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Exotic Tours » Adventure tours
Only for those who have the wild streak in them. Physical endurance and the apirit of adventure coupled with positive attitude is what is required. We bring you tours with skiing,white water rafting, kayaking, para sailing, snorkelling, scuba diving, rock climbing, trekking, desert expeditions, bungee jumping,......and so on. You name it, we have it.
Travellers Tools » Information Centre
India has good diplomatic relations with almost of nations of the world. Therefore, traveling to India does not present huge obstacles.
VISA
All foreign tourists visiting India must have in possession of a valid passport and visa. An Indian visa is available from Indian Consulate in the country of your origin. There are also certain parts of the region that require a special permit to visit. This will be advised to you at the time of booking the tour. Visa fees may vary from country to country. It is recommended to obtain a multiple Entry Tourist Visa since this simplifies the procedure for visiting neighboring countries like Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Health
Tourists coming to India via Africa and South America or any other yellow fever infected area must have yellow fever vaccination certificate. No other vaccination certificate is mandatory though you may like to consult your doctor for inoculation against typhoid, and meningitis. Inoculations for cholera and hepatitis A and anti-malarial pills are recommended. Please consult your local physician for up-to-date health requirements on visiting India.
Currency Exchange
Exchange Control formalities to be observed by foreign visitors coming to India are quite simple. There are 24-hour exchange facilities available at International airports of Delhi, Mumbai (Bombay), Kolkata and Chennai. There are few regulations on certain items. Those relating to all key areas are summarized below:
(1) Foreign Currency
Foreign exchange comprising foreign currency notes/coins, traveler’s checks, drafts drawn on banks in India or bank letters of credit can be brought into India without limit. However, if the total amount of foreign currency notes/coins or travel checks brought into India at one time exceeds US$10,000 or its equivalent, it is required to be declared by the holder to the Indian Customs authorities on arrival on a Currency Declaration Form (CDF). A copy of the CDF duly certified by the customs will be handed over to the traveler. This declaration facilitates easy conversion of foreign currency into Indian currency by the tourists and also conversion of their unspent balances of Indian rupees into foreign currency at the time of their departure from India. Blank Currency Declaration Forms are available with the airport/seaport Customs.
(2) Indian Currency
Bringing Indian currency of any denomination into India is prohibited. Foreign tourists' returning to India from Nepal are, however, permitted to bring with them unspent Indian currency which needs to be declared. There is no restriction on bringing into India of checks/drafts issued by overseas bank and denominated in Indian rupees drawn on banks situated in India.
(3) Personal Jewellery
Foreign tourists are permitted to bring with them their personal jewellery either worn on their person or as part of their personal effects in accordance with Customs Baggage Rules. The Rules require an endorsement by the Indian Customs on the tourists' passports about the jewelry brought by the latter. In order to facilitate Customs clearance of the same personal jewelry at the time of the tourist's departure from India, details thereof are endorsed on the tourist's passports at the time of entry.
Carrying Foreign/Indian Currency out of India
Foreign Currency: Foreign tourists are permitted to take out with them, in any form, unspent foreign exchange previously brought into India by them against the production of Currency Declaration Form, wherever issued at the time of arrival.
Indian Currency
Taking out of any Indian Currency is prohibited. Foreign visitors going to Nepal from India can, however, take with them in denominations of Rs. 100/- and below, Indian currency acquired out of sale of foreign exchange brought into India by them.
Procedure for exchange of foreign currency
A foreign visitor should present his/her travellers checques or foreign currency notes to a branch of an authorized dealer or licensed money-changer along with the Currency Declaration Form (CDF) if one was filled up at the time of his arrival in India. Authorized dealer/money-changers will enter the amount of foreign currency exchanged in the CDF and also issue an Encashment Certificate showing details of foreign currency exchanged, rate of conversion and amount of rupees paid.
Tourists are advised to obtain Encashment Certificates in their own names and necessary endorsements in the CDFs, where applicable, in order to facilitate easy conversion into foreign exchange of the Indian currency left with them at the time of their departure from India.
