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Highlights van India

Natuur

Kaziranga National Park - reservaat waar de met uitsterven bedreigde neushoorn wordt beschermd

Cultuur

Taj Mahal - de perfecte architectuur van dit marmeren mausoleum zie je als gedurende de dag dit bouwwerk langzaam van kleur verandert

World Heritage Sites

Grotten van Ajanta
Grotten van Ellora
Fort van Agra
Taj Mahal
Zonnetempel van Konarak
Groep monumenten bij Mahabalipuram
Nationaal park Kaziranga
Wildpark Manas (wildpark)
Nationaal park Keoladeo
Kerken en kloosters van Goa
Monumentengroep bij Khajuraho
Monumentengroep bij Hampi
Fatehpur Sikri
Monumentengroep bij Pattadakal
Grotten van Elephanta
Chola-tempels
Nationaal park Sundarbans
Nationaal Park Bloemenvallei (uitbreiding van Nanda Devi) Boeddhistische monumenten bij Sanchi
Humayun's tombe (Delhi)
Qutb Minar en zijn monumenten (Delhi)
Bergspoorwegen in India en de Darjeelingspoorweg
Mahabodi tempelcomplex in Bodh Gaya
Rots-schuilplaatsen van Bhimbetka
Archeologisch park Champaner-Pavagadh
Het station Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
Het Rode Fortcomplex

Typisch

nationale gerechten	Thali
nationale dranken	Lassi, Chai

Klimaat

Kenmerken	bergklimaat subtropisch steppe woestijn moesson tropisch
Temperatuur	Beste tijd voor een reis

Typisch

Officiële landsnaam	Republiek India
Hoofdstad	New Delhi
Nationaliteit	Indier
Talen	overig, engels, hindi
Visum nodig?	Ja
Munteenheid	Indiase Rupee (INR)
Regeringsvorm	federale republiek
Grootte t.o.v. Nederland	79.2 keer groter
Bevolking	1148.0 miljoen
Bevolkingsdichtheid t.o.v. Nederland	1.1 keer lager
Laagste punt	0 m
Hoogste punt	8598 m

Exotische ziekten

Chikungunya-virus
rabies
malaria
hepatitis A
typhus
dengue
Japanese encephalitis

Interessante boeken over India

Reisverhaal Around India in 80 Trains | Monisha Rajesh | 16.95 €
One day while bored at work, Monisha nosed a map of India and noticed that the boom of its domestic airlines connected around 80 cities - i... meer

One day while bored at work, Monisha nosed a map of India and noticed that the boom of its domestic airlines connected around 80 cities - impressive but not exactly eco-friendly. Taking a leaf out of Jules Verne's classic tale, she decided that the best way to visit those cities was by travelling around India by train, and to write a book herself. And as the largest civilian employer in the world, featuring luxury trains, toy trains, a hospital on wheels, the world's steepest, slowest, and second longest train journeys, she knew that the Indian railways would have a few tales to tell. And here they are, in abundance.

Monisha Rajesh is a London-based journalist. Since graduating from City University's journalism school she has worked on the features desk of the London Evening Standard and written for Conde Nast Traveller, the Telegraph, the Guardian and TIME magazine.
Landkaart - wegenkaart Kolkata - Calcutta & North East India | ITMB | 10.95 €
This is the first map published of Calcutta, the historic city at the mouth of the famous Hooghly River. I spent a week in Calcutta many moons ago and... meer

This is the first map published of Calcutta, the historic city at the mouth of the famous Hooghly River. I spent a week in Calcutta many moons ago and retain vivid memories of the city that is the essence of the passion that drives India. Now re-named Kolkata, this detailed city map shows the Howrah railway station, the exotic Burra Bazaar, Fort William, the Queen Victoria Gardens, the zoo, the Chowringhee and Esplanade hotel and entertainment sections, and the Sudder Street backpacker area of cheap hotels. The other side of the map shows the entire northeastern segment of the country from Varanasi (Benares) and Raipur in the west to the temple city of Bhubaneshwar in the south and the Nepalese/Chinese/Burmese borders in the north and east; truly a marvelous map of a part of the world that has not received much coverage up to now; printed double-sided on paper.