How To Create Original Experiential Travel Content

1. The Problem – Plain Vanilla Sightseeing is so Boring!

Historical travel was never out of fashion and is more in demand than ever. After all there is only one Tajmahal, and in this way historically immersive luxury travel is no different today than getting your hands on a 1934 Maybach. Like most cities in the world, Indian cities are waiting to be discovered! Not in the usual touristy way, but in its hidden sights and smells. In its forgotten corners and treasures. In the endearing charm of its stories, which an experiential traveller would appreciate and enjoy! In this article we learn How To Create Original Experiential Travel Content to create customer delight and incremental revenues for your hotels and resorts.

India being an ancient country has many large cities, which are culturally so rich that it’s hard to know where to go, what to see & do, and how. And being driven in a car to do conventional sight-seeing is so boring! The ‘Travel Differently’ by Ecomantra series was created to solve this problem and make it easy to experience the best that these grand cities has to offer, tailor-made on the fly to suit the personal preferences of the luxury traveller.

2. The Solution – Interactive Workshops, Electric Heritage City Tours, Overland Day Trips & Outdoor Adventures to Create Original Experiential Travel Content

As the cofounders of Travel Differently, which is the first, and the one & only Electric Heritage Tour company operating across India, we are delighted to share with you that after serving over 2,00,000 Experiential Eco Travellers and 250 corporate in the last 20 years, we now offer ultra premium electric heritage tours, city rides & day trips on Segways, electric bicycles and scooters in Jaipur.  To see videos of these tours and rides, visit Youtube.com/user/rvgoel.

3. The Experiential Workshops & Tours Audience – Luxury Experiential Eco Travellers

Since these electric heritage tours, day trips & rides, and outdoor adventures require original content delivered by expert guides, and where the tariff are at top end of the market. Consequently, these are loved by the HNI & UHNW Experiential Eco Travellers who love to go beyond the ordinary and take the road less travelled to enrich themselves with interactive workshops about the art and culture of the destination followed by exploring these legendary cities & towns in a brand-new way on electric Segways, scooters, bicycles, cars & boats!

4. Experiential Workshops & Tours are Available in All Great Cities of the World 

The well-travelled Experiential Eco Travellers greatly enjoy the thrill of choosing the road less travelled, and our latest venture ‘Travel Differently’ are your perfect partner-in-tour! Here’s a wonderful opportunity for discerning travellers to explore sites unseen in the legendary landscapes in & around the famous cities and tourism towns in a memorable way. Now, it’s your resort city’s turn.

5. Experiential Eco Tours Development Guides Create Original Experiential Travel Content

We have compiled and designed these informative and pragmatic ‘Experiential eco tour Development Guides’ that shares in detail on how to understand, design & deliver and market your experiential eco tours to your guests. It not only includes interactive workshops that you can deliver within the premises of your hotel / resort; but orients you on heritage tours, night rides and overland safari day trips that you can organise in the city around your hotel.

B. How To Empower Your Guests To Make A DIY Bespoke Tour Or Day Trip In 5 Steps

1. Enriching Interactive Workshops Within the Resort Create Original Experiential Travel Content

You can create or collaborate with experiential outfits in the destination to deliver enriching interactive workshops on the art and handicraft, food & beverages, ecology, wellness and culture of the destinations depending upon seasons within the premises of your hotel or resort. We at Ecomantra have created and delivered over 250 different interactive workshops to over 2,00,000 travellers and which has been very well received and ends up making our experiences forever memorable.

2. Many Modes of Exploring a Destination

We offer you as many as 9 modes of tours that you can choose from. Beside walking these includes self driven ones like Bicycles, Segways and Scooters, and pilot driven ones including Cars, Sailing Boats & Trains.

3. What can you Do Where

Whether you are a beach bum or a mountain man, or love cities or hate them, or want to get far from the madding crowds into the forests or country, we have just the landscape that you love with the right things to See & Do

4. Different Ways to See a City

We offer different ways to explore the same city based on time you have. Choose a 1 Hr ‘Night’ Ride or add 1Hr stop to know & turn it into a ‘Heritage’ Tour. Add 1 hr stop to eat & 1hr stop to shop to turn it into a ‘Combo’ tour.

