We had a great day with Karan for our day tour in Varanasi. We started with a boat ride at sunrise, then went to Sarnath and finally had an amazing... read more walk in the heart of the city. Karan is very knowledgeable and professional and speaks an amazingly good English. He showed us the hidden gems of the city and offered us a fully immersive experience with the local people of Varanasi. We highly recommend him for any trip in and around Varanasi.

  My husband and I, both in our 50s along with our mothers (in their 80s) had been to Varanasi this March and at the very outset we decided that we... read more needed a private guide for the whole trip who can tailor our activities to suit our physical abilities. After an online search, I chanced upon Sachan tours. Looking back, I’m glad we engaged him. Karan was with us throughout the 3 days and made sure we missed nothing - the usual touristy as well as the ‘off the beaten track’ Varanasi. He took us for both sunset and the sunrise boat rides during which he familiarised us with the history of the place. We saw both Ganga Aarthis - morning & evening. He took us to the main 5 temples as per our wish and ensured that we went at a slightly less crowded time and were able to do things at our own pace. He took me and my husband on educative walks through the historical parts of Varanasi, around the Kashi Vishwanath temple and along some of the important ghats while our mothers rested in the hotel during the afternoons. He took us to safe eateries where we tasted local Banarasi street food. He took care of all the local transportation. It was a complete package. Karan is very friendly and knowledgeable - having studied history and having lived in Varanasi for many years. I would highly recommend him when you visit Varanasi.

  Sachin was a great tour guide who was very knowledgeable and was able to provide a very personalized and customized tour of Varanasi. I spent two days with him and... read more was able to see and learn a lot about the people and their faith surrounding the area. Highly recommend!

  If you're looking for a guide in India, don't look further. Karan has gone out of his way to help me manage my way through omicron-struck India, and my search... read more for a good university to study in India. He went with me to Varanasi and the whole omicron wave caused quite a bit of trouble for me, which led me to having to organize/call many institutions by phone due to pcr-tests, quarantine and all those kinds of things, for which he's been a great relief and help, moreso than I can even write down here. Since both his Hindi and English are very good (I'm dutch and my hindi is very basic), and he's familiar with both western and Indian culture, he could help me breach the language barrier (which was bigger than I had anticipated) and get things done. This also helped to get in touch and talk to students at the Banaras Hindu University to find out more about the course there, which was the whole intention of my trip. Also he told and showed me a lot about indian culture which helped me see India in a way I couldn't have on my own. Another thing is that since he's a local here, he will prevent you from getting overcharged.

He is hospitable, organized (more than me), friendly, funny, intelligent/knowledgeable, earnest and above all, he loves to guide. A nice moment was when Karan asked a tandoori roti baker if I could hop on to the platform he was standing on, so I could peek over his shoulder to see how he made them in the oven (interesting process actually)... since he (Karan) knew I'm interested in food and cooking. I haven't done a regular tour with him, but I have no doubt it is equally as good.

Karan, I wish you all the best and really hope you can go back to guiding full-time despite of all the corona stuff.

Thanks for all your help.

  Had a great opportunity to see the city, Sarnath and local culture, people, myriad number of temples and so much with very knowledgeable guide Mr. Sachaan. We were lucky to... read more book him in advance to be benefitted by him and his rich experience to show us.
It was overall a very good day with him.
(We did tours in February, 2020, sorry to post the review after so long).
Success with your work.

  We absolutely loved the walking tour. A friend highly recommended Karan to us, so we got in touch and he quickly replied and booked us for a walking tour around... read more Varanasi. Karan was so helpful and have so much knowledge about Varanasi and Indian history and culture in general. Karan answer all of our questions and took us around places that we would have possibly never found without him. You can tell that he loves Varanasi and his country and he's more than happy to share all of his knowledge. Once we left Varanasi Karan kept making sure that we were OK texting and asking how our travel around India was going, and offering advise. Overall, the walking tour was an amazing experience that we will recommend, very enjoyable and interesting. 100% we will repeat it when we come back to Varanasi.