Some meals are included in quoted tour costs and custom visits can be designed with all or most meals upon request. Breakfast is included every day of your visit, Escorts, and guides use this time to acquaint you with that days agenda and your choices.

The hotels you will stay at all offer a choice of cuisines and extensive room service offerings. The smaller Lodges at wildlife parks or very remote custom visit destinations may only offer lesser choices.

At lunch breaks during your sightseeing, your Tour Director
/guides will provide you with a minimum of two choices (between Continental and Indian cuisines) that are near each other. Group members can select whichever one they prefer. Occasionally, when your location leaves no other alternative, this may be just one restaurant that serves both cuisines.
 

Restaurant prices tend to be reasonable; they are moderate (by western standards) at the most expensive establishments. Alcoholic beverages are the exception, you'll pay a lot for an imported alcoholic beverage in a bar or restaurant. Indian beer is a good alternative, but we recommend abstinence as far as the local wines are concerned.

Bottled drinking water is provided, at no charge, throughout your visit. Choices between gourmet Indian and western (and other) cuisines are available all thru your visit. We strongly recommend the former.

India offers a range of cuisines that are as diverse as it's people; there are distinct differences between food from different parts of the country. The Tandoors (Clay Ovens) of the North and the versatility of the coconut in the South are obvious examples.

Contrary to popular belief, Indian cuisine is not meant to be "hot". There is a great variety of herbs and spices used in Indian cooking. These may add flavor, aid digestion, have medicinal properties, or just bring color to the food (usually it's a combination of a few qualities). Even in these herbs and spices, the types and flavors vary as you travel from one place to another. Just as anywhere else, there are people that cook and eat really "hot" food; however, almost all Indian restaurants will ask for your preference while taking your order.

Each area's agricultural yield, climatic conditions, as well as social and religious influences, have established the local cuisines. Any given dish (with the same main ingredient) may be available in a dozen different flavors, depending on what part of the country you're in. Centuries of foreign presence has also had significant influence on the food.

 

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