Are Your Really Ready for The Maharaja Express Journey?

Maharajas Express
Jul 27, 2017 · 3 min read

With a capacity to accommodate around 88 passengers, the Maharaja Express comprises of 23 coaches offering the most luxurious travel experiences in India. It is indeed a lifetime memorable journey for anyone who travels for the first time in it.

Once you are through with The Maharaja Express booking, you are already prepared for a 7 nights 8 days journey to the most incredible destinations of India and that too in the most lavish way. However, since it is quite a long journey on rail tracks, it is highly important to know certain things shared by the travellers. These are significant factors which will make your journey smooth and at the same time you will know what to expect in the entire voyage.

It’s a Long Walk

The Maharaja Express is 1km long train and you will walk a lot to explore every bit and corner of the exciting elements in the train. On-boarding and Off-boarding is required every now and then, so if you are on one side of the train and you need to reach the your room, you would have to walk through the entire train.

Not only train, but visit to forts and heritage monuments need a lot of walking too. So, make sure you bring along comfortable footwear to cross unstable paths too.

Group Voyage

The journey is a luxury one by every means except for the fact that you would be travelling with a group and therefore have to adhere to the itinerary. Unless you have paid for a private guide or have made Maharaja Express booking in a suite that offers a driver, you will be a part of a group for 7 days.

Don’t worry, the group onboard is respectful and interesting, so you are surely going to have interesting interaction all through.

Optional Excursions

Although the itinerary is quite extensive, there some places that are optional for passengers. You can ask your guides for the exclusions but interesting destinations and activities that might be of your interest. They will connect you with the operators tied up with them and you add them in your tour. You will have to pay extra ofcourse for these destinations.

For the Love of India

While travelling and looking outside the window of the luxury train is certainly going to be a mesmerising experience but you would have to see the other side of the country too. You will come across platforms with vendors and crowds boarding other trains. But this is what you have decided to have a look at, NO? The travellers from all over the globe travel on this train for the real culture and shade of Indian lifestyle. Be it chaiwalas, pakoras, puri bhaaji or other Indian street food, you will see it all on your way.

Carry Light Luggage

Now, this is the most important one. It is not that you will not get enough space to keep your luggage onboard or a hanging hooks to place your clothes, but the compartments are no too large. So, bring luggage that you need only. They also have a laundry so that you can travel light.

The above factors are sure to help you even if you are travelling on Palace on Wheels or any other luxury train to experience India in a unique way.

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