The white colonnaded façade of an old Kolkata family mansion, lit at night

Private & Luxury Kolkata ToursKolkata, Privately

Your own car, driver and guide for the day, from your hotel door. Rajbari courtyards, Kumartuli’s studios and the river at the right hour, in a day ordered around the light and the queues rather than the driver.

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USD 119₹11,400EUR 105GBP 90Each, Private Full Day for Two
USD 67₹6,450EUR 59GBP 51Each, Private Half Day for Two
All inCar, Driver, Guide & Entry Fees
2019Based in Kolkata
Price Your Day

What a Private Day Costs

Choose the day and how many of you are travelling. These are our published prices for your own car, driver and guide, with entry fees included.

How many travelling

Kolkata City Sightseeing Tour

USD 119₹11,400EUR 105GBP 90per person, private

USD 237₹22,800EUR 209GBP 180 total for 2 travellers · Sedan

Car, driver, guide and entry fees included · collected from your hotel anywhere in the city

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Nothing to pay now. We confirm the date and send the plan in writing, usually the same day and always within 24 hours.

Private Days

Private Kolkata Day Tours

The same tours and prices as our Kolkata hub, taken privately. Open any card for the hour-by-hour day.

Which private day?

Every day below is yours alone: your own car, driver and guide, priced for your party. Pick a party size on any card and the price changes.

The one to book firstHowrah Bridge framed by a wrought-iron balcony above a busy street
Private · vehicle & entry feesFull day · 9 hours · 07:30 – 16:30 · max 6 travellers

Kolkata City Sightseeing Tour

Private tourHotel pick-upEntry fees included

Our core product and the one to book if you book one thing. North to south across the whole city in a single well-sequenced day, ordered so the light and the crowds are right at each stop rather than convenient for the driver.

How many travelling

USD 119₹11,400EUR 105GBP 90per person, privateUSD 237₹22,800EUR 209GBP 180 total for 2 travellers · Sedan

Also: three USD 84₹8,050EUR 74GBP 63 each · four USD 84₹8,050EUR 74GBP 63 · six USD 84₹8,050EUR 74GBP 63 · twelve USD 46₹4,400EUR 40GBP 35

What you seeMullick Ghat flower market while the wholesale trade is still running · Howrah Bridge · Kumartuli’s idol-makers · Marble Palace · Jorasanko Thakurbari · College Street and the Indian Coffee House · Victoria Memorial · St Paul’s Cathedral · Mother House · a lunch stop at a Bengali restaurant we rate

See the hour-by-hour day
  1. Pick-up

    From your hotel, or from your chosen boarding point.

  2. Mullick Ghat flower market

    Forty-five minutes on foot under Howrah Bridge, while the wholesale trade is still running. The busiest and least photographed hour of the Kolkata day.

  3. Howrah Bridge and the Strand

    Twenty minutes at the river. No photography from the bridge itself — it is a defence installation and the rule is enforced.

  4. Kumartuli

    An hour walking the idol-makers’ lanes, three kilometres north. Studio interiors by arrangement.

  5. Marble Palace

    Forty-five minutes in the Mullick family’s 1835 mansion. Free entry; closed one day a week.

  6. Jorasanko Thakurbari

    Forty-five minutes in Tagore’s family house. Closed one day a week.

  7. College Street and a lunch stop

    An hour and a quarter — the booksellers’ mile, and a sit-down Bengali lunch at your own cost.

  8. Victoria Memorial

    An hour and a quarter across the galleries and the gardens. Your ticket covers both; a garden ticket bought at the gate would not.

  9. St Paul’s Cathedral

    Twenty minutes, with the afternoon light on the west front.

  10. Drop-off

    Back at your hotel or boarding point.

Driving on this route is about 35 km, all within the city. Timings shift a little with traffic and with the season — the order does not.

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Howrah Bridge seen from a colonial balcony above a tram street
Private · vehicle & entry feesFull day · 10 hours · 07:00 – 17:00 · max 6 travellers

Kolkata City Sightseeing with Dakshineswar & Belur

Private tourHotel pick-upEntry fees included

The city tour with the two great river temples added to the front of the day — timed to reach Dakshineswar before the queues build, and to cross the Hooghly by ferry rather than by bridge.

