Delhi To London By Bus In 70 Days? Get On Board To Know Everything About The Epic 'Bus To London'

The concept of cross-continental travels has always been a pertinent idea amongst travellers. The early 1950’s saw an ever-increasing number of backpackers traveling across Europe to Asia and making their way through what was then popularly known as the ‘Hippie Trail’. Today, with the idea of luxury being so outspread most travellers have left behind the old ways of road-tripping and prefer a more comfortable journey through air travels.

On the contrary, for travellers who still enjoy road-tripping through the most gorgeous locations in the world, this travel company has great news for you. Delhi based tour providers, Adventures Overland is well known for offering road trips and cross-border travels across six continents and is now all set to now launch their new venture.

The ‘Bus to London’ is a 70 day trip across 18 countries, covering 20,000 kms in a luxury bus. This is known to be the very first bus service operating from India to United Kingdom and is ready to hit the road in May 2021.

The Creators

Founders, Sanjay Madan and Tushar Agarwal decided to start their own travel business venture together after creating history themselves. While Agarwal is the first Indian to drive from London to India, Madan grabbed the title of the first Indian to drive to the world’s highest motorable road in Khardung La in a Tata Nano in 2011.

Together, they have been to over 70 countries and are proud travel enthusiasts who went on to create 14 Limca Book records. With this new venture to develop a comfortable and enjoyable travel experience, the two co-founders hope to create a well-structured blueprint for luxury travel. Out of the 70 days, 45 days are set-aside for travels and the other part of the trip for sight-seeing and stay.

The Magic Bus

Adventures Overland, is known to provide travellers with the absolute best facilities in terms of services and an organized travel itinerary. For the ‘Bus to London’ venture, it was important to both the founders that the 70 day journey is set forth in the safest and most luxurious transportation facilities available.

To help travellers in having the best experience while venturing across 18 countries by road, the company aims to provide them with a world-class spacious and well-equipped luxury bus installed with the most lavish facilities to ensure that their travellers have a memorable experience while taking up the trip of their dreams.

This 20-seater luxury bus comes with fully equipped high speed Wi-Fi services, business-class seating, individual entertainment systems, USB ports and universal electrical plugs. Apart from a customisable division between seats for privacy, the bus also has a mini pantry, a small cooler for drinks and a locker system to ensure that travellers can store their valuables safely.

Delhi To London And Everything In Between

While the official flagging of the journey begins from Delhi, the actual road trip starts at Imphal, as the routes goes on to proceed from Myanmar. The trip is planned in 4 legs across 18 countries and 2 continents. This is the first hop-on/off bus service, which means that customers have the option of choosing to join in for a part of the leg that they are interested in visiting.

The trip is spread out is such a way that travellers will get to spend 12 days in Southeast Asia, 15 days in China, 22 days in Central Asia or 16 days across Europe, with the option of a reverse itinerary which is called the ‘Bus To India’ from London city.

By simply flying in to the destination they want to start their travels from, customers can opt for a leg-wise journey. For travellers looking at doing the entire trip from Delhi to London, the estimate cost per person sums up to 15 lakh rupees.

4 Legs Across 18 countries

The first-leg of the trip is India-Myanmar-Thailand and is planned across 11 days from the start of the journey. During this leg of the trip travellers can expect to tour around the beautiful cities of Lucknow, Guwahati, Siliguri, Kohima and Imphal. They will get to experience the beautiful views of thousands of Pagodas through Bagan, Myanmar, cross over to Thailand and explore the beauty of its capital city, Bangkok and finish the first leg of the journey before entering China.

The second-leg of the trip begins in China with a hike across the Great Wall of China, spotting Pandas in Chengdu, exploring the Gobi desert, venturing through some cultural caves in Dunhuang in Gansu Province and enjoying the snow-clad glaciers and mountains of China.

The third-leg of the journey begins in Kyrgyzstan through its lively bazaars, beautiful towns and aromas of fresh spices. Travellers then begin their advent into the sapient Uzbekistan and the picturesque city of Tashkent, followed by Kazakhstan and finally the monumental continent of Russia. The third-leg of the trip ends with a wander through the World heritage sites across Moscow city.

The fourth-leg oversees a journey across the UNESCO certified charm of Baltic countries, Lithuania and Latvia. Travellers can explore Poland, Prague & Frankfurt and relish the wonderful delicacies and breweries of Brussels before finishing their tour by making their way into the city of London.

The Process

The process of planning a venture on such a huge scale was definitely challenging for the founders but they had this coming since 2017 when they organized their very first 50-day trip across India to London in self-driven cars to get familiar with the different routes that they can go about. This trip was organized every year from 2017 till before the pandemic hit and allowed for founders Sanjay and Tushar to get themselves in to planning and actually organizing the venture of their dreams.

The company is offering this trip only to 20 travellers and may add another bus depending on the bookings and availability. The visa, paperwork, documentation and permits are all taken care of by the operators in order to ensure that customers can focus on making the most out of enjoying this luxury experience.

Adventures Overland is all set to schedule the world’s longest bus ride from Delhi to London and are waiting for the new travel guidelines to be announced to start bookings. For the coming year, it will be made mandatory for all travellers to submit a Covid-negative report before getting on board due to safety reasons.

To find more information regarding bookings and registrations, you can log on to bustolondon.in or visit adventuresoverland.com to know more.