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A small group of trekkers on a rocky Himalayan ridge at sunset, mountains and pink clouds behindFeaturedCommunity · December 10, 2025 · 13 min read

Group Travel with Strangers in India (2026): How It Works

What a group trip with strangers in India actually looks like: the formats, a real weekend hour by hour, group size, what a seat costs per head in October 2026, and who should skip it.

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