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Top Travel Bloggers and their Blogs on India
R. Niranjan | Tales Of A Nomad
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Niranjan is an Indian travel blogger who loves life on the road. From bike riding to back-packing, trekking down treacherous slopes to chilling on leisure vacations, he enjoys every aspect of travel; and dreams of visiting every country on the globe. Why? To meet strangers from every continent, walk untrodden paths, eat new dishes and talk broken new languages. Adventures and landscapes are his thing, and he finds travelogues and atlas copies to be his favourite companions.
Favourite Destinations:
Basar
Maafushi
Destinations on Bucket List:
Rann of Kutch
Mongolia
Pacific Islands
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Ajay Sood | Travelure
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Ajay Sood, running ‘Travelure,’ is a Getty Photographer. He has spoken at TBEX Europe 2016 (Stockholm), TBEX Asia 2016 (Manila), TBEX International 2017 (Jerusalem), TBEX North America 2017 (Huntsville, AL) and TBEX Europe 2018 (Ostrava, Czech Republic) and is a self-schooled photographer. Ajay has travelled to over 40 countries and is a regular invitee at Tourism Board FAM trips. He has featured as one of the 12 photographers in a coffee table book called ‘Dozen Doyens of Photography’ published by Neenad Parulekar. Ajay is also associated with brands like Canon, Adobe, Better Photography and National Geographic, and was a Canon Photo Mentor from 2014 to 2016. His blog ‘Travelure‘ features in numerous ‘Top Bloggers’ lists.
Recent awards include:
- 2019 Earthys Award - Best Travel Short Story
- 2018 Best PhotoBlog Award by Gujarat Tourism and Innovative Council of Indian Tourism (ICIT).
- 2016 OSM (Outlook Social Media) Photographer of the Year
Favourite Destinations:
Czech Republic
Destinations on Bucket List:
Antarctica
Galapagos Islands
South Georgia
Madagascar
Easter Island
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Abhinav Singh | A Soul Window
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When Abhinav was fired from his job for traveling too much, he booked Everest Base Camp Trek next and life changed for him. Abhinav is now India’s leading travel blogger, writer, photographer, film-maker, influencer, poet, motivational speaker and content marketer. He has been listed as Top Travel Blogger of India more than 20 times by reputed brands. He has travelled to more than 200 destinations in India and 11 countries. He has 10 years of experience of independent travels and 20 years of experience of contributing his writing and photographs to leading newspapers and magazines such as National Geographic, Lonely Planet, Mint, Outlook Traveler, Times Of India. He has worked with many International Tourism boards, airlines, luxury resorts and other brands. He has also judged international contests and won many awards for blogging and photography. Many of his posts have gone viral. His post on the ‘cleanliness in Varanasi’ with 18,000 shares is the most viral social media post in the history of blogging ever.
Favourite Destinations:
I don’t enjoy developed places such as Dubai or Australia. I rather prefer places with a soul. Below are my top favourite nations apart from India, which is so diverse and yet tolerant!
Nepal – We all know why. The Himalayas and lovely people!
Bhutan – There is no country like Bhutan. There never will be!
Jordan – It is a treat to the senses!
Thailand – It’s just so vibrant. There is never a dull moment!
Uganda – One of the most stable and culturally rich nations in Africa
Destinations on Bucket List:
Lakshadweep
Galapagos Island
Upper Mustang in Nepal
Antarctica
All nations of South America and Africa
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Parnashree | My Travel Diary
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Parnashree Devi is a travel writer, and photographer. The infinite passion to share her travel stories led her to foray into the world of blogging and very soon, she started her own blog, ‘My Travel Diary’, to share her experiences. She is one of the TOP TRAVEL BLOGGERS in India. Being a globetrotter, she has traveled to more than 300 destinations all across the globe on various Press Trips by some of the prestigious Tourism Boards and Top End Luxury Properties. She has also been associated with leading Brands for social media campaigns and collaborations. She has been awarded for her popular blog by the prestigious,“The Culture Trip” and “Social Samosa."