How many travelling

USD 131₹12,600EUR 116GBP 99per person, privateUSD 262₹25,200EUR 231GBP 198 total for 2 travellers · Sedan

Also: three USD 92₹8,850EUR 81GBP 70 each · four USD 92₹8,850EUR 81GBP 70 · six USD 92₹8,850EUR 81GBP 70 · twelve USD 50₹4,850EUR 45GBP 38

What you seeDakshineswar Kali Temple · the ferry across the Hooghly · Belur Math · Kumartuli · Jorasanko Thakurbari · College Street · Victoria Memorial · St Paul’s Cathedral · a lunch stop on the way

See the hour-by-hour day
  1. Pick-up

    An early start, and the whole point of the day — Dakshineswar’s queues build fast.

  2. Dakshineswar Kali Temple

    An hour, sixteen kilometres north. Phones and cameras go to the deposit counter before the shrine.

  3. Across the Hooghly

    A fifteen-minute ferry rather than the road bridge. Belur seen from the water is the reason we do it this way.

  4. Belur Math

    An hour in the Ramakrishna Mission’s headquarters — one temple built in Hindu, Islamic and Christian idiom at once.

  5. Kumartuli

    Forty-five minutes in the idol-makers’ quarter on the way back south.

  6. Jorasanko Thakurbari

    Forty-five minutes at Tagore’s house. Closed one day a week.

  7. Lunch stop on College Street

    An hour, with time in the Indian Coffee House. The meal is at your own cost.

  8. Victoria Memorial

    An hour and a quarter, galleries and gardens both.

  9. St Paul’s Cathedral

    Twenty minutes.

  10. Drop-off

Driving on this route is about 45 km, including the river crossing. Timings shift a little with traffic and with the season — the order does not.

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A zamindar estateThe courtyard of Roy Bari, a family house in Behala that has held its Durga Puja for some 270 years
Private · vehicle & Rajbari accessFull day · 10–11 hours · 08:00 – 18:30 · max 6 travellers

Kolkata City Sightseeing with Bawali Rajbari

Private tourHotel pick-upEntry fees included

The city in the morning, then an hour south to the Bawali Rajbari — a three-hundred-year-old zamindar estate, restored rather than rebuilt, where a Bengali lunch can be arranged in the courtyard. The best day we run for anyone who wants Bengal beyond the guidebook.

How many travelling

USD 143₹13,750EUR 126GBP 108per person, privateUSD 286₹27,500EUR 253GBP 217 total for 2 travellers · Sedan

Also: three USD 101₹9,700EUR 89GBP 76 each · four USD 101₹9,700EUR 89GBP 76 · six USD 101₹9,700EUR 89GBP 76 · twelve USD 55₹5,300EUR 49GBP 42

What you seeVictoria Memorial · St Paul’s · the colonial core · the drive south through the rural Hooghly · Bawali Rajbari — the thakurdalan, the courtyards and the old temples in the village · a lunch stop at the Rajbari · back in the city by evening

See the hour-by-hour day
  1. Pick-up
  2. Victoria Memorial

    An hour and a quarter before the day warms up.

  3. St Paul’s Cathedral

    Twenty minutes.

  4. Dalhousie Square on foot

    Forty-five minutes through BBD Bagh — the Writers’ Building, St John’s Church and Job Charnock’s tomb.

  5. South out of the city

    An hour and a quarter’s drive through the rural Hooghly, past brick kilns and paddy.

  6. Bawali Rajbari

    The thakurdalan, the courtyards and the terraces of a restored zamindar estate.

  7. Lunch stop at the Rajbari

    A Bengali meal served on the property, by prior arrangement and at your own cost.

  8. Bawali village

    Forty-five minutes among the old Shiva temples and the tank behind the estate.

  9. Back towards the city

    An hour and a quarter.

  10. Drop-off

    Later than our other days — worth knowing if you have an evening plan.

Driving on this route is about 80 km round trip, 35 km each way out of the city. Timings shift a little with traffic and with the season — the order does not.

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Most completePark Street lit for Christmas, with yellow taxis below
Private · vehicle & entry fees2 days · no overnight stay · 08:00 – 17:30, both days · max 6 travellers

Complete Kolkata — Two-Day Sightseeing

Private tourHotel pick-upEntry fees included

Everything in the full-day tour plus the half of Kolkata a single day always leaves behind — at a pace that lets you sit down in the Coffee House rather than photograph it from the pavement.

