Guwahati: If you are a traveller who is ready to experience some adventure then this news is for you. Generally, people travel by air when they want to visit London from Delhi but from now you can travel from Delhi to London by road. Yes, you read that right!
A Gurgaon based private company made an announcement on 15th August about their new plan “Bus To London”. According to the announcement now travellers can go to London by road and the travel time will be 70 days. This will be a one-way trip.
Taking to Instagram on August 15, Adventures Overland announced the “most epic bus journey in the world” which is set to go on the road in 2021. Named “Bus to London”, the post details that it’s the “first-ever hop-on/hop-off bus service between Delhi, India and London, United Kingdom.” The post further adds that as a part.
According to the company’s official website, the trip will start from India and end in the United Kingdom.
People taking this tour will travel through Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and France.
A special 20-seater bus, equipped with business class seats, is being built for this trip. Apart from the 20 passengers, there will be a driver, an assistant driver, a guide and a helper. The guide will change at regular intervals during the trip.
The company will also take care of the visa arrangements of the passengers. The trip will be divided into four categories and passengers can choose different destinations according to their liking and convenience while they will have to pay as per the particular package.
However, if they avail of the whole trip from Delhi to London it will cost them Rs 15 lakh per person.
The idea materialised after two travel enthusiasts, Tushar Agarwal and Sanjay Madan, took a road trip to London in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Adventures Overland co-founder Tushar Agarwal told IANS, “We planned this trip after a lot of people passionate about travelling expressed their wish for a road trip to London. This was announced on August 15 and we hope that the first bus to London will be flagged off in May 2021.We have not started the registrations due to the coronavirus spread. The registrations will start after taking stock of the coronavirus situation in all the countries.”
“All the facilities will be provided during the 70-day trip. Arrangements for stay will be made in 4-star or 5-star hotels and passengers will also be provided Indian food in all the countries,” he added.