Authorized dealers / licensed money-changers have been advised to cash foreign currency instruments and to issue Encashment Certificates even in cases where a Currency Declaration Form filled up by a tourist cannot be produced for verification due to unavoidable circumstances. Unspent balances of Indian currency can be re-converted into foreign currency at the time of departure from India, only against Encashment Certificates, which are valid for 3 months from the date of their issue. In the absence of any Encashment Certificate, a maximum of Rs. 100/- may be converted into foreign currency at the exit point.
Exchange Rates
The rates for purchase and sale of UK Pound and US$ currency notes and foreign currency travelers checks, where applicable, are quoted by authorized dealers/money-changers within the floor and ceiling rates worked out daily in accordance with guidelines prescribed by Reserve Bank of India. For other currencies, banks quote rates based on market conditions. Bank drafts and travelers checks fetch better rates than currency notes. Currencies like UK Pound, US$ and Euro are widely accepted.
Payment of Hotel Bills
Foreign nationals have to pay their hotel bills in foreign exchange. They may also pay in rupees, provided the rupees are derived out of sale of foreign exchange to authorized dealers/licensed moneychangers as evidenced by the production of Encashment Certificates. (See below). International credit cards are accepted in most hotels.
Travel Within India
For travel within India, foreign tourists have to pay their fares in foreign exchange. All booking offices of Indian Airlines, all other private airlines and booking offices of Indian Railways at many important centers accept payment in foreign exchange from foreign tourists. Rail fares can be paid in Indian rupees on the production of the Encashment Certificates obtained earlier. (See procedure for encashment of foreign exchange)
Booking Return Passage from India
Foreign tourists not holding return tickets purchased abroad may book their passage tickets for travel out of India through any airlines/shipping company or licensed travel agent. The passage fare has to be paid in foreign exchange or in Indian currency obtained in an approved manner.
Unaccompanied Baggage
Foreign visitors are required to pay charges for their excess baggage or freight on their unaccompanied baggage in foreign exchange. Payment in Indian rupees is also acceptable if supported by valid Encashment Certificates.
Purchase of Goods/Articles by Foreign Tourists
Shops/emporia selling goods or providing services to foreign tourists are permitted to accept payment in foreign exchange against all major Credit Cards/ Bank Drafts, Travellers checks. Foreign tourists are permitted by Indian Customs to take with them goods purchased in India without any value limit. There are restrictions on the export of antiques and art objects over 100 years old. Export of most wildlife products is prohibited or strictly regulated. Therefore avoid buying anysthing made of ivory, reptile skin, fur, musk, tortoise shells and any part of wild animals, provided the goods are purchased out of funds brought from abroad.
All visitors have to complete a tourist’s questionnaire that is available with shops/travel agencies and submit it along with their Encashment Certificate. Some shops and emporia also undertake to send the goods abroad as unaccompanied baggage at the request of the tourists.
Information about destinations are best sought from District Tourism Promotion Council of the particular State tourism Department.
Only for those who have the wild streak in them. Physical endurance and the apirit of adventure coupled with positive attitude is what is required. We bring you tours with skiing,white water rafting, kayaking, para sailing, snorkelling, scuba diving, rock climbing, trekking, desert expeditions, bungee jumping,......and so on. You name it, we have it.
Travellers Tools » Information Centre
India has good diplomatic relations with almost of nations of the world. Therefore, traveling to India does not present huge obstacles.
VISA
All foreign tourists visiting India must have in possession of a valid passport and visa. An Indian visa is available from Indian Consulate in the country of your origin. There are also certain parts of the region that require a special permit to visit. This will be advised to you at the time of booking the tour. Visa fees may vary from country to country. It is recommended to obtain a multiple Entry Tourist Visa since this simplifies the procedure for visiting neighboring countries like Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Health
Tourists coming to India via Africa and South America or any other yellow fever infected area must have yellow fever vaccination certificate. No other vaccination certificate is mandatory though you may like to consult your doctor for inoculation against typhoid, and meningitis. Inoculations for cholera and hepatitis A and anti-malarial pills are recommended. Please consult your local physician for up-to-date health requirements on visiting India.
