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22/02/2024

Glimpse of an exciting safari this morning in the Ranthambore National Park. This amazing sighting of a mother with three cubs left our group of American travellers spellbound. If your eyes have not rested on the striped big cat and its majestic persona, life can be said to be incomplete.

Video courtesy: Ms. Padmaja Bharti

24/12/2023

Wishing You A Merry Christmas and Happy New year!!

20/12/2023

LADAKH-THE LITTLE TIBET-ROOFTOP OF THE WORLD!

Ladakh located on India's Northern edge abutting Western Tibet, derives it's name from the word La meaning land of high passes! This windswept high altitude, cold desert with lunar landscape inhabited by Buddhist people similar to Tibet, is a land of colourful people living against a stark land's backdrop.
With high passes, towering snow covered mountains, this is the Indus River Valley squeezed between Himalayan mountains to South and to North by equally high Karakoram peaks. A wonderful remote land for adventures like trekking, mountaineering, river rafting, jeep safaris driving over high passes. Or, in winters trek over frozen rivers and spotting the elusive Snow Leopards.
Hilltops are impressively dotted with monastries perched on steep cliffs with colourful prayer flags fluttring in wind sending messages of Lord Buddha across mountains, valleys & villages. Exploring these monasteries called Gompas, one invaribaly ends up meeting monks draped in saffron & maroon robes, taking you into a timeless and unchanged world through centuries.
Trekking or, driving through the remote villages, meeting these warm & hospitable people, seeing their life spent in quaint mud huts, living with their live stock in rainshadows of the Himalayas is exploring a lovely living culture. Hearing the roaring Indus River coming from Tibet at the Mansarovar Lake located near the holy Mount Kailash - mythical home of Lord Shiva to, the gurgling white water mountain streams, along which one can set up camps in grassy meadows. Climbing over the high altitude passes called "La where, if you are lucky, you might spot the elusive snow leapord, is a fun adventure. Climb up a snow covered Himalayan peak for thrill of a great adventure. Come and explore this Lunar Landscape on the Rooftop of the World!
Read Full Itinerary: https://www.farhorizontours.com/itinerary/ladakh-zanskar-worlds-rooftop-safari and https://www.farhorizontours.com/itinerary/ladakh-stok-shang-trek and https://www.farhorizontours.com/itinerary/ladakh-enchanting-land and https://www.farhorizontours.com/itinerary/ladakh-safari-through-ladakh-festival

19/12/2023

INDIA'S GOLDEN TRIANGLE - RAJASTHAN: LAND OF TAJ MAHAL, TIGERS, TRIBALS & THAR DESERT.

Mughals, Maharajas, Thar Desert where citadels rise from the golden sands & jungles of Tiger-land! Seeing the sparkling beauty of white marble Taj Mahal, a monument dedicated to love of a king for his queen. The inlay of semi precious stones in marble is living art even today.
Exploring forts & palaces of Maharajas, each a piece of art as poetry in stone chiseled with intricate carvings. Perched, towering a-top hills in the Aravali ranges, an ancient mountain chains of the world, these forts offer great vista from their hundreds of ornately decorated chambers.
Taking a safari through the jungles to spot the greatest Big Cat of the World, the Royal Bengal Tiger whose roar is loudest and sets one's blood pulsating, is unforgetable. This magnificent striped animal prowling majistically through jungles on it's solitary prowl looking for a hunt, is a wonder of nature's creation.
Entering the golden sands of the Thar Desert at Jamba where some of most colourful tribal communities live with traditions that are a wonder in these times. Meet the Bishnoi tribals whose religion for last five hundred years taught not to kill animals or, cut trees and who were called by National Geographic as the Natural Conservators of the Deserts. A great value that will save our beautiful planet! Take a safari through desert sands, living in a luxury lodge located a-top a hundred foot high sand dune, possibly the only one in the world, is stunning.
Visit the village of Khichen located nearby where, for last over 70 years villagers have been feeding buckwheat grain to 30,000+ Demoiselle Cranes. These birds in summer months go North to cold lands of Central Asia and Mongolia becoming non vegetarian, eating their normal prey. In winters for six months they migrate to this village eating buckwheat grain, becoming vegetarian. All because of love of these villagers for whom saving life is a religion!

Read Full Itinerary: https://www.farhorizontours.com/itinerary/rajasthan-taj-tribals-forts-palaces-hills-desert-hikes & https://www.farhorizontours.com/itinerary/taj-tribals-tigers-leopards

15/12/2023

THE EMERALD TRIANGLE - SRI LANKA, KERALA (INDIA), MALDIVES!

