Jewels of India: Agra & Jaipur Expedition

I had booked individual tour “Golden triangle” and it was amazing! I was traveling alone and looked for someone who can take responsibility for everything. It was my first time in India. It was organized on a high level. Abhinav Dodia answered my hundred questions before and during the tour🤣 He also travelled with me during the first part and took a lot of nice pictures of me)) I felt very safe with Abhinav and our driver. He even opened the door for me every time I approached the car, it was very nice I had a different guides in each city, they spoke English well and answered my questions. Hotels were nice, cozy, simple, clean. All staff was very welcoming and helpful. Breakfast was included (not always perfect for me, but it’s more about the whole spicy India🤣) I was able to spend as much time us I needed in each landmark. I could change the program by discussing it with Abhinav. My tour started on Monday, and 2 famous temples didn’t work on this day. So we explored different locations, and Abhinav organized me to see these temples even after the tour, on the last day, after we came back from Jaipur.

Seven Wonder Tour & Travels are a great choice! I am Sue from the review given by Gina in August. I will add some further thoughts: I want to go back to India and I want Seven Wonder Tour & Travels to again guide our choices in travel plans and daily support. At all times in India I felt safe and well informed. I learnt so much about culture and lifestyle; so different to life at home. The colours, exotic smells, the relationships I noticed among the people and fascinating traditions I witnessed will always bring a warm, respectful feeling to my heart. The history and daily life was so interesting and, with the help of our generous tour guides, began to explain the amazing continent. Our guides shared detailed information I could never have sourced by traveling alone (where I usually rely on a guide book). I felt at ease to ask questions and comfortable in the company of each daily tour guide and our brilliant coach driver, Ashoka, - Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. We also thank them most sincerely for patience accommodating our personal requests, teaching the uninitiated and lots of laughs! IMPORTANT NOTE: As we left Australia Covid-19 was news elsewhere in the world and something for travelers to consider. On arrival in Delhi, only hours later, life as our world knew it had changed. Although India had not yet been greatly affected. This put everyone 'on alert' so precautions were taken to ensure the safety of our hosts and ourselves. We cannot thank Abhinav enough for enabling us to complete as much as possible of our tour as well as supporting our early departure with refunds. I am emotional to think of how well our hosts and tour guides accommodated our needs even as some hotels were not able to accept foreigners and monuments were closing. Your kindness will never be forgotten and higher recommendations I cannot give!

On March 12th 2020 before strict quarantine & isolation became the ‘new norm’, my husband Rick & I met two Australian friends Sue & Ross in Delhi to commence our hugely anticipated Indian adventure. None of us had ever travelled to India previously, nor felt the need throughout all our years of globetrotting to utilise services of a travel agent, having always researched, booked & travelled independently. However, the complex planning involved with this trip made the decision for us, & following a valued recommendation we contacted Seven Wonder Tour & Travels. I must confess I was still a wee bit apprehensive & reticent going down this route but it didn’t take long to realize what a great decision & what professional & organised travel company Seven Wonder Tour & Travels proved to be. Abhinav was assigned as our personal tour consultant, his expertise, knowledge, help, & advice enabled us to tailor our trip perfectly creating a truly unique experience….9 days in the North covering Delhi, Agra & Jaipur & 3 weeks exploring the lush green southern state of Kerala. Throughout the whole process we had plenty of input, plus opportunity to make requests, change, tweak & fine tune our schedule…..in fact it almost felt as if we had planned the tour ourselves!....but without the pain of searching & booking accommodation, organising transport, ticketing for activities, tours & historical sites. Abhinav impressed with his professionalism, knowledge, scrupulous eye for detail & prompt responses. So, with our feet firmly & safely on the ground in Delhi we ventured off. Meanwhile ‘Covid’ was starting to creep around the planet, yet at this point in time, had barely made an impact on India. Things soon changed…. 48 hours later monuments closed down behind us & by the time we arrived in Agra the Taj Mahal actually shut its gates in front of us! All our tour guides in Delhi, Agra & Jaipur were informative, knowledgeable & adapted to the everchanging circumstances. As a result, we were still able to witness the magical Taj Mahal in close proximity & achieve the iconic sunrise photograph thanks to our brilliant guide Kamal who swiftly changed tact & took us to the local Y.H.A rooftop, an excellent vantage point, apparently one of the best views in town! Next the state of Kerala went into complete lockdown, we knew our days touring India were numbered & with the aid, advice & reassurance from Abhinav at Seven Wonder Tour & Travels we were assured completion of our Northern Indian schedule could be safely enjoyed. They kept us informed & updated every few hours, reorganised our itinerary to return with our driver after a wonderful 3 days in Jaipur, plus booked a hotel at Delhi Airport for our last night prior departure. We would like to say special thank you to Ashoka our lovely, caring & courteous driver who started & completed the journey delivering us safely to Delhi Airport. Our transport was a fabulous 11 seater air con Tempo Traveller mobile which Ashoka drove with a reassuring calmness after a prompt pick up each morning accompanied by a gleaming clean car. Sadly our trip was cut short but India sure stole our hearts, from the majestic forts, temples & palaces, sites of historical cultural & religious interest, the buzzing colourful markets & vibrant street life, it’s fabulous food & wonderful warm hearted people…..we even came to love the hustle & bustle of the traffic & ‘honk honk honking’ of the horns!......we will be back one day to complete what we started & of course we would not even consider using any other travel company…….Seven Wonder Tour & Travels you will be hearing from us hopefully sooner rather than later!