Ecomantra Experiences

Sweet Switzerland by Car
Duration: 8 Days and 7 Nights

Route: Zurich – Walk with chocolate tasting - Rhine Falls – Lucerne – Interlaken - Chocolate tasting & workshop – Golden Pass Express to Montbovon - Gruyères – Ca***er chocolate factory - Bern Walk – Lauterbrunnen - Schilthorn – Zurich
Start & End: Zurich Airport

Embark on a 7-day journey through Switzerland’s sweetest delights, traveling in comfort and style from Zurich to the heart of the Alps in a private luxury car—no more lugging luggage through train stations. Indulge in artisan chocolates, enjoy breathtaking scenic train rides, and stroll through storybook towns rich in history. Marvel at the power of Rhine Falls, discover local craftsmanship in Lucerne and Interlaken, and soak in the timeless charm of Gruyères and Bern. Experience the iconic Golden Pass Express and ascend to the panoramic peaks of the Schilthorn. This unforgettable adventure offers the perfect blend of indulgence, exploration, and Swiss culture.

Price : CHF 4,180 Per Person on twin sharing basis
Visit https://luxexplore.com/itinerary/sweet-switzerland-041494 to know more about this journey

Includes - All airport and intercity transfers in a luxury chauffer driven car, breakfast, chocolate tasting tours, intercity panoramic train journeys, and Schilthorn.

A day in in in a day filled with exhilarating adventures. Experience a gondola ride, a cliff walk, a zipline, a glider zipline, a mountain cart and a trottibike in quick succession. To know more visit https://luxexplore.com/itinerary/2-weeks-in-switzerland-110478

Luxexplore No.4 - Heritage Cities & Palaces in the Golden Triangle of India
*This is Part 4 of the 23 Luxexplore by Ecomantra Self Drive Journeys and Expeditions in India that you would love to do with your family and friends. Slide left for more details or write to us at [email protected]

We begin journey in Delhi, which has always been the preferred capital to govern India and an ancient city in itself. Hindus believe that it was the site of the ancient Indraprastha, the capital of Pandava kingdom during the Mahabharata era. And before the Brits moved the capital of British India here, the Mughals too preferred Delhi as the place to rule Indian sub continent from. We love the food here, its cosmopolitan nature being the hub of embassies and consulates, and its ancient monuments including the Red Fort, Qutub Minar, the world heritage site of Humayun’s tomb and other iconic buildings.

Before we head to the royal city of Jaipur, the city founded by Jai Singh II, and also its present capital to be amazed by its beautiful hill top forts and palaces, we stop over in Neemrana, a medieval fort.

Four World Heritage Sites in the Same Day! The only place in India, you can be amazed by not one or two but four world heritage site is Agra. Beginning your journey in Bharatpur, have a blissful birding in the biting mornings on its wetland.

We than proceed to the planned city of Fatehpur Sikri close to Agra, planned and established by the great Mughal King - Akbar. At Agra, you will be in awe of the mesmerizing beauty of one of the seven wonders of the world - The Taj.
Nearby Red Fort is the fourth world heritage site where you can feel the history in your bones.

We will than proceed for a well deserved rest to ravines of Chambal, which is the only place in India, you can explore in 4 different ways. You can explore this spectacularly beautiful region in a jeep safari, on bicycles, in a boat safari on the river Chambal or on camel backs.

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Luxexplore No.22 - Tea, Elephants & Riverjourneys on the Brahmaputra in assam
*This is Part 22 of the 23 Luxexplore by Ecomantra Self Drive Journeys and Expeditions in India that you would love to do with your family and friends. Slide left for more details or write to us at [email protected]

The backdrop of Assam’s tea gardens are its rainforests and grasslands, home to the world’s rarest flora and fauna including its most famous citizen, the one horn Rhino sharing territory with Tigers, Elephants, Wild Buffalos, Swamp Deers, Golden Langurs etc. You will be amazed by the wonderful world of wilderness at Manas.

Guwahiti is the state capital with a nice museum and a War cemetery. Ta***ic rites are still practised at the Kamakhya Temple. Pobitura WLS nearby has almost guaranteed Rhino sightings.

Its always tea time in Assam, tea capital of the world with 800+ gardens that produces the largest volume of tea from a single region in the world. Experience the tea planter’s life at Sonitpur and Silghat, an important tea centre, and an access point to Nameri National Park in the foothills.

Kaziranga, one of the best protected national park and a world heritage site is a heaven for nature lovers. The tall grass shelters the big five including the one horn Rhino, Tigers, Gaurs, Leopards and Elephants

Jorhat is one of the two centres of the Assam tea industry, surrounded by tea estates. Close to here, the Tea Research Institute makes a fascinating visit. Majuli, closeby is the world’s largest river islands and centre of culture in Assam

Sibsagar is the old capital of the Kingdom of Assam, The Kings, of Thai stock, were converts to Hinduism, and their substantial remaining places and temples are an amalgam of Indian and S.E. Asian styles.

You can do Assam Differently in an overland drive or on luxury river cruise ships. Either way its amazing.

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Luxexplore No.21 - Tea, Tribals & Wildflowers in the Land of the Rising Sun
*This is Part 21 of the 23 Luxexplore by Ecomantra Self Drive Journeys and Expeditions in India that you would love to do with your family and friends. Slide left for distance map to state capitals from the destination and the route map, which is followed by quick photograph backed details on each destination along with destination , accommodation and outfit details. For more information write to us at [email protected]

Arunachal Pradesh in the North East is the The Land of the Rising Sun and the first place in India to see the sun rise, so early risers can get an early start in Mishmi Hills. Fall in love with the Mishmi hills and interact with simple tribal living.

Go for a safari in the unique Dibru Saikhowa national park for an opportunity to view all the 5 big mammals, the endangered one-horned rhino, leopards, tigers, elephants and gaur. Watch out for the Hoolock Gibbon – India’s only ape found in these dense forests.

Go birding on boats in the last surviving intact national parks of Chongkham and Namdapha. The Namdapha park has about 425 bird species with many more to be recorded from work in the higher areas

An exciting, true life expedition journey into India’s tribal north – east and down one of the world's greatest rivers.Your journey begins with a ferry boat ride at Dibrugarh on the mighty Brahmaputra, and up the densely forested river valley from the plains of Pasighat.

The Subansari “Gold River” is the biggest tributary of the Upper Brahmaputra and has a run of 170 km in Tibet, 250 km in the Eastern Himalayas and 86 km in the plains of Assam before joining the Great Brahmaputra at the mystic confluence of Majuli – the largest inhabited river island in the world.

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