Varanasi Cultural Tour: Explore Religion and Street Food

Embark on an immersive 2-day guided tour of Varanasi, experiencing its rich culture, spirituality, and local markets. Enjoy boat rides, explore religious sites, and savor delicious street food.

Duration: 2 days
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

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Experience Varanasi - Private Guided Tours - Our accredited guide will meet you at your hotel and accompany you to the old city explaining you what you will see during the day.

10:00 am-01:30 pm. Bazaar Walk: Explore the hidden markets in the old city like Paan (betel leaf), spice, toys, flowers etc. It’s a combination of walking tour and cycle rickshaw ride. Walking through the narrow alleys of these markets with a variety of smell and vision gives a phenomenal experience to the Guest.

01:30 pm to 02:30 pm Lunch break

02:30 pm - 04:30 pm. City Tour: Visit the Banaras Hindu University, Durga Temple and the weaver’s district & learn the dying art of Silk weaving.

05:00 pm - 07:30 pm. Evening Boat ride: Go for a evening boat ride by the sunset and witness the activities by the river side in the evening, watch the cremation at Manikarnika Ghat from the boat. Finally stop at Dasaswamedh Ghat to enjoy the Ganga Aarti ceremony from your private boat.

What's Included
  • Bottled mineral water on each sightseeing trip
  • Two private, hand-rowed boat rides with boatman
  • Authentic street food tasting on the food tour
  • Comfortable, air-conditioned transportation
  • All applicable fees and taxes included
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Tips
  • Airport transfers (to & from the hotel).
Additional Information

The Explore Varanasi journey is a venture to connect travelers with the city. It is designed to familiarize visitors with Varanasi’s local customs.

Unearth Varanasi’s jewels in two days. In addition to the sunrise and sunset boat voyages, you’ll have the opportunity to delve into various religious facets of the city such as Buddhism. Get a behind-the-scenes glance at the city’s numerous wholesale bazaars, saunter around residential sectors of the ancient city, and delight in delectable street food.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Curious2no
Sep 27, 2024
Awesome Experience! - Look no further if you are searching for the perfect guide who will passionately immerse you in the spirit and soul of Varanasi… Kunal belongs to the rare breed of guides who know exactly what the customer is seeking and craft the story telling & itinerary accordingly… Highly recommend! P.S: being a local, Kunal is not only super knowledgeable about the various holy sites of Varanasi, but he is also an avid foodie who can take you to the best places to eat :)
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Ritaoa6363ex
Sep 2, 2024
Best private tour of Varanasi! - Would recommend this tour 100% it was amazing! Kunal was our guide and he was wonderful, was very helpful and rearranged the tour to suit our preferences and was super flexible to change. We are two females travelling together and he was amazing in making sure that we felt safe and weren’t bothered by anyone. He also helped organise our drop off to the airport as our hotel didn’t offer the service. He took us to great photography spots and he knew lots of people and is a true local. He had a lot of knowledge to share and was funny and friendly. We loved the river experience even though it was flooded and boat tours weren’t allowed Kunal arranged for us to go down to the river and take some photos from the boats that were docked which was great. We loved that the tour takes you behind the scenes to the local markets and to see local weavers at work that you wouldn’t be able to do on your own. The deer park was also a highlight! Kunal also had excellent food recommendations and everything we had for lunch/dinner was delicious local food!
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Jubelinel
Aug 16, 2024
Overwhelming true experience of Varanasi - Our first encounter with India was fortunately for our entire travel through Rajasthan, with Kunal. We arrived in Varanasi as a family of 5 without any of our luggage, still left in Vienna. Kunal understood immediately our distress, swiftly drove us to places to get the essentials, adapted several times the program in order to make the necessary calls and purchases. In short, he really took care of us. He was next to that also a wonderful guide and the absolute best way to experience Varanasi. Beyond providing insightful commentary on the city's history and culture, without overloading the children with facts and figures, he listens to his guests and made us an itinary tailored to our interests. He took us right into the center of the Aarti ceremony, to the cremation grounds, to the area and homes of the weaver-families, to the University area, and made us really experience Varanasi. Convinced after two days that a guide and private driver were essential on our further trip through Rajasthan, he organised the following days as well. Everyone he recommanded or worked with (such as Sunil in Agra, the drivers Akim en Vhed), had the same standards as him, in putting the guests first. Thanks Kunal for all your efforts and taking such good care of us, I will recommend you to everyone who visits Varanasi. You are a true ambassador for your city and your country.
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377fionak
Feb 27, 2024
Great way to experience Varanassi - Excellent guide. Very knowledgeable. Very interesting tour and well organised. Definitely recommend. Very good way to see so much in 2 days. Couldn't do it without guide
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R729eikevinn
Feb 26, 2024
Amazing Vspirtual city in India - Satish was an excellent guide, the driver was also excellent. Varanasi was amazing. The ghats were amazing. Great tour, thank you.
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Ann_m
Feb 22, 2024
Excellent Tour - This was an excellent two day tour. Our guide, Kunal, was superb. He was very good about communicating with us before the tour & rearranged our sightseeing schedule to be more efficient due to the location of our hotel so we wouldn’t be wasting time in transit. We saw so many amazing things that we wouldn’t have been able to see without him. He was always good at getting us through the lines & attentive to our needs & interests. You can’t go wrong with Kunal guiding you!
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Micah_c
Feb 21, 2024
Unlike anywhere else - Amazing. My guides were so good, and I got to experience the sights, history, smells, and culture of Varanasi without being totally overwhelmed by the intensity of it all. Do it — these guys are great and I enjoyed it so deeply.
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Fiona_k
Feb 8, 2024
Truly memorable experience - Best bits were The morning boat ride. The evening ceremony. And Sarnath. Really enjoyed hearing all the history and culture from our guide. He was extremely knowledgeable. Very polite. Very keen to please. Reliable.
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Tour06217931080
Jan 28, 2024
Varanasi and its ways - Our tour went very well, Mr. Kunal is very professional, knowledgeable, organized , thorough, and flexible. We had a very pleasant experience and covered everything (to the point weather allowed) , and more. Mr Kunal went out of his way to help us with further travel arrangements and other details when our flight out of Varanasi got cancelled, very thankful for that. Highly recommend his tour services.
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Valentina_m
Dec 31, 2023
The guide was very... - The guide was very knowledgeable and professional. Also very punctual, which I have appreciated very much.
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