India Travel Guide

Travels in India, India

It’s been a while since I started a new travel blog. Some long-time followers may know, I started travel blogging in India in 2005 – which makes me one of the very first travel bloggers. This was at the very beginning of travel blogging, and very early days of social media. It was just a casual blog on a shared platform, but if you’re interested in this relic, you can find it here.

Over time, I got serious about both travel in India and travel blogging, and started blogging professionally in 2009 with the launch of Breathedreamgo. As I kept travelling in India, blogging, and dispensing travel advice … I finally decided to do two things:

Move to India
Start a tour company.

So, I moved to India in September 2018, and with the indispensable help of Anjani Nandan, started India for Beginners in October 2019.

Anjani and I originally met in 2017 when I was planning a tour, and we worked together on a Shakti Tour, along with operations wizard Ujjwal Mukherjee. It was from this experience that we decided to work together. We slowly started creating India for Beginners and just got going when the pandemic hit.

As the world started to return to normal, we resumed building India for Beginners, and luckily started to grow and expand as we helped more and more people travel happily and safely to India.

Helping people get the most out of their trip to India is our motivation and our reward. We love sharing our insider knowledge about the best places to stay, the shortest travel routes, the sights you shouldn’t miss, the dishes you have to try, etc.

India can be an overwhelming destination, especially for first-time visitors. We know that we save people a lot of hassles and help them avoid a lot of potential problems … But the funny part is, if we do our job well, our travellers will never know what *might* have been!

Announcing our “I Love Delhi tours”

Delhi is the capital of India and one of the most historic cities on earth. The city is dotted with monuments stretching back hundreds and even thousands of years. Delhi is also the cultural and culinary capital of India, great for shopping, dining, and sightseeing. And it’s a very green city, criss-crossed by wide, leafy boulevards. Personally, I think Delhi is a glorious city. As well as being my home-away-from-home, I also find it inspiring and endlessly fascinating. Like Rome, Delhi is an eternal city.

There are a lot of reasons to love Delhi, yet the city doesn’t always make a good first impression and it doesn’t always have a good reputation with tourists.

We want to change that with our I Love Delhi Tours – based on our own fondness for the city.

Learning to love Delhi

When I first landed in India in 2005, I stayed in South Delhi, at the home of a friend. I was lucky to have a soft landing and to stay with an Indian family. True Dilli-wallas, they helped me see the beauty and essential charm of the city and provided the keys to discover hidden treasures that most tourists miss. I grew to love the city and I hope you will give it a chance, too.

Furthermore, most of the India for Beginners team – including Anjani and Ujjwal – are from Delhi, and live in Delhi, and they have a wealth of knowledge they love to share.

We want to share our love for Delhi and show travellers the best Delhi has to offer.

Three Delhi tour packages

We offer an “I Love Delhi” tour package that includes 4 nights / 5 days, a choice of homestay, mid-range or luxury hotel – depending on budget – and both city tours and local experiences. All packages can be modified to suit your dates, travel style and budget.

Delhi is also the starting point for Golden Triangle tours – tours that take in Delhi, Agra (home of the Taj Mahal) and Jaipur. These cities are equidistant from each other, about a 4 hour drive.

We can also offer a Taj Mahal extension (Delhi-Agra) and a Golden Triangle extension (Delhi-Agra-Jaipur).

I Love Delhi Tour 1: At Home in Delhi

Tour includes:

Airport pickup
Four nights’ stay at Prakash Kutir homestay in South Delhi
Day 1: Orientation session, shopping at one of Delhi’s markets, dinner at homestay
Day 2: City tour that includes food walk in Old Delhi, Humayun’s Tomb and central Delhi
Day 3: Customized local experiences: choose from list

Tour highlight: Prakash Kutir homestay in Hauz Khas is a great homestay in a central location that gives travellers a taste of Indian family life. Staying with a family in a safe, comfortable homestay is a great way to start your first trip to India! Find out more here.

I Love Delhi Tour 2: Delhi Deep Dive

Tour includes:

Airport pickup
Four nights’ stay at a 4-star hotel in central Delhi
Day 1: Orientation session, shopping at one of Delhi’s markets
Day 2: City tour that includes food walk in Old Delhi, Humayun’s Tomb and central Delhi
Day 3: Customized local experiences: choose from list

Tour highlight: A food walk in Old Delhi is one of the most exciting and tantalizing experiences you can have in the city. Our experienced local guide will take you through the narrow back alleys and main boulevard – Chandni Chowk – of Old Delhi to discover a variety of famous local dishes from hygienic vendors.

I Love Delhi Tour 3: Royal Delhi

Tour includes:

Airport pickup
Four nights’ stay at a luxury 5-star hotel such as The Imperial Hotel
Day 1: Orientation session, spa visit, dinner at hotel
Day 2: City tour that focuses on UNESCO sites and includes Old Delhi, Humayun’s Tomb, and Qutub Minar
Day 3: Customized local experiences: choose from list

Tour highlight: A luxurious spa visit at one of Delhi’s top hotels is an ideal way to overcome jet lag and relax into the colour and chaos of a trip to India. Couple this with a day seeing Delhi’s top historic sites – including 3 UNESCO World Heritage sites – and you are definitely doing Delhi right.