India Travel Review: Delhi, Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, Jaipur, Taj Mahal, Chennai, Pondicherry

My wife and I just returned from a fantastic trip to India arranged by a tour company that we found through Zicasso. This agency is based in Delhi and provided a flawless trip for us. We didn't make it easy for them. We spent a week in North India and a week in the South. Our first week was disrupted by terrible weather in the USA but the travel company rescued our entire itinerary with a couple of compressions and some early morning departures. And they did this in 45 minutes!

We visited Delhi, the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, Jaipur and Agra in the north. Then we flew to Chennai (Madras) and spent 2 days in Tiruvannamalai to visit the Ramanashramam there. Then we went to Pondicherry and returned to Chennai stopping in at Mamallapuram for the 7th century temples. We enjoy 'boot camp' touring so we stuffed in as many temples, churches, towns etc as we could.  

All of this in 9 days, 6 hotels, 2 drivers and myriad of guides all of whom were excellent. The level of service and hospitality was astonishing throughout. We were careful to eat at the hotels or at restaurants recommended by the guides so we had no trouble with upset stomachs etc. Not a single connection, reservation etc went wrong so we were mightily impressed.