Aside from the US, India has the world’s largest English speaking population.
An astounding megadiversity and home to tigers, elephant, leopards, rhinos, sloth bears and even lions (yes really), India also has more bird species than the entire African continent.
Over 70% of the world’s spices come from India - it's little wonder the food tastes soooo amazingly good!
The equivalent of the population of Australia catch a train in India every day - why not join them on one of our tours?
With 1/3 of the population being confirmed veggies, India is the largest vegetarian friendly nation in the world.
Despite a population of 1.2 billion people (a 1/5 of everyone on the planet!), you will be amazed by how much wide open space there is to be found in India.
Amritsar’s Golden Temple serves free meals to over 100,000 people daily, no matter their ethnicity, class, or creed.
Having celebrated at least 3,000 birthdays, Varanasi is one of the oldest inhabited places on earth.
The world’s largest democracy is the only country with a bill of rights for cows written into their constitution.
India grows over 40% of the world’s mangos. Never, ever suggest to a local that other mangos are more delicious than the Alphonso…love for this fruit is akin to a religion in many parts!
For more inspiration, visit our India Holidays pages.
Written by Carrie Hawes
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