Favorite Destinations:
1. Finland
2. Bhutan
3. Ladakh, India
4. Arunachal Pradesh, North East India
5. Fagu, Himachal Pradesh
Destinations on Bucket List:
1. Turkey
2. London
3. Norway
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Ami Bhat | Thrilling Travel
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Ami Bhat is a marketing post- graduate by qualification who has turned into full-time travel writer and blogger by passion. A travel enthusiast, who loves sports, photography and dancing with equal passion, Ami believed in planning a get-away for every long weekend that can come up through the year. She began documenting her travels on her blog – www.thrillingtravel.in to not just re-live her travel but also, share information to other travelers seeking information about a destination. Her travel interests are quite diverse and you will find her at equal ease on the peak of a snowy mountain or 20 meters below the sea surface or sitting on the high walls of a forgotten castle.
Favorite Destinations:
Destinations on Bucket List:
Marrakesh
Machu Picchu
Petra
Myanmar
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Arti Shah | My Yatra Diary
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Arti is a wanderer at heart and a wonderer in spirit; exploring, inquiring, discovering, creating and simply being present for the gift called life. Her blog, which focuses on spiritual journeys, is all about her love of exploring and learning; a continuous journey where she strives to seek the truth, discover herself, the world, her place therein and experience the real treasures of life along the way. She has won several awards, written for various publications and one can find a lot of first hand experiences and useful travel information on her blog.
Favorite Destinations:
Japan
Destinations on Bucket List:
I don't really have a bucket list as such but I do long for the silence and serenity of the mountains. Besides, as long as I have an opportunity to travel and discover something new, I happily take the ticket to anywhere!
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Nilabh Ranjan | TravelEscape
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Nilabh Ranjan is not your typical travel blogger writing only good & attractive stories on his travel blog, his focus is to promote sustainable travel through community partnership. Recently he has been actively involved in fund raising activity for Nilgiri cleanup drive through his blog and FB group. What inspired his blog?
Well, even in today’s digital world, we are facing a problem, which is very relevant in the travel segment. Searching for places to visit in Rishikesh returns 1,68,00,000 results on Google, however after going through the top few, the query remains the same, or it makes things even more complicated because most of the travel content is written by either those who haven't been there or is just bubbled up to rank higher on Google. This is the loop Nilabh found while researching for his Rameshwaram visit from Bangalore a couple of years ago, and hence started documenting his first-hand experience on TravelEscape.
Favorite Destinations:
Nilgiris
South Goa
Destinations on Bucket List:
Philippines
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Renuka Walter | Voyager For Life
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Renuka is a travel blogger, photographer and a digital content creator. Her blog, Voyager For Life, is one of the top solo female travel blogs in India. She has been featured on websites like MakeMyTrip, The Hindu, Thrillophilia, Hello Travel, Holidify and Thomas Cook India. She has a strong presence on social media as well. She collaborates with brands to be their voice in the most seamless fashion.
Favorite Destinations:
Destinations on Bucket List:
Anywhere and everywhere in Europe.
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Rangan Datta | Travel Writer and Photographer
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For Rangan, travelling is a passion and his travels have taken him to the ends of the earth, from the base of the highest mountain on earth and to the highest motorable passes of the world. Closer home, the ruins of Shashanka’s palace and citadel of Ballal Sen have fascinated him. Although Rangan lives to travel, he doesn't travel to live but works as a freelance management faculty. His travels are complimented with photography and writing in different platforms including Wikipedia.
Favorite Destinations:
Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, Croatia
Plitvice Lakes, Croatia
Tughlaqabad Fort, Delhi
Terracotta Temples of Ambika Kalna, West Bengal
Ruins of Sisupalgarh, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Destinations on Bucket List:
Nanga Parbat Base Camp, Pakistan
Ruins of Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan
Borobudur, Indonesia
Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Bhushavali | Travel Bhushavali
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She's a Travel Blogger, currently traveling with her husband and 2yr old baby. She's a heritage enthusiast and likes to explore historic and heritage places. She also is a strong believer of slow travel & domestic tourism and tries to explore as much as possible wherever she lives. She loves riding her bike and has been interviewed by BigFM for being a lady biker! Her photographs have been featured in The Hindu, Culturama Magazine etc.
