Experience the real India with
Lotus Journeys
Lotus Journeys has been operating tours to India since 2002. We specialise in personalised tours with intimate groups of around 15- 20 people.
Our mission is to provide journeys that will open your mind and heart and help you live life to its full potential. Our inspirational adventures can help heal your mind, body and soul. To help you experience life with new eyes.
We offer a variety of specialty escorted tours, whether your focus is spiritual, cultural, historical, ecological, for health and wellbeing, adventure seeking, walking, or simply experiencing natural paradise off the beaten track. Our tours leave no stone unturned in providing for your safety, comfort and security.
All of our trips include breakfast and dinner and some tours also include lunch and bottled water. We provide 4 and 5 star accommodation where possible. (Sometimes in the mountains it’s not possible to get first-class accommodation, but you will have first-class views.)
We book your flights through an independent New Zealand travel agent and we personally construct and organise the land tour directly with our colleagues in India.
For each tour we provide an experienced Indian guide company with an entire crew, including our own chefs (in the mountains), drivers, porters, an English-speaking narrator, plus a representative from Lotus Journeys.
We take pleasure in seeing you discover the true You while on a unique once-in-a-lifetime journey.
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BUDDHA TRAIL
Awakening the Mind Tour
15 nights
Departing November
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- Bodh Gaya and Sarnath – sacred to all Buddhists. See where Buddha became enlightened under the Bodhi tree and where he gave his first teaching, whereupon one of his first studentsbecame instantly enlightened.
- Visit Dharamsala, home of the exiled Tibetan Government, where the Dalai Lama often gives public teachings. Note; We always endeavour to coincide our trips with a public teaching from The Dalai lama, but cannot always guarantee that as there is often sudden and last minute changes to his program which is typical of India.
- Ancient city of Varanassi with the incredible fire ceremony on the banks of Ganges River and haunting burning Ghats.
- Manali, beautiful alpine town with giant fir forests.
- Stay in 4-star resorts including an ancient fort and palace.
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KERALA God’s Own Country
Heal & Relax in Paradise Tour
15 nights
Departing March & November
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- Known as the ‘Venice of the East’
- Experience luxury houseboat accommodation on the tranquil backwaters.
- Beautiful wildlife parks where it’s possible to see many animals, including elephants and tigers.
- Stunning beaches for swimming and sunbathing.
- Emphasis on relaxation and healing.
- Visit Amma’s Ashram, known in the west as the ‘Hugging Mother’ and its beautiful surrounds.Home of ancient Ayurveda, a powerful natural healing that has worked for all types of chronic and general ailments.
- Stunning tropical resorts that will leave you breathless.
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LADAKH Little Tibet Tour
Journey to Shamballa
16 nights
Departing June
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- The Little Tibet Tour will appeal to all Buddhists and anyone looking for a diversely different tour.
- Incredible flight over the Himalayas to Leh, ancient city on the Silk Road route.
- Visit the blue lake Tso Moriri and other mineral and salt lakes.
- Visit pristine monasteries including Hemis Monastery where Jesus is reputed to have studied and Lamayuru Monastery at a height of 3,510m. Meet and greet with monks.
- Stunning scenery, mountains, valleys.
- Private jeeps used in much of the trip.
- Superb accommodation including an old fort and palace.
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THE SOURCE OF THE GANGES
Abode of the God’s Tour
21 nights
Departing August & September.
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- Once-in-a-lifetime helicopter ride over the Himalayas to one of India’s most sacred mountain peaks, Kedarnath – the current abode of the Hindu God Shiva.
- Walk to the source of the Ganges in a beautiful ravine with awe-inspiring mountains all around that leave you breathless
- Experience Mother Nature at her raw and powerful best.
- Walking and treks from easy to the more advanced.
- Witness enlightened saints and have the opportunity to talk with them.
- Part of the famous ‘Char Dham’ pilgrimage that has been walked by millions of devotees for centuries.
- Experience an ancient fire ritual on the banks of the Ganges
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