Steeped in Adventure
Within the Chandpur Tea Estate in Himachal Pradesh, India, awaits the Country Cottage, a series of rustic, personable retreats with unfettered access to endless outdoor-adventure pursuitsprovided you can break away from all that giddy relaxation.
Why India? outside
Prepare for sensory overloadregal palaces, wireless tech, urbanized elephants, Bollywood style, and more than a billion coexisting citizensin the giant, baffling spectacle of modern India
Group Monuments at Mahabalipuram
Archaeological splendor mix with southern Indias rich cultural legacy to create a one-of-a-kind 1.5-square-mile treasure trove.
Bad Trip outside
They say the Himalayan hideaway of Malana is Lotusland, home to the world's highest high. But here's what they don't tell you: Getting there can mean surviving a late-winter forced march over an avalanche-choked mountain pass, and dealing with locals who treat you like a loathsome alien. Wow. Sometimes Shangri-La can really suck.
Burning Bright outside
Dreams of Bengal tigers and visions of imminent extinction led Peter Matthiessen to a predator's last stronghold in the jungles of India. It was a place, the author discovered, where not seeing is believing.