Discover India Tours: Off the Beaten Tracks - By: Jenny Franklin

Off the Beaten Track Adventures offer you experiences and insights that are unique and have not been explored to their full potential. Discover India tours that take you beyond the Taj Mahal, the Golden Temple at Amritsar, and the Khajuraho Temples are also the most exciting and stimulating ones for international tourists. Here, we will discuss some unique India destination ideas for those who want to experience something extraordinary and out of league for others during their India vacations:

· Winding climb from the base camp at Gangotri to Gumukh (the origin of Holy River Ganga at 12,000 ft above sea level) is one such experience! The 18-km trek in complete natural surroundings and sheer drops on one side will certainly pump up your adrenaline. At night, there is only moonlight to accompany you unless you have your emergency lights ready with you. Oxygen is low at higher altitudes so hereâ€™s one tip from us â€“ lean against the rock to rest. If you sit down, trying to stand back up again can make you feel dizzy. Adventure India tours can be very interesting with the unspoilt natural beauty of the mountains and the forests all around you.

· Classical India tour or off-the-beaten track India trip to discover the unknown, no first time visitor to India can afford to miss Taj Mahal, known for its poetic marble jewel-studded beauty. Quite near Agra, the City of Taj, lies the ultimate heritage monument in red sandstone built by Mughal Emperor Akbar â€“ the abandoned city of Fatehpur Sikri. Lost in the mists of time, this is the first ever planned city built by the Great Mughal in the honor of Sheikh Salim Chishti, who blessed the Emperor with a heir, who was later called Jehangir. The city is quite well preserved and the sacred marble tomb of the Sufi Saint Salim Chishti looks surreal with its intricate sandstone lattice windows. The Buland Darwaza here is believed to be the Worldâ€™s Highest Gateway and it is rumoured that there are hidden tunnels running from Agra Fort and Red Fort of Delhi all the way to Fatehpur Sikri. The palaces of the queen and the recreation area are worth exploring here.

· An ideal destination for adventure sports, India is vast enough to offer you a variety of terrains and adventure tours of varying degrees. Trekking, hiking, rock-climbing, cycling, biking, white river rafting, skiing, kayaking, fishing, and horse riding are just some of the adventure sports you can indulge in India. But the main attractions of India remain the camel safaris of Rajasthan, especially to the Sam Sand Dunes; and the elephant treks of the North East. The equestrian tours with the royal family of Castle Mandawa and other princely states of Rajasthan are good to explore the desert villages of the nearby areas and witness their culture first-hand.
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· Khajuraho Temples of Madhya Pradesh (Central India) are among the most popular tourist attractions of India but there are as many as 130 caves of Bhimbetka Hills near Bhopal that are worth exploring. These caves exhibit some of the best preserved drawings and paintings of the Middle and Late Stone Age (or the Palaeolithic Age). To truly enjoy the beauty of these caves, hire an experience tourist guide. You may also rent a bicycle to the caves.

India is full of surprises and discover India tours offer you a tip you will always remember.

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