Favorite Destinations:
Wallonia (Belgium)
Destinations on Bucket List:
NE India
South Italy
Bolivia
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Shailza Sood Dasgupta | Flight of a Little Bird
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Shailza is an avid traveller who loves to explore different cultures of India. She holds corporate experience of almost 10 yrs with companies like Google and McKinsey in HR and Training, post which she took travel full time. She has an experience of around 11 yrs in travel space, working as travel consultant, writer and blogger and has been blogging since 2007. She writes for various travel publications that include HappyTrips - Time of India travel initiative, Terrascape, National Geographic Traveller, Discover India, Women's Era and Alive. Her work has also been published in leading newspapers like The Hindu and Times of Oman. She co-founded Homestays of India 2 years back and is presently involved full-time in developing and promoting homestays in rural India.
Favorite Destinations:
Spiti and Kinnaur Valley in Himachal Pradesh
Nongriat in Meghalaya
Chopta- Tungnath in Uttarakhand
Kangra Valley in Himachal Pradesh
Destinations on Bucket List:
I want to explore northeastern states of India - Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland are on the top for now. Also want to explore the Villages across Western Ghats.
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Hari Narayana Maddali | India That Was
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A travel blogger and photographer from Hyderabad, whose niche is Indian History, Art and Architecture, Hari Narayana has been blogging for 10 years. He takes long expeditions and covers not only the tourist destinations, but also lesser known archaeological sites. He also specializes in concert photography. He has extensively traveled in Karnataka while he was based out of Bangalore, and currently he is based out of Pune. Apart from being a history buff, he has started riding long distances and has also ridden from Ladakh to Kanyakumari on a Honda Activa with his wife.
Favorite Destinations:
Hampi, Karnataka - The place which inspired him to document his travel.
Hassan District - Karnakata - Most satisfying travel covering very remote locations.
Ellora - A culmination of three genres and ages.
Warangal, Andhra Pradesh - For the marvelous beauty of the Ramappa temple
The ride from Ladakh to Kanyakumari - For experiencing India.
Destinations on Bucket List:
Upcoming trip to explore the history of Madhya Pradesh
Aims to ride his Activa to Spiti
The Seven Sisters
Exploring his home city, Hyderabad with every detail of its History
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Dhiren Shah | Hitchy's World
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Hitchy is a travel enthusiast, a cricket lover, movie buff, voracious reader, lover of music, and a bundle of desires. This blog has kept changing, from being person to slowly becoming more of a site where he records his travel memories. Basically Hitchy is a bundle of desires, Zest could be his middle name!
Favorite Destinations:
Tirthan Valley
Hemis National Park
Destinations on bucket list:
Congo (Zaire)
Tanzania / Kenya
Amazon jungles
Kamachatsky in Russia
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Surya S Raju | Travelrope
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Surya S Raju, from Bengaluru works as a Product Manager. The main intention behind travel blogging was to share her experiences regarding the places that she has visited and inspire others to head out as well. Surya says that travel not only helps her connect with people and make new friends, it also broadens her perspective about different cultures. Surya has also started an “Inspire Me” section on her blog where she has been taking interviews of all those who have done exemplary work. She says that she’s an avid animal lover too!
Favorite Destinations:
Masai Mara, Kenya
Kyoto, Japan
Kedarkantha, India
Toss between Barcelona, Spain and NewYork, USA
Destinations on bucket list:
Kedarnath, India
Tanzania, Africa
Egypt
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VJ Sharma | Travellingcamera
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VJ is the Founder of Travelling Camera, the place where he has been recording his travel experiences, life experiences, gadget reviews, and technology hacks for over 10 years. With more than 9 million page views till date, the blog is now a well-recognized platform in the Indian Blogging space. From curiosity, his fascination with photography evolved into a hobby and, soon after, into much more. His photographs have featured in exhibitions, dailies like The Times of India, The Hindu and Hindustan Times, and in prestigious magazines such as National Geographic, Lonely Planet, Conde Nast, Better Photography, Terrascape, Railbandhu etc. From dangerous treks to adrenaline-pumping mountain motor-sporting events, from the lush-green valleys of Kashmir to sandy shores of Kerala, VJ has explored them all. And documented them all on his blog.
