India

Experience India through culture, democracy, religion, social justice and environmental learning. Students engage with one of the world’s most diverse societies through powerful, real-world experiences.

Explore India Through Diversity, Democracy and Change

India offers students an extraordinary setting for educational travel. As the world’s largest democracy and one of the fastest-growing major economies, it gives students the chance to explore a country where ancient civilisation, rapid development and global influence exist side by side.

An Edventure Travel program in India can connect classroom learning with real-world themes across religion, culture, politics, social justice, urbanisation, equality, development and the environment. Students experience a remarkable mix of languages, landscapes, traditions and communities, gaining insight into one of the world’s most dynamic societies.

Shape the Learning Experience

Curiosity sets the direction. Whether your focus is religion, culture, development, environment or contemporary issues, Edventure Travel can help build an India program that connects learning with real-world experience.

Programs can be shaped around themes such as religious diversity, social justice, urbanisation, equality, development, environmental issues, conservation, cultural exchange and contemporary India.

Customised India Tours for Your Group

Every group brings different priorities, interests and learning goals. That’s why each India tour is thoughtfully shaped around your students, curriculum and the experience you want to create.

Student trips can support curriculum outcomes, student wellbeing and your school’s budget, while offering meaningful learning beyond the classroom.

Private tours can also be tailored to your group’s interests, pace, accommodation preferences and overall budget.

Development Studies

  • Examine how India’s colonial history and caste system have shaped poverty and social inequality
  • Observe the legacy of missionary work in India, including that of Catholic nun Mother Teresa
  • Explore diversity and inclusivity at street level within Delhi’s inner neighbourhoods
  • Engage with social justice and religious organisations, including the Loreto Sisters and their schools, the Ashankur Women’s Centre, women’s handicraft cooperatives, and Mother Teresa’s House, Tomb and Museum

Environmental Awareness

  • Learn about habitat destruction from passionate conservationists
  • Watch wading waterbirds at Keoladeo Ghana National Park, or spot a Bengal tiger in Panna National Park
  • Contemplate the ethics of animal captivity in India’s zoos and elephant sanctuaries
  • Have the chance to view tigers in Ranthambore National Park, or rhinoceroses in Kaziranga National Park

Architecture and Design

  • Explore hilltop forts, ornate temples, stately palaces, and crumbling British colonial buildings
  • Be guided through Hindu ashrams, one of which accommodated ‘The Beatles’ in 1968
  • Marvel at the Taj Mahal’s white marble or Agra Fort’s hidden treasures
  • Descend 13 storeys into Chand Baori, the world’s deepest step well
  • Observe silk and fabrics weaving and traditional hand-operated weaving loom
  • Walk the Lodhi Art District, once regular government housing blocks transformed into vibrant, cultural storytelling art

Add Adventure to Your India Program

If you like an action-packed itinerary, expand your agenda with these exciting local activities.
Trek or cycle India’s majestic mountains
Practice inner calm with a yoga or meditation class
Join celebrations at one of India’s colourful religious festivals
Boat down the Ganges River and see holy bathing rituals on its banks
Observe the popular cultural Aarti Hindu ceremony
Prepare regional Indian cuisine at a cooking class inside a family home
Visit Asia’s largest wholesale spice market to savour dried chillies, spices and sambals
Meet local artisans and try your hand at a weaving, leather-working or pottery workshop
Treetop rope courses

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