Let me be perfectly clear. While we are quite experienced travelers, there are many places in the world we would not attempt to visit on our own. India is one of them. That is why, when we were introduced to Uniworld River Cruises and learned of their cruise on the Ganges, we booked.
Uniworld was the cruise line we used for our Tulip Adventure in spring of 2023. While seeing the Keukenhof Gardens was only one day of our amazing cruise, the rest of the stops along the way were beautiful and fun to visit. The food onboard was fantastic as was the service. We felt well cared for, even to one of the staff standing out in the street to be sure we crossed safely at one stop when the tour bus let us off. That staff member was also one who had served on the Ganges Voyager II and told us a lot about the riverboat itself.
We will arrive a little ahead of schedule but will stay at the same hotel where the cruise line will have us. I'm guessing we will probably spend a good part of our first day in New Delhi sleeping and resting from our 25 hours of travel to get there. Then there will be one day on our own but I'm counting on the concierge (we've heard good recommendations from others) to suggest a good rickshaw driver to take us to one of the places to explore that is not on the tour the cruise line will have us join the next day.
After those couple of days on our own, we will rely on the very capable staff of Uniworld to take good care of us as we visit Agra (for the Taj Mahal) and Jaipur (the pink city). From there, we board the riverboat for an adventure on the Ganges. I have linked below to the YouTube video for the cruise. Take a peek. I hope you'll be excited for us and maybe want to take your own journey to India. I will be posting as much as I can when we get there this October but, as always, you never know what the WiFi connections may be like.