Currency Exchange
Exchange Control formalities to be observed by foreign visitors coming to India are quite simple. There are 24-hour exchange facilities available at International airports of Delhi, Mumbai (Bombay), Kolkata and Chennai. There are few regulations on certain items. Those relating to all key areas are summarized below:
(1) Foreign Currency
Foreign exchange comprising foreign currency notes/coins, traveler’s checks, drafts drawn on banks in India or bank letters of credit can be brought into India without limit. However, if the total amount of foreign currency notes/coins or travel checks brought into India at one time exceeds US$10,000 or its equivalent, it is required to be declared by the holder to the Indian Customs authorities on arrival on a Currency Declaration Form (CDF). A copy of the CDF duly certified by the customs will be handed over to the traveler. This declaration facilitates easy conversion of foreign currency into Indian currency by the tourists and also conversion of their unspent balances of Indian rupees into foreign currency at the time of their departure from India. Blank Currency Declaration Forms are available with the airport/seaport Customs.
(2) Indian Currency
Bringing Indian currency of any denomination into India is prohibited. Foreign tourists' returning to India from Nepal are, however, permitted to bring with them unspent Indian currency which needs to be declared. There is no restriction on bringing into India of checks/drafts issued by overseas bank and denominated in Indian rupees drawn on banks situated in India.
(3) Personal Jewellery
Foreign tourists are permitted to bring with them their personal jewellery either worn on their person or as part of their personal effects in accordance with Customs Baggage Rules. The Rules require an endorsement by the Indian Customs on the tourists' passports about the jewelry brought by the latter. In order to facilitate Customs clearance of the same personal jewelry at the time of the tourist's departure from India, details thereof are endorsed on the tourist's passports at the time of entry.
Carrying Foreign/Indian Currency out of India
Foreign Currency: Foreign tourists are permitted to take out with them, in any form, unspent foreign exchange previously brought into India by them against the production of Currency Declaration Form, wherever issued at the time of arrival.
Indian Currency
Taking out of any Indian Currency is prohibited. Foreign visitors going to Nepal from India can, however, take with them in denominations of Rs. 100/- and below, Indian currency acquired out of sale of foreign exchange brought into India by them.
Procedure for exchange of foreign currency
A foreign visitor should present his/her travellers checques or foreign currency notes to a branch of an authorized dealer or licensed money-changer along with the Currency Declaration Form (CDF) if one was filled up at the time of his arrival in India. Authorized dealer/money-changers will enter the amount of foreign currency exchanged in the CDF and also issue an Encashment Certificate showing details of foreign currency exchanged, rate of conversion and amount of rupees paid.
Tourists are advised to obtain Encashment Certificates in their own names and necessary endorsements in the CDFs, where applicable, in order to facilitate easy conversion into foreign exchange of the Indian currency left with them at the time of their departure from India.
Authorized dealers / licensed money-changers have been advised to cash foreign currency instruments and to issue Encashment Certificates even in cases where a Currency Declaration Form filled up by a tourist cannot be produced for verification due to unavoidable circumstances. Unspent balances of Indian currency can be re-converted into foreign currency at the time of departure from India, only against Encashment Certificates, which are valid for 3 months from the date of their issue. In the absence of any Encashment Certificate, a maximum of Rs. 100/- may be converted into foreign currency at the exit point.
Exchange Rates
The rates for purchase and sale of UK Pound and US$ currency notes and foreign currency travelers checks, where applicable, are quoted by authorized dealers/money-changers within the floor and ceiling rates worked out daily in accordance with guidelines prescribed by Reserve Bank of India. For other currencies, banks quote rates based on market conditions. Bank drafts and travelers checks fetch better rates than currency notes. Currencies like UK Pound, US$ and Euro are widely accepted.
Payment of Hotel Bills
Foreign nationals have to pay their hotel bills in foreign exchange. They may also pay in rupees, provided the rupees are derived out of sale of foreign exchange to authorized dealers/licensed moneychangers as evidenced by the production of Encashment Certificates. (See below). International credit cards are accepted in most hotels.
