India Travel Tours & Trips

Had the best time ever. Both Bhannu Singh (Indian tour guide) and Krishh Lama (Nepal tour guide) were the best ever tour guide anyone could of wanted. Nothing was too much for either of them. I felt entirely safe at all times, and anything we requested or asked if we could do was successfully organised by them both. Geckos are extremely lucky to have such reliable guides:)

The Rajasthan at a Glance was an excellent tour for my first visit to India - it was amazing to visit the Palaces, Forts and Temples plus the stays in small villages gave a great introduction to Indian culture.

I had a great time. The time well spent!!! and would recommend to anyone. Tour leaders in both Nepal & India were excellent always going the extra mile! The only think I did not like, due to low budget is the fact we relied on hotels food or home-stay food. In many cases the food was excellent, just the prices were a bit too high, in my eyes

I really enjoyed the tour. A few things i felt were: The trip in general was not long enough and the Delhi and Jaipur legs felt very very rushed. It would be nice if there was a few more activites inlcuded. It was a tad annoying always having to pay to do extra, it was never a lot of money, but regardless it would have been nice

Our trip started in Kathmandu on the 3rd of March 2012.... We met our tour guide Binod Maharjan at the introduction along with 5 other travellers... there were 15 of us and we had the most amazing adventure!!!! I have always travelled independantly and have avoided tour groups.... I reluctantly said yes to a tour with the group of friends I was travelling with, mainly due to being time poor! Best decision ever!!! I would now tell anyone wanting to see Nepal or India to join a Gecko tour as not only was the tour designed to encompass everything we wanted to experience, the wealth of knowledge our tour guides had along with their eye to detail and our comfort and safety was AMAZING!!!! I have come home with the most amazing memories and am now back working hard to save to join another Gecko tour next year!!! The most wonderful adventure!

I really enjoyed the trip. Our tour guides did the best they could. Our tour guide in Nepal did a good job. However I did not understand him most of the time. Therefore I was unable to take in any information regarding the sites we went to. However he did his best. I really enjoyed India. Our tour guide here was much better. His home town was in jaipiur and he introduced us to his family & friends. He took a further step to make the trip more personalized. He also brought us to have dinner with a royal family which I thought made the trip that extra special.

This is the second tour I have done with Gecko and it has far exceeded my expectations. The guides were excellent and the locations were fanatastic. The pace of travel was spot on and the experiences were unforgetable. A totally RAD time

This tour was my first trip overseas. I'm nineteen and I joined the tour alone. Dheerendra, our tour guide, made me feel incredibly cared for and safe for the whole duration of the trip. He answered all of my annoying questions and was always perking us up with some good jokes and a smile. I really appreciated it. The tour itself was well organised. There was a good amount of free time and flexibility in terms of activities. I just really want to say thank you to the whole team at Gecko and most importantly to Dheerendra for the experiences that I had during the tour.

Our Hindi tour guide, Abhay Gupta was so fantastic. He was enthusiastic, informative and very caring. He went above and beyond to make sure everyone had a good time. I loved India as a result of our guide. The Nepali guide, Sundar was understandable less informative, although i must consider he was filling in at the last minute when our scheduled guide was unable to make the trip.

The trip exceeded my expectations by ensuring we travelled safely through Nepal and India. As a group we had a lot of fun and shared similar interests in activities, meals and photography. Our tour leader Harish in India went out of his way to ensure details were planned to the minute including taking us to the IPL cricket and an old Bollywood movie which were not cultural activities on the plan.
The drives were very long on really bad roads, with a very early start most mornings, but he kept us going.
Best guide so far on my last 4 Gecko trips!

What a trip! Brilliant from start to finish! Highlights had to be trekking in the Himalayas, not falling in the water when white water rafting (but still getting very wet!) spotting rhino whilst riding elephants in Chitwan National Park, riding a on a camel cart, playing cricket with the local children in Tordi, surviving the madness of Delhi, watching the sun rise and set from a boat on the river Ganges, visiting the Taj Mahal, and going to see a Bollywood movie Indian style! And I have to admit to even loving our overnight train experience!

The group of traveller was really great; the itinerary accomodation and places were we have been too was good. i had a wonderful time.

Overall the trip was amazing and well worth the money, but I would have appreciated a more detailed cost breakdown before booking the trip. I knew there was going to be a tipping kitty, but the amount caught me off guard. Maybe if you could include a guesstimated 'extras' price (including the tipping kitty amount) along with the overall price of the trip. For all us travelers on a tight budget! Otherwise, I was completely satisfied with the entire trip!

Northern trip excellent, southern trip could miss Pondicherry, definitely Auroville and less time in Madurai. In Cochin we would have liked more info on optionals such as visiting tea plantation, etc. Maybe the possibility of going to a National Park such as Periyar before Varkala. Southern trip was disappointing in comparison.

What a great experience, got to see as much of Northern India as we could in a short amount of time. Brilliant place, brilliant people!

Tour started 29/3/12. Guide was ShaktiSingh . Shakti excelled at all aspects of the tour - good local knowledge/ always there for us even when other clients being difficult. He certainly gave me a great introduction to India and I will definitely go back to do more tours with him. Thank you Shakti. He was my 3rd leader and the best for Road to Delhi

Best overall tour experience. Great guide, itinerary and inclusions.

great trip perfect amount of time in india, good guide, great hotels, and awesome people on the tour

Would like to thank geckos for another grest trip. What an breath taking amazing place. The personalised experience of the tour leader made to feel like a part of the counrty. Will be back to discover. Norbu interacted well with all the group from experiencing foods to local cultures. Will be back to do more trips in Nepal. Thanks Again

Huge thanks to Geckos the place we stayed in were fantastic and the trip was very well paced. Thankyou

We had a great holiday with wonderful experiences. Rani was a great tour guide. he always went out of his way to make our holiday great. The only complaint I have is the 3 different tours that travelled together. So instead of having a tour with 13 people we had a tour with 39 people.

