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Discover 30 Day tours in Varanasi on Trip.com, updated October 1, 2025, with experiences lasting from 1 to 29 hours. Find the perfect adventure for your day!
From SAR 18.77 per person, with an average total of SAR 188.19. Choose the option that suits your plan.
With 454 verified reviews, Day tours Varanasi boast an average rating of 4.8.
This week's most popular Day tours: "Banaras Wala Tours", with 103 reviews and a 4.8 rating.
Now on Trip.com: "Varanasi: Fully Day Tour with Sarnath and Boat Ride", a 29-hour adventure in Varanasi!
The next available day tour departs on October 2, 2025. Book now to secure your spot!
Varanasi Day tours usually take about 29 hours — perfect for a relaxed, immersive experience!
5% of Varanasi Day tours now offer English-speaking guides
October is perfect for visiting Varanasi! Choose from Day tours available day tours, including seasonal hits like Banaras Wala Tours.
Your trip, worry-free! All day tours are run by licensed suppliers with verified reviews, and many include free cancellation before departure.
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Reviews: The Ultimate 1 Day in Varanasi - How to Spend 13 Hours - Private Guided Tour
Guest User2025-09-15
Ballu was a terrific tour guide. He worked hard to overcome several obstacles (including a flooded river and a festival that was going on) to make this a memorable experience for me.★
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Reviews: Full Day Varanasi Private Tour with Temples, Ghats & Rituals
Guest User2024-09-12
Hi-Molu is a professional with 30+year experience.
He showed around and ensured I was safe throughout the trip which is a priority for female adventurers.
I am not a very curious person so let him take me around and show as required.
I would recommend you ask questions or set expectations from the start.
I also had an opportunity to shop at the local factory, felt the prices were high but I am not too aware of the type of silks so gave into the pressure of purchasing 2 sarees :) you may want to plan accordingly. The owner of the shop is soo kind, he will flip the entire store for you.
I was offered free snacks like tamatar chat, chai and lassi which was not included and covered in the plan. Guess I got lucky as I did not have change in most places, pls carry 10s,20s,50s with you handy.
For template Darshan, I was able o skip the queue and cover sugam Darshan for which there was no charge but I ended up paying the pandit who helped me 500, be chanted some mantras so I felt like giving back.
Boat ride was solo and peaceful, I had a very big boat to myself, Molu did call out the type of ghats but I did not dwell into the history and neither did he (worked for me)
Ganga Arti was on a terrace where I got the 3rd seat as the water level was higher at the ghat. An interesting but congested experience, pls ensure to see the ghat one which is open and has lots of space.
Appreciate your support Molu. All the best!★
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Reviews: Cultural & Spiritual Trails of Old Town Varanasi Guided Walking Tour
Guest User2025-02-22
Fantastic tour that went to the parts other tours cannot reach. Went to places we would never have known about and might have been quite daunting without a guide.
The trip to the funery ghat was humbling and really showed the spirituality of Hinduism.★
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Reviews: Varanasi Morning Boat Tour [RowBoat]
Guest User2024-07-09
We had a great time on our boat ride with our guide Vinod Yadav. He is very knowledgeable about the city, its people and their various customs.
It was a great trip. After the boat ride he took us through the small streets of old and new varanasi. And answered every question we had without judgement or expectation. And we were able to feel a lot closer to the city than we had previously. Many thanks to be able to experience this place and see through the eyes of the many for which this place is important in their pilgrimage.
However it is important for everyone to know. That varanasi's ghats and some of its rituals are about mourning the dead. Which is a very personal journey for the family of the deceased. As a tourist one must remain respectful and a little distant.
How would you feel if you father was being cremated and tourists are shoving camera's down your experience. Our guide shared stories of some disrespect people in the past on our request. And it honestly shocked us. Please be respectful. Your guide will be able to guide you as to what is respectful and what is not. Please dont try to push.
Again. Many thanks. We had a great time. Varanasi is such a place of beauty. And we tried to find it out ourselfs first. But to have a guide guide you it 100x the experience.★
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Reviews: Sunrise & Morning Down Town, Walking Tour. Daily Tour
Guest User2024-05-05
We had two tours in Varanasi. One was booked through our tour operator and the other tour we had booked with Rahul (on the recommendation of another tourist from New York). So we have material for comparison.
Rahul's tour stood head and shoulders above the rest. He showed us the real authentic Varanasi. We were also very close to the cremation site. Something the other guide did not dare/allow.
Thanks to Rahul we went to unique places that we would otherwise have missed. You could immediately tell that Rahul grew up in the old center of Varanasi. Many people knew him and no one said we couldn't go somewhere.
He also knew how to tell considerably more about life in Varanasi. As a professional photographer this was priceless.
It's nice to know that Rahul also takes photographs and therefore knows what you want to capture as a photographer. In short: I highly recommend Rahul's (Mr. Streetwise) tour.
On my next visit, I would like to book another tour through him. We also recommended him to our tour operator.
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