Looking for a truly unique way to celebrate the holidays? Why not leave the stress of this hectic time of year far behind and embark on a colorful adventure to India—not only will you get to experience incredible snorkeling on our Maldives & India expedition, and visit one of the holiest places of worship for Buddhists, the Temple of the Tooth, on our Splendors of India with Sri Lanka journey, you will also get to pick up some magnificent gifts for your friends and family back home, just in time for the holidays.

If you join our Splendors of India voyage this November, you get the chance to visit Kandy, Sri Lanka, where there is a fantastic tea store, complete with lovely tea containers. The island nation is also the home of Ayurveda, a form of alternative medicine. As such, you can find plenty of lotions, scents, and herbal remedies throughout. Masks and gems also make excellent gifts, especially the sapphires, which Sri Lanka is known for.

In India, gifts abound! Authentic artisan and vintage carvings; shawls, pashminas, and scarves; images of deities in everything from ceramics to brass sculptures; and plenty of gold jewelry. In Mumbai, you can visit a store dedicated to fabric goods of all kinds—table cloths, napkins, wraps, and stoles, even handmade purses and clutches. On Elephanta Island, be sure to stop at the market on the way to the caves—silver artifacts of elephants, jewelry, paintings, wooden carvings and boxes, purses, you name it!

Don’t let the holidays stress you out this season; visit India with us and pick up some memorable, once-in-a-lifetime gifts. And be sure to get something for yourself, too!