This tour gives you an overall highlight of the cities of India, but it is rough and ready. If you're game for culture while sacrificing a few of your first world comforts, you will enjoy this trip. Be prepared for a culture shock and to be awed.

Excellent Itinerary, with a good blend of culture and relaxation. Would throughly recommend.

Incredible first experience of travelling in India. The tour leader was excellent and provided so much knowledge about what to expect without ‘spoiling’ any surprises!

A fast paced but all encompassing itinerary taking you between megacities, towns and the beach with lots of great optional activities including sunrise bicycle ride, hot air balloon and an Indian cooking class. We had a fantastic group from all over the world and Gajraj was the best tour leader - thank you for everything Gajraj!

This is the first Intrepid adventure i have done. Thoroughly enjoyed it . The group was fantastic. All like minded. Fantastic group leader . Would recommend. Hope to do another one in the future

This trip gave us exactly what we were looking for as a first experience of India, and at incredible value for money. Our guide was excellent, the group was lovely, with a great age mix, and the standard of accommodation, was better than I had hoped for, and at times really good.

Our India trip was just amazing, and don't think we could have done it without our guide, Chandra. Delhi is very overwhelming, but the more south we got the more it calmed. Hotels were decent - sometimes slightly dirty but this was expected, we just used our sleeping bag if we felt like we needed to.

This trip was incredible, India cities are chaotic but through this trip and our wonderful tour guide Chandra I was able to experience it in a relaxed way. Overnight trains, local buses and metro were fun to try. Lots of amazing food, authentic experiences and so much to see! Highly recommend

Best experience of my life. Couldn’t have asked for a better guide than Chandra, who was able to cram in so many extra activities! I felt so at ease the entire trip and the organisation was spot on. Definitely recommend for first time travellers who wish to tick things off their bucket list.

This was my first group tour and first to India ???? I loved every minute of it got to see so much in 15 days the is a lot of travelling involved but worth every second the leader varsha was excellent and don't think she could have done anything else she was fantastic I will definitely recommend to use intrepid x

Thank you Varsha for guiding me through the beautiful sights and sounds of India. I’ve so much respect for this country, and had felt so apprehensive about travelling beforehand as a solo female. I had no reason to worry at all. I’m in love with India and cannot wait to explore it even more.

An amazing tour with the best group of people. I've used Intrepid before and they never disappoint by aways delivering a memorable holiday!

Awesome experience travelling through India with Intrepid, well organised with a fabulous tour leader.

This was my first time doing a group tour I will definitely be doing more the leader varsha made the experience fantastic couldn't thank her enough from start to finish she was fantastic couldn't do enough for you she was on call day and night I will be telling everyone to experience a group tour even if s only once but if they get a leader like varsha they will definitely do it again you should be proud of varsha as a leader she brilliant and can't thank her enough x

The Dehli to Goa trip for us was a perfect taster of what India has to offer. it was always sold as a basic trip so sometimes the rooms were more ‘rustic’ but they were always secure and we never found them unusable. Occasionally they exceeded expectation too. The public transport whilst busy and noisy was all part of the experience . The night trains too were an experience you won’t forget ,we won’t miss them but certainly glad we did them. (Take spare loo paper and a sense of humour) our guide Dinesh looked after us well and took the stress out of the logistics leaving us to enjoy the sights , sounds and smells of 1.5 billion people all doing their own thing to get by apparently oblivious to everyone else. Sometimes it was tiring , sometimes a little frustrating but never boring and certainly not forgettable. We would definitely recommend it.

India is not for sissies! It’s intense but having an organized leader like Harshita helped us navigate. The food is fabulous. All transportation was done by quality drivers. This was a good way to see India.

This is my first intrepid adventure and it didn't dissapoint. I would highly recommend intrepid and will be looking forward to my next adventure.

The trip was managed excellent from start to finish. Our tour leader once in India, Harshavardhan Singh made the whole trip. His knowledge and expertise were second to none. Nothing was never too much trouble making sure that we were always put first. He is a true gentleman and an asset to intrepid. From the choices of local food to the evening meals he was first class with his choices.

Had so much fun exploring India. My trip leader was fantastic. This itinerary is perfect to dip your toe in but will leave you wanting more.

The dehli to goa tour is brill and offers great variety. However The tour may not be for you if you are quite squimish or you prefer 5 star hotels and restaurants. This is far away from that