India

India arrives all at once: the call to prayer over Old Delhi, marigolds heaped in a courtyard, the hush of a marble tomb at first light. Our journeys move through the famed Golden Triangle of Delhi, Agra and Jaipur, and then out into the wilderness that most travelers never reach.

Stand before the Taj Mahal at sunrise, walk the red sandstone ramparts of Agra Fort, and trade monuments for tiger country on open jeep safaris through the dry forests and lotus-filled lakes of Ranthambore National Park.

Finish in Jaipur, the Pink City, where the honeycomb Hawa Mahal gazes over the bazaar and a Rajput family opens their kitchen to you. Heritage hotels, private drivers and unhurried days hold the whole journey together.