Top 20 Travel Blogs In India to Follow If You’re A Travel Freak

Are you looking for the top travel blogs in India? Are you a travel enthusiast? You’ve come to the right place.

One thing I like about travel blogging is it gives you freedom.

Travel blogging helps you:

• Make more money
• Spend your time however you want
• TRAVEL around the world (whenever you want by making money on the go!)

Travel blogging is NOT new.

Ever since Tim Ferriss released the book The 4 Hour Work Week, it has spread like wildfire. it is evolving swiftly in the recent years in India.

If you’re in a hunt for the top travel blogs from India to get inspiration from, this post is a treat for you.

Are you curious to discover the list of top 20 travel blogs in India? Let’s get started without much ado.

Top 20 Travel Blogs in India to follow [Handpicked List]

Quick note: This post will be updated frequently. If I missed any of your favorite travel blogger in the list, please make sure to let me know in the comments so I can update the post. I’m going to mention the names of the bloggers as well so it will be easier for you to recognise their blogs.

1. The Shooting Star, Shivya Nath

Shivya Nath runs one of the best travel blogs in India called “The Shooting Star”.

She is a young Indian travel writer, quit her corporate job to travel the world in 2011 and on a mission to inspire other young women to travel solo and be independent. She has received many travel blogging awards.

She turned her passion of travelling into a means of living. She has been to more than 20 countries across four continents and also writes for various online and offline publications. She writes about lesser known destinations.

Her blog “The shooting star’ is undoubtedly one of best blogs in India where can read about living in chocolate farms of Costa Rica to hitch-hiking tour of Romania. She has also been featured on various leading channels and publications like Times of India, NDTV, BBC Travel, etc.

She writes the destinations to be seen in the countries she visited, the hotels to live and several travel tips.

2. Footloose Dev, Devesh Joshi

Looking for the most interesting Indian travel blogs? Then, you should definitely check out the Footloose Dev blog. Devesh Joshi is the founder of this amazing travel blog.

Devesh quit his corporate career in 2015 to became a full-time travel blogger and traveling since then. Devesh mostly shares his amazing travel experiences on this blog and he has been to over 25 countries.

He also worked with lots of major travel brands including Germany Tourism, Singapore airlines, Indonesia Tourism, and more.

If you’re looking for travel inspiration, solo travel trips, travel experiences, and more, you should definitely read and subscribe to Footloose Dev.

3. LakshmiSharath.com, Lakshmi Sharath

Lakshmi Sharath is a multi-talented world traveler as well as an explorer. She is also an inspiration to all the women solo travelers who wish to travel the world. She gave up her 15 years corporate job and have covered five continents and been to over 25 countries.

Her passion lies in exploring the nooks of India and mainly focuses more on Indian villages. If you would like  to know more about the cultures of your hinterlands in your own country, then head onto her blog LakshmiSharath.com’.

She loves to find hidden temples and villages which are not found on any map. She got India’s best travel blog of the year award in 2008 and has been rated on several lists among the Top Bloggers in India and digital media influencers in the country.

4. IndiTales, Anuradha Goyal

Anuradha Goyal is an author, blogger, columnist and public speaker. Having lived in many cities, she has been blogging for since 2004. Earlier, she worked in IT industry for more than 12 years.

Her book reviews are all listed under one blog called AnuReviews. She is also the author of many books including “Lotus In The Stone – Sacred Journeys In Eterna India” (2020), “Unusual Temples of India” (2020), “Bharat Ke Anokhe Mandir” (2020) and “The Mouse Charmers- Digital Pioneers of India” (2014).

In her blog, ‘Inditales’, she shares stories related to international travels, places she visited in India and travel tips, how to reach the destination. IndiTales is the only bi-lingual travel blog that is published in both English and Hindi.

5. ShaluSharma.com, Shalu Sharma

ShaluShamra.com is one of the most popular travel blogs in India which is run by Shalu Sharma who’s also an author, blogger, and businesswoman from Bihar, India.

If you’re someone who’s looking for genuine information on Indian travel, Shalu Sharma’s travel blog is an essential read for you.

You’ll find a wide range of topics including holiday traveling, Indian travel tips, essential travel guides, and more.

Shalu also published ebooks such as “India Travel Survival Guide For Women” that helps solo women travelers to travel solo across India.

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6. Be on the Road, Sankara

He is not just any type of blogger, he is a biking blogger who has been featured in many top media outlets.Travelling is his life, career, passion and inspiration. His blogs and photographs have been all over, some of them were even featured in the National Geographic Traveller India Magazine.

He left his 8-year old corporate sales and marketing career in the IT industry and started traveling across the world. He blogs about vegetarian cuisine, wildlife holidays, unique cultures, and visas for Indians in ‘Be on the road’ which is his travel and photography blog.

