World Park Detail

Wonderful Natural Park

Kudremuh National Park, Karnataka (many times)

Mt Abu Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat (December 2003)

Nagarahole National Park, Karnataka (innumerable times)

Panna National Park, Madhya Pradesh (February 2012)

Pench National Park, Madhya Pradesh (January 2012)

Satpura National Park, Madhya Pradesh (January 2012)

Silent Valley National Park, Kerala (December (2004)

Italy

Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini, Umbria (June 2010)

Arches National Park, Utah (October 2013)

Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah (recent September 2012)

California Coastal National Monument, California (recent September 2012)

Canyonlands National Park, Utah (October 2013)

Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Utah (October 2013)

Capitol Reef National Park, Utah (October 2013)

Carrizo Plain National Monument, California (April 2009)

Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah

Crater Lake National Park, Oregon (recent September 2012)

Death Valley National Park, California (recent September 2012)

Denali National Park, Alaska (July 2010)
Devil's Postpile National Monument, California (recent September 2012)

Dinosaur National Monument, Utah

Everglades National Park, Florida (recent October 2012)

Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona (recent September 2012)

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah (October 2013)

Haleakala National Park, Hawaii (recent September 2012)

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii (recent September 2012)

Joshua Tree National Park, California (September 2012)

Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska (July 2010)

Kings Canyon National Park, California (recent September 2012)

Lassen Volcanic National Park, California (recent September 2012)

Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado (October 2013)

Montezuma's Castle National Monument, Arizona (November 2013)

Muir Woods National Monument, California (December 2008)

Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah (October 2013)

Oregon Caves National Monument, Oregon(August 2008)

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona

Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona (October 2013)

Pinnacles National Monument, California (March 2010)

Point Reyes National Seashore (Many times)

Rainbow Bridge National Monument, Utah (October 2013)

Redwood National Park, California (recent September 2012)

Sonoran Desert National Monument, Arizona (November 2013)

Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, Arizona (May 2008)

Sequoia National Park, California (recent September 2012)

Tuzigoot National Monument, Arizona (November 2013)

Wupatki Ruins National Monument, Arizona (May 2008)

White Sands National Monument, New Mexico (October 2013)

Yosemite National Park, California (recent September 2012)

Zion National Park, Utah(recent September 2012)

World Heritage Sites

World Heritage 
             Sites in India -  08826515199 

Agra Fort, Agra-Uttar Pradesh (October 2011)
Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh (January 2012)
Champaner-Pavagarh Archeological Park, Gujarat (January 2010)
Churches and Convents of Goa, Goa (January 2003)
Group of Monuments at Hampi, Karnataka (recent December 2011)
Group of Monuments at Pattadkal, Karnataka (September 2005)
Humayun's Tomb, Delhi (October 2011)
Khajuraho Group of Monuments, Madhya Pradesh (February 2012)
Mountain Railways of India, Darjeeling-West Bengal (November 2011)
Qutub Minar and its Monuments, Delhi (October 2011)
Red Fort Complex, Delhi (October 2011)
Taj Mahal, Agra-Uttar Pradesh (October 2011)
The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur-Rajasthan (September 2011)
Natural-Western Ghats (innumerable times)

Italy Cultural- Archaeological areas of Pompei and Heculaneum Torre Annunziata, Pompei (June 2010)

Assisi, Basilica of St San Francisco and other Franciscan Sites (June 2010)

Historic Center of Florence (June 2010)
Historic Center of Rome, the properties of the Holy See in that city enjoying Extraterritorial rights San Paolo Fuori le Mura (June 2010)
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (June 2010)
Heart of Neolithic Orkney (May 2008)
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (May 2008)
Cultural- Mesa Verde National Park,  Colorado (October 2013)
Natural- Everglades National Park, Florida (recent October 2012)
Tour Itinerary Arizona (recent October 2012)
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii (recent October 2012)
Redwood National and State Parks, California (September 2010)
Yosemite National Park, California (recent October 2012)

Tips for Traveling

       When Do You Need a Tour Guide?    

