Experience two nights in Punjab's holiest city – with insider guided access to Anthony Bourdain recommended legendary foods, Sikh history, markets, arts, crafts & Punjabi generosity & humor
Experience Punjab's holiest city - Amritsar, the birthplace of the Sikh empire.
Bespoke curated guided tours to insider access to traditional Punjabi arts, crafts, the culture of abundance and the celebration of life with its loud, colorful portrayal. Delicately balancing the painful history of the partition, the spirit of sacrifice and the abudnance and genrosity and humor of Punjabis, this tour is created by experts to explore Sikhism's rich history.
The tour weaves objective facts and history in a real, authentic, raw tour with no extra fluff, no exaggerated patriotism & no religious indoctrination. We explore religious, cultural and historic heritage while conversing in hard-hitting discussions about gentrification, social classes, religion, caste, colonialisation and heritage arts, viz., a secular objective lens.
Marinated by delicious traditional food flavors and Punjabi sarcastic humor, this is an experience like no other.
ALL expenses included - all meals at the most famous different heritage cult food spots, stay at a heirloom, heritage 200 year old botique palace turned cottage, all transport included. Just pack your camera and enjoy the tour.
Inclusive of everything – boutique stay, all meals at famous spots, all local transport, all entry tickets
Golden Temple
Insider-guided pre-sunrise or post-sunset tour (depending on local weather conditions) of the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs.
UNESCO-Listed Copper & Brass Utensil Making
Very rare, exclusive guided trip to a nearby heritage village featuring traditional brass and copper artisans smelting & hammering generational cooking utensils.
Iconic Lassi — A Century-Old Family Recipe
Tried and tested, hygienically prepared for European & American bellies, this lassi captures the spirit of the city.
India-Pakistan Wagah Border Ceremony
Up close access to the marching, stomping, high-kicks military ceremonial drill.
Guided Town Hall Heritage Walk
Guided, translated access to the arts, crafts, negotiations, hustle and bustle, colours, scents and sounds of the streets.
Retrace Anthony Bourdain's Food Trail & More
Forget your diet as we dine at cult-status, family-run spots that are decades old, for all meals. All-inclusive.
Stay at a Heritage, Boutique Ancestral Family Property
All tours include a stay at a 200-year-old ancestral property that's safe, clean, and traditional, with a story on its walls. Included in the price.
Partition Museum
Inside, guided access to the Partition Museum, featuring pre-partition Punjab's artefacts.
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Memorial
Insider-guided access to Jallianwala Bagh, a memorial site dedicated to the 1919 massacre of unarmed citizens by the British Raj.
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Insider-guided pre-sunrise or post-sunset tour (depending on local weather conditions) of the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs.
Learn about Sikh culture, history and the spirit of oneness, bravery, sacrifice and equality with a walk around the holy lake. Explore the world's largest community kitchen, serving fresh, hot, local vegetarian meals to 100,000 people daily for free. Bask in the calm, meditative energy of the sacred space as you get translations of the prayers and hymns, and hear the history of its creation.
Very rare, exclusive guided trip to a nearby heritage village featuring traditional brass and copper artisans smelting & hammering generational cooking utensils.
Featured in the official UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, we observe the dying artform of handmade utensils. You can shop rare, generationally lasting brass, copper and bronze cutlery at surprisingly low prices, or even get a custom wok, glass or plate for your family, all handmade by artists in front of you!
Tried and tested, hygienically prepared for European & American bellies, this lassi captures the spirit of the city.
Indulge in the most iconic, gut-cooling, anxiety-busting, probiotic-friendly lassi (buttermilk yogurt drink) at an almost-century-old, generational family-owned shop that claims to keep you full for 6 hours! See the hand-churning process of making butter from high-fat milk on a block of ice, still preserved the old-school way!
Up close access to the marching, stomping, high-kicks military ceremonial drill.
Witness the fervour of nationalism with a spectacular display of army marches, sloganeering, stomps, high kicks and screaming from good-view seats between two nuclear-armed nations' international border. As electric as a concert, but with palpable tension just a few feet away on both sides!
Guided, translated access to the arts, crafts, negotiations, hustle and bustle, colours, scents and sounds of the streets.
See a mix of Victorian Gothic architecture and modern contemporary Sikh heritage, with sprinkles of abandoned monuments from a bygone past, as we wander through the old city bazaars – narrow lanes packed with spice merchants, traditional ethnic stitched natural fabrics, handmade (if uncomfortable) pretty leather traditional slippers, woodworking artisans, trade and metallurgy craftsmen, and the loud daily hustle and bustle of the commercial heartbeat of Amritsar.
Forget your diet as we dine at cult-status, family-run spots that are decades old, for all meals. All-inclusive.
No skimping on calories or flavour, as we retrace legendary spots approved by the late Anthony Bourdain on his trip through Amritsar, including a spot with a proposed Geographical Indication (GI) Tag for the iconic butter-soaked tandoori Indian flatbread with seasoned chickpeas. All meals are spread across the city at only the old, legendary spots – think butter-marinated freshwater fried fish, pure indulgent ghee- and fresh-milk-based desserts, slow overnight-cooked daal (lentils), spinach and paneer seasoned the old-school way, the crispiest chapatis and naans, and so much more. From freshly baked buns with local cultured butter and a warm chai with slivered almonds, to freshly fried crispy fritters and tangy blends of mango and tamarind preserves – each shop has a story to tell.
All tours include a stay at a 200-year-old ancestral property that's safe, clean, and traditional, with a story on its walls. Included in the price.
Epitome of luxury with sustainable, earthy, holistic local Punjabi living, this is not just any other luxury resort – it's a work of art, preserving culture, stories, and a drastic peace from the rest of the city. All accommodations are subject to reasonable availability, with backups also being luxurious, alternative artistic properties right in the centre of the city.
Inside, guided access to the Partition Museum, featuring pre-partition Punjab's artefacts.
This modern museum captures the pain of the Partition with exhibits generously donated by families who crossed the border. You'd be surprised at the vast similarities between the two sides.
Insider-guided access to Jallianwala Bagh, a memorial site dedicated to the 1919 massacre of unarmed citizens by the British Raj.
This grotesque incident laid the foundational brick for a revolutionary call for total independence. Hear the story seldom told in Western historical records, while seeing actual bullet marks still preserved in the original walls, alongside photographs and other artefacts, as we discuss freedom, the right to protest, and colonisation.