It also talks about Travel Tips, Travel and Vegetarian Food, Travel and Fashion, Travel and Technology, Travel Gear, Travel and Finance, Travel and Visas, Travel in India, Experiential Travel Stories, Rich Global Travel Photos and much more.

There is an ‘Incredible India’ section on the blog which lists all top holiday types such as motorcycling, honeymoon destinations, monsoon vacations, food trails, etc. There is also a section which is devoted to videos and pictures and will give you an idea of your journey.

If you are looking to travel cheaply and efficiently, and especially love to explore India, then you should visit his blog.

7.  The Wanderer, Siddharth Joshi

Siddhartha is a product designer with a passion for traveling and sharing experiences who travels with a motto and truly believes that we live only once. He makes most of his life by travelling around the world and possible even outside.

Started blogging in 2010, he has been bringing out the best travel-stories. He also runs a project called “Tell Me Your Dream” where he captures the simplicity of hopes and dreams of people.

He truly believes that only traveling can break barriers and make us more tolerant and accepting of our differences. He got featured in Times of India, Hindustan times, the better India, business standard and also nominated for Indian Blogger awards too.

His blog ‘The Wanderer’ is one of the must read travel blogs talks about culture, architecture, street food and also captures the soul of places across the globe. He also writes detailed review of hotels, coffee shops and restaurants with pictures that will make your travel easier. You can also find travel tech related posts.

8. Breathe Dream Go, Mariellen Ward

Breathedreamgo is an award-winning travel blog run by Canadian travel writer Mariellen Ward and it was founded in 2009.

The best part about Breathedreamgo is that it’s written and managed by a foreigner who teaches you about mindful travel. 

This blog also won many awards including the National Tourism Award for Best Foreign Travel Blogger from Incredible India Tourism in Delhi. 

If you want to learn about solo female travel, transformative travel, and travel in India, Breathedreamgo is the perfect blog for you.

9. Kunzum, Ajay Jain

Ajay is one of the top bloggers in India and also a passionate photographer. Ajay took a trip to Kunzum La pass in Lahaul Spiti in 2007 and this amazing trip turned out an inspiration and he started ‘Kunzum.com’ blog.

He also runs Kunzum Travel Cafe in Hauz Khas in Delhi. As you enter this cafe, you will be impressed with the ambience of the place. You can easily hang around at this place , meet travel minded people over a cup of coffee and pay whatever you feel like.

Ajay has a unique style of writing, exciting stories along with captivating images and videos has won him many followers. On his blog, you will find both International destinations information and destinations in India. You will also get information related to hotel reviews of the places he visited, what routes to take, tribal places, holiday destination places.

10. The Tales of a Traveler, Sam & Swati

Sam and swati are software engineer duo who has passion for travelling. In their blog ‘The Tales of a Traveler’ the couple shares the best of luxury stay, offbeat locations, food finds, weekend getaways, restaurant reviews, and travel tips to plan your vacations having a full-time job.

They save their hard earned money to travel the world apart from occasional sponsored trips.

They travelled to 13 international destinations and 22 states in India in just 3 years.

You will find a menu tab called ‘travel tips’ in which you can access helpful tips for travelers such as tourist visa for Indians, travel ideas, etc. They also share photoshoots of the places they visited on their video blog.

11. Thrilling Travel, Ami Bhat

Thrilling Travel is a top Indian travel blog that is founded by Ami Bhat who’s a traveler and a mom blogger. She’s a post-graduate in marketing and a traveler by passion. 

She has also been featured in major publications like BBC Travel, Deccan Herald, Dainik Jagran, Miss Malinin, and many more.

Amit is a PADI certified diver, and also a travel writer for publications including Lonely Planet India.

Ami Bhat shares her travel experiences on her blog so if you’re interested in discovering new travel destinations along with travel tips – this blog is just for you.

12. Travelmax, Umang Trivedi

Travelmax is one of India’s leading travel blogs where you can mostly explore travel experiences from the Indian travel blogger.

Umang Trivedi is the founder of this blog and he started the Travelmax blog in 2013 to share his travel stories. 

He also completed several treks in the Himalayas including the Rupin Pass trek and Stok Kangri peak summit.

If you’re someone who’s looking for a travel blog to discover adventure and offbeat travel – you should definitely check out the Travelmax blog.

13. Global Gallivanting, Anna

Anna Phipps is the founder of this amazing travel blog that mostly covers Indian traveling. She’s a writer, nomad, and travel addict originally from the UK. 

She quit her job in 2012 to travel solo and on a budget around India, Southeast Asia, and Australia.

She fell in love with India so much so that now she’s living in Goa (which is a popular travel destination for many).

If you want to learn how to travel for free or cheap, or looking for ways to make money while traveling, you should definitely check out this travel blog’s content.