Favorite Destinations:
Shrikhand Mahadev Trek, India
Monteverde Cloud forest, Costa Rica
Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Hampi, India
Destinations on bucket list:
Kenya
Japan
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Namita Kulkarni | Radically Ever After
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Namita says her travels as a Yoga enthusiast have shown her various overlaps between Yoga and travel - "For starters, both require a willingness to fall flat on one's face at some point, and both expand your sense of possibilities and your idea of who you are. Through my blog, I share my experiments with Yoga and travel, and how Yoga can be the best travel mate. As for travelling alone as a woman, safety is not a guarantee anywhere. So I might as well take the risks that excite me and be game for the ones I couldn’t have imagined. I love it when random strangers write in saying how they enjoyed reading, or how my blogs helped them make certain travel decisions or even try Yoga for the first time ever. "
Favorite Destinations:
Bolivia
Cuba
Netala (a village in the Himalayas)
Destinations on bucket list:
I don't believe in bucket lists, and I wouldn't stick to one even if I did get around to making one. Right now the places that interest me the most are:
Greenland
Mongolia
Morocco
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Divya Prasad | Obsessive Compulsive Traveller
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Divya Prasad is a creative writer, travel blogger/writer at obsessivecompulsivetraveller.com, content creator, energy healer & Sacred Geometric Artist at Iktomi. A creative soul and curious traveller of life; living her little dream in the Himalayas. Before committing to explore her creative potential to the fullest, she worked as a copywriter with leading advertising agencies. It’s the love for Himalayas that led her to pursue a life in the mountains seven years ago. She has been travelling solo for the past eleven years and in the year 2008, she began her travel blogging journey. Divya was one of the twelve travel adventurers in India for South Africa and Swaziland Tourism in Grab your Dream 2 – sharing her dream catchers with souls she met on the road. She has also worked with prestigious tourism boards and travel brands. Currently, she lives in Jagatsukh village in Himachal Pradesh. She has chosen a location independent life around her passions & dreams; going beyond the conventional way of life. Divya’s blog is a soulful life collective of tales, folklore, mountains, culture, indigenous tribes, indology, art, adventures, spirituality, healing, and transformational travel experiences. Her focus is on inking indigenous & mystic stories rooted in the past that lend life wisdom, perspectives & transformation. A sacred space to share and weave stories on life experiences that move her soul. A creative expression of her being, it's an exploration of her inner cosmos through life journeys that inspire, connect, root, transform and travel deep into the heart.
Favorite Destinations:
Himachal Pradesh – The Himalayan mountains are home; her first love – one that’s unconditional, infinite and irreplaceable.
India: There’s so much to explore in our own country, even this lifetime isn’t enough. India is abundant and culturally rich, deeply rooted in its spiritual core.
South Africa & Kenya & Swaziland: Africa’s rawness of life, ever-joyful people, rich culture, art and positivity grows on you. They teach you to be unapologetically proud of your roots.
Cambodia: Rural Cambodia is stunning & culturally rich. It’s and quite underrated against the renowned Angkor cities.
Destinations on bucket list:
I don’t really go by bucket lists. There’s an abundance of experiences wherever we are and anywhere we go. But I will list the ones I feel inclined to explore and hope they manifest.
The Amazon – South, North & Central America
Mongolia, Iran & other countries of East & central Asia
The Arctic circle
Japan & other countries of South Asia
All countries of Africa
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Jitaditya Narzary | Travelling Slacker
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Over the years since 2011, The Travelling Slacker has gradually become a repository of stories and information covering the remotest parts of India. The focus is primarily on the Indian Himalayas and the North East but other regions are occassionally explored too. The Travelling Slacker mostly travels solo, on a budget, using public transport, doesn't care about luxury & doesn't click selfies.
Favorite Destinations:
Dah Biama (Brokpa Region)
Lahaul (NOT Spiti)
Pangi Valley
Great Himalayan National Park
Dzukou Valley Tek
Destinations on bucket list:
Xinjiang Province
Mongolia
Kyrgyzstan
Siberia
Gilgit Baltistan (I know the last one will never happen!)
