Signature Trips 2019

Most of us start the New Year promising to transform ourselves – that we will eat less, exercise hard, read more and travel extensively. The last one, though enjoyable, can be a tedious one to achieve. Nevertheless, help is at hand for you to stick to that last resolution. Presenting Signature Trips from The Wanderers.These are our showpiece journeys that remove the tyranny of figuring out where to go, what to do and how to go about doing it. Leave all that to  us, because we have been passionately curating travel experiences for over two decades now.

Our Signature Trips

THE HIDDEN NORWAY 
Rugged but stunningly beautiful, the mountains of the Lofoten Islands stand like sentinels above the restless Norwegian Sea. It’s a piece of dramatic wilderness that the Norwegians prefer to keep secret.

LOFOTEN ISLANDS, NORWAY

 

CALL US TODAY TO VISIT IN JUNE, JULY OR AUGUST

KAILASH MANSAROVAR, TIBET
AN INNER JOURNEY
Will you be called this year to visit this holiest of all holy mountains? Will you be invited by its famous resident to make the divine trek and seek his blessings?
SUBMIT TO HIM & CALL US TO VISIT FROM MID-MAY TO MID-OCTOBER

OLGEI, MONGOLIA- MONGOLIA IN A SNAP
Go on a photo tour with renowned photographer Swarup Chatterjee and discover the lives of throat singers, camel herders and traditional nomad families who are an intrinsic part of the distinctive Mongolian landscape.
CALL US TODAY TO VISIT IN JUNE, JULY OR AUGUST

MOSTAR, BOSNIA
BEAUTY IN TRAGEDY
Bosnia & Hercegovina made headlines as a battle-ground, but now is a beautiful, peaceful land layered with history and culture. Mull on the human condition while visiting Stari Most, or the old bridge.
CALL US TODAY TO VISIT FROM MAY TO OCTOBER

LOWER ZAMBEZI NATIONAL PARK, ZAMBIA
CREATURE COMFORTS
Live it up in the spectacular African bush. Enjoy terrific sightings of the magnificent wild animals of Africa in great comfort and luxury in the well-appointed lodges in the Lower Zambezi National Park.
CALL US TODAY TO VISIT FROM JULY TO OCTOBER

TRANS-SIBERIAN RAIL JOURNEY
THE LAST GREAT TRAIN ADVENTURE
A railway journey that covers almost one-third of the Earth’s surface. Get on board the Tsar’s Gold Train, and watch the landscape unfold from Moscow all the way to Beijing via Lake Baikal and Mongolia.
CALL US TODAY TO BOARD BETWEEN JUNE AND EARLY SEPTEMBER

NORTHERN LIGHTS, SWEDEN
TURN ON THE LIGHTS
Stay in an isolated tree house hotel in the Lapland forest and watch the magical Aurora Borealis put on a show as you lie in the open or via the skylight in your bedroom.
CALL US TODAY TO VISIT FROM JANUARY TO MARCH 2020

AMAZON RAINFOREST, ECUADOR
IT’S AMAZIN’!
Live the life of an adventurous explorer. Walk on a bridge suspended over the rainforest canopy, paddle through creeks, climb a kapok tree, swim in a black-water lake, search for the world’s tiniest monkey…
CALL US TODAY TO VISIT FROM FEBRUARY TO APRIL 2020

ANTARCTICA
THE LAST CONTINENT
The ultimate travel destination. Go on an expedition cruise to the Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands to experience the fascinating and extreme part of our planet – the last pristine region of Mother Earth.
CALL US TODAY TO VISIT FROM JANUARY TO MARCH 2020

CHERRY BLOSSOMS, JAPAN
BIG IN JAPAN
The sakura is not a mere flower, it is an obsession. Join millions of Japanese in celebration of the pink cherry blossoms, an annual ritual called hanami, and rejoice in all things Japan.
CALL US TODAY TO VISIT FROM FEBRUARY TO MAY 2020

Consult Your Wanderers Professional

For more information drop us al mail at askus@thewanderers.co.in
Or buzz our travel experts at any of our offices close to your city: 
Alifiya @ Kolkata: +91 9831087222
Farzana @ Nagpur: +91 8888226634
Shradha @Mumbai : +91 920041279
Carolyne @Mumbai : +91 9619054538
Sharad @Mumbai : +91 8291445737
Sarang @ Ahmedabad : +91 9601256551
Keyur @ Ahmedabad : +91 8888226634

Tatras National Park – Slovakia

By Alifiya Calcuttawala

Alifiya Calcuttawala, Regional Director, The Wanderers Kolkata writes about her experience at the High Tatras National Park which she visited in December 2013.

The way Tatras are today is a remnant  from the last glacial period. The first travellers who visited High Tatras came only about 200 years ago and believed that the Tatras were full of gold, silver and other gemstones.
The Tatra is the oldest and the most visited national park in Slovakia and is in the list of UNESCO biosphere reserve. Every year the park is visited by approximately 5 million people and it offers 600 kilometers of hiking trails. The High Tatras are spread over 341 sq kms, 260 sq kms of which are on the Slovak side and is rich with mountain lakes (approx. 190).

We drove from Krakow to The High Tatras National park and stayed in a ski village of ‘Stary Smokovec’ for two nights. This was a good break between seeing cities. In the 2-3 days that we were there we rode snow mobiles, did dog sledging and also took a horse carriage ride. The weather was kind, it was -7 degrees, but the two hours of bright sunshine in the morning gave us the courage to go all out and experience the outdoors.

By 03.30 pm it starts getting dark and obviously very cold. The Grand hotel where we stayed, was a delight since it had an indoor  pool, sauna and jacuzzi,  giving an ample opportunity in the evenings to thaw out. 🙂

Interestingly, it was their peak season – after 2-3 days almost all the hotels were sold out for the New Year; and apparently Russians have their New Year after a week, so this is place is almost booked out till January 15!

This region is a playground for the affluent Russians who like to spend and have a luxurious stay complete with skiing activities, spa etc. (there aren’t many  luxurious and high end accommodation  option available in their country hence most of them come to the Tatra National Park and stay in Zakopane, Smokovec and Pleso etc.
High Tatras offer 22kms of well kept downhill courses – the skiing centres are among the top winter centres in Europe.

 

Winter activities..
Dog sledging, skiing, hikes with snowshoes, snow mobile excursions,  climbing the icefalls, avalanche courses, snow rafting, sledding and skating.

There is a winter fun park situated in Pleso where one can do snow tubing, air boarding, snow bags and zorbing.
And of course, you can also do sky adventures (sky diving, scenic flights, balloon flights and paragliding). These can be done throughout the year!

In December 2013, Alifiya Calcuttawala travelled on a 12 days journey to Eastern Europe with a small group who wanted to see the Christmas markets. Her itinerary started in Munich, ended with Budapest and included Salzburg, Český Krumlov, Prague, Krakow and the high Tatras!