5. Different Ways to See a State

We offer different ways to explore the same state based on time you have. Choose a 10 to 14 Hr ‘Day Trip’ or turn it into a ‘overnight ‘Weekender by adding a special place to stay, meals, transfers & activities – multi modes – four 2-w & four 4-w modes

2. Many Modes of Exploring a Destination Create Original Experiential Travel Content

A. Heritage Tours & Rides that your guests can do on 2-wheels self drives

1. Tours on Electric Pedal Scooters

We explore the city on electric pedal scooters. These are license free pedal push electric scooters that cover as much ground as a Segway can i.e. 4 to 15 Km per day

2. Tours on Electric Bicycles 

We explore the city on pedal powered urban, dirt or mountain bicycles. We cover larger grounds than on foot, typically between 10 to 30 Km per day3. Tours on Scooters

3 Tours on Scooters 

We explore the city on electric powered scooters. We cover larger grounds than on foot and cycles, typically between 30 to 50 Km per day

4. Tours on Segways

We explore the city on electric powered Segways. We cover much larger grounds than on foot and ride between 7 to 15 Km per tour but in a more relaxed mode vs walks or bicycles.

Why Are Electric Kick Scooters So Popular for Heritage City Tours and Rides in a City?

1. Tours & Rides

• Heritage Tours: 1.5hrs & 2.5hrs Dawn Tour
• Night Ride: 1.5hrs & 2.5hrs Night Rides
• Combo Tours: 5hrs Heritage, Food & Shopping

2. Reach Hidden Nooks & Corners – On a Electric Pedal Scooter Tours, you can enter small lanes and climb a few stairs to reach hidden places that you cannot reach with any wheeled mode of transfers.

3. Stop & Stare Wherever You Want – On a Electric Pedal Scooter Tours, you can stop and stare wherever you want, whenever you want without worrying about finding a safe parking spot, or alighting as required from car or coaches thus saving lot of time, which is better utilised to cover more places or explore a place more deeply.

4. See More, Feel more – On a Electric Pedal Scooter Tours, you are at street level and can see and hear more than on other modes of tours, and even make conversation with people on the streets. Ofcourse you cannot cover as much wider area as on Segways or Scooters but you can cover much more deeply than these modes of tour.

5. Great for Health – On a Electric Pedal Scooter Tours, you push back up to 8km per tour & this is great for your health.

6. Perfect for 12 to 60 years of age – Electric Pedal Scooter Tours are perfect for the very young to old.

Why Are Electric Bicycle So Popular for Heritage City Tours and Rides in a City?

1. Tours & Rides

• Heritage Tours: 1.5hrs & 2.5hrs Dawn Tour
• Night Ride: 1.5hrs & 2.5hrs Night Rides
• Combo Tours: 5hrs Heritage, Food & Shopping

2. Drive Longer, See More – On Electric Bicycles you can cover upto 15 Km in a heritage tour to 100 Km in a Day Trip per day, which is much faster than on foot without getting tired & thus you able to explore more places per destination in the same tour.

3. Explore Sitting Down – In a Electric Bicycles tour, you are very comfortably seated unlike Segway where you cannot sit and have to stand and explore. Thus you can cover longer distances, much faster than on foot or Segways and yet with the visibility and manoeuvrability of a bicycle.

4. We Ride at Safe Speed – While the Electric Bicycles can touch a speed of 40 kmh, our tours are speed locked at 20 km/hr for the safety of the riders on the roads of Indian Cities.

5. Great for Health – On a Electric Bicycle Tours, you pedal upto 20 km per tour & this is great for your health.

6. Perfect for 15 to 65 years of age – Electric Bicycles are perfect for the young, old and physically challenged people for you can use the electric pedelec assist to climb slopes or when you are tired on electric power i.e. without pedalling, thus requiring no effort and no standing up. Being highly flexible i.e. either pedal or use electric power and since it is easily controlled with just a break and an accelerator, Electric Bicycles are great fun to drive.

Why Are Segways So Popular for Heritage City Tours and Rides in a City?

1. Tours & Rides

• Heritage Tours: 1.5hrs & 2.5hrs Dawn Tour
• Night Ride: 1.5hrs & 2.5hrs Night Rides
• Combo Tours: 5hrs Heritage, Food & Shopping

2. Joy Rides: 5 to 15 mins learn & fun Rides

3. See Better, See More – On Segways you are a foot taller instead of being shorter, as in a car or bike and thus you able to really see everything around you

4. Stop Anywhere without dis-mounting – Being more manoeuvrable than a bicycle, it allows you to stop as often as you like, without getting down the Segway. You can stop or move wherever you like while continuing to stand on it, unlike any other vehicle like scooters, bikes or cars that needs to be stopped, parked and dismounted while on tour.

