Few regions change as quickly as North India. In a single trip, you can walk through Mughal tombs in Delhi, see the Taj Mahal at first light and climb a Rajasthan hill fort. You can watch the evening ceremony on the Ganges in Varanasi, stand in the Golden Temple at dawn and sleep above 11,000 feet in Ladakh. Our tours of northern India link these places in an order that works on the ground, so your days go on India rather than on the highway.
Delhi is the starting point for almost every trip from the US, with nonstop flights from the New York area. Most first visits begin with Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. From there, the route can head east to Varanasi, north to Amritsar and the Himalayan foothills, or into Ranthambore to look for tigers. You travel privately the whole way: a driver for the road legs, executive-class train seats or a short flight where they save hours, and a different specialist guide in each city.
The most common mistake in planning North India is trying to fit in too much. On a map, Jaipur, Varanasi and Amritsar look close together. In reality they’re hundreds of miles apart, and linking them by road would cost you whole days. Our private tours of North India start with the travel times and then fit the sights around them.
That’s why we mix the ways of getting around. Delhi to Agra is often quickest by express train. Agra to Jaipur is a drive worth taking, with stops at Fatehpur Sikri or the Abhaneri stepwell. Varanasi and Leh are each a short flight from Delhi. A first trip of 10 to 12 days usually covers four or five places, with two or three nights in each.
If you’ve been to India before, we can skip the Golden Triangle altogether. You might spend a week in the Himalayan foothills around Rishikesh and Shimla, travel through Orchha and Khajuraho on the way to Varanasi, or visit Ladakh’s monasteries in summer. Tell us what you’ve already seen, and we’ll build from there.
In North India, what separates a good trip from a great one is usually timing and local knowledge. Here’s how we handle both.
Four steps take you from a rough idea to a confirmed day-by-day plan.
These North India tour packages are our most-booked routes, from nine days of the Golden Triangle and Varanasi to two weeks in Kashmir and Ladakh. None of them is fixed: swap a hotel, add Amritsar or drop a night in Jaipur, and we’ll reprice the trip.
Why Travelers From the US Choose Us for North India
We won India’s National Tourism Award (2016–17), the government’s top honor for tourism, and Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice in 2023 and 2024.
We belong to the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA), as well as ATIA and IATO, so US travelers and travel advisors know who they’re booking with.
The specialist who plans your trip also answers your messages while you travel, so you never have to explain your plans twice.
Our drivers and guides work these routes every week. If winter fog delays a flight or a festival closes a road, we reroute your day.
My partner and I recently travelled to India for one month using Bespoke. We began in New Dehli, ventured up to the foothill towns of the Himalayas, across to Varanasi, back west to tour Rajasthan, and then down through Mumbai to Kerala. It was the trip fo a lifetime! Every tour, pick up and drop off was very well coordinated and executed without a hiccup. We felt very well looked after which is always so comforting when travelling in a country you haven’t been to before. Jay responded to every query before and during our holiday so efficiently and the advice we were given was always helpful. Jay’s approach to customer service is superb! We highly recommend India and using Bespoke as a travel agency. We will definitely be utilising their services again!
We too have also just returned from a 2 week trip to India organised by Bespoke India. Out trip was for myself, my wife and our 15 year old daughter.
Overall we had very good service from Bespoke. Initially this was from Jay who worked closely with us to develop a customised itinerary to suit our needs – mainly in Northern India covering Agra, Ranthambore (tiger spotting), Pushkar, Jaipur and Delhi. This was a smooth and easy process and Jay was very responsive.
Arriving into Delhi we were met right off the plane by the company representative and our driver – this was even though the plane was 2 hours late due to fog. From there we toured the 5 locations.
The guides were good in each city, explained the monuments and sights well and generally looked after us. We also had our driver, Bunty, with us the whole time and he was brilliant. This was both in terms of his driving skills (a key factor in India), his hospitality and in that we got on really well for the whole trip.
Overall we were very pleased with how Bespoke organised indian wildlife holidays packages and delivered the trip. We would have no hesitation in using them again should we return to India for another trip.
My mother and I have just returned from a 12 day trip to India. I was a little hesitant to organise it through I company I had not heard of before and organise everything over the web. It was amazing! Fantastic service, tour guides, cars, drivers, everything. All arranged smoothly, we didn’t have to worry about a thing. Our travel buddy from bespoke was Jay and he was very efficient and very accommodating with all arrangements. Would highly recommend them. Suzette Cassie, Australia
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