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The guides
Every guide we book holds a Ministry-of-Tourism Regional Level Guide licence for the region they work in and the languages they are examined in. This page sets out the bench by language and region, and what the credential means. It does not list individual guides by name, and the reason for that is on the page rather than left to inference.
Languages
10
Cities
10
Licence
Regional Level Guide
Card sent
Before you pay
Why there are no profiles here
The obvious thing to put on a page called "our tour guides" is a grid of faces with names, years of experience and a line about each one’s speciality. We have not, because we would have had to make it up — and a fabricated roster is the most damaging kind of invention, since it is precisely the thing a customer relies on when deciding whom to trust with their day.
What we can tell you is true and checkable: the licence every guide holds, which regions and languages the bench covers, and the name and licence card of the specific guide assigned to your booking — sent to you on WhatsApp before any money changes hands. That is a better guarantee than a profile page, because it is about the person who will actually meet you.
If and when individual guides agree to be named and photographed here, this is where they will go, with their licence numbers. Until then the page says what it knows.
The credential
Ministry of Tourism, Government of India
Regional Level Guide (RLG)
Every licence card carries a photograph, a licence number, the issuing region and the languages the holder is examined in. We send a photograph of the card on WhatsApp when a booking is confirmed, before you pay anything, so you can check the number, the region and the language against the guide who meets you.
A Regional Level Guide licence is issued by the Ministry of Tourism after a written examination, an interview and a training course run through the Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management. It is issued for a tourism region, not for the whole country, and it names the foreign languages the holder is examined in.
Every licence card carries a photograph, a licence number, the issuing region and the languages the holder is examined in. We send a photograph of the card on WhatsApp when a booking is confirmed, before you pay anything, so you can check the number, the region and the language against the guide who meets you.
Archaeological Survey of India monuments admit licensed guides and turn away unlicensed ones at the ticket gate. An unlicensed "guide" who approaches you outside the Taj Mahal or Amber Fort cannot accompany you inside, which is why the pitch is always made in the car park.
By language
The notice column is the honest one. Where a language is thin we say so, and we would rather tell you before you book than substitute an English-speaking guide on the morning.
| Language | Who it serves | Notice | Full day |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hindi — हिन्दी | Domestic travellers from across India, and NRI families returning with relatives | Usually available at short notice, including same day. | ₹1,200 |
| English — English | United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Canada, Ireland, Singapore, South Africa | Usually available at short notice, including same day. | ₹1,500 |
| Russian — Русский | Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Armenia | Book 24–48 hours ahead in the October–March season. | ₹2,500 |
| French — Français | France, Belgium, Switzerland, Québec, Morocco, Tunisia | Book 24–48 hours ahead in the October–March season. | ₹2,800 |
| German — Deutsch | Germany, Austria, German-speaking Switzerland, South Tyrol | Book 24–48 hours ahead in the October–March season. | ₹2,800 |
| Italian — Italiano | Italy, Italian-speaking Switzerland, San Marino | Book 48 hours ahead; fewer guides hold this language. | ₹2,800 |
| Portuguese — Português | Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Mozambique | Book 72 hours ahead; the thinnest bench of the ten. | ₹2,800 |
| Spanish — Español | Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Peru, United States (Hispanic travellers) | Book 24–48 hours ahead in the October–March season. | ₹2,800 |
| Japanese — 日本語 | Japan — independent travellers and organised group tours | Book 48–72 hours ahead; this is the scarcest of the ten. | ₹3,000 |
| Mandarin — 中文 | Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia | Book 48–72 hours ahead in the October–March season. | ₹3,000 |
By region
Licences are regional. This is why a Golden Triangle tour changes guide at the Rajasthan line and keeps the same car and driver throughout.
Northern Region
Northern Region — Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh. One guide can legitimately cover all five of these cities, and several of our longer bookings do exactly that.
Rajasthan
Rajasthan — the state issues its own regional guide licences. A Northern Region licence does not cover these cities, and a guide who claims otherwise is telling you something untrue.
Questions people ask
Our team is here to help. Contact us for personalized assistance.
City, language and dates. What comes back is a name, a licence card and a total — for the person who will actually meet you, not a profile page.
We send the guide’s licence card before you pay anything. Nothing is charged to confirm.
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