Free walking tours in Varanasi

Super and fun loving guide we had on this tour and we really enjoyed the tour. Thanks Abhay!!

Such an amazing experience and Abhay was great friendly guide and helped me to understand about the city in depth, surely worth of taking this tour.

Overall it was nice tour!

Recomiendo hacer este tour apenas llegas a Varanasi, así podrás entender lo más importante y básico de esta ciudad y su gente . Además el guía te ayuda con recomendaciones para tu estadía 😊

Akash was super friendly, fun and professional. He guided us like a guru and made us have a great time. Totally recommended

Great Tour, our guide Anuj was friendly and informative.

It was a great introduction to the city and we had a good time with our guide. Thanks and would love to recommend to others

Niwas es muy amable. Nos conectó completamente con la cultura de Varanasi, nos hizo entender y sentir la espiritualidad de esta región del país. Recorrimos muchos rincones, que jamás hubiésemos conocidos solos. Nos explicó que no permitir, para nuestro bienestar como turistas.

We had a fantastic experience on this tour, with Akash as our guide. Akash was very friendly, enthusiastic and informative. He made sure everyone found the meeting spot for the start of the tour easily and was responsive via whatsapp. We visited a number of areas where we learnt a lot about the local culture - a great way to start your stay in Varanasi. It's done on a donation basis and is worth paying for. Highly recommend.

Really thanks Anant for the amazing tour I got to experience in Varanasi with you! I was lucky to be alone and so got all the attention of an experienced guide. You took me to so many hidden gems of the city. Tasting of sweets, visiting temples, burning ghats, musicians, even the school! I couldn't imagine a better guide and can only recommend you. Joris (Belgium).

Badal was great and he managed to show us alot in bad weather

This is the tour you are looking for. Akash is a super funny, knowledgeable and energetic guide. He comes from a lineage of guides and it shows, he knows every fun fact and can answer every question, while always finding a quiet spot to escape the hectic nature of the city. Normally being the only person on a walking tour can be a bit awkward but with Akash it was great, was like walking the streets with a friend, pointing out interesting details and providing a depth of knowledge that comes from really living the life in Varanasi!

I was the only person signed up for the day, but the tour wasn't canceled — it still took place, which I really appreciated. Badal wasn’t available, but he sent Akash in his place, a young local from Varanasi who gave me an excellent tour. We visited the main temples as planned. What I liked most about Akash is that he always made sure I understood everything (English is neither his nor my native language), and he shared lots of fascinating details about Hindu culture. Kind, polite, attentive, and thoughtful. Highly recommended!

Our Guide Akash was super friendly and knowledgeable, we really enjoyed the tour with him and recommend to others too

Anant是一位出色的导游，带我们穿梭于老城狭窄的小巷，同时细致地讲解这座城市的宗教、历史和传统。他在行程结束后还耐心地发送了更多信息，回答我们后续的问题。这绝对是任何对印度或印度教感兴趣的人都不可错过的旅行体验。 我们并不是以英语为母语的人，很多时候在印度旅行时，即使是在总统府参观，也经常难以听懂带有印度口音的英语。但阿南的英语我们完全可以听懂，在讲解复杂的宗教或历史话题时，他也总是不吝使用更简单的语言来帮助我们理解。 需要提醒的是，要做好应对炎热潮湿天气的准备。

We had a wonderful tour with Akash from GuruWalks, one of two brothers who guide in Varanasi. Akash is a kind, attentive, and calm young man who clearly knows his city well. He gave us great insights into the rituals and ceremonies of Varanasi in a relaxed and friendly way. His English was easy to understand, and we felt very comfortable throughout. Highly recommended if you want to explore Varanasi with a clear and gentle explanation. We’d definitely book with him again!

Excelente para conocer lugares historicos y sobre todo entender muchas de las costumbres de la india y de varanasi en particular! Muy recomendable

A really nice person with so much gratitude and information, very humble guided with so much information and had a bright personality

We have really enjoyed the tour with our guide Anuj, we will recommend this tour to everyone. Thanks !

Since we were hungry for information on Varanasi, one your with Anant wasn't enough! We had a great time with him on both tours (Old city and New city). We got to see things that the normal traveller would'nt find on internet beforehand. Indian wrestling gym, Banaras Hindu University, hospice run by local Hindus, etc. Anant is very knowledgeable and also really flexible according to our interests and desires.

This was an amazing tour and anant was a great tour guide. It was really hot and he catered to us perfectly. He listened to each of our interests and tailored the tour to fit us all to think what we would be interested in. He had great knowledge of everywhere we went , knew all of the best spots and brought a great element of fun to the tour, the 3 hours flew by, we even went to 3.5 hours and he didn’t mind. The citar viewing was our favourite and we even ended up paying for lessons the following day. Would highly recommend anant, when in Varanasi it’s important to understand the importance of what is around you so we would definitely recommend. The only reason I gave 4/5 for locations is due to visiting a hospice which for us we felt disrespectful being there and a couple of shops where we were expected to buy things but didn’t know before going in but overall brilliant tour and great way to spend the day .

One of the best free-walking-tour I’ve ever experienced. Akash was amazing. We were able to visit a lot of places, always taking about the culture, Hinduism, religion, and so. Akash was super nice, friendly and patient to explain everything. He was also protecting participants from the city scammers.

Akash is the best, the tour was amazing, we went to some places to which we could not have been able to go by ourselves. Lots of insights about the city and always with a smile! I would definitely recommend it

Anant gave us the BEST walking tour today in Varanasi!! We learned so much about Varanasi and there really is something for everyone in this tour, from spirituality to architecture to history to tradition. His English is excellent and his knowledge about everything impossible to tire. He answered all our questions, which he happily urged us to ask. The tour was about 4 hours (partly to us also taking break from the warm weather), but it just flew by, because he speaks in such an engaging way. We saw the ins and outs of beautiful temples and shops, making sure to tell us more about them than we could have ever found online. Besides that we also experienced Indian classical music and learned about instruments through a lovely demonstration. A tour can only be as good as its guide and Anant is the perfect man for the job, his pure excitement and appreciation of the city is contageous and he did an excellent job at making us feel comfortable and welcome in a city that can feel overwhelming at times. So thank you Anant and hopefully see you again some time!!

Informative and fascinating tour, well delivered. My guide Akash was able to tailor to my interest and delivered a well narrated, educational and well rounded tour within a condensed time, as per my request, without feeling rushed or lacking. Thoroughly enjoyed the exploration of Varanasi from a local's point of view. Can highly recommend Badal especially Akash' service.