Build Your Own: custom private tour of Kolkata with transfers
Description
This 8-hour custom tour of Kolkata enables you to explore the city in your own way. Allow your guide to help you to choose the activities that suit your interest the most, giving you the most memorable time during your Kolkata visit. The maximum group size for this tour is 12.
Tour Options
Itinerary
We start with a peaceful visit to St. Paul’s Cathedral (30 mins), soaking in its Gothic architecture and quiet charm
Next, we head to the iconic Victoria Memorial (45 mins), exploring its gardens and optionally stepping into the museum.
As we drive through BBD Bagh, we pass by the historic Writer’s Building (5 mins), with stories of colonial power and revolution shared en route.
At BBD Flower Market (30 mins), guests experience the vibrant chaos and color of Kolkata’s floral lifeline. A well-earned lunch break follows (60 mins) at a curated local eatery offering authentic Bengali flavors.
Post-lunch, we explore the literary soul of the city at College Street (45 mins), browsing bookstalls and optionally sipping coffee at the legendary Indian Coffee House.
We then head to the spiritual heart of Kolkata with a culturally sensitive visit to Kalighat Temple.
Visit the peaceful ambiance of the ISKCON Temple (30 mins), where guests can enjoy bhajans and quiet reflection.
Our final stop is the deeply moving Mother Teresa’s House (30 mins), where her legacy of compassion comes alive. By 5:00 PM, we return to Park Street/your hotel, hearts full and stories richer, closing the day with a group photo and heartfelt goodbye.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We Pick from all hotels located in Kolkata Region.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Dress code is smart casual
- Group Tour Policy: Minimum 3 guests required. If not met, you’ll have the option to reschedule, receive a full refund, or upgrade to a private tour at an additional cost.
Reviews(11)
Extremely informative and entertainingly laid out by our guide, Anirban, which gave fantastic insight to Kolkata's history and street life
Dear Guest, It was a pleasure to have you on one of our tours. We at Go City Adventures are working constantly to deliver the best of experiences to our guests and are glad to know that you've enjoyed the tour with us. We hope to see you soon again on your next trip with us. Best Regards
Saha was great. Perfect english able to understand and anticipate our questions. She gave context and back story to everything we saw. Saha worked our schedule so we could see everything on our list. Our driver also did a great job.
Dear Guest, It was a pleasure to have you on one of our tours. We at Go City Adventures are working constantly to deliver the best of experiences to our guests and are glad to know that you've enjoyed the tour with us. We hope to see you soon again on your next trip with us. Best Regards, Founder
Sen was an excellent guide who tailored my one-day trip to my interests. For example, my most important place was The Mother House. He allowed me extra time and left me in peace to spend some quiet time. He is a great conversationalist and we both have a love of books. Although I had only one day, I felt I was able to see some of the most important highlights Kolkata has to offer.
Dear Guest, It was a pleasure to have you on one of our tours. We at Go City Adventures are working constantly to deliver the best of experiences to our guests and are glad to know that you've enjoyed the tour with us. We hope to see you soon again on your next trip with us. Best Regards, Suraj Founder-Go City Adventures
...just actually. Kolkata is a hard patch and was our last destination after 3 months of India round trip. So we did a lot of sightseeing, but the car was a completely dirty and demolished Uber car with an extremely unmotivated driver who was constantly sleeping or picking his nose. If it weren't for our guide Soham, we would have dropped out. The business model is not yet mature. 😉
Dear Sir, Thanks for your kind feedback. We received the same kind of feedback from our guide. We have removed our Vehicle supplier from the panel a this is against our business practice to provide sub-standard vehicles for our activity. Thank you again for the feedback as this always helps in improving our services. Best Regards, Suraj
My tour started badly, and late, as the guide just sat in my hotel lobby and made no effort to find me. I had to telephone the tour company. The guide was not very knowledgable and gave limited explanations where much more could have been said. And despite the late start, the guide was very keen to finish on time. Rather disappointing for a fairly expensive tour.
I arranged this trip for my aging parents living locally in Kolkata. Their tour guide Mr. Prosenjit was very knowledgeable and courteous to my parents and was indeed a very customized trip! Thank you for the excellent service and am surely going to book more trips with you in near future and recommend you to my friends as well! Keep up the great work
Dear Piki, Thank you very much for your lovely review which is a great encouragement to our passion for offering a reliable experience Kolkata our friends coming from all over the world. We ourselves feel in spirit by the local culture and life in this city, and that is what we too enjoy conveying. We are glad to know that you have enjoyed your tour and hope to see you soon on another adventure with us. Best Regards Komal Batra.
Collected by Manashi and the driver 15 minutes before our planned time to have a chat about what WE wanted to do... the day could not have been more perfect. Manashi made suggestions and we went with the majority of them to create our day. No rushing about, took our time to see what we wanted and had the most amazing Bengali Mutton Curry in the most perfect restaurant. Would I change anything about the day? Yes..... I’d book 2 days with Manashi :-) We have made a friend for life with this lady and we are so honoured to have shared the day with her
Dear Michelle, Thank you for your valuable feedback. Your feedback is very important for our guides and also helps us to track their performances. We are glad to know that you have enjoyed your tour and hope to see you soon on another adventure with us. Warm Regards Komal Batra.
When you are in any city and you are new it is advisable to take a one day custom trip to the place and you will come to know the culture ,custom etc. Similarly in Kolkata also the full day custom trip will be of very helpful to know the city well.
<p>Our guide met us promptly at our pickup location and was very friendly with excellent English. He came across as a little pushy with regard to the itinerary as we had a set number of things we wanted to see in our limited time. Unfortunately, one of our two priorities, the Mother House, is closed from 12-3 every day and all day Thursdays, which he was apparently unaware of as well, so we only got to see one of the two places we really wanted to go. Took an interesting drive around the city though, so feel like we got to at least see Kolkata from the car.</p>
<p>We were able to do some research and provide our guide with a list of our interests ahead of time. This enabled him to plan a route and determine what there would be time for and what was within a reasonable driving distance. We expressed interest in the wetlands as we're interested in birds and the guide, who is also a naturalist, took us to a fantastic bird sanctuary within the city and we got some totally fantastic pictures. We were in Kolkata during a festival that jammed up the roads and on a day when it was raining. Both the guide and the driver made super human efforts to enable us to at least get photographs of the places in which we were interested. This was a phenomenal tour, partially due to the skills and enthusiasm of our guide. BUT kudos to Viator for making something like this available - it was hard to find a tour where we were interested in everything that was included and this facilitated a wonderful experience tailored to our interests.</p>