I really enjoyed the trip and feel that we got to see the things that we wanted.
Think an optional Taj Mahal early morning (first in the gates) option should be an option.

Felt like a lot of time was spent travelling. The train would have been better if everyone on the tour was in the same area.

Very basic therefore the price. This trip would be more suitable to younger people.

This was a good trip, but the three of us on the tour felt the trip advertised didnt reflect the reality. of what was advertised. No activities
were included in the cost and this was a surprise to us all. The wording needs to be clearer. Our leader, Vishi, was excellent and really made the trip for us allHe was so helpful , friendly and organised a lot for us.He was an excellent leader.The wording on the advertisement may need to be clearer.Had a ball regardless.

Good trip, you get to see a great variety of places. Chitwan National Park, Kathmandu, and Agra were real highlights. It would be nice if the local payment were included in the trip cost though. Otherwise, it forces you to travel with an extra 300$ (600$ for a couple), let alone your spending money for the trip. This, combined with numerous optional activities, significant tipping in India, and the tips for the tour leaders, makes it difficult to budget your spending money for the trip and requires you to carry a larger sum of money on hand..I also feel that the trip description does not adequately describe the amounts of money required for tips in India..probably another 3-4$ per person/ per day which we did not budget for. On tours with other companies it was largely taken care of for included activities/transportation and optional if you thought it was merited.

Very enjoyable and interesting trip.
A good mix of free time, designated activities and optional activities.

The trip was very well organized and mixed. We had beaches, cities, backwaters, organized time as well as freetime. I enjoyed the trip a lot, because everything was organized and i had nothing to care about. I would do the tour with this tourleader every time again!

The tour was a perfect combination of sightseeing, culture, history, relaxing and getting an idea of the local life.

Absolutely packed with diverse, fascinating and unexpected venues - from palaces, forts, national park,village life, hotels, homestay and restaurants. The wealth of our tour guide's intricate knowledge of the unusual and hidden places opened up this tour to an unknown depth, creating a definite wow factor to one and all on the tour. Every effort was made to fit in as much sightseeing combined with local information and history as possible at each venue on route.

I have been on numerous tours in the past (two of them were in India).

Gotta say this one was the best in terms of the pace of the trip, the accommodation we stayed in and the expertise and personality of our guide Santosh. Another contributing factor was that the other tour participants were all on the same wavelength and got on very well together.

Thanks to Santosh and Geckos for a great trip. Thanks also for making my birthday very special and memorable

An easy paced trip for those wanting to experience India, its culture and way of life. Be prepared to be taken out of your comfort zone.

I had a good time on my trip with Gecko. India can be an intense place with people badgering you to buy things, but once you get past that you will really like it.

Thoroughly enjoyed the trip - excellent leader, group, locations and experiences.

I had a great time on tour. Our trip covered a lot of ground for a short amount of time but never felt rushed. The sites and cities covered were all very intersting and worthwhile. Loved the hetitage stay in Tordi Garh, very nice and saw a different side of India.

great trip, our local guide taj made our trip he was funny very knowledgable and went to great lengths on our behalf to make our stay in india so special, all the destinations were amazing and beyond our expectations, a bit foggy and chilly at times, but hey what can you do. i would throughly recommend the jewels of the north trip as an introduction to india,

Great trip, saw so much, learnt so much about the real India!

Nepal was beautiful and our guide was great at making sure everyone felt safe, comfortable and informed

I was impressed with how well organized and comprehensive the whole tour was. There was time to catch some sleep and also see many sights and do things.

Great destination and thoroughly enjoyed the trip. Well organised and great value for money. Your trip notes are better than most.

The trip showed many sides of India. It was a great introduction to the country and its traditions and food and culture without rushing around or being too shocked.

The quality of some of the hotels was less than I expected and lower than I have experienced with you before

Fantastic tour leader. He listened to feedback and genuinely wanted every single one of us to have the best time possible.

Too many days of non-stop travelling - particularly in Nepal and North India.
Some hotels were well below standard - particularly Madurai - dirty sheets, fight for towels, toilet paper, very run down location.
Guide in Nepal ok, South India excellent but for Northern India Tour Leader was inadequate and we felt we missed a lot because of his inability to communicate.
Very muddled tour with travellers coming and going from various trips. No continuity.

This was a great trip and a good first experience of India for me. The guide was very informative and looked after us well. The hotels used were all much better than I expected, all clean and comfortable with hot water and friendly staff. I would recommend this trip to all my friends.

Overall, I had a good trip. If I weren't sick for 2/3 of the trip, it would have been much better.

Our trip far exceeded our expectations. Whilst the countries were fascinating it was our tour leaders who really brought the places, people and experiences to life. We were fortunate to be travelling with a great group of people and each day proved to be more amazing than the day before.

Jimmy and Hiren made the trip so easy for everyone. Both of them considered the individual needs of the tour group and interacted positively with all group members. They both possessed extensive knowledge of the history and culture of each of their home countries and I learnt so much from them. I would recommend both of them to any person visiting India or Nepal.

I loved India - an absolutely amazing country of many contrasts. Having a local guide made the experience all the more enriching.

Absolutely the best holiday of my life. It was an incredible experience to travel and visit places, with out this tour I'd have never dreamed of actually being able to do! Would definitely recommend to any one!

A well organised trip taking in all the highlights of both India and Nepal. Would recommend this route to people wanting to visit this area

I had an amazing trip! This was my first such trip and I was nervous before joining the tour, but I had great time.