Typically priced between £30 and £60, although ranging up to £200 for certain group activities, agents can add the tours to India itineraries to suit clients’ tastes.
Based in New Delhi, the DMC’s group or individual “urban walking” tours lead in from £35pp.
They include the Mehruli Heritage Trail, taking in some of the city’s most impressive religious sites, monuments and tombs, as well as the site of the 1857 great rebellion against the English when the East India Company was defeated.
Other excursions include a visit to the Daryaganj Sunday book market (from £29pp) and a dawn visit to the city’s flower market at the Hanuman Temple (from £40pp).
Vesna is also offering a range of charitable activities from £29pp including visiting local schools to help children speak and write England and join them in singing, dancing and painting.
Other opportunities include volunteering to prepare food for disadvantaged communities at one of the city’s Sikh temples.
Outside the city, nature lovers and bird spotters can visit the Okhla Bio Diversity Park, meet local experts and see spotted owlets, grey herons, weaver birds and bar-headed geese (from £51pp).
The operator also offers opera dinners pairing local food with classical Indian dance and music, introduced by local experts. Group bookings (minimum 10) start from £190pp.