Foods of India · Discovery
Wazwan & Saffron
Kashmir's 36-dish feast, and the fields it comes from.
The route
A week built around one formal, generational Wazwan feast — and the saffron fields, kahwa rituals, and houseboat mornings around it.
Dal Lake, Srinagar
Kashmir, by shikara
Day 1 of this circuit: straight off the plane and onto Dal Lake by shikara, first kahwa served on the water, not in a lobby.
Day by day
Arrival, Dal Lake by shikara
Your Travel Manager meets you at Srinagar airport and takes you straight onto Dal Lake by shikara to your houseboat — first kahwa served on the water, not in a lobby.
Old Srinagar, and the waza's kitchen
Old Srinagar's lanes on foot, then a visit arranged by your Travel Manager with a waza family who has run a Wazwan kitchen for generations — you watch, not just eat.
Pampore saffron fields
A saffron-field visit in Pampore (in season, the flowers open for one week only) followed by a hands-on Kashmiri kahwa workshop.
The 7-Trami Wazwan
The centerpiece: a formal 7-Trami Wazwan dinner, the full sequence of dishes served the traditional way, hosted with the same waza family from Day 2.
Mughal gardens, free afternoon
Nishat and Shalimar gardens in the morning; the afternoon is yours — your Travel Manager can arrange pashmina or papier-mâché workshop visits on request.
Send-off
A final houseboat breakfast, packing help, and an airport drop timed to your flight.
What's included
- Houseboat stay on Dal Lake
- Private car and driver throughout
- The formal 7-Trami Wazwan dinner with a generational waza family
- Kashmiri kahwa workshop
- Your dedicated Travel Manager, on WhatsApp for the whole trip
What it costs
Quoted per journey
No two of these run the same way. What it costs depends on your dates, how many of you are travelling, where you want to stay, and how much of the circuit you want. Tell your Travel Manager what you have in mind and you get a written quote for exactly that — with no planning fee on top.
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