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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
Don Curry and the Camel Knight Castle
Don Curry chuckled to himself. He did it knowingly, not following any form of amusement. That's exactly how he had imagined it: India was completely different beyond Delhi....
Volunteering in the service of Mother Teresa
The two weeks of my volunteering at the Missionary of Charity are slowly coming to an end. They were two weeks that have definitely enriched my life, that were educational and...
Be inspired by this spiritual and ceremonial flair!
This sentence on an advertisement poster for the city of Varanasi caught my attention yesterday in the metro in Kolkata. Not only because I have just visited this special place,...
Day 1 - New York
Our long arrival day started very early in the morning. Luckily, Zurich Airport was only 2 minutes away from our hotel in Glattbrugg by tram. So we could sleep a few minutes...
Delhi and the Red Fort
On November 5, we went to visit the Red Fort in Delhi. The king of the Muslim empire moved from Agra to Delhi in the 17th century and built this fort. The fort is like a small...
Taj Mahal
We then went to visit the legendary Taj Mahal. We traveled from Jabalpur to Agra by night train. The first class of the train we took was very good. One can sleep well and has a...
Marble Rocks and Waterfall
Maggi is very well known in India as a ready-made noodle producer
Hindu Ceremony and Monkey Temple
Good morning, it's just before 4 a.m., and I haven't slept much, as two more roommates arrived during the night. At exactly 4:30 a.m., Harsh arrives, and we drive to the Hindu...
Ravan on Fire
Ravan on Fire I'm getting more and more settled in. Every other evening, there’s football with others from the society. It’s a lot of fun. The Oval Park is also very beautiful....
Welcome to Agra
Welcome to Agra, The first train ride went well. Train stations can be a bit tricky in foreign countries. But I had enough time to get my bearings and could observe what was...
2. Tag in New Delhi
2. Day 07.10.2024 For breakfast, there are two bananas. Many Indians have their breakfast on the way on the street. Especially near the metro, there are many small stalls that...
Mumbai/India
4.5.2024 Mumbai I left at around 8:00 a.m. and, after a shuttle bus took me to the entrance of the port area and I had gone through immigration, I set out to explore Mumbai on...
Cochin/Indien
1.5.2024 Kochi The morning began with an interesting lecture by astronomer Tom Vassos on the topic of "Daring Space Exploration Missions". We docked at the port of Cochin in the...
Neil Island - Andaman
Farewell to Havelock In the meantime, I said goodbye to my beautiful bungalow in the “Emerald Gecko” and the lovely people around it, completely relaxed and yet slightly...
BLOG 9: Satpura National Park
Also located in Madhya Pradesh, Satpura National Park, also known as Satpura Tiger Reserve, was first explored in 1862 by Captain James Forsyth of the Bengal Lancers. The name...
BLOG 4: Khajuraho - City of the "Erotic Temples"
Khajuraho is one of the most visited tourist places in the state of Madhya Pradesh and is known for its temples built by the rulers of the Chandela dynasty in 885 and 1030. Only...
In Kanha National Park
Our days usually start with an alarm ringing at 4:00 am, as we are picked up for the tiger safari around 4:45. A moving day - in this case from Bandhavgarh NP to Kanha NP - with...
The Taj Mahal and Fatehpur Sikri
The marble mausoleum at sunrise
Backwaters
The Backwaters are large canal systems in Kerala. On a tour I participated in, we took a 4-hour tour on the Backwaters, got insights into the lives of the island residents, ate...
Imphal - Manipur
I have thought many times about how to continue the itinerary. Should I go to the Mon, to Longwa exactly or better to the border with Myanmar? But that would fundamentally...
Kaziranga National Park
On to Bokakhat - Assam The alarm clock rang shortly before six o'clock and the Uber taxi, pre-ordered for half past six, arrived super punctually. It quickly took me out of...
Day 10 - The Taj Mahal
11th January 2020 On the tenth day of our trip, we had another full schedule. After breakfast, we went to the Taj Mahal with our guide Atiq. The day before, Atiq had explained...
Day 9 - Road trip from Jaipur to Agra
10th January 2020In the morning of Friday, after a good breakfast, which I personally had to skip due to nightly episodes of power diarrhea, we set off for Agra. In India,...
Day 8 - Jaipur or "My Name is Sunny ..."
01/09/2020 On Thursday morning after breakfast, Ravi picked us up from the hotel. The "Lemon Tree" hotel is well equipped and doesn't have as much renovation backlog as the...
A day with ups and downs (Day 27 of the world trip)
Har Ki Dun Trek - Part 3/7
Source of the Ganges - Rishikesh
Cochin - Delhi - RISHIKESH - Varanasi - Nepal/Kathmandu The source of the Ganges, the holy river of the Hindus, mountains as far as the eye can see, fresh air, a clear and...
Indische Hochzeit
Ostindische Hochzeit
...about the beginning, the farewell and the arrival
The beginning.. Where should one start telling when one is experiencing such an exciting time? Good question, the answer probably doesn't exist. I'll try my best to start at...