5. Perfect for 15 to 75 years of age – Segways are perfect for the very young, old and physically challenged people for it involves no pedalling.

6. Good Fun & Extremely Addictive – because Segway has no control systems at all and is easily controlled by simply leaning forward or backwards, the transporter intuitively becomes a part of you and hence it is extremely good fun.

7. We Ride at Safe Speed – While the Segways can touch a speed of 25 kmh, our tours are speed locked at 10km/hr for the safety of the riders on the roads of Mumbai.

Why Are Scooters So Popular for Heritage City Tours and Rides in a City?

1. Tours & Rides

• Heritage Tours: 2.5hrs Dawn Tour
• Day Trips: 2.5hrs to 5hrs Day Trips & Journeys

2. Drive Longer, See More – On Scooters you can cover upto 100 Km per day, and much faster than a segway or a bicycle without getting tired and thus you able to explore more places per destination in the same tour.

3. Explore Sitting Down – In a scooter / cycle tour, you are very comfortably seated unlike Segway where you cannot sit and have to stand and explore, or in a bicycle where you have to sit on narrow uncomfortable seats. Thus you can cover longer distances, faster than a bicycle or car and yet with the visibility and manoeuvrability of a bicycle.

4. Perfect for 18 to 75 years of age – Scooters are perfect for the young, old and physically challenged people for it involves no pedalling, no effort and no standing up.

5. Good Fun & Addictive – because gearless Scooters or EV Bicycles has minimum control and is easily controlled with just a break and an accelerator, the scooters are great fun to drive.

6. We Ride at Safe Speed – While the Scooters can touch a speed of 120 kmh, our tours are speed locked at 40 km/hr for the safety of the riders on the roads of Mumbai.

Day Trips Around the City in 4-wheels self drives

5. Tours by EV Car Or 6. Safari in a 4 X 4 Jeep

We explore in & around the city in chauffeur driven cars or a 4 X 4 Jeep. We cover larger grounds than on segway and ride between 125 to 300 Km per tour per day

7. Tours By Campervans

We explore the state in Campervans. We ride & have the option to sleep in either in the Campervans itself or at a safe campsites. We stop & eat where we want to. We ride 80 to 150 Km per tour per day

8. Tours By Motorhomes

We explore the state in Motorhomes, also known as RV in the US. We ride & sleep in the Motorhomes at safe campsites, and stop & eat where we want to. Typically we ride 125 to 250 Km per tour per day

9. Tours in Narrow Boat / Yacht

The best way to fully experience the world is by travelling through it. We explore in & around the city on the Arabian Sea in sail boats and ride between 10 to 40 nautical miles per day

Why Are Cars So Popular for Electric Heritage Tours and City Rides?

1. Heritage Tours & Day Trips

• Heritage Tours: 2.5hrs Dawn Tour
• Day Trips: 2.5hrs to 5hrs Day Trips & Journeys

2. Travel with Family – An EV Car can comfortably sit upto 3 Adults or 2 Adults and 2 Kids, excluding the driver cum guide. For the same price as one individual on Segway, the whole family can go on a tour together.

3. Small and Silent  – Cars are surprisingly silent and small yet spacious, hence your family can hear more and park the car in tight spots.

4. Perfect for 15 to 75 years of age – Cars are perfect for the very young, old and physically challenged people for it involves no standing or pedaling.

5. 100% Eco friendly – because Cars runs on electricity, it has no fuel emissions and hence you can travel feeling assured that you are not contributing to the environmental pollution on the city.

6. We Ride at Safe Speed – While the Cars can touch a speed of 100 kmh, our tours guides drive these cars at speed locked at 40 km/hr for the safety of the riders on the roads of Mumbai. Outside City limits we ride at a maximum speed of only 50 km.

Why Are Campervans So Popular?

1. Day Trips, Journeys & Expeditions

• Day Trips: 5hrs to 12hrs Day Trips
• Journeys & Expeditions: 2 to 10 Days

2. Travel with Family – An Campervans can comfortably sit from 2 to 5 Adults or 2 Adults and 2 Kids depending upon the type of Campervans selected.

3. Go where only Campervans can – Campervans enables you to get real close to nature and go where only a Campervans can. Stop where you want to, cook a meal in the forest, take a shower in the waterfall, enjoy a dip in the stream – feel the freedom .

