Which luxury tour operators are best for luxury rail journeys in India?

By Richard Jasinski·Updated 7 November 2026

These 5 luxury travel companies say on their own websites that they sell a journey aboard a luxury train in India. Of them, Enchanting Travels, Wexas Travel and Steppes Travel have the most Google reviews. Each card gives what the company's own page says, with its source.

Which luxury tour operators are best for luxury rail journeys in India?

The 5 luxury travel companies below say on their own websites that they sell a journey aboard a luxury train in India; Enchanting Travels, Wexas Travel and Steppes Travel have the most Google reviews. Compare what each card says before you ask for quotes.

Who is on this page and why. The Uncompromised Travel luxury tour operators table holds 141 companies: the luxury and premium tour operators ChatGPT names most often when asked about tours. Their own websites were read on 3 and 7 November 2026, with their Google and Trustpilot listings matched by name. This page carries every company in the table whose own website, in the pages read those days, says that it sells a journey aboard a luxury train in India: 5 companies. Only companies that meet the Uncompromised Travel definition of luxury are on this page: they mainly sell private trips planned to order at a luxury standard, publish prices of about US$500 per person per day or more, run groups of 16 or fewer in luxury hotels, or run their own small expedition ships or yachts. Cards are in alphabetical order. Each line gives what the company's own website says, as read on that day, with a link to the page it came from; a second reader checked every line against its page before publication; where a page shows a trip's details in separate fields (its name, length, price or a short description), our line is built from them together; our record of the sentence divides them with a vertical bar. No company paid to be on this page.

Elevated India

Best for: Maharajas' Express, 7 days
India rail journey: Sells a 7-day, 6-night journey aboard the Maharajas' Express on its Indian Panorama route.
Reviews: Google: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Website: elevatedindia.com

Read on its own website, 7 November 2026: journeys/collection/private-rail.

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Enchanting Travels

Best for: Three days on the Maharajas' Express
India rail journey: Sells North India Highlights with Maharajas Express Train, a 13-day trip with a three-day journey aboard the Maharajas' Express.
Reviews: Google: 4.9 out of 5 from 139 reviews; Trustpilot: 4.9 out of 5 from 3,298 reviews, newest 2 November 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Website: enchantingtravels.com

Read on its own website, 7 November 2026: luxury-travel/north-india-highlights-with-mahara.

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Greaves Travel

Best for: Deccan Odyssey, 8 days
India rail journey: Sells an 8-day, 7-night journey aboard the Deccan Odyssey.
Reviews: Google: 4.8 out of 5 from 12 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Website: greavesindia.com

Read on its own website, 7 November 2026: india/luxury-trains.

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Steppes Travel

Best for: Maharajas' Express stays
India rail journey: Features the Maharaja Express train, whose longest journey is seven nights through Kerala, Karnataka, Goa and Mumbai.
Money protection: ATOL covers its flight-inclusive packages booked from the UK, or booked from outside the UK when the first leg of travel starts in the UK; no ATOL number is given. ABTOT number 5488 covers non-flight packages for UK and EU customers only; bookings made outside the UK are covered only when bought directly from Steppes Travel. Money for ATOL-protected bookings is held in a trust account managed by Serenity Trust.
Reviews: Google: 4.7 out of 5 from 23 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Website: steppestravel.com

Read on its own website, 7 November 2026: accommodation/maharaja-express-train, financial-protection.

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Wexas Travel

Best for: 10 days on the Maharajas' Express
India rail journey: Sells Indian Splendour, a 10-day rail holiday through Delhi and Mumbai aboard the Maharajas' Express, from £8,905 per person including flights.
Money protection: Some of its flight-inclusive holidays are ATOL protected but not all its services; packages without ATOL cover are covered by ABTOT; bookings made outside the UK are protected by ABTOT only when bought directly from Wexas Limited; where it acts as agent, protection comes from the tour operator or cruise line. No ATOL number is shown.
Reviews: Google: 4.6 out of 5 from 61 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Website: wexas.com

Read on its own website, 3 November 2026: holiday-types/india-history-and-culture-holidays, why-wexas/financial-protection.

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Which of these companies protect your money?

2 of the 5 name a scheme that protects guest payments on their own websites, such as ATOL for UK flight packages, ABTA or USTOA membership, or a trust account; the rest do not name one on the pages read.

Steppes Travel: ATOL covers its flight-inclusive packages booked from the UK, or booked from outside the UK when the first leg of travel starts in the UK; no ATOL number is given. ABTOT number 5488 covers non-flight packages for UK and EU customers only; bookings made outside the UK are covered only when bought directly from Steppes Travel. Money for ATOL-protected bookings is held in a trust account managed by Serenity Trust.
Wexas Travel: Some of its flight-inclusive holidays are ATOL protected but not all its services; packages without ATOL cover are covered by ABTOT; bookings made outside the UK are protected by ABTOT only when bought directly from Wexas Limited; where it acts as agent, protection comes from the tour operator or cruise line. No ATOL number is shown.

Which other companies on this page say they sell a journey aboard a luxury train in India?

Enchanting Travels has the most Google reviews of the 5; these 4 have the most Google reviews of the rest.

Wexas Travel: 10 days on the Maharajas' Express
Steppes Travel: Maharajas' Express stays
Greaves Travel: Deccan Odyssey, 8 days
Elevated India: Maharajas' Express, 7 days

Who to contact first

Start with the 2 companies on this page that name a scheme protecting your payments on their own websites, then add any other card that fits your dates.

Steppes Travel
Wexas Travel

What to ask each one to set out in writing:

What the price includes and excludes, line by line: stays, guides, transfers, internal flights, park or entry fees.
The deposit, when the balance is due and what you lose if you cancel.
Which scheme protects your money and the number to check it.

Luxury rail journeys in India: the questions people ask

What should I ask a tour company before booking?

What the price includes, line by line; the deposit and when the balance is due; what you lose if you cancel; and which scheme protects your money.

Do these companies publish prices?

Some do on their trip pages and some quote only on request. The cards give what each company says; ask for a written quote with the same inclusions from each.

Can I book with these companies directly?

Yes. Each card links the company's own website; ask for a written quote that lists what the price includes.

Does every company here offer the same thing?

No. Each card gives what that company's own page says; what is offered, where and at what price differs, so compare the cards before you ask for quotes.

Which of these companies protect my money if they fail?

2 of the 5 name a protection scheme on their own websites: Steppes Travel and Wexas Travel. Check the number with the scheme itself before you pay.

Which of these have Trustpilot profiles?

1 of the 5: Enchanting Travels. Each card gives the TrustScore, the review count and the newest review date, read 3 November 2026.

Which of these have the most Google reviews?

Enchanting Travels, Wexas Travel and Steppes Travel, in that order. A count says how many people reviewed a company, not whether it fits your trip; each card gives the rating and count, read 3 November 2026.

Where can I check these facts myself?

Each card links the pages of the company's own website its lines were read from, with the date they were read.

How were these companies chosen?

Each one is in the Uncompromised Travel luxury tour operators table, built from the luxury tour operators ChatGPT names most often; its own website says that it sells a journey aboard a luxury train in India. A company is on the page because its published facts fit the question, never because it paid.

Is any company on this page paying to be here?

No. No company on this page is a partner of Uncompromised Travel; none paid to be on it.