01 / 05Uttar Pradesh
Slow city
Explore tripVaranasi
The city that doesn’t do small talk.
5D / 4NBest: Oct – MarFrom ₹21,900
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Status of the trip you kept postponing:DELAYED
Delayed,not cancelled.
For everyone who spent the last decade being the responsible one. Offbeat India, planned end to end, with a trip lead who’s done it a hundred times.
See the tripsTravel, unpaused
You took the scenic route to the scenic route.
First it was board exams. Then the first job, the better job, wedding season, EMIs, school admissions and your parents’ check-ups. Fair — somebody had to hold the fort. Now it’s your turn to leave it for a bit.
Find my tripप्रवास pravaas (n.) — a journey away from home. You’ve been home long enough.
Remember the Goa plan that died in the group chat?
Twelve people. Four polls. One “next year, pakka.” We don’t do group chats. We do departures — small groups, fixed dates, everything sorted before you’ve finished saying “let me check at home.”
The excuse archive
Things you’ve said since roughly 2010:
- “Next year, pakka.”
- “After the appraisal.”
- “Once the EMI is done.”
- “When the kids are a bit older.”
- “Let’s discuss on the group.”
- “When things settle down.”
Things never fully settle down. Bags, however, do get packed.
Pick your escape
Offbeat, not off-grid. Every trip is fully planned, comes with a trip lead and a printed Field Guide, and puts you in real beds with hot water — yes, even in the mountains.
02 / 05Uttarakhand
High hills
Explore tripChopta
Highest Shiva temple. Lowest screen time.
6D / 5NBest: Apr – Jun, Sep – NovFrom ₹18,900
03 / 05Kerala
Misty hills
Explore tripVagamon
Pine, tea and zero notifications.
5D / 4NBest: Sep – MarFrom ₹23,900
04 / 05Himachal Pradesh
Cold desert
Explore tripSpiti
Mail yourself a postcard from the world’s highest post office.
9D / 8NBest: Jun – SepFrom ₹38,900
05 / 05Meghalaya
Cloud country
Explore tripMeghalaya
Boats that float on glass. Bridges that grow.
6D / 5NBest: Oct – AprFrom ₹27,900
Every departure, one list
8 trips across India, from ghats to glaciers to glass-clear rivers. Prices are per person, twin sharing.
Varanasi & SarnathUttar Pradesh
Slow city5D / 4NEasyFrom₹21,900Chopta, Tungnath & Deoria TalUttarakhand
High hills6D / 5NModerateFrom₹18,900Vagamon & the Kerala hillsKerala
Misty hills5D / 4NEasyFrom₹23,900The Spiti Valley circuitHimachal Pradesh
Cold desert9D / 8NModerate+From₹38,900Shillong, Sohra & DawkiMeghalaya
Cloud country6D / 5NModerateFrom₹27,900Ziro ValleyArunachal Pradesh
Music & paddy6D / 5NEasyFrom₹32,900Gokarna & the Konkan coastKarnataka
Quiet coast5D / 4NEasyFrom₹19,900Jibhi & Tirthan ValleyHimachal Pradesh
River & treehouse5D / 4NEasyFrom₹17,900
How it works
We plan. You pack. That’s the whole deal.
No 2 a.m. spreadsheets, no cousin’s friend’s itinerary, no forty-seven browser tabs. Here’s what actually happens.
Tell us what you missed.
A 15-minute call. Mountains or rivers? Silence or street food? Solo, with your partner, or with the college gang you’ve been promising since 2012?
We do the spreadsheet.
Routes, stays, trains, permits, buffer days and which dhaba is actually good. One tidy plan instead of forty-seven tabs.
Your Field Guide arrives.
A printed pocket guide for your exact trip: what to pack, what to eat, what to say, and where your phone will (blissfully) stop working.
Your trip lead takes over.
They meet you at the airport or station and handle the rest — drivers, delays, permits and every “one more photo, please”.
Come back slightly insufferable.
With stories you’ll tell at every family function from now on. We apologise to your relatives in advance.
The fine print
The fine print that’s actually fine.
We’ve done the hostel-bunk, fourteen-hour-bus phase on your behalf. Here’s what we built instead.
Real beds. Hot water.
Heritage stays, plantation bungalows and handpicked homestays. Adventure in the day, a good mattress at night.
Small groups of 8–12
Enough people for a proper antakshari. Not enough for a WhatsApp group with admins.
A trip lead on every departure
Part guide, part fixer, part friend who knows exactly which chai stall is worth the detour.
Dates that respect your leave
Departures are planned around long weekends and festival breaks, so your leave balance survives the year.
Solo is completely normal
Plenty of travellers come alone. Twin-share with someone on your wavelength, or pay a little more for your own room.
A pace you’ll actually enjoy
Built-in rest hours, buffer days in the mountains and a slower option on every trek. Nobody gets left behind for a sunrise.
The travel guidePeek inside a trip
Every trip comes with a travel guide. Two, actually.
01 · The human one
Your trip lead
Someone who has done this route many times, knows the locals by first name and stays with you from pick-up to drop.
02 · The paper one
The Field Guide
A printed pocket book made for your trip: routes, maps, packing lists, food to try and phrases that get you extra chai.
Inside
- Getting there03
- What to pack (+ Mummy’s list)07
- The route, day by day12
- Where your phone gives up21
- Food you must try24
- Temple & trail etiquette29
- Useful numbers32
Field Guide No. 02
Chopta & Tungnath
Everything you need. Nothing you’ll be googling at 2 a.m.
This Field Guide belongs to
you, finally.
If found, please return to the mountains.
Page 21 is everyone’s favourite.
Postcards from travellers
“I’d planned Spiti four times since 2011. This was the first time I actually saw it — and I didn’t have to plan a single thing.”
Ritika, Pune · Spiti Valley
“I came alone, terrified of being the awkward one. Came back with seven friends and a group chat that’s genuinely fun.”
Arjun, Bengaluru · Chopta & Tungnath
“My kids asked where I was going. I said “out”. Best answer I’ve given in fifteen years.”
Meenal, Ahmedabad · Vagamon
“Real beds, hot water and the wildest sunrise of my life. Turns out you can have both.”
Sandeep, Gurugram · Varanasi
From chai at 3,680 metres
FAQs
Questions you were too polite to ask.
Still unsure? Write to us below. A real human will reply — not a bot named Riya.
It’s the whole point. Plenty of our travellers’ last “trip” was a cousin’s wedding. Your trip lead handles the logistics; you handle the looking-out-of-windows.
If you can climb three floors when the lift is out of order, you can do most of our trips. Treks are clearly marked on every trip page, and there’s always a slower, chai-heavy option.
Absolutely. We’ll pair you with a same-gender roommate for twin sharing, or you can pay a single supplement for your own room.
Stays, internal transport, most meals, permits, experiences, a trip lead and your printed Field Guide. Getting to the starting point is on you — but we’ll happily help you book it.
Yes. Partner, family, or the college-gang reunion that’s been “on” since 2012 — tell us your dates and we’ll build the trip around them.
Life happens — we know that better than most. Tell us as early as you can and we’ll help you move dates. Full terms are shared before you pay anything.
Plan my trip
Write to us like it’s 2004.
Tell us what you’ve been putting off. A real person will call you back with a plan — no pressure, no “only 2 seats left!!!”