4. 100% Comfortable & Perfect for 15 to 75 years – Campervans are perfect for the very young, old and physically challenged people for it has everything in it to make them comfortable. Campervans has a comfortable double bed, camp stove, mini fridge and tents to ensure that you sleep comfortably in the night when you park these Campervans in the campsite at night.

5. We Ride at Safe Speed – While the Campervans can touch a speed of 180 kmh, you will drive these cars at speed locked at 80 km/hr following the lead Campervans with guides that lead the way.

C. Scheduled Departures Vs. Private Tours?

1. Day Trips, Journeys & Expeditions

• Day Trips: 12hrs Full Day Trips
• Journeys & Expeditions: 2 to 10 Days

2. Value for Money – Scheduled departures by their very nature are tremendous value for money versus private day trips for the cost is split between 40 or more travellers.

3. Make New Friends – On Scheduled departures, you can not only invite your friends and family to join you but more importantly meet similar like minded people like you who love to travel and explore and make friends for life .

4. See More, Feel more – On a Day trip, our preferred mode to explore is Walking, where you are at street level and can see and hear more than on other modes of tours, and even make conversation with people on the day trip. Ofcourse you cannot cover much wider area as on car or scooters but you can cover much more deeply than these modes of tour.

5. Perfect for Solo travellers between 18 to 60yrs of age – Scheduled departures are perfect for the young to old.

6. Day Trip – A fully assisted 12 hour overland glamping day trip in a coach is a mere U$ 150 all inclusive per guest.

Why Go On Private Overland Day Trips & Safaris?

1. Day Trips, Journeys & Expeditions

• Day Trips: 12hrs Full Day Trips
• Journeys & Expeditions: 2 to 10 Days

2. Travel with Family in Complete Privacy – A 4X4 Jeep can comfortably sit upto 3 Adults OR 2 Adults & 2 Kids, excluding driver cum guide.

3. Your Date, Your Time – Travel when you can and to celebrate your special days in special ways with your loved ones. You can pace the day trip to suit your convenience which you cannot do in a scheduled departures.

4. Agile and All Terrain  – 4X4 Jeeps are extremely agile and go anywhere you like – climb mountains, and drive on dirt tracks. Hence your family can see more and do more.

5. Perfect for 15 to 75 years of age – 4X4 Jeeps are perfect for the young or old people for you travel in the comfort of your 4X4 Jeeps.

6. We Ride at Safe Speed – While the 4X4 Jeeps can touch a speed of 150 kmh, our tours guides drive these Jeeps at a maximum speed of only 80 km.

7. Day Trip – A fully assisted 12 hour day trip in a private chauffeur driven Jeep led by a private guide, butler and escort with a private tent is a mere U$ 750 all inclusive for 4 travellers.

3. What can you Do Where to Create Original Experiential Travel Content?

Legendary Landscapes of the Region

High hills is where you visit cool places high up in the hills where you go on long rambling walks, do mountaineering or aero adventures. After all what’s a better way to get close to nature than carry all your daily needs on your back including your food, gear and your shelter on your back and just stop & stay where you like.

Forest is where you walk down your own path, in the company of nature to discover the joy of being close to the wilderness in deep dark woods of iconic national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. Whether in the Wildlife Sanctuaries or a National Parks, or on a hill or farm, by the river or on a beach, you could discover so much.

In Cities we focus on Culture, Art & Crafts, and its museums and monuments. Discover ancient heritage structures, be it temples or buildings, caves or ruins in ‘Travel Differently’s Electric Heritage Tours’. Choose from pedal and electric bicycles, electric segways & electric cars, scooters or boats to explore the cool cities.

Bays & Beaches focuses on Aqua adventures, which as the name itself indicates are those amazing adventures that requires the traveller to row, paddle, swim, raft & sail the deep blue waters on the waterfront places where you go swimming or boating in the bays and backwaters in our sailing boats.

A. One Fine Day in the City

1) Heritage Walk

For those who love to discover the charms of a city on foot this is the deepest way to explore the city and typically involves 3 to 6 Km of walking over 2 hrs.

2) Electric Trips – Heritage & Adventure Tours on Bicycles, Scooters & Motor bikes

For those who love cycling, the trail can be chosen with trees, rivers, villages and more for you to discover. With great enthusiasm we learn how to bicycle in our childhood. Now’s the time to take that bike again and ride it on tree-lined roads or a rustic trail that challenges your skills.

