Educational tours
Study trips with clear learning goals, safe logistics and supervised schedules.
Educational tours at a glance
- Itineraries11
- In India8 itineraries
- Abroad3 itineraries
- Destinations16 places
- Trip lengths3 to 6 days
- Trip stylePrivate, customisable
- Best suited toSchool groups
- Also suitsCollege and university study trips
An educational tour should connect to what students are studying. We start with your learning goals, then build the route, guides and activities around them.
Examples of curriculum links
- History: the Mughal monuments of Delhi and Agra, the Chola temples of Thanjavur, the ruins of Hampi.
- Science and astronomy: the Jantar Mantar observatories in Jaipur and Ujjain.
- Geography and ecology: mangroves in the Sundarbans, tea estates in Munnar, volcanic landscapes in Iceland.
- Engineering: the Statue of Unity and Sardar Sarovar Dam, the Pamban bridge at Rameswaram.
Safety and supervision
We plan hotels with secure floors for groups, keep the teacher-to-student ratio you require, and share daily schedules, emergency contacts and dietary lists in advance. Parental consent forms and ID requirements are the school's responsibility, but we send a checklist.
Educational tours in Tamil Nadu
Educational tours: 11 itineraries
4D / 3NThanjavur · MaduraiChola Heritage Trail
Built for architecture lovers: the Big Temple at Thanjavur, Gangaikonda Cholapuram and Darasuram, then Madurai's palace and evening temple ceremony.
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4D / 3NHampi · BadamiHampi & Badami Heritage Trail
The best of the Deccan's stone heritage: two days among Hampi's boulders and ruins, then the Chalukyan caves and temples of Badami, Aihole and Pattadakal.
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4D / 3NHyderabad · WarangalHyderabad & Warangal Kakatiya Trail
Qutb Shahi Hyderabad followed by the Kakatiya gateways of Warangal and the UNESCO-listed Ramappa Temple.
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3D / 2NAurangabad (Ajanta & Ellora)Ajanta & Ellora Caves Tour
Two full days for the painted caves of Ajanta and the Kailasa temple at Ellora, planned around the Monday and Tuesday closures.
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3D / 2NAhmedabad · Statue of Unity (Ekta Nagar)Statue of Unity & Ahmedabad
Sabarmati Ashram and the old city of Ahmedabad, then the world's tallest statue, the Narmada dam and the evening laser show.
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6D / 5NJaipur · Jodhpur · UdaipurRajasthan School Heritage Tour
Planned for school and college groups: Jantar Mantar's instruments, fort architecture, a block-printing workshop and folk traditions.
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6D / 5NVaranasi · Bodh Gaya · Nalanda & RajgirBuddhist Circuit: Varanasi to Bodh Gaya
Sarnath, Bodh Gaya's Mahabodhi Temple, Rajgir's Vulture's Peak and the ruins of Nalanda's ancient university.
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5D / 4NBhopal & Sanchi · PachmarhiBhopal, Sanchi & Pachmarhi
The Great Stupa at Sanchi, Bhimbetka's prehistoric paintings, then the waterfalls and caves of Pachmarhi.
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6D / 5NBangkok · Ayutthaya · KanchanaburiBangkok, Ayutthaya & Kanchanaburi Heritage
Thailand's history beyond Bangkok: the ruins of Ayutthaya, the River Kwai bridge, Hellfire Pass and Erawan Falls.
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6D / 5NPhnom Penh · Siem Reap (Angkor)Cambodia Discovery
Phnom Penh's palace and memorials, then the temples of Angkor and the Tonle Sap floating villages.
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6D / 5NCairo & Giza · LuxorEgypt Family Holiday
Egypt for families: a camel ride at the pyramids, Tutankhamun's treasures, a felucca on the Nile and Luxor's giant temples.
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Destinations for educational tours
Tamil NaduMahabalipuram
Mahabalipuram (Mamallapuram) is a seaside town of seventh- and eighth-century Pallava stone carvings, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Tamil NaduMadurai
Madurai is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in India and grew around the Meenakshi Amman Temple, whose fourteen gopurams are covered in thousands of painted figures.
Tamil NaduKanchipuram
Kanchipuram, the city of a thousand temples, was the Pallava capital and remains one of Hinduism's seven sacred cities.
North IndiaDelhi
Delhi is two cities in one: the lanes of Old Delhi around the Jama Masjid and Chandni Chowk, and the broad avenues of Lutyens' New Delhi.
Uttar PradeshAgra
Agra was the Mughal capital for much of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and it holds three UNESCO sites: the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and nearby Fatehpur Sikri.
RajasthanJaipur
Jaipur, the Pink City, was planned in 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II.
KarnatakaHampi
Hampi is the ruined capital of the Vijayanagara Empire, spread across a surreal landscape of granite boulders beside the Tungabhadra River.
MaharashtraAurangabad (Ajanta & Ellora)
Aurangabad, officially Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, is the base for two UNESCO cave sites: Ajanta's painted Buddhist caves and Ellora's Buddhist, Hindu and Jain cave temples, including the Kailasa temple carved from a single rock.
GujaratStatue of Unity (Ekta Nagar)
Ekta Nagar (Kevadia) is home to the Statue of Unity, the world's tallest statue at 182 metres, honouring Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
BiharBodh Gaya
Bodh Gaya is where Siddhartha Gautama attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree and became the Buddha.
EgyptCairo & Giza
Cairo is the largest city in the Arab world, and at its edge stand the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx.
GreeceAthens
Athens is the birthplace of democracy, crowned by the Acropolis and the Parthenon.
ItalyRome
Rome is three thousand years of history in one city: the Colosseum and Roman Forum, the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain and Vatican City with St Peter's Basilica and the Sistine Chapel.
FranceParis
Paris needs little introduction: the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and the Mona Lisa, Notre-Dame (reopened in December 2024), Montmartre and the Seine.
United KingdomLondon
London combines royal landmarks like Buckingham Palace and the Tower of London with world-class free museums, West End theatre, markets and the London Eye.
Southeast AsiaSingapore
Singapore is a compact, spotless city-state and the easiest international family holiday from India.
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