How many travelling

USD 225₹21,600EUR 198GBP 170per person, privateUSD 450₹43,200EUR 397GBP 340 total for 2 travellers · Sedan

Also: three USD 159₹15,250EUR 140GBP 120 each · four USD 159₹15,250EUR 140GBP 120 · six USD 159₹15,250EUR 140GBP 120 · twelve USD 86₹8,300EUR 76GBP 65

What you seeDay one: the colonial core, the river, the ghats and the museums · Day two: Dakshineswar and Belur, north Kolkata’s great houses, Kumartuli, Chinatown at breakfast, a tram ride and Park Street after dark

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Short on timeHowrah Bridge lit up at dusk above the Hooghly
Private · own vehicle4–5 hours · 08:00 – 12:30 · max 6 travellers

Kolkata City Sightseeing — Half Day

Private tourHotel pick-upEntry fees included

The landmarks in a morning or an afternoon — for travellers with one free half-day, a late arrival or an early flight out.

How many travelling

USD 67₹6,450EUR 59GBP 51per person, privateUSD 134₹12,900EUR 118GBP 102 total for 2 travellers · Sedan

Also: three USD 47₹4,550EUR 42GBP 36 each · four USD 47₹4,550EUR 42GBP 36 · six USD 47₹4,550EUR 42GBP 36 · twelve USD 26₹2,500EUR 23GBP 20

What you seeVictoria Memorial · St Paul’s Cathedral · Dalhousie Square and the Writers’ Building · St John’s Church and Job Charnock’s tomb · Howrah Bridge and the Hooghly frontage

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Close detail of the clay figures at a family Durga Puja in Kolkata, in gold, white and green
Behind the doors

The city behind its doors

Kolkata’s old families still keep their courtyards, their thakur-dalans and their own goddess. A few open them to guests who come properly introduced. On our great houses walk, the introduction is the part we arrange.

Hand-printed cloth laid out for sale at the Sonajhuri haat near Shantiniketan
Beyond the city

Bengal, a short drive away

Tagore’s Shantiniketan, the terracotta of Bishnupur, the nawabs’ Murshidabad. Private overnight escapes with the same car and the same guide, set out in our West Bengal itinerary guide.

Private Themed Walks

Add the Kolkata Behind the Sights

Three or four hours each, with the same guides, and easy to fold into a day tour or a stay. Prices are for two travellers, private; larger parties pay less each.

Dawn · 4 hours

Sunrise at the Flower Market

Mullick Ghat and the ghats from 05:15, when the light is worth getting up for. Paced for photographers, not for a schedule.

USD 57₹5,500EUR 51GBP 43 private, for twoFrom USD 22₹2,150EUR 20GBP 17 each in a larger party

Details on the Kolkata hub →
Morning · 3 hours

Kumartuli — The Idol-Makers’ Quarter

Straw, clay and river silt becoming goddesses, in studios our guide’s family has known for three generations.

USD 43₹4,100EUR 38GBP 32 private, for twoFrom USD 17₹1,600EUR 15GBP 13 each in a larger party

Details on the Kolkata hub →
Half day · 4 hours

Bonedi Bari — The Great Houses

Inside north Kolkata’s aristocratic courtyard mansions — Sovabazar Rajbari, Marble Palace and two private houses that admit guests by arrangement only.

USD 52₹5,000EUR 46GBP 39 private, for twoFrom USD 20₹1,950EUR 18GBP 15 each in a larger party

Details on the Kolkata hub →
Afternoon · 3 hours

The Hooghly by Boat

A country boat from Babughat, under Howrah Bridge, past the bathing ghats and the old Armenian jetties to sunset at Princep Ghat.

USD 49₹4,750EUR 44GBP 37 private, for twoFrom USD 19₹1,850EUR 17GBP 15 each in a larger party

Details on the Kolkata hub →
Half day · 4 hours

The Bengali Food Trail

Twelve tastings across four neighbourhoods, from a century-old sweet shop to the counter that invented the kathi roll. Vegetarian route on request.

USD 46₹4,450EUR 41GBP 35 private, for twoFrom USD 18₹1,750EUR 16GBP 14 each in a larger party

Details on the Kolkata hub →
Half day · 3 hours

Literary Kolkata

College Street’s mile of booksellers, the Indian Coffee House, the Sanskrit College quarter and Park Street Cemetery.

USD 39₹3,700EUR 34GBP 29 private, for twoFrom USD 15₹1,450EUR 13GBP 11 each in a larger party

Details on the Kolkata hub →
Evening · 3½ hours

Kolkata After Dark

The city at night — the lit river frontage, Park Street, the late-night sweet shops and a drive over the Vidyasagar Setu.