3) Electric Trips – Heritage & Adventure Tours on Segways & Pedal Scooters

Segways are eco friendly, self balancing, electric powered scooters, which are extremely fun way to tirelessly explore new areas for sightseeing by covering more grounds than you can in a heritage walk or a bicycling tour! It is an eco friendly, fast and fun way and perfect for the very young, very old and physically challenged people for it involves no pedalling. On the segways & pedal scooters you are also a foot taller than you’ve ever been instead of ending up being shorter, as you are in a car or bike and thus you able to really see everything around you. These segways & pedal scooters are more manoeuvrable than a bicycle or a scooter, allowing you to stop and stop as often as you like, and most importantly without dismounting.

4) Electric Trips – Heritage Tours in Cars, Jeeps & Campervans

For those who love to to discover the charms of the city with family in tow, a tour or day trip can now be chosen in in a easy to drive & relatively quieter electric car, jeep or a campervan.

5) Metro Muse 

The local museum is often a cultural and historical home of the region you are visiting. Don’t miss them for increasing your awareness of the place you are touring. Travel back in time on the path of freedom fighters and warring tribes, mythology, saints & musicians, and reality on our historic trails activity. Discover the stories behind the events, and interesting anecdotes from our local guides as you turn back the pages of time.

Keep your sense of wonder intact, as these trails help you unearth life in the ancient times. You can explore the city on foot or ride a segway, bicycle or scooter. Maybe you wish to be driven in cars, coaches, boats or trains. Whatever your preferred mode of tour, we have got it covered for you.

B. One Fine Day on the Waterfront

1) White Water Rafting

Discovering a terrain from the comforts of your raft is an incredible way of enjoying the landscape. It gives you a different perspective and you will be bowled over by the oodles and oodles of charm in the river cruise journeys. Experience first hand the beauty & thrill of a river through the challenging adventure of whitewater rafting on different grades of white water.

2) Gone Fishing

We practice what’s called as Catch and Release OR Game fishing where you catch a Mahseer or a bass using all your skills, take a picture to boast to your friends and than gently release the fish back in the stream.

3) Snorkeling & Diving

It doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to swim. With our Discover Scuba Diving Program, you will be amazed by the surreal, dreamy & mysterious underwater world of the oceans with its bright corals and fishes, creatures that are shimmering with colours so wonderful that they will take your breathe away. Don your wet suits or mask your snorkel and go exploring up to 50 feet under the sea.

4) Sailing 

Sailing is the art of controlling a sailing vessel by changing the rigging, rudder and dagger to force the wind on the sails. It’s a great way to traverse the great blue ocean and requires mastery over the art of sailing.

5) Paddling on the Waterfront

Rowing – Take your boat and learn to row it silently on a lake or river, watch birds and other aquatic life as you cruise the boat and make it the highlight of your trip.

Kayaking brings you the quiet joy of learning a sport quickly which you can enjoy with your partner across the gentle flow of a river or lake. Once you master the kayak, you can enjoy Kayak trails discovering birds

Paddling a canoe makes you feel top of the world. Playing canoe polo with a team of colleagues and friends is even more fun. This water sport is ideally suited for beginners on a tandem kayak (2 seater) with training from an expert.

C. One Fine Day in the Forest

1) Elephant Safari 

Go where only elephants can – deep inside the jungle and Watch in silence the variety of birds and hear the sweet sound of birdcalls that bring joy to the heart. To really reach and enjoy the raw, rugged landscape of the jungle; and that too from the safety of your throne with a vantage view requires you to mount the King of the Jungle – Elephant, who travel exceedingly quick for its size, keeps you away from the creepy crawly of the forest floor and very rarely do the big cats have the guts to challenge its might. Elephant back riding takes you into the heart of the forests to discover the depth of the terrain, wildlife and also brings you closer to the animal. Be fore warned though that adventurous as it maybe, its tough on your bottom, requires physical fitness & deep pockets.

2) Gardens, Plantations & Vineyard

Visiting a garden, plantation and vineyard is great fun and it can be done in a variety of ways. While in India, the famed Mughal garden in Kashmir and Agra are justifiably famous, the later botanical gardens planted by the British and Indians are large, expansive and a destination in itself. Tea Gardens and Coffee estates transports you to back to the past where you stay in Heritage Bungalows and go on a tour of the plantations to learn how your favourite cuppa of morning tea or coffee is sent from the gardens to your cup. Appreciate your cup of tea, by taking a trail down the tea gardens with an expert. Spice Plantations with heady fragrance of the fresh spices, vanilla and other herbs and quite a few of these serve farm fresh traditional meal that you can enjoy in the garden itself.