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Prasad Np | Desi Traveler
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Prasad is the only hobby blogger in India who makes it to the top travel bloger lists regularly. He travels for the joy of travel and celebrates wanderlust on his globally popular blog desi Traveler that is read by thousands of people around the world. His annual travel calendars are much sought after and the images on his blog are a major attraction that entice you to pack your bags to the destinations he writes about. His posts are practically usefull to readers and are shared thousands of times like this story about booking tickets on IRCTC site that has been shared almost 50,000 times.
Favorite Destinations:
Destinations on bucket list:
Kyrgyzstan
Mongolia
Antartica
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Medhavi Davda | Ravenous Legs
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Medhavi believes in following her dreams. Since childhood, she has been passionate about sports and that led her to explore more in life. She played badminton at national level, learnt various dance forms, climbed high mountains, dived in the blue oceans and worked as a Software Engineer with various MNCs. Eventually she quit her career with IT industry to follow her passions in adventure. She lived in different parts of Himachal Pradesh for 1.5 years and eventually joined an adventure travel company as Product Manager for Scuba Diving. She continues to explore the world through adventures. Being close to nature gives her ultimate peace and she dreams of balancing her life on mountains and islands.
Favorite Destinations:
Tirthan Valley, Himachal Pradesh
Gili Islands, Indonesia
Markha Valley, Ladakh
Destinations on bucket list:
My bucket list includes all possible experiences I can have on this planet. I can list a few here:
Scuba Diving in Raja Ampat, Indonesia
Climbing higher mountains in Himalayan range of Nepal & Tibet
Exploring the culture in Kyrgyzstan
Skiing in the French Alps
Dancing in the streets of Latin America
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Pratap J | Photography by Pratap J
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Pratap J is a landscape and outdoor photographer who communicates visually through still photos, aerial videos and timelapses. Lately he has been focusing on astrophotography and timelapses of the night sky. His interests lie in nature and outdoor photography. He has more than a decade of experience in shooting and teaching the visual medium of photography.
Favorite Destinations:
Spiti Valley
Destinations on bucket list:
Faroe Islands
Kyrgyzstan
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Ruby Singh | Life and its Experiments
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Ruby is a learner, observer and an enthusiast. Describing her wouldn’t be very complex and won’t take long. She is a sorted person who aspires to be a lot of things. She is a travel and an adventure enthusiast who likes to blog about her travel stories. Apart from travel she also writes about anything and everything that irritates, excites or manages to catch her attention.
Favorite Destinations:
Destinations on bucket list:
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Sindhu Murthy | Interlude Journey
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Sindhu is a Program Manager by profession and has a passion for travel, food, photography and everything in between. She mostly travels with her family to the most offbeat locations. While she loves to relax and enjoy in some of the serene locations far away from civilization, she also tries to add a hint of adventure to her travels. She has trekked in the Himalayas, dived and snorkeled in the coral reefs of Lakshadweep, skied along the slopes of Gulmarg, explored the caves of Borra and done white water rafting in the rapids of Ganga and Kali. Her blog Interlude Journey is an attempt to archive and share the memories and experiences from her travel escapades.
Favorite Destinations:
Lakshadweep for its marine life, white sand beaches and blue sea.
Ladakh for its rugged and dramatic landscapes.
Jammu And Kashmir for its snowcapped peaks.
Dudhsagar region in Goa for its hidden charms.
Rajasthan for its vibrant culture
Destinations on bucket list:
Japan
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Sandy & Vyjay | Voyager
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Sandy & Vyjay are a travel blogging couple and the Co-Founders of Voyager. Both of them quit flourishing corporate careers to pursue their twin passions of traveling and writing. They have worked with major national and international Travel brands and Tourism Boards. Apart from their own travel blog they also write for major print and online publications about the destinations they travel to. They have been awarded for their travel writing at the Earthy Awards, 2019 in Malaysia.
Favorite Destinations:
Rwanda
India and its unlimited treasures
Destinations on bucket list:
Seychelles
Hawaii
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