Celebrate Independence Day in India
Travel the Unknown (traveltheunknown.com) is celebrating Indian Independence Day on August 15, by offering a 10 per cent discount on all its tours to remote North East India, as well as six other short tours including the Golden Triangle, Living Roots Bridges and Sacred India for bookings between that date and September 15. Sample tours are:
• A 15-day Monks and Rhinos tour or 15-day Tribes and Rhinos tour of North East India normally costs £1,400 per person but is reduced to £1,260 if booked by September 15. The price includes internal flights, accommodation, ground transport, restricted area permits, most meals, guides, drivers, activities, entrance fees to sites and carbon-offsetting fee. Highlights include driving high above the Himalayan clouds to Tawang to visit the largest Buddhist monastery outside Tibet; joining an elephant-back safari in Kaziranga National Park, home to the world’s largest population of endangered unicorn rhinos; and meeting the ancient Apatani tribes of Arunachal Pradesh.
• The five-day short tour to see the Living Root Bridges at Cherrapunjee in Meghalaya - where tree roots have been coaxed across the river hundreds of years ago by villagers to form natural bridges- normally costs £300 per person but is reduced to £270. The price includes ground transport, guides, driver, accommodation, all meals, activities and entrance fees to sites, and a 40 minute helicopter ride above rolling hills from Shillong to Guwahati.
• The six-day Raj Tigers and Mangroves tour to colonial Kolkata and the Sunderbans – the world’s largest mangrove - normally costs £600 per person but is reduced to £540 per person. The price includes an eye-opening walking tour of hidden Kolkata, boat ride and lodging in the Sunderbans, guides and some meals
• A seven-day Camels, Forts and Deserts tour into the heart of Rajasthan normally priced at £700 per person is reduced to £630 per person. The price includes a camel safari, desert camping for one night under the stars, staying within Jaisalmer fort, vehicle, driver, guides and air-conditioned train back to Delhi.
For more information or to book visit traveltheunknown.com.