 Why Need A Guide  ..?

When you have very little time for Travel.

Do You Hire A Guide When You Travel….?

* When Revisiting a place.

If you are visiting a location you have visited countless times before -- like your in-laws' home town or the same city you have been visiting since you were a kid -- hire a guide who can give you an offbeat look at a familiar place.Even if you've visited New York, San Francisco or Paris countless times, a talented guide with a heap of local knowledge will have something to offer.

* When visiting Dangerous locations.

If your destination has a reputation for dangerous or unpredictable street life –

A trip I took to Tangier comes to mind --hiring a good tour guide can not only save you time, but also keep you safe and out of tight spots.

* When visiting extremely popular locations.

A good tour guide will always know the best hours to visit attractions, when prices are best, which places you can skip, how to avoid rush hour, what is closed or under construction, and any number of tricks and tactics, that will help you get the most out of travel to a heavily visited location. You can also inquire if the guide has special access or rates. A good guide might bring you to the Grand Canyon early in the morning before the crowds arrive, or arrange for a private, after-hours tour of the Vatican.

*When you don't want to drive.

There are any number of reasons not to want to drive while traveling -- you don't want to spend your vacation getting lost, you can't read the road signs, you're not confident driving on the opposite side of the road, your spouse is a terrible copilot and you just want to have fun instead of arguing -- hiring a tour guide to do the driving for you can save you a lot of headaches and unwanted distractions.

*On hikes or A Nature trip.

On a boat trip in Costa Rica a few years ago, we took the launch into the jungle, where a guide who knew our captain was waiting for us. This guide could find quarter-inch-long camouflaged frogs in such abundance that it felt like a Disney World ride with planted robotic animals. To the uninformed eye, the forest around you can seem like a pleasant bunch of trees, but an experienced nature guide can point you to the teeny little poison dart frog on a branch, identify that raucous bird cry overhead or even keep you out of the way of poisonous animals and plants.

     Why You Still Need a Travel Agent

#  For Long Stays.

When you are staying for more than a few days in the same location -- let's say you have a two-week vacation rental in London -- consider hiring a tour guide for the first couple of days to help you get your bearings early in your trip ... or perhaps merely to get all the touristy stuff out of the way. Alternately, you can hire a guide late in your stay when you have exhausted most of the obvious attractions and want to seek out a deeper, more informed or more intimate knowledge of a place.

# When visiting historic destinations.

In places that are exceptionally rich in historical or cultural significance, an educated tour guide can offer a depth of experience and knowledge to which no guidebook, audio guide or plaque-reading will come even close. A good guide can explain the stories behind the complex carvings on an Indian temple, or veer away from the canned history of Thomas Jefferson to describe what life at Monticello was really like.

#  An adventure trip.

tour guide tourist travel traveler horses asiaSafaris, mountain climbing, scuba diving, deep-sea fishing, white-water rafting ... unless you are an absolute expert at your chosen adventure, hiring a guide may be a matter of life and death. White-water rafting down the Colorado or piloting a fishing boat back to port in a storm are not like hiring a rowboat in Central Park, and no one should treat it as such. Even if you are an old hand at the particular skill in question, it's still a good idea to hire a guide who knows the local area and can help you navigate an unfamiliar place.

#  When language barriers are likely to be severe.

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When visiting a place where you do not speak the language and the locals are extremely unlikely to speak yours -- for most of our readers, that will mean places where exposure to the English language is minimal -- a local tour guide who does speak your language can be invaluable in countless ways. When choosing a guide, try to chat with the guide on the phone to determine how strong his or her command of your language really is.

#  To hand off the logistics of travel.

The hassles of obtaining tickets, making reservations, checking operating hours, figuring out options when you have problems -- all of this is easy stuff to a good tour guide. If you are on vacation and don't want to have these mundane tasks on your plate while traveling, a tour guide may be a good option.