Travel Within India
For travel within India, foreign tourists have to pay their fares in foreign exchange. All booking offices of Indian Airlines, all other private airlines and booking offices of Indian Railways at many important centers accept payment in foreign exchange from foreign tourists. Rail fares can be paid in Indian rupees on the production of the Encashment Certificates obtained earlier. (See procedure for encashment of foreign exchange)
Booking Return Passage from India
Foreign tourists not holding return tickets purchased abroad may book their passage tickets for travel out of India through any airlines/shipping company or licensed travel agent. The passage fare has to be paid in foreign exchange or in Indian currency obtained in an approved manner.
Unaccompanied Baggage
Foreign visitors are required to pay charges for their excess baggage or freight on their unaccompanied baggage in foreign exchange. Payment in Indian rupees is also acceptable if supported by valid Encashment Certificates.
Purchase of Goods/Articles by Foreign Tourists
Shops/emporia selling goods or providing services to foreign tourists are permitted to accept payment in foreign exchange against all major Credit Cards/ Bank Drafts, Travellers checks. Foreign tourists are permitted by Indian Customs to take with them goods purchased in India without any value limit. There are restrictions on the export of antiques and art objects over 100 years old. Export of most wildlife products is prohibited or strictly regulated. Therefore avoid buying anysthing made of ivory, reptile skin, fur, musk, tortoise shells and any part of wild animals, provided the goods are purchased out of funds brought from abroad.
All visitors have to complete a tourist’s questionnaire that is available with shops/travel agencies and submit it along with their Encashment Certificate. Some shops and emporia also undertake to send the goods abroad as unaccompanied baggage at the request of the tourists.
Information about destinations are best sought from District Tourism Promotion Council of the particular State tourism Department.
Houseboat, Backwater Travel kerala| Golden triangle tour packages india
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EXOTIC TOURS » HOUSEBOAT KERALA
House Boat in Keralais a large floating structure with high loading carrying capacity was a part of Kerala's culture and heritage over the past years. Kettuvallam could sail harnessing wild energy. A journey through the lagoon is interesting, passing through sleepy villages, busy boat jetties and vibrant celebrations. The boat glides across the shimmering blue waters with gorgeous green and fringed edges.
Houseboat holidays in Kerala is one of the most enchanting experience one can hope to have in a lifetime. The backwaters, rivers and rivulets make an intricate web of waterways that meander through the landscape offering views of the land and the people.
EXOTIC TOURS- » BACKWATER KERALA: Kerala Backwater Tourism
The Kerala Backwaters are a chain of brackish lagoons and lakes lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast (known as the Malabar Coast) of Kerala state in southern India. The network includes five large lakes (including Ashtamudi Kayal and Vembanad Kayal) linked by 1500 km of canals, both manmade and natural, fed by 38 rivers, and extending virtually the entire length of Kerala state. The backwaters were formed by the action of waves and shore currents creating low barrier islands across the mouths of the many rivers flowing down from the Western Ghats range.
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House Boat in Keralais a large floating structure with high loading carrying capacity was a part of Kerala's culture and heritage over the past years. Kettuvallam could sail harnessing wild energy. A journey through the lagoon is interesting, passing through sleepy villages, busy boat jetties and vibrant celebrations. The boat glides across the shimmering blue waters with gorgeous green and fringed edges.
Houseboat holidays in Kerala is one of the most enchanting experience one can hope to have in a lifetime. The backwaters, rivers and rivulets make an intricate web of waterways that meander through the landscape offering views of the land and the people.
EXOTIC TOURS- » BACKWATER KERALA: Kerala Backwater Tourism
The Kerala Backwaters are a chain of brackish lagoons and lakes lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast (known as the Malabar Coast) of Kerala state in southern India. The network includes five large lakes (including Ashtamudi Kayal and Vembanad Kayal) linked by 1500 km of canals, both manmade and natural, fed by 38 rivers, and extending virtually the entire length of Kerala state. The backwaters were formed by the action of waves and shore currents creating low barrier islands across the mouths of the many rivers flowing down from the Western Ghats range.
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