Tourists will now be able to revisit the country's colonial past from Kolkata to Varanasi through the 800 mile cruise on the river Ganges with West Bengal Tourism launching the service. This is the first cruise on the Ganges after almost 200 years. Very few journeys can be as interesting as a journey into the colonial past. The eight hundred mile expedition is to be offered as a fifteen day trip and only ten sailings are planned for the coming season. The expedition takes in a number of the most important historical sites in India including the colonial splendours of Calcutta, the sacred places of Buddhism around Bodh Gaya and Varanasi. In addition, the cruise stops daily in smaller towns and villages to see handicrafts, rural life and a variety of local cultures as the cruise passes from region to region.
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