India is a feast for the senses, where the air is heavy with the scent of jasmine and dancers trail frenetic melodies in colourful silk saris.
In India's cities, slum living competes with the cacophony of endless traffic and myriad other textures, colours and movements.
Buy cotton and silks, jewellery, carpets and handicrafts.
Savour dishes cooked from a palette of exotic spices. Try dal (crushed lentil soup with various vegetables), rogan josh (lamb cooked with dry red chillies and garnished with coriander) jalebi (pancakes in syrup), gulab jamuns (flour, yoghurt and ground almonds) and rava laddoo (semolina, cashew nuts and raisins).
Explore the exotic Palace of the Winds in Jaipur; the Taj Mahal at sunrise; the deserted hilltop Moghul city of Fatehpur Sikri; and the World Heritage-listed cave temples at Ajanta.
Experience a camel trek into the Thar Desert; spot a tiger prowling the Rajput ruins; meet a Maharaja in Rajasthan, or set a candle adrift on the sacred Ganges.
- Explore this wonderful country with a Student Flights Rajasthan Explorer package priced from R7 270 per person sharing.
This land-only package includes all transport in a private coach or train; 12 nights' accommodation in simple hotels; two nights' accommodation in a heritage hotel; one night's accommodation in a tented camp; and a tour leader and local guides.
- Flights start from R8 280, inclusive of taxes and levies. Call Student Flights at 0860 400 737, or SMS "quote" to 37997.
- See www.studentflights.co.za. Valid from July 1 to November 30.