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Island Escape
Thailand’s islands, chosen with you — the Andaman coast on one side, the Gulf on the other. We keep enough days open that you can stay put once you find the right bay.
November to AprilEnquire
India & Nepal
Buddha’s Spiritual Journey
The Buddhist sites of northern India and Nepal, arranged as a private pilgrimage. Where you go and how long you stay are worked out together, before anything is booked.
- Best months
- October to March
- Theme
- Culture
- Itinerary
- Written after a conversation
Photo: Sumita Roy Dutta, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons — cropped and resized.
The highlights
What we’d want you to see
- Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya
- Sarnath
- Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu
The itinerary
Written after the conversation.
There is no day-by-day on this page, because there is not one yet. We write it once we know your dates, who is coming, and how long you want at each stop — and you read it before anything is held.
- 01
Tell us the shape of the journey
Dates, budget, who’s coming, and the things you’d rather skip. A phone call is often quicker than email.
- 02
A draft in two working days
An outline with hotels, driving times, and a price that includes everything we’ve listed.
- 03
Refine it, then we book
Two or three rounds of changes, usually. Then we hold the rooms and send the final documents.
When to travel
When to travel, explained.
India & Nepal's best months are October to March. The window follows the country's own weather rather than a single rule for the region, and it is a guide to the best part of the year, not a forecast. Outside it the country does not close, but its weather stops being uniform: one part is usually still worth the journey while another is not.
For this country
One window covers the Buddhist circuit, October to March, but not evenly. Bodh Gaya and Sarnath are at their best in the middle of it; the Himalayan end is cold at the start of the year and the high passes can close, so a route that ends in the plains is easier to protect.
Other journeys
If this one isn't quite it.
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Vietnam02By enquiryPhoto: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons — cropped and resized.
Grand tour
Grand Discovery
Vietnam from the karst country in the north to the Mekong in the south. The Duration, the stops and the pace are the first things we agree.
November to AprilEnquire
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Grand Escape
Bali away from the one beach everyone photographs — the terraces and temples inland, and the quieter coast. The days are built around your dates, not ours.
May to SeptemberEnquire
Plan with a local
Ask us to write this one.
Send the dates and we’ll come back with an outline — hotels, pace, and how long at each stop.
We reply within one working day