Great Indian Luxury Train Journeys

One of the best ways to explore and experience a country from a tourist perspective is to travel by train. The advantage of exploring the tourist circuit when train travel is involved there is a hidden savings in time as journeys are performed during the night and the day time reserved to enjoy the fascination of a tourist destination. India has the fourth largest railway network in the world, next only to the US, Russia and China. Naturally, it throws up numerous opportunities to explore India by train.

India has different types of landscapes covering forests, mountains, valleys, deserts, and the coast and each of them very unique in their own way.  For a discerning traveller it would give joy when the scenery could be enjoyed for the kaleidoscope of a train journey.  For a person who would like to experience India through great railway journeys, here are a few options.   

Palace on Wheels:

Seizing the opportunity to tap and untried market Rajasthan tourism in collaboration operated the first luxury train in India in the year 1982. It was a joint collaboration between Rajasthan Tourism and the Indian Railways, and perhaps the first of the luxury trains in India. The duration is 7 Nights and 8 days and covering important tourist destination places like Delhi, Jaipur, Ranthombore, Chittorgarh, Udaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Bharatpur, Agra and Delhi. In fact, it is an ideal option should a tourist like to visit Rajasthan in particular.

Maharaja Express:

After the success of the Palace on Wheels, more variety was added to the luxury travel segment and thus giving tourist more options. It generally has a 6Night/7 day tour plan starting Ex-Delhi and termination inMumbai or an itinerary covering the reverse direction Ex-Mumbai and culminating in Delhi.  The tour packages that the itinerary offers are the Indian splendour and, Heritage of India.

Royal Rajasthan on Wheels

This train was introduced based on the popularity and success of Palace on Wheels. The itinerary of the train focuses on the hinterland of Rajasthan and covers most of the important destinations in the state. A novel item introduced in the train is the “souvenir car”, which has on display the colourful costumes of Rajasthan and the handicraft industry showcasing work of art and artefacts. The journey is spread over a week exposing the art, culture and tradition of Rajasthan in particular.

The Golden Chariot

With focus on the Southern states of India, the journey comes alive in all its splendour. With a choice of itineraries, a traveller is bestowed with multiple options within the Southern states of India.  The packages range from a 3Night/4 days tour programmes and extends for a 5 Night/6 days duration too. The options most popular in the circuit are Glimpses of Karnataka,   Pride of Karnataka, Jewels of the South Whilst the former two focuses on Karnataka destinations, the latter takes a South India tour including the stats of Tamilnadu and Kerala.

The Deccan Odyssey:

With the objective of creating depth in the tour package, the destinations covered are primarily in Maharashtra, but also includesother destinations in Gujarat and Goa too. There are 6 different circuits to choose from and can be availed as under :-

Indian Odyssey, Maharashtra Wild trail, Indian Sojourn. Cultural Odyssey, Heritage Odyssey and Maharashtra Splendour. The names of the package roughly high lights the theme of the package.  All the listed packages in this scheme are 7 Nights/ 8 days.

Mahaparinirvan Express:  

This luxury train service doesn’t fall in the category of a luxury package, enlisted above, however, due to it being   extremely popular amongst the Buddhist circuit, it primary focus being religious tourism, it covers all the important destinations sacrosanct to the Buddhist in the Indian states of Bihar, Eastern UP, and Nepal.  The package is spread over 7 nights and 8 days. Indian Railways in joint collaboration with IRCTC operate this tour almost all the year around. 

Skyway the expert tour planners: 

This tour company is well experienced in organising luxury train tour travel within India. The Team in Skyway, are well versed in all the tourist circuits, and will certainly render assistance to a discerning traveller needing help in organsing a tour plan, depending on the stated objective of availing an organised tour. The company will pass on the benefit of a very special tariff, if booked in advance and thus a passenger willtend to get a preferential treatment from the agency. You could connect with Mr. Venu on Mobile No. 9845183542 Or MrManu on Mobile No. 9845118222 and have an exotic luxury train holiday.