USD 44₹4,200EUR 39GBP 33 private, for twoFrom USD 17₹1,650EUR 15GBP 13 each in a larger party

Details on the Kolkata hub →
Half day · 4 hours

Textiles, Saris & the Bazaars

Baluchari, jamdani, tant and kantha at source, with a weaver’s workshop visit and the Burrabazar wholesale lanes.

USD 48₹4,600EUR 42GBP 36 private, for twoFrom USD 19₹1,800EUR 17GBP 14 each in a larger party

Details on the Kolkata hub →
Added to any journey

A Film of Your Trip

A short cinematic film of your party in the city, shot and edited by our own team and delivered after you return. A keepsake of the trip that nobody in your party has to film.

From USD 781₹75,000EUR 689GBP 591 per journeyNot per person

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How It Works

From a Message to Your Door

  1. 01

    Tell us the day

    Your date, how many of you, your hotel and anything you already know you want. WhatsApp or the form, whichever is easier.

  2. 02

    A written plan and price

    Usually the same day and always within 24 hours, from a named person: timings, pick-up, what is included and what is not.

  3. 03

    Confirm

    Day tours are confirmed on full payment; stays take a 40% deposit, with the balance 7 days before. Razorpay (cards, UPI, net banking) or bank transfer, including SWIFT from abroad.

  4. 04

    On the day

    The car is at your hotel at the agreed minute, and your coordinator is on WhatsApp from booking until you are back.

Included on every private day

  • An air-conditioned car sized to your party: a sedan for up to three, an SUV for four or five, a tempo traveller beyond that
  • Its driver for the whole day, with fuel, tolls and parking
  • A guide from our Kolkata panel: English, Bengali and Hindi as standard; French, German, Spanish and Japanese on notice
  • Monument entry fees
  • Pick-up and drop-off at your hotel, anywhere in the city

Not included

  • Meals: we build the lunch stop into the day, at your own cost
  • Hotels on day tours (the two stays below include them)
  • Tips, which are always your choice

Walk Another Mile is a Kolkata company, registered and GST-registered in the city and run by its founder, Soumik Basu Choudhury. Registration details, payment and cancellation terms are set out in full on Booking With Confidence.

With a Stay

Two or Three Nights, Done Properly

Airport to airport, with the hotel, transfers and guiding included. We choose the hotel to suit the journey, up to the city’s five-star addresses.

Private only · our signature city journey3 nights / 4 days · Airport to airport

Kolkata City Immersion — 3 Nights

Private tourHotel pick-upEntry fees included

Kolkata lived rather than visited — our published four-day itinerary, with the flower market at dawn, a home-cooked Bengali meal and Park Street at night.

How many travelling

USD 229₹22,000EUR 202GBP 173per person, privateUSD 458₹44,000EUR 404GBP 346 total for 2 travellers · Sedan

Also: three USD 227₹21,850EUR 201GBP 172 each · four USD 210₹20,200EUR 186GBP 159 · six USD 195₹18,750EUR 172GBP 148 · twelve USD 177₹17,050EUR 157GBP 134

What you seeThe full day-by-day itinerary, hotel tiers and inclusions are published on the journey page

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Private · hotel, transfers & guiding2 nights / 3 days · Airport to airport · max 6 travellers

Kolkata City Break — 2 Nights

Private tourHotel pick-upEntry fees included

The whole visit arranged end to end — airport transfers, a vetted hotel in the right part of town, two full days of guided sightseeing and a table booked for every dinner.

How many travelling

USD 278₹26,750EUR 246GBP 211per person, privateUSD 557₹53,500EUR 491GBP 421 total for 2 travellers · Sedan

Also: three USD 253₹24,350EUR 224GBP 192 each · four USD 234₹22,450EUR 206GBP 177 · six USD 217₹20,850EUR 192GBP 164 · twelve USD 198₹19,000EUR 175GBP 150

What you see2 nights with breakfast · both airport transfers · two guided sightseeing days · restaurant reservations · a named coordinator reachable throughout

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Longer? The Royal Bengal Experience runs seven nights across Kolkata, the Sundarbans and Darjeeling, and our West Bengal journeys start from the city.

