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India is not so far as you think
We have provided an overview of the accessibility options to India from across the nations. These include traveling:
By Air
Medium budget flights have cropped up across the nations making globe-trotting a less expensive affair. In India, the national airline is Air India (AI), while other major, reliable players are Air Sahara and Jet Airways. The international airports in the metro cities have provisions and amenities which ensure that travelers are veritably occupied while waiting for the next flight. These include restaurants, business centres, resting lounges, telephone booths, snack bars, baby care rooms, duty free handicrafts shops, art galleries for art lovers. Business centers are furnished with state-of-the-art equipment including word processors and telefax. In all the major airports there are money exchange facilities, tourist information centers and hotel reservation services. Our services encompass them all and you can safely rely on us for these arrangements.

Travel time by Air International Airports in India are at: Srinagar, Amritsar, Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Cochin (Kochi), Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkata, Guwahati.


International Airline Routes Served to India are:
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By Road
A very less preferred, but adventuruous option is to drive to India or board one of the tourist buses (many Tourist Agencies have begun overland services lately). Just that the travelers should have accurate information about border crossings, visa requirements and political situations en route. The most popular border crossings into India are Sunauli (for Delhi and northwest India), Birganj (for Kolkata and east India) and Kakarbhitta (for Darjeeling). Amritsar is now open for overland crossings into Lahore (Pakistan). A bus service between New Delhi and Lahore (Pakistan) has recently been launched (the first one in 50 years).

Note: Currently no land frontiers are open between India and Myanmar or India and the People’s Republic of China.


By Rail
Journey by the Rail is possible if you are arriving from Pakistan where you can board the Lahore-Attari Samjhauta Express. For details please log on to the Indian Railways official site (www.indianrail.gov.in).


By Sea
The main passenger ports are Calicut, Chennai, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Panaji (Goa) and Rameswaram. Indian ports are also served by several international shipping companies and several cruise lines. There are, however, no regular passenger liners operating to South-East Asia.


Routes to Neighboring Nations
To Nepal: From India, the most practical and popular route to Nepal is by train to Raxaul (Bihar) and then by bus to Kathmandu or by train to Gorakphur (or by bus if coming from Varanasi) and then by bus to Kathmandu crossing the border at Sunauli; also, by train to Nantanwa (UP) and then by bus to Kathmandu/Pokhara, or Bhairawa to Lumbini for Pokhara. It is also possible to make the crossing from Darjeeling by bus to Kathmandu across the southern lowlands.

To Bhutan: The best way of reaching Bhutan is by train to Siliguri, then bus to Phuntsholing. There is also an airlink from Kolkata (Calcutta) to Paro by Druk Air.

To Pakistan: Currently only possible between Amritsar and Lahore by train and New Delhi and Lahore by Bus (New DelhiAmritsarLahore HyderabadKarachi).

To Bangladesh: The best route to Bangladesh is Kolkata (Calcutta) to Bongaon (West Bengal) by train, rickshaw across the border to Benapol, with connections via Khulna or Jessore to Dhaka. Another route is from Darjeeling via Siliguri, then train or bus from Jalpaiguri to Haldibari.

Currently, no land frontiers are open between India and Myanmar or India and China.

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