3) Jungle Safari 

Watch out for wild animals sitting on a machan in a forest, by a waterhole or a camouflaged outpost. Feel the thrill as you see animals and birds in the wild with a naturalist as your guide.

4) Go Birding

Be it a river or forest, birding brings you closer to nature. Watch in silence the variety of birds and hear the sweet sound of birdcalls that bring joy to the heart. On a K2, a two seater you join an expert birder who will show you and make you listen to interesting water birds.

D. One Fine Day in the Hills

1) Go Camping 

The first step in mountaineering is to set up the base camp i.e. your shelter and this can either be a simple tarp, a basic tent or an elaborate luxury tent. People can camp by simply tying a mosquito proof hammock between two trees, take shelter in a cave, tie a tarp in the open if its not raining or snowing or more often than not, a simple dome tent serves the purpose of providing shelter from weather and creepy crawlies.

Roasting fresh catch on the camp cookout, being close to nature while hiking, bathing under the waterfalls deep inside the woods and sitting around the fire on the bank of a river hearing the sounds of a forest are just a few of the reasons why people enjoy camping.

Nothing lifts the spirits and warm the cockles of one’s heart like sitting around a bonfire. All our eco camps offers an intimate alfresco fireside gatherings of friends and family, where they sing traditional camping songs.

1) Go Glamping

Being roasted in the sun and close to creepy crawlies, skipping showers, going to the bathroom in the woods, and sleeping on the cold, hard and most likely wet ground while being bitten silly by mosquitos are reasons why many don’t enjoy camping. With glamping, those who yearn to escape the city and become one with nature can do so, just in a more glamorous and comfortable way than typical camping.

Glamping not only offers a variety of luxury campsites around the world but we also create a glamping tented camp just for you and your friends, family or team mates at the location of your choice. Our glamping sites features covered 3 course dining using fine cutlery, luxe tents with proper beds & solar lights, composting toilets & showers etc. Glamping with us lets travellers select location and interest areas etc. to find a glamping site fit for a king. And if it isn’t there, we will make it for you, wherever, whenever.

2) Hikes & Walks

The next step in mountaineering is to climb them. Pack your haversack lightly and tread off to new lands to discover hidden trails, mountain views, amazing landscapes and friendly villagers. An escort guide is always provided for your hiking activity.

Here we use a combination of hiking and when you come to a vertical cliff, you use rock climbing or bouldering. Often you use jumaar or a metal ladder to climb short but vertical cliff.

Whether your goal is a fort, or a forest, a waterfall, or simply an amazing view from the top, trekking will make you experience nature first hand, as you heed the mountain’s call. Observing nature around you, listening and absorbing every sound and sight on your walk, without a single word, is an incredible experience by itself.

3) Skiing

Coming down a snow covered slope on your alpine skis while wearing ski suit and your ski goggle is one of the most popular adventure in the world, so much so that it is an holiday category in itself. In India, come Feb, and Gulmarg in Kashmir and Auli in Garhwal is where you will see skiing action.

Often during mountaineering, you have to cross deep valleys, gorges and a raging river, and you cross over using a mix of burma bridge, valley crossing and river crossing.

E. One Fine Day on the Resort’s Aerial Adventure Park

1) Rock Climbing & Bouldering

Some rocks invite you to climb them. Use a harness and safety rope, to climb up. Physical fitness and agility will come handy here. While Bouldering is a style of rock climbing undertaken without a rope and normally limited to very short climbs so that a fall will not result in serious injury.

2) Rappelling

While on trek during descent, we often come across rock faces, which need to tackled by rope & Rappelling enables you to climb down a cliff quickly

3) Coconut Tree Climbing

A coconut tree, or a jackfruit tree, a wild peepul or the ghost tree, tree climbing is fun for all age groups. Re-discover the child in you while climbing up trees.

4) Burma Bridge & Tape Walking

Become a commando and a trapeze artist combined into one. Walk over the rope or tape to the other side on the Burma Bridge.

