01Scheduled Trips
Join a departure
Fixed dates, a shared table. Travel with a curated small group on a journey we've already mapped — you simply choose a date and arrive.
- Fixed dates
- Small group
- 2–9 days
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Every journeybecomes a story
From a morning food trail through the old city to a private week across the Himalaya — we design food trips, scheduled departures, and bespoke multi-day journeys across India and beyond.
Single-day experiences
Where it all started
Where we began — half a day, a hundred flavours. Our original food trails and single-day experiences follow the back-lanes, kitchens and rituals that give a city its soul. No early starts, no long hauls; just one unhurried morning, well spent.
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Ways to travel
Choose your kind of journey
One compass, three ways to wander — whether you join a planned departure, commission a private itinerary, or spend a single morning eating your way through a city.
02Private Journeys
Make it entirely yours
A multi-day itinerary composed around you — pace, places and people. Tell us the shape of your time and we design it end to end, privately.
- Bespoke
- Private
- 3–14 days
03Day & Food
Taste a city in a morning
Half a day, a hundred flavours. Our original food trails and single-day experiences through the back-lanes and soul of a city.
- Single day
- Food-led
- Small group
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Travel, as it happens
Between the planned and the spontaneous lives the best of every trip. Scroll the feed and press play — the moments our travellers actually live, told from the back-lanes and dinner tables of India.
Through the lens
Glimpses from the road
Unstaged moments from our journeys — courtyards at first light, the back-lane kitchens, the long road north and the table where strangers become company.
Every frame began as a single day, a fixed departure, or a journey made entirely to measure.
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The Lost Compass difference
Four quiet promises behind every trail, departure and journey we design.
Honest & Transparent
Clear pricing, no hidden surprises, and recommendations you can trust.
Led by Passionate Locals
Our storytellers don't just guide; they bring every destination to life.
Curated, Not Crowded
Small groups, private experiences, and thoughtfully designed itineraries.
#1 on TripAdvisor
Recommended and trusted by travellers all around the world.
Awards & recognition
Travellers' Choice Award
Travellers' Choice Award
Best Food Walk in India
Best Food Walk in India
3rd Best Food Walks in Asia
The Journal
Field notes & stories
Dispatches from the road — the meals, the detours and the small encounters that never make the itinerary, but somehow become the whole reason you went.
March 12, 20266 min read
The morning a city wakes up hungry
Before the shutters roll up, the old quarter belongs to bakers and tea-sellers. We followed the smell of cardamom through six lanes to find out where breakfast really begins.
Read the storyFebruary 2, 20269 min read
Notes from a slow week in the Himalaya
No itinerary, no rush — just a single valley, a handful of villages, and the particular quiet that arrives when the last road runs out and the footpaths take over.
Read the storyJanuary 18, 20265 min read
How to read a spice market like a local
A vendor's grandmother taught us the difference between a market that performs for tourists and one that feeds a neighbourhood. The tell, it turns out, is in the bottom shelf.
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Before You Land
- Currency
- ₹ Indian Rupee (INR)
- Capital
- New Delhi
- Timezone
- IST (GMT+5:30)
- Power
- 230V • Type C/D/M
- Country Code
- +91 • eSIM Friendly
Travel Smart
- Tipping is appreciated but optional.
- Cards are accepted in most cities. Keep cash for markets.
- Drink bottled or filtered water.
- Dress modestly when visiting religious places.
- Affordable eSIMs and SIM cards are easily available.
- Uber, Ola & Metro make getting around easy.
Emergency Contacts
Still wondering about something? We'd rather talk it through than leave you guessing.
Ask us anythingScheduled Trips run on fixed dates: you join a curated small group on a journey we've already mapped. Private Journeys are bespoke and multi-day — composed privately around you, your pace and your people. Day & Food experiences are our single-day, food-led trails through a city's back-lanes, joined as a small shared group.