Exploring lush jungles of the Buddhist land of Sri Lanka with a beautiful culture and lush jungles teaming with the Asiatic Elephants and other wildlife, is both culturally enriching and exciting wilderness. Explore the Buddhist temples, stupas, tea plantations, ancient heritage and golden beaches of this island nation.
Sail through the Emerald Waterways of the Green Venice of the East - that is Kerala! It was called by National Geographic as one of the most beautiful places in the world! This is both culturally immersive cruise and extreamely relaxing as you witness the richness of Hindu temples, Christian churches, ancient temple dance forms, artisanry and fishing villages, bird sanctuaries, martial arts that gave birth to Karate, Ayurveda the first traditional healing sciences known to mankind, coir rope stitched of traidtional wooden boat building and golden sands watching orange sunsets. This is while sailing in a comfirtable teak and jackwood built wooden canal cruise boat MV Vaikundam, through large blue lakes, rivers, turquoise lagoons along the Arabian Sea and narrow canals held together by d***s, as boats sail above surrounding paddy fields and through villages. Explore the beautiful city of Kochi (Cochin) with palace, where even today there is a Jewish settlement with a living synagogue. A land of emerald waterways as coconut lined shores reflect the green colour of the waters.
End with emerald atolls of coral islands of Maldives staying in Ocean Vilas built in turquoise lagoons going scuba diving, snorkeling or, just chilling on silver sands with your favourite cocktails. Or, take a boat doing island hopping, if you like. A magical waterworld in the midst of the warm Indian Ocean!

Read full Itinerary: https://www.farhorizontours.com/itinerary/sri-lanka-kerala-backwater-cruise and https://www.farhorizontours.com/itinerary/maldives-extension-program

12/12/2023

THE BIG CATS OF INDIA - THE GREATEST CAT COUNTRY OF THE WORLD!
India is the home for now six Big Cats with the Royal Bengal Tiger, the Asiatic Lions, Spotted Leopards, Clouded Leopards and the Snow Leopards with the Cheetah having been brought back to the country now since it went extinct in 1952.
Apart from the six Big Cats the country also has a very vast range of fifteen smaller wild cats, a total of fourteen big game including the largest population of Single Horned Rhinos, Wild Buffaloes, Asiatic Elephants, Bisons, Deers, Antelopes, Apes, Monkeys and many more.
With 1,272 species of birds, being the closest warm wetlands to the cold lands lying North of the Himalayas thus, offering a great winter migration destination to the feathered friends. People go to Latin America for birds and to Africa for mammals. India has both to offer across its landscape where 24.76% of Indian landmass are jungles.
The cat species of India is richer than Africa which has only three big cats while India's 1,272 species of birds is 60% of the bird species diversity of Africa with only 10% of the landmass. Come and explore this amazing wildlife rated as the 10th greatest in the world's 6th greatest natural heritage (in a tied position with Brazil), as rated by the World Economic Forum!

Read the full Itinerary: https://www.farhorizontours.com/itinerary/taj-tigers-leopards-lions-india-worlds-greatest-land-big-cats and https://www.farhorizontours.com/itinerary/ladakh-snow-leopard-expedition

11/12/2023

THE JOURNEY THROUGH THE HIMALAYAN KINGDOMS OF SIKKIM, BHUTAN AND NEPAL!
Located in the laps of the highest mountains of the world - the Himalayas are the kingdoms of Sikkim, Bhutan, and Nepal of which both Sikkim in India and Nepal are now democratic lands while Bhutan is still a happy kingdom. These are lands with spectacular views of the highest mountain Mt Everest, 3rd highest mountain Mt Kanchenjunga, and many more 8,000 - 7,000 - 6,000 high peaks! These are also lands with very vibrant, traditional, and timeless Buddhist and Hindu cultures filled with colorful traditions and festivals! Come and explore these fabled lands of the last of the Shangri Las! Each flight on this journey is nothing but a champagne flight with the intoxicating views of the high mountains of what is the WORLD’s THIRD POLE - THE GREATEST SNOWFIELDS OUTSIDE OF THE TWO POLES!

Read the full Itinerary: https://www.farhorizontours.com/itinerary/himalayan-kingdoms

08/12/2023

CRUISE THE BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER (ASSAM, INDIA) ON-BOARD THE MV MAHABAAHU: Sailing under shadows of 7,000+ Meters high Himalayas. Voyaging through the Kaziranga National Park, the largest preserve of rhinos on Earth. Spot with Single Horned & Armour Plated Rhinos, Asiatic Elephants, Wild Baffaloes, Royal Bengal Tigers, Fresh Water Dolphins and hundreds of species of colourful birds. This is one of the world’s largest rivers and the largest riverine island system located in the region of Assam which gave the world the English Breakfast Tea! MV Mahabaahu rated as one of world’s top ten river cruise ships and one of top fifty adventure holidays on Earth! Come discover this pristine wilderness of the world!

