Luxury West India Tours

Mumbai is located on the west coast of India and is made up of seven islands. Mumbai is one of the world’s top ten centres of commerce, it is the wealthiest city in India, with the highest number of millionaires and billionaires. It’s also rich in culture, housing the Bollywood and Marathi cinema industries, and also notorious for its lengthy traffic jams!

Goa is well known for its golden sand beaches fringed with coconut palms. Formerly a Portuguese colony, Goa is an intriguing melting pot of Indian and European cultural influences, which is reflected in its colonial architecture and unique cuisine. Inland you’ll find spice plantations making a state where you can get in some beach time along with your culture fix.

Ornate caves, an imitation Taj Mahal and beautiful silk sarees all await you in authentic Aurangabad. Aurangabad is known for producing silk, in particular its beautiful Himroo and Paithani saris, lovingly woven by hand. It’s also the perfect location to explore the nearby Ajanta and Ellora Caves, both designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

One of 50 tiger reserves in India, Tadoba is named after the local tribal word for god – ‘tadoba’ and the river Andhari that runs through it. Yet with a river and a perennial lake, Tadoba offers refuge to numerous wild creatures; royal Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, sloth bear, Indian Gaur, ‘nilgai’ or blue bull antelope, striped hyenas, civet cats, among others.

Ahmedabad is India’s first UNESCO Urban World Heritage Site, thanks to its rich past. Also known as Amdavad, Ahmadabad or Ahemdavad, the city is jam-packed with fantastic Hindu and Islamic architecture, from modern designs to ancient mosques and mausoleums. Known as the ‘Manchester of India’ it is also a great place for buying textiles.

The pilgrimage town of Palitana is steeped in Jain history. It is home to the world’s largest temple complex Shatrunjaya hill, dotted with over 3,000 temples, where it is rumoured that the first of the Jain Tirthankaras Ādinātha meditated. Jain pilgrims flock to the town in their thousands, especially for the Kartik Purnima festival during the monsoon season.

Also known as Sasan Gir, the Park was declared a sanctuary in 1965 and is the only place in the world where you can still see Asiatic lions in the wild. It’s an amazing haven for wildlife due to its deciduous and dry terrain and is also home to resident and migrant birds, a variety of mammals including sambar deer and Indian Foxes, and a slippery and scaly selection of reptiles.

One of the most captivating cities in Gujarat is Bhuj, the gateway to the Rann of Kutch and the home of ancient palaces with impressive dining rooms and glittering artefacts. Almost completely destroyed by a huge earthquake in 2001, the city has mostly been rebuilt but most of the architecture and palaces still hold reminders of the horrific destruction.