Four weeks – four women At last! After a two-year break, I was finally able to organize a trip to India for my guests again! While I’ve traveled a lot in India myself over the last two years and got to know some areas that I didn’t know before (yes, they still exist), international tourists […]
Category: Tours and Travel
The Other India: Travel to the north-east of India with a visit to the states of Meghalaya and Assam
Shortly before my trip to Germany, I spent two weeks exploring the north-eastern states of India. Northeast States? Have you ever noticed the tip of Tibet, China, Mianmar and Bangladesh, on the northeastern edge of India? These are the Northeast States. They are being developed more and more for tourism, but still belong to a […]
India Active Travel: Kerala vs. Rajasthan
Multi Aktive Trip Kerala The Multi Active Trip in Kerala is created for an active holiday: mountains, sea, the backwaters and lots of greenery in the form of national parks, primeval forests, spice and tea plantations. […]
The Little Sister of India: Sri Lanka
Pretty much exactly 4 years ago I spent a night in Sri Lanka: I flew from Bangalore to Colombo, went through emigration, slept for a few hours at the airport and flew back to Cochin in Kerala the next morning. The so-called visa run was necessary. With my former tourist visa I was not allowed […]
Motorcycle tours throughout India
In India, the motorcycle has a completely different meaning than in Germany. While in Germany the motorcycling is rather a hobby and the bike usually only carries a summer license plate and is used for special excursions and trips, the motorized two-wheeler in India is much more used as a commercial vehicle and mode of […]
The 4th Ultimate Uttarakhand Himalayan MTB Challenge
India – a big country with many highlights Although I have been living in India for almost ten years now, I have still not been able to discover the whole of India. Very often I return to places that I particularly liked, or I travel with my tour groups, whereby my guests usually travel on […]
An India Group Trip for Women only- Why?
From time to time you read in the news: India. Mass rape. Men’s dominant. Risk for women travelling alone. (More on this topic can be read here and here). At the same time, however, I and so many other women from all over the world feel a great interest in the exotic subcontinent. […]
India is still swinging in me
A wonderful report by Elke, who travelled India with the help of Chalo!Travels. She stayed in a Yoga Ashram in Rishikesh and did a Yoga Trek in the Himalayas. This beautiful writing deserves a place on the Chalo! Travels Blog. Dirty, noisy. I cannot stand the sight of this extreme poverty. These are some of […]
Christmas Gift Voucher by Chalo! Travels
The very special Christmas present for and with your loved ones: A Chalo! Travels -Travel voucher for an India trip of your choice or an amount of your choice. This is what the Christmas gift voucher could look like – it can of course be changed with matching pictures as desired. And as a small […]
Chalo! Travels Newsletter June 2018 : Preparing for your trip to India
This beautiful Chalo! Travels Newsletter was written this month by Gracy, our new intern, and I thought I’d post it on our blog right away. Have fun reading, Sarah A cheerful hello to the round of India enthusiasts, my name is Gacy, I come from lively Berlin and now live in India for half a […]
Preparation tips and hints for the Manali – Leh Mountain Biking Tour
Since we have some groups for popular nine-day mountain biking tour on the 470 km long Manali-Leh Highway this Summer, it seems appropriate to give some suggestions for preparation and hints for the tour. […]
Five days of yoga trekking and six-day mountain bike pilot tour from Dharamshala to Manali
Amelie and Marlies are not only two very ambitious sportswomen, but also very adventurous travellers. Together they have been travelling almost all over the world. While Marlies is active in outdoor sports such as trail running, mountaineering, mountain biking and climbing, Amelie is an active triathlete and trains almost every day. […]
Yoga in an Indian Ashram in the middle of Rajasthan
Why everyone must have been in the Shri Jasnath Ashram at least once in their life! Yoga anytime, anywhere You can do yoga anywhere: in the studio, at home, on holiday – you don’t need a lot of space and equipment. A yoga mat is enough and your own yoga practice can begin! That’s what’s […]
The Indian Himalayas
November Calendar Sheet No. 11 The Himalayas, the highest mountain range in the world. Snow-capped peaks, raging mountain rivers, deep forests, traditional mountain villages, herds of sheep, moon-like desert landscapes, furrowed glaciers, colourful flower meadows. All this are the Himalayas and so much more. […]
In the houseboat through the canal system of the backwaters in Kerala
March Calendar Sheet No. 3 We sit comfortably in our chairs on the “balcony” of our small floating home for the next 24 hours and enjoy the fresh coconut water while we ship peacefully through the small channels of the backwaters. […]