbilisi - Istanbul/TURKEY - INDIA - Chembur/Mumbai - MAHARASHTRA - Mandwa - Alibaug - Harnai/Dapoli
Varkala, Alleppey - India
India, a country that should actually be its own continent! A country with 179 languages, in which Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Daoism and many other religions are...
Don Curry and the Lazy Bears
Don Curry appears very content. Some days don't go as originally planned, but these unexpected changes can have positive effects. Don Curry loves his plans and considers them...
Don Curry and Apostle Thomas
Day 28: Chennai and Mamallapuram
New Delhi in old trousers
Upon entering India, we had to go through the usual procedures, i.e. submit fingerprints, have our photos taken, provide a health declaration, and wait for our luggage. Once...
India (Delhi and Agra)
The departure from Dubai to India was a bit bumpy since our visa was not correct, but thanks to a very nice Emirates stewardess, we were finally allowed to board the plane. ...
Pushkar
Pushkar, one of the holiest sites in India and a haven for me, as this city is quite small by Indian standards and lies surrounded by green mountains in nature. According to...
Havelock - Swaraj Dweep - Andamanen
Early start 4.30 a.m., why so early again? Clearly, more ferries later would definitely have dug a bigger hole in his wallet. So get out of bed, put on your backpack and go....
BLOG 10: Bhimbetka Rock Shelters and Prehistoric Wall Paintings & Bhojpur Shiva Temple
Bhimbetka Rock Shelters The Bhimbetka rock shelters are an archaeological site near Bhopal spanning the Paleolithic and Mesolithic and historical periods. It shows the earliest...
BLOG 1: Flight and takeoff in Delhi
Flights - We were lucky - no strikes in Germany, the planes arrived in Delhi on time, even almost an hour earlier than planned, thanks to the strong tailwind we reached over...
OM, hippies and a lot of hinterland - India at the turn of the year 2023/24
Maharashtra - Goa - Karnataka