5) Flying Foxes (Zip Line)

Zip Line is a rope based activity where you slide down from a height to the base sitting on a harness. If successful, you are declared a Flying fox.

6) Jumaaring & Ladder Climbing

When you climb up a tree or hill side using a rope, it’s jumaaring and when you use a metal ladder, its called ladder climbing. It looks easy but isn’t and a good level of fitness will definitely make it easier.

7) Valley Crossing

While crossing a valley, you tie a strong rope at both the ends, and then crawl upside down a rope, to get to your goal on other side of deep valley.

8) River Crossing 

Try walking across a river in full spate or on rapids, together with your team-mates. It’s fun and a good dose of adventure but not without your safety life jackets, for both swimmers and non-swimmers!

9) Star Gazing

Take a huge star gazing binocular to a beautiful starlit places without light pollution that are away from the cities and town, and gaze at the past and be awed by the milky way like the way our forefathers did.

10) Zorbing

Take a 3-meter high huge ball with another ball inside, and you go inside it and tie your self to a harness and than let the ball roll downhill – Its cartwheeling, rolling stone, adventure all rolled into one

11) Archery

Tap you inbuilt hunting instinct. Pull the string like your ancient forefathers of the yore did in their time, aim and let it all go. Archery is perhaps one of the oldest sport – Warriors and Kings were extremely good at it and when you hit the mark, you will feel the same thrill they did and feel proud

12) Rifle Shooting

If however, instead of bow and arrow, you pick up the modern replacement of a gun and bullets, its called rifle shooting.

F. One Fine Day Soaring High in the Sky

Aero adventures are those amazing adventures that requires the traveller to fly, soar, glide or jump in the deep blue skies

1) Paragliding & Hang gliding

Paragliding is a free-flying, foot-launched aircraft. The pilot sits in a harness suspended below a fabric wing, wears a harness, jumps from a cliff and control the aircraft by shifting body weight and thermals to fly cross-country for hundreds of miles. Hang gliding is an air sport in which a pilot flies a light and unmotorized foot launchable aircraft

2) Hot Air Ballooning

A hot air balloon can be your first experience in the air, where you float gently like a cloud and watch the birds fly all around you while the pilot gently manoeuvres the huge balloon soaring over the landscape below. You can see for miles, perhaps the whole city city and beyond at a glance.

3) Helicopter Rides & Micro Lite Flying

Hire a helicopter for that stupendous aerial view of legendary landscape below. And ofcourse you can always use it for reaching your iconic destination in great style & in great time

4) Bungee Jumping

Tie a cord around your feet high up on the cliff or bridge and take a jump! Feels the wind on your face and you don’t have to know when to pull the cord or if your parachute will open, when the slack runs out you will be suspended high up in the air and you will be pulled back once again to safety.

5) Base Jumping

Climb to the top of a cliff and take a jump! Ofcourse you are wearing a safety harness. For a few moments you defy gravity and hurtle towards the ground at 9.8 meters per second before you are held in place just a few meters above the ground. It’s thrilling to say the least!

4. DIFFERENT WAYS TO SEE A DESTINATION – HERITAGE TOURS & NIGHT RIDES

Historical travel was never out of fashion and is more in demand than ever. After all there is only one Tajmahal or Ajanta & Ellora, and in this way historically immersive luxury travel is no different today than getting your hands on a 1934 Maybach.

Like most cities in the world, Indian cities are waiting to be discovered!

Not in the usual touristy way, but in its hidden sights and smells. In its forgotten corners and treasures. In the endearing charm of its stories, only an adventurous traveller would appreciate and enjoy!

Ecomantra Group’s Travel Differently series has been created for people like you who wish to take the road less travelled and explore these legendary cities in a brand new way on electric Segways, scooters, bicycles, cars and boats!

DAY TRIPS & OUTDOOR ADVENTURES TO CREATE ORIGINAL EXPERIENTIAL TRAVEL CONTENT

DAY TRIPS & OUTDOOR ADVENTURES

These have a primary focus on family adventures and activities that involve being in the outdoors.

These are region based sports based on human power and endurance and usually include treks, hikes, mountaineering, skiing, paddling, diving, rafting, overland safari or even aero sports

This trip style is ideal for those looking at trying new eco adventures to make their holiday thrilling and exciting.

On Travel Differently’s guided day trips, you will be amazed by the natural or man made heritage of the destination, whether it’s the city, waterfront, hills, forest or the skies.