When to Come

Kolkata Through the Year

The best months for a private Kolkata tour
MonthsWhat the city is likeWorth timing for
October–NovemberWarm days, the festival seasonDurga Puja (5–10 Oct 2027, provisional), Kali Puja, Jagaddhatri Puja in Chandannagar
December–FebruaryThe coolest, clearest months; peak seasonChristmas on Park Street, Poush Mela in Shantiniketan, the Book Fair, Saraswati Puja. Our winter guide
MarchWarming up, still comfortable in the morningsDol and Basanta Utsav in Shantiniketan
April–JuneHot, often above 35 °CEarly starts and shorter days; quieter and easier to book
July–SeptemberMonsoonKumartuli at work on the idols before the Puja
What Guests Wrote

Reviewed in the Hardest Week of the Year

These three reviews come from Durga Puja, the week a private car and guide in Kolkata is hardest to get right. Here they are in brief, in our words; read them in full on Google, under the names of the people who wrote them.

Two-day private Durga Puja tour, north and south Kolkata

Doorstep pick-up and drop-off in an air-conditioned car, a dedicated guide who knew the back routes and looked after their son in the crowds, and live crowd updates from our team throughout.

Pradipta R.Google review · October 2026

Durga Puja 2025, with family

Long hours on foot are tiring at their age, so they had often put off Puja outings. With everything arranged for them, they saw the pandals without being worn out.

Rakhi S.Google review · 2026

Durga Puja 2025, with friends

A private car to themselves, pandal-hopping planned in advance and a friendly, well-looked-after day. They wrote that they cannot imagine Puja without us now.

Ritisha D.Google review · 2026

5.0on Google, from 6 reviews (October 2026)

Read them on Google →Travelled with us? Add yours

Common Questions

Answered Plainly

A private full day for two is ₹22,800 in all, ₹11,400 each, with your own car, driver, guide and entry fees. Four travellers pay ₹8,050 each. The private half day is ₹12,900 for two, the day with Dakshineswar and Belur ₹25,200, the day with Bawali Rajbari ₹27,500 and two full private days ₹43,200. Every party size is priced on the cards above, in rupees, with your own currency alongside.

An air-conditioned car sized to your party, with its driver, fuel, tolls and parking; a guide from our Kolkata panel (English, Bengali and Hindi as standard; French, German, Spanish and Japanese on notice); monument entry fees; and pick-up and drop-off at your hotel anywhere in the city. Meals are not included: we build the lunch stop into the day, at a place worth eating in.

Nothing is payable until you have a written quotation. Day tours are confirmed on full payment; stays and longer journeys take a 40% deposit, with the balance due 7 days before you travel. You can pay through Razorpay (cards, UPI, net banking) or by bank transfer, including SWIFT from abroad. We never ask for card details by email or WhatsApp. Cancellation terms are set out in full on Booking With Confidence.

The private full day. It runs north to south across the city in one well-ordered day, so the light and the crowds are right at each stop. With two days, Complete Kolkata adds Dakshineswar and Belur, the great houses, Kumartuli and Park Street after dark. With three nights, the City Immersion does the city properly, hotel included.

Yes, if you choose it well. The private half day runs 08:00 to 12:30 (or in the afternoon) and covers the Victoria Memorial, St Paul's Cathedral, Dalhousie Square and the Writers' Building, St John's Church and the Howrah Bridge frontage. It suits a late arrival, an early flight out or a single free morning.

It is the most comfortable way to see Kolkata. The car stays with you all day, the guide sets the walking to your pace, and if the traffic or the weather turns, the route changes around it. Car seats and booster seats can be arranged if you ask when booking, and children under twelve travel at a reduced rate.

Yes, and that is how they work best: sunrise at the flower market before the city tour, or Kolkata After Dark after it. Each walk is priced privately for two, with a lower price each for larger parties, and we confirm the combined day in your written quote.

On the City Break and the City Immersion, yes, and on any private trip if you ask, up to the city's five-star hotels. If you have already booked, we collect you from the door.

October to March. That covers Durga Puja, Kali Puja and Jagaddhatri Puja in autumn, Christmas on Park Street, the Book Fair and Saraswati Puja. April to June is hot, often above 35 °C, and July to September is the monsoon; we still run tours then, starting earlier in the day.

Tell us the day you have, and we will build it

Your dates, how many of you, and anything you already know you want. We reply within 24 hours with a written plan and the exact private price.

No obligation and nothing payable now. We never ask for card details by email or WhatsApp. See Booking With Confidence.