Spiritual Travel Guiding in India:
Throw your Lonely Planet book out the bus window, traveling with an insider, a journey through India, most first timers rarely get to experience.
With 20+ years experience navigating the most beautifully orchestrated chaos, surrender to the flow of #IncredibleIndia with this bi-lingual (Hindi/English) videshi as your guide.
relativelyLocal offers various programs in Spiritual Travel Guiding in India, leading mindful trekking trips, yoga retreats and pilgrimage tours, as well as offering trip planning advise and Hindi/ English translation services.
What people have to say…
I had a beautiful journey traveling through the sacred mystical land of India with Nicole. Together we visited Haridwar, Allahabad and Varanasi and attended the 2019 Kumbh Mela Ritual Gathering.
I am a citizen of the world, born in Canada to a South American father and a mother from the Dutch West Indies, by age 7 I had already traveled to 10 countries but have never before had the opportunity of traveling with a guide. Nicole is the ideal guide for the experienced traveler like myself who is seeking a deeper understanding of the culture and spirituality of this very powerful land. So, It was a privilege to experience the magic of India through the lense of Nicole’s 18 years of living experience and fluent Hindi which allowed me to discover subtle nuances and hidden treasures I would never have found on my own.
Nicole is also a committed yogi in her own right and a spiritually grounded inspirational presence who is also capable of holding space for the inevitable internal awakening that India activated within one’s soul. Her knowledge of both the East and the West creates a sacred bridge for your consciousness to walk across on your own journey to spiritual and mental realization.
Thank you Nicole for sharing your sacred work and presence with the me and shining your light in the world. I encourage anyone considering a journey to India to do so under your intuitive and sacred guidance. Om Namo Narayan

Jaguar Womban (La Vonne Natasha Caesar)
We were traveling to India to make a Norwegian TVShow, Samuel og Bestefar, Sesong 2 (Samuel and Granddad, Season 2). We had heard great things about Nicole and chose her to help us around, as the fixer. This was the best choice! She really put her heart and soul into helping us makeing the best show possible. She spoke Hindi as a local, knew her way around everywhere and was always super flexible and always on the offering side. As a TV production plans often change, she was flexible and innovative, several times helping us find a better solution on the fly.
And the best thing, she is a wonderful soul who really makes you experience the best of India if you want to.

Samuel Massie
I had the honor and privilege of being mentored by Nikol at Santosh Puri Ashram in India and on several guided trips in the foothills of the Himalayan mountains.
At the ashram Nikol was insightful, extremely helpful, and thought provoking in her questions and spiritual guidance. Nikol is a true mentor that doesn’t tell you how to think, but gives you the tools to
think for yourself. I know if it wasn’t for her, my stay at the ashram would have been nowhere near as impactful and valuable to me.
On our trips, Nikol planned our locations, transportation and places to stay. She always offered multiple options for destinations and things to do. She spoke Hindi to the locals, which was incredibly important. Every trip she planned and guided for me was better than the last! Nikol was gracious at moving at my pace, an amazing photographer, and a wonderful spiritual guide.
I would recommend Nikol for any position that she chooses to pursue. She is organized, passionate, hard working and a beautiful soul to be around. She has forever made an impression on me and my way of thinking. Any company would be lucky to have such an amazing woman on their staff!

Adrienne Reed
You don’t plan India, India plans you…
This is where is all comes together, where I get to share with You all I’ve learned from all my amazing experiences in this beautifully orchestrated chaos we call “Incredible India”.
20 plus years traveling in India!
Nicole has lived and traveled throughout Northern India, off and on since her first trip December 2000 – May 2001, and continuously since January 2010. She has been hosting and tour guiding guests in India since 2007, including hosting a camp during the Maha Kumbh Mela.
Bi-Lingual Hindi / English and Well Connected.
Nikol’s fluency in Hindi, ability to navigate via trains, buses, shared jeeps and off the beaten foot paths, as well as negotiate your socialization with local society, will ensure you a relatively trouble free time of your life.
I have connections with various desi (Indian)/ videshi (foreigner) friendly ashrams and home-stays, drivers, guides and porters throughout both Garhwal and Kumaon regions of Uttarakhand, as well as Allahabad and Varanasi in Uttarpradesh.
Being bi-lingual (Hindi/English) and connected with Juna Akhara, I easily: host camps during the Kumbh Melas, guide small groups locally in Haridwar (Mansa Devi, Maya Devi, Chandi Devi, Harkipauri, darshan with various local sadhus / mata jis, etc.) and Rishikesh (Ram Jhula, Laxman Jhula, Neelkant Mandir, Jhilmil Gufa, Vishist Gufa, Kunjapuri, etc) as well as trekking (Char Dhams, Vasudhara, snowboarding in Auli, Pindari Glacier area of Kumaon, etc.).
I also have done field production, work as a fixer, simultaneous translation for interviews and location scouting for film and video projects throughout Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Gujarat, North India. [View Portfolio]
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