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By ROYAL appointment

About the only thing that is not guaranteed on a leisurely week-long Indian Splendour journey on India’s most luxurious train, the Maharajas’ Express, is an elusive tiger sighting.

At our welcome briefing on arrival, our tour director even warns all 58 passengers the same. “On the Maharajas’ Express, 99 per cent of things we guarantee – except sighting tiger. Everything has to be in harmony.”

The tick list they do ‘guarantee’ on this luxury train is impressive, starting on day one with the majestic Taj Mahal in Agra to discovering the gems of Rajasthan with visits to exquisite palaces, magnificent forts, colourful bazaars, remote villages and more as it snakes

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