Reviews

Great offer on a perfect trip for me - including several places I really want to see.. nice mix of activities. I wanted to book a tour over a year ahead and also wanted to add a slight variation to start details so I could visit family. So I called rather than booking online. Process was calm and efficient- a good experience.

This is a review of the Wendy Wu Grand India Tour which was approximately 30 days, and undertaken in October 2025.
The tour certainly covered a huge range of amazing sights and included some wonderful experiences that would be very difficult to arrange as an individual. In fact, as an ex-travel agent I simply wouldn't attempt to book a journey of this intensity for my wife and self in India.
There was a good mixture of transport types - plane, train, coach, camel, boat, etc which made it extra interesting.
Accommodation was of a good standard ranging from extremely good - historic old forts to fairly average Hotel in Mumbai.
All meals were provided, usually as a buffet. Lunches and dinners were all options of Indian dishes, so best that you enjoy Indian food.
Probably one of the real highlights of the trip for us was our Guide "M K" who you could see was genuinely interested in making sure that the group experienced the very best of India and went out of his way to ensure that every person in the group (14 of us) was well looked after and that we gained as much knowledge of India as was possible in 4 weeks.

Really loved the tour and highly recommend it

Great trip with really knowledgeable guides. Food and accommodation was excellent

Very efficient and excellent booking procedure

The service from the staff at head office was outstanding - Ellie identified that I'd failed to fill in middle names, swapped flights around - extremely efficient and professional service.

Concise information given by pleasant staff.

The tour was excellent, with lots of interesting places to see. There were a lot of long coach journeys between towns & cities, but the scenery was very picturesque. We visited a number of temples & mosques and a couple of museums & palaces. The highlights, in my view, were the visit to the tea plantation, nature walk through the game reserve, visit to see village life in Kumbalangi & the overnight stay on the Kettuvallam boat. We were blessed with an excellent guide, Bani, & a very friendly group of fellow travellers.

A trip of great variety. Temples, palaces, tea plantations etc.
A lot of travelling and many early starts.

As always, just the advice we required, with very efficient service both from Keith in person and Beau online. Holiday booked and made visit to show very worthwhile.

Fabulous holiday. The content was varied & interesting - one minute in the heart of a big city, the next up in the mountains amid the tea plantations - not forgetting the serenity of a night on a houseboat in the backwaters.
Everything was planned really well & we had an excellent & organised guide. Wendy Wu may look a bit more expensive than others at first but when you see what is inclued for the price (all meals, transfers, excursions & even visas) it becomes very good value indeed. On this trip, you barely needed any spending money!

I would definitely recommend both this trip & the tour operator

An excellent taster of the culture, sights, food and people.
The bus was very well driven by Anand, especially around the narrow mountain passes. Our guide Ramesh, was also very personable.
The accommodation was very good, especially The Residency Hotels. Just a couple of pointers: Worth maybe spending 2 days in places like Mysore, as the first week was hectic being on the move every day. The itinery needs to make us aware that there is no alcohol served in Munnar or Thekkady, as most of the group liked to relax in the evenings with a drink. Also we were not made aware of an overnight bag for the houseboat trip. The tour was very special with a lovely group and I would highly recommend it.

very full on , have to be fit , saw everything, hotels excellent, the guides were helpful and knowledgeable, would have liked less curries, rice etc. some hotels catered better than others . i felt i had my moneys worth , a wonderful package .