Read full Itinerary: https://www.farhorizontours.com/itinerary/ultimate-wildlife-tour-mv-mahabaahu-upstream

23/11/2023

A talk on sustainability at the 11th edition of the International Tourism Mart, Shillong, Meghalaya by Mr Sanjay Basu, Chairman, Far Horizon Tours, India.

23/11/2023

A talk on sustainable tourism at the 11th edition of the International Tourism Mart, Shillong, Meghalaya by Mr Sanjay Basu, Chairman, Far Horizon Tours Pvt Ltd.

09/11/2023

12/10/2023

Celebrating the Winners of SATA 2023

Leading Travel Agent - Inbound
Silver Award -Far Horizon Tours / India (North)
Far Horizon Tours, India

15/08/2023

Happy Independence Day 2023

27/06/2023

Far Horizon's Chairman Mr. Sanjay Basu who heads the sub national committee for the Confederation of Indian Industries on Sustainable, Eco, Adventure & Cruise Tourism signing an MoU with the Ministry of Tourism, Govt of India at the G20 held in Srinagar, Kashmir to develop world class Eco tourism in India including private forest conservancies.

Read more: https://twitter.com/tourismgoi/status/1660986379067637767?s=20

26/06/2023

Far Horizon's Chairman Mr. Sanjay Basu, who heads the sub national committee for the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) on Sustainable, Eco, Adventure & Cruise Tourism in a panel discussion with the Ministry of Tourism & Ministry of Ports Shipping Waterways, Govt of India at G20 held at Goa, to develop world class sea, coastal, island, river cruising and yachting in Indian waters.

08/06/2023

*Plastic Eating Fungi Breaks Down Plastic In 140 Days*

Plastic is incredibly difficult to recycle, and each year, millions of tons end up in landfills causing catastrophic environmental damage.

Researchers from the University of Sydney have shown that plastic eating fungi breaks down plastic in 140 days. The backyard mushroom made light work of the plastic, Polypropylene (PP), which usually takes over 100 years to biodegrade.

The two fungi in the study, Aspergillus Terreus and Engyodontium Album, are common strains prevalent in soil and plants. They are hardy mushrooms and can survive in extreme conditions.

Researchers studied the fungi in Petri dishes with pre-treated polypropylene – which had previous UV light or heat exposure.

After 30 days, the fungi processed 21 percent of the plastic – and by day 90, they reduced it by 27 percent. After 140 days, they eliminated it, making it the highest degradation rate in the world.

19/05/2023

26/01/2023

Wishing all my FB friends a Very Happy Republic Day👏👍🇮🇳🥰🚩🌹🙏 Jai Hind!

01/01/2023

Happy New Year 2023!!

24/12/2022

Celebrations!!

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!!!

20/12/2022

"SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED"

Join us for A Royal Adventure, A Great Regal Tradition, A Horse Safari in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan!

15/12/2022

National Geographic Channel chose this photo as one of the best photos of 2013 and said that the photographer who took this photo broke down in tears while taking this photo and just admired the strength of this deer's personality.

(If you are inevitably going to die, why fear and die in horror? Rather die a hero).

The story goes like this:
These two leopards attacked the deer while playing with her small children.
The deer had a chance to escape, that the distance and saving her life were in her favor, only in this way she decided to surrender to the leopards.
Reason??
To give her children a chance to escape... because if she ran away first, there wouldn't be much time for her babies to escape.
The picture is the last moment of the mother with her throat in the leopard's mouth, while she looks resolutely to make sure her cub escapes peacefully before hunting.
*"A mother is the only person in the world who would give her life for you for nothing."*🥰❤️🙏😢

09/12/2022

CRUISES IN INDIA TO START YOUR YEAR WITH!!

With one of the longest coastlines in the world, and amazing river systems, it would be unfair not to go cruising in India. Most of the cruise destinations in India are exotic and deserve a visit or two.

Read the full article: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/things-to-do/cruises-in-india-to-start-your-year-with/photostory/96091644.cms

07/11/2022

Meet Far Horizon Tours in WTM London

24/10/2022

Happy Diwali!!

03/10/2022

A proud moment to cherish for the Far Horizons of India!

Far Horizon Tours of India has been awarded as the best inbound travel company of South Asia by the South Asian Travel Awards. This is an industry award covering India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. It was given away by the Vice President of Maldives.

The award was decided by a jury of five from different countries of South Asia and also, by a public polling. A very proud moment for us to be called the best amongst the five countries especially, recognising our creativity and quality and the efforts of our various teams working tirelessly to make their travellers and guests happy!

We look forward to taking our offerings and services to greater heights. Thanks to all our partners as both customers and vendors, for your trust and support for our efforts! We look forward to a revival in the post pandemic phase on this high note, with optimism and joy!