14. iShareThese.com, Indrani Ghose

The Bangalore based wanderer narrates her travel experiences with the world through her blog ‘i share these’.She classifies her travelling moments as vacation, virtual travel, and UNESCO world heritage sites and these expeditions have expanded to countries like Italy, Austria, Thailand, the Vatican City, Belgium, Germany, France, Switzerland etc.

Her travelogue has been published in an international book and also her article on Eco-tour has been published in a national magazine. So far, she had been to 20 countries and covered many states in India.

You will find what places to visit in the countries that she visited, cuisine that is special to those places, hotels to stay, products that are special and unique to the place.

15. Devil on Wheels, Dheeraj Sharma

A software project manager by profession, Dheeraj Sharma is an avid traveler, a day – night dreamer and a passionate lover of Himalayas who has a high zest for driving whilst exploring new places in Himalayas.

He is working hard to materialize the vision & mission of DoW Travel Community. He is a pious worshipper of Leh-Ladakh and has successfully explored some of the off-beat destinations on wheels in Ladakh and shared travel guide on his blog ‘Devil on Wheels’. The one tip he always gives for anyone traveling in Himalayas is ‘Leave Early, Sleep Early’.

If you love himalayan trips and need complete guide for that, then his blog helps you with all the information you need. You will find good hotels to stay, guide to Leh and Ladakh from anywhere. You can even ask him for guidance in planning your trip and you will get an immediate response.

16. AravindGundumane.com, Aravind GJ

With fabulous pictures and picturesque landscape photography, Aravind writes about his journeys and adventures through different parts of India.

You will find more scenic photos in every place he visited in his blog ‘Treks and travels’.

His article on the jeep safari through Leech waterfall is quite adventurous with some excellent images.

Every article on his blog is attention grabber as they are more a photo-essay with vivid photographs.

17. Tale of 2 Backpackers, Amrita & Agni

Tale of 2 Backpackers is the best Indian travel blog that covers topics around heritage, culture, and festivals in India.

As the blog name suggests, it’s the journey of the two Indian backpackers Agni and Amrita who share all the experiences of their traveling across India.

They both have been traveling for the last 12 years and worked with various tourism boards like Thailand, Malaysia, Incredible India, and major brands including Make My Trip, Thomas Cook, Tata AIG, Park Hyatt, The Taj, and more.

If you’re looking for resources around traveling smart with proper planning and budgeting, this blog is a must-read for you.

18. The Solo Globetrotter, Reshma Narasing

Do you love solo traveling? Do you want to find a ton of useful content on solo traveling and the best destinations to visit as a solo traveler? Then, you should definitely check out The Solo Globetrotter as it is one of the best travel blogs on solo traveling in India.

This blog is founded by Reshma Narasing who’s passionate about both traveling and writing. She solo traveled as a female traveler in 35 countries and counting. She also got featured on major sites like The Huff Post, Amazing Thailand, Medium, and more. 

If you want to find all the resources to travel solo, starting from inspiration to travel destinations to travel hacks – you should not miss out on reading this blog. 

19. Travel Shoe Bum, Shubham Mansingka

Travel Shoe Bum is one of the best travel blogs in India as the founder of the blog Shubham is a full-time traveler for 5+ years and works as a travel writer and consultant. Shubham got featured in major publications like HuffPost, HT Brunch, The Hindu, Mint, and more.

He traveled across 24+ states in India and 4+ countries. He mostly travels solo within a limited budget.

So if you’re someone who’s looking to follow “solo traveling or budget traveling”, you should definitely check out his blog as you can learn a lot.

He also did adventurous trips like two grand winter trips to Ladakh; slow traveling in Garhwal and solo trek from Lahaul to Zanskar.

20. SandeepaChetan.com, Sandeepa and Chetan

Sandeepa is an Electronics Engineer who designed circuits and is now the writer for this blog. Chetan worked in digital media for almost 12 years and is now the photographer for this blog. The amazing couple with a desire to uncover the amazing beauties around the world has travelled to numerous destinations.

They quit their jobs, sold their house and decided to travel the world. They have traveled widely across India especially the Himalayas. They have traveled extensively around South America, New Zealand and some of Southeast Asia. The have been featured in Your Story, Yahoo Travel, Indiatimes, The Better India, Scoop Whoop, Tripoto and much more.

They have brilliantly captured each and every journey of their life in their blog, ‘Sandeepa Chetan’ you will find step-by-step guide to travel to places like Kashmir and biking trips, food trips, beaches to see in every place and much more.

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Conclusion about top travel blogs from India

As I said earlier, travel blogging in India is evolving at rapid pace.

If you’re a travel enthusiast, I hope you like the blogs that mentioned on this page. Make sure to check out the blogs, subscribe to them if you find those topics interesting and do connect with them to start your travel journey (if you’re interested).

Did I miss any of your favourite travel blogs from India in this list? Do share your thoughts in the comments and I’d be glad to include them in the list.