Regions of India

Rajasthan is jam-packed with everything most visitors travel to India to see: fairy-tale palaces, painted elephants, dazzling traditional dress, desert hills and camels – all with the colour saturation slider set to ‘max’.

Hub of the colonial spice trade, Kerala is where ancient traditions and modern India co-exist most harmoniously, against a backdrop of lush backwaters, forested hills and mountains smothered in tea estates.

With their more tropical climate and ancient Dravidian roots, the South Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are a world away from India’s more densely populated north.

Western India encompasses a wild spectrum of world-class destinations. The caves of Ellora and Ajanta are the pick of them, but this region also holds an exceptional array of lesser frequented gems.