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Rajasthan, Maharashtra & the Golden Triangle

India Luxury Train Journeys & Itineraries

India’s luxury trains transform complex multi-city touring into a single escorted journey, combining private cabins with palaces, wildlife, temples and living culture.

Luxury rail in India

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India’s luxury trains transform complex multi-city touring into a single escorted journey, combining private cabins with palaces, wildlife, temples and living culture.

A luxury train can be the centerpiece of a wider private journey, but the best result depends on season, route direction, cabin style and sensible time before and after the train. Email our travel specialists with your priorities and we will help shape a journey that feels complete rather than simply assembled.

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Seasonality shapes the journey.

October to March for the most comfortable touring conditions.

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IRCTC · India

Maharajas’ Express

Maharajas’ Express combines India’s great northern monuments with one of the country’s most spacious luxury-train accommodation programs. Four current itineraries range from the compact Treasures of India circuit to week-long journeys linking De…

4 or 7 daysContemporary royal India
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Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation and operating partners · India

Palace on Wheels

Palace on Wheels remains one of the clearest ways to experience Rajasthan’s great cities in a single escorted week. From Delhi, the train links Jaipur, Ranthambore, Chittorgarh, Udaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Bharatpur and Agra before returning to…

8 days / 7 nightsRajasthan heritage circuit
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EbixCash for Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation / Indian Railways · India

Deccan Odyssey

Deccan Odyssey offers India’s broadest menu of week-long luxury-train itineraries. Rather than focusing only on Rajasthan, its current programs include Maharashtra’s caves, vineyards and coast, wildlife reserves, Gujarat, and north-Indian herita…

8 days / 7 nightsWide-ranging Indian expedition
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India 8 days / 7 nights

Cultural Odyssey

Deccan Odyssey

A culture-led circuit drawing together north Indian architecture, sacred landscapes and historic cities.

Delhi Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh heritage Delhi
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India 8 days / 7 nights

Heritage Odyssey

Deccan Odyssey

A circular heritage itinerary from Delhi featuring Rajasthan’s historic cities, a wildlife sector and Agra.

Delhi Rajasthan heritage cities Ranthambore Agra Delhi
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India 8 days / 7 nights

Indian Odyssey

Deccan Odyssey

A Delhi-to-Mumbai journey combining the Taj Mahal, Ranthambore, Rajasthan and Gujarat.

Delhi Agra Ranthambore Jaipur Udaipur
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India 8 days / 7 nights

Indian Sojourn

Deccan Odyssey

A Mumbai-to-Delhi grand journey through Gujarat, Rajasthan and Agra with a strong palace-and-heritage focus.

Mumbai Vadodara Udaipur Jodhpur Jaipur
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India 8 days / 7 nights

Maharashtra Splendour

Deccan Odyssey

A Maharashtra-focused week from Mumbai through vineyards, rock-cut caves, Maratha heritage, Goa and the Konkan coast.

Mumbai Nashik Ellora Ajanta Kolhapur
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India 8 days / 7 nights

Maharashtra Wild Trail

Deccan Odyssey

A wildlife-oriented Maharashtra circuit combining tiger-reserve sectors with caves, vineyards and regional culture.

Mumbai Nashik region Aurangabad Pench Tadoba
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India 8 days / 7 nights

Royal Rajasthan

Palace on Wheels

The Palace on Wheels’ single comprehensive circuit covers Rajasthan’s principal royal cities, Ranthambore, Bharatpur and the Taj Mahal in one week.

Delhi Jaipur Ranthambore Chittorgarh Udaipur
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India 7 days / 6 nights

The Heritage of India

Maharajas’ Express

A west-to-north exploration of Rajasthan’s lake palaces, desert cities and forts, with Ranthambore and the Taj Mahal before Delhi.

Mumbai Udaipur Jodhpur Bikaner Jaipur
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India 7 days / 6 nights

The Indian Panorama

Maharajas’ Express

A wide-ranging northern India itinerary combining Rajasthan, a Ranthambore safari, the Taj Mahal, temple architecture and the spiritual landscape of Varanasi.

Delhi Jaipur Ranthambore Fatehpur Sikri Agra
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India 7 days / 6 nights

The Indian Splendour

Maharajas’ Express

A comprehensive Delhi-to-Mumbai journey through the Golden Triangle and Rajasthan, balancing landmark architecture with a safari sector.

Delhi Agra Ranthambore Jaipur Bikaner
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India 4 days / 3 nights

Treasures of India

Maharajas’ Express

The most compact Maharajas’ Express itinerary combines the Taj Mahal, a Ranthambore safari program and Jaipur in a four-day circuit.

Delhi Agra Ranthambore Jaipur Delhi
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