You Have 1, 3 or 5 hrs in the city

YOU HAVE 1.0 TO 1.5 Hours

City Night Rides are Point & Show tours where the escort quickly shows you the key sights and are without shopping or food breaks

At 40$ for a 1 hr tour, its the most affordable and tremendous value for money electric segway rides in a city. These familiarise you with the city so that you can explore what you like on your own.

• ‘Night’ Point & Show City Rides are led by Escort, who will show you the sights but without orientation.
• No shopping or food breaks ensures that we cover the destinations in the quickest possible time.
• The escort will show you the points, stores and café of importance and share a google map with you for you to visit some of these places, at leisure.

YOU HAVE 2.5 TO 3 HOURS

‘Heritage’ Tours are Point & Tell city tours with frequent Stop-to-Explore for deeper exploration, but are without shopping or food breaks.

At 80$ for a 2.5 hr tour, its 150% more than the time & price of the ‘Night City Ride’. These familiarise you with the city so that you can explore what you like on your own.

• Stop-to-Explore in Iconic Places. Entry tickets are covered in tour prices.
• ‘Heritage’ Point & Tell Heritage Tours are led by Guide, who will show you the sights with orientation.
• No shopping or food breaks ensures that you cover the destinations in the quickest possible time.
• The escort will show you the points, stores and café of importance and share a google map with you for you to visit some of these places, at leisure.

YOU HAVE 5 TO 6 HOURS

‘Heritage + Food’ Combo Tours are classic tours with breaks in iconic stores & cafés for some quick shopping and refreshments so that you don’t have to revisit these stops.

These are 5 to 6 Hour tours that stimulates all your seven senses and at 200$ are 150% more than the duration & price of ‘Heritage’ Point & Tell Tours.  

• Stop-to-Explore in Iconic Places. Entry tickets are covered in tour prices.
• Stop-to-Shop in select stores of your choice for some quick shopping.
• Stop-to-Eat in select cafés, bakeries, restaurants or eateries of your choice and try some of its famous food. Food & Brew prices with a fixed menu are covered in the tour price.
• ‘Heritage + Food’ Combo Tours are accompanied by expert Trip leaders.

You Have 5 or 10 hrs in the city

Some people want to familiarise themselves with the city of Mumbai so that they can visit what they liked at leisure and for these explorers we have created the ‘Heritage + Food’ Combo Tours.

And there are some who have less time on hand and wants a City Night Rides of the city, and for them we have created the ‘Heritage’ and City Night Rides.

1. City Night Rides are Point to Show Tours that quickly familiarises you with the best places to see, eat and shop without stopping to know, eat or shop. These are led by escorts (and not guides) who will quickly familiarise you with the sights and hand over a trip sheet to you, on which you mark places that are of deeper interest to you. You can later access more info on these marked sights on our website or email the tripleaders. Hence we are able to cover these same sights, shops and restaurants quickly in exactly half the time and cost versus that of ‘Heritage’ Tours.
2. ‘Heritage’ Tours are ‘Quick’ Point & Show Tours plus the ‘Stop-to-Know’ and are double the duration and price of the City Night Rides
3. ‘Heritage + Food’ Combo Tours are complete tours where not only point and show but also stop to know the iconic places at length. We stop to eat most famous offering at the best places to eat and drink. You have a Luxexplore ‘Heritage + Food’ Tour meal credit that you can use in these cafés, eating houses and Restaurants while at the tour. We have on demand stop to shop in legendary shops as per group choice where you can use the Luxexplore discount vouchers to avail a best price.
4. Day Trips are 10 hours trips in & around the city

THE TRAVEL DIFFERENTLY DAY PLANNER TO CREATE ORIGINAL EXPERIENTIAL TRAVEL CONTENT

DAY PLANNER – A TYPICAL ITINERARY

5. Different Ways to See In & Around the Destination

About Overland Day Trips

Being roasted in the sun and close to creepy crawlies, skipping showers, going to the bathroom in the woods, and sleeping on the cold, hard and most likely wet ground while being bitten silly by mosquitos are reasons why many don’t enjoy it. With glamping, those who yearn to escape the city and become one with nature can do so, just in a more glamorous and comfortable way than typical camping. Glamping with Ecomantra lets travellers select location and interest areas etc. to find a glamping site fit for a king. And if it isn’t there, we will make it for you, wherever, whenever.

A sample of Safety Riders that you must share with your guests before arrival

A Sample of Booking Form