NEW DELHI:
Buoyed by the steadily increasing popularity of its domestic travel and tours operations, IRCTC is now expanding its international offerings too with new packages covering Singapore, Malaysia and Sri Lanka.
“The Enchanting Singapore and Malaysia” and the “Sri Ramayana Yatra: Sri Lanka” tours, departing from New Delhi, are now open for bookings and will be fully managed by the IRCTC North Zone which will arr
The 5 night-6 day Enchanting Singapore and Malaysia tour will depart on Oct 13, 2016, by Milindo Airlines. Tourists will stay at Singapore for 3 nights with sightseeing at the Singapore Flyer, Night Safari, City Tour and Sentosa Island. In Malaysia, they will visit Genting Highlands, Batu Cave, Snow World and Kuala Lumpur city.
There are three additional departure programmes for this tour — one on October 19, 2016 and and two in March 2017 (on 24th and 30th).
For culture aficionados, IRCTC has created a unique Ramayana-themed tour to Sri Lanka, covering significant destinations including the Ashok Vatika, Sita Mata Temple, Bhakta Hanuman Temple, Anja
The 5-nights- 6 day tour, departing from Delhi on November 24, 2016, will also cover other popular locations in Sri Lanka such as the Nogambo beach, Pennawalla elephant orphanage, Ramboda waterwall, Nuwara Elliya hill station, Grogery Lake, Kandy Tooth Temple and Colombo city tour.
The tour cost is Rs 72,580 per person for the “Enchanting Singapore and Malaysia” tour and Rs 48220 per person for the “Sri Lanka Ramayana” tour, including visa charges, airfare, hotel stay, meals, road transport, sightseeing, guide charges and taxes.
IRCTC will run the Sri Lanka tour again on December 10 this year, and in 2017 on January 12, February 10 and March 2.
The mini-ratna Tourism and Catering wing of the Indian Railways operates tours to several other popular foreign destinations including Australia, Thailand, Nepal, Bhutan and Dubai.
More details and booking information is available on: http://www.irctctourism.com/ and on the following numbers +91 9717645650, +91 9717640636 and 011-23213197 (8am to 8pm)
Interested passengers can also visit any of the IRCTC offices in Delhi, Lucknow, Agra, Jaipur, Chandigarh or Varanasi for information.
