Southern India Tour For Women

• Airport transfers on tour start and end dates
• Accommodations, based on double occupancy in beautiful, well-appointed hotels, 4-star or better
• Transportation by private air conditioned coach.
• Bottled water on the coach.
• All activities and entrance feesas described in the detailed itinerary
• Most meals, as specified in the detailed itinerary
• Services of bilingual, specialized English-speaking guides
• Gratuities for guides, drivers, hotel staff, and included meals
• All taxes
• Services of your Women’s Travel Network Host

• Roundtrip airfare from your home city
• Travel insurance (mandatory)
• Airport transfers if arranging independent plans prior to or following main tour
• Meals other than those mentioned above
• Beverages with meals
• Visa fees
• Alcoholic beverages and bar charges
• Items of a personal nature
• Additional transportation required due to any emergency or other situation
• Any item not mentioned in “What’s Included”

Moderate
A good level of fitness is important for this trip. You must be comfortable walking on uneven terrain and irregular paving and climbing stairs. You should be able to walk unassisted for up to three hours at a time in warm temperatures. We usually walk more than 10,000 steps per day, so good walking shoes are necessary. In most places access to temples and forts is only on foot with some steep ascents.  Shoes must be removed to enter temples; we suggest bringing appropriate socks.

We stay in a mix of four-star plus Western style hotels for most of this trip.  All rooms have private facilities. Most hotels have swimming pools. Please note that not all hotels have elevators.

While on tour in 
We will be travelling by private air-conditioned coach driven by a professional driver. While roads are mostly paved except on rural back roads, there are few divided highways. The traffic is slower and often includes heavily laden vehicles, so we cannot expect to cover distances as quickly as in North America. Some travel days will be long but scenic, with regular stops along the way.

Joining Instructions
The tour commences with a group transfer from the airport to the hotel (based on group flight schedule). The tour concludes with a group transfer from the hotel to the airport (based on group flight schedule). Please contact us to verify the timing of this transfer prior to making any flight arrangements.

International Flights
Roundtrip international flights are not included in the cost of your tour and must be arranged separately. Our team is happy to assist you in booking your flights; this way we can do our best to keep the group together. If you’d prefer to book your own flights, please check with us first to ensure the trip has been confirmed before booking and to verify the timing of these group transfers to ensure your flight schedule fits our program. When you book a pre- or post-trip night with Worldwide Quest, your airport transfer will be included. If you are making your own pre- or post-trip arrangements, these transfers can be provided at an additional cost.

We expect clear sunny skies with average daytime temperatures between 23°C and 30°C and overnight lows of about 20°C. Most sites we visit have some shade, but the Indian sun is strong and a hat is suggested.

You will require a passport for your trip to Thailand. Please make sure it is valid for six months after the date of your return home. Canadian and USA passport holders require a tourist visa for India. This can be obtained online. We will provide detailed instructions on how to obtain your visas prior to departure.

We recommend consulting your travel doctor for advice on vaccinations and travel health for Southern India.

If you are travelling on your own and would like to share accommodation, we would be happy to try to match you with a suitable roommate. We do our best to ask each woman some questions to help our matchmaking process 🙂
If we are unable to find you the right match, the single cost applies.

We’d like to make sure that you know about our Worldwide Explorers Club. Travel twice with us and we’ll say a special thank you by taking 5% off all your subsequent trips. The bonus applies to our brochure trips only, is non-transferrable, and cannot be used in conjunction with any other discount or credit.  Note that some exceptions may apply as indicated on the tour’s Detailed Itinerary.

For Reservations, to Request a Detailed Itinerary or to Discuss the Trip details use the “Add Yourself To The Preregistration List For This Tour” or the “Get More Information About This Tour” contact form on this page

Or contact our reservations team directly:

Email:  natalie@worldwidequest.com

Phone: (416) 633-5666 ext 114 or toll free at 1-800-387-1483

Or contact Womens Travel Network directly:
Email:  melissa@womenstravelnetwork.ca
Website: www.womenstravelnetwork.ca

If our Tour Ready criteria are not met, your tour will not operate and we will transfer your payments to your choice of tour within 2 years of your initial travel date.

Our tours will proceed when all the following Four-point Tour Ready criteria are met:

• The Canadian government does not have an ‘avoid all travel’ to the country or region within a country for any part of the tour.
• No region of the tour has any significant related restrictions.
• There is reliable airline access for arrival and departure.
• Worldwide Quest and our in-country partners are confident that your trip can operate safely and enjoyably.

Payment Details:
A non-refundable deposit of US$750 per person is required to reserve a space on this tour. A second non-refundable deposit of US$2500 is required eight months prior to departure. Final payment is due 90 days prior to departure.

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