The people of the Imphal Valley, the Meitei, have a long, documented history. The heart of the civilization is within the Kangla Fort where Meitei rulers lived as long ago... read more as 33AD. This is where the game of polo was ‘invented’. More recently, the area has been heavily influenced by the British. We were so fortunate to have the company of Yai (Yaiphaba Kangjam), founder of Imphal Walks – an excellent guide. He specialises in the history of the 2nd World War: the battle of Imphal played a pivotal role in preventing the advance of Japanese forces.

  We are still in Manipur but couldn't resist myself to give feedback about our experience with Mr. Yai. A truly amazing experience of understanding history of Manipur in general and... read more specifically about the battle of Imphal. Mr. Yai is really knowledgeable and keeps you engaged through anecdotes during the tour. A well researched person and passionate about Manipur. Highly recommend exploring Manipur with him.

Thank you Yai for all the conversations and information.

  It was a fabulous experience to explore Imphal with Yai of Imphal walks . His knowledge of Manipur and it's rich culture and history is simply amazing. ... read more /> Yai (Yaiphaba Kangjam) is one of the best tour organizers and guide we have ever come across so far. He made it truly memorable with in-depth explanation of each attraction without any compromise. His passion and love for Manipur is amazing and inspiring too.
Imphal - Moreh- Myanmar border road trip was jewel in the crown perhaps. The foot hills of Gibraltar hill among several hill in the area where the WWII - the battle of Imphal was actually fought, was a thrilling experience. Yai's narration virtually takes you in that era .

We are grateful to him for helping us understand Manipur through systematically unfolding the events with history, which otherwise ,was unexplored destination for most of us.

  Imphalwalks is truly the answer to a complete experience of Imphal even on a short visit like mine.
Mr Yai is very well informed, truly passionate about history and his... read more love for his homestate simply shines through.

My trip to loktak was filled with intersting short visits to cemeteries and memorials, brought alive by my guide's explanations. I learned a lot about Manipur, its people and its customs.

Truly a memorable trip !

I most certainly recommend Imphalwalks to anyone visiting Imphal, if you want to make your visit meaningful!

  This tour service is fantastic. I have taken tours in Assam, Kolkata, and elsewhere am I have never had as great an experience as I have with Imphal Walks and... read more Yaiphaba, the tour guide/owner. He is greatly knowledgable and extremely personable. It was great to have an in-depth conversation with someone while on the tour and still get to see the major sites. I took the Imphal City Tour and the Loktak Lake tour, both of which were well planned and tailored to my needs. He even made extra stops along the way according to my interests (books and contemporary/abstract art). Well done! Highly recommended!

  I travelled to Manipur with 8 people from 20th March to 26th March 2022. Imphal Walks had organised our tour for 5 nights and 6 days.

Our main intention... read more to visit Manipur in this season was to witness Holi Festival.

Mr.Yai, owner of Imphal Walks, is very talented and informative person. He has a complete information about Manipur history and 2nd World War. He showed us different Memorials, Palace etc. His planning was really upto the mark. He selected very good hotels for accomodation. We spent 4 nights in Imphal and 1 night at Loktak Lake. We could witness Halangkar Celebration of Holi, Local cultural dance and Moonlight Dance which was the main attraction of this tour.

Overall Mr.Yai organised a very nice tour for us and we are really very much thankful to him for a lovely company. I strongly recommend Imphal Walks for Manipur Sightseeing.

  Reading all the great reviews here, I contacted this tour operator. Based on subsequent email exchanges he sent me a costing on Aug 11 with a message as follows (I... read more did not ask for a hotel quote, but had inquired if he had preferential rates from any hotels):
'Here are the cost options for the above 3 days of tour-
1) Just transport cost (Innova AC) : Rs. 15,500
2) Transport and hotel (2 standard non-ac double rooms X 3 nights at Classic Hotel, 3 star): Rs. 38,000
3) Transport, hotel and guide = Rs. 49,000'
Nowhere was it mentioned in any of the correspondence that this was a package which could not be un-bundled or that they had to be taken all together: otherwise the costing would change.On the contrary the individual line items suggested that they were separate services.

When I confirmed that we would like the guide + transport option that had been provided, and requested for a complimentary airport drop, the 'complimentary drop' was agreed, but the cost went up by Rs. 1500. When I asked why there was a change in cost, the initial (written) response on 24 Aug was: 'I don't understand on what basis you are saying that the cost has gone up by Rs. 1500 since I have not given you a cost option for Car+ Guide so far.' To my response that 'If I understood correctly your email of Aug 11 (and the explanation of how I had arrived at the figure), I received the following response: 'Thank you for your attempt. You broke down the cost in a simple way from your point of view. As a tour organizer, there are many ways of packaging and costing a tour. Well, in short, we will not organize the tour for you.'

Choosing not to do business with someone is fine. However, I personally found the tone adopted to be quite offensive. 'Attempt'? What attempt? Was I attempting to cheat this person? The basic issue was that there was no communication that either the so called package could not be unbundled or would incur a cost. This could have been set right in the subsequent correspondence, and I could have been told this politely when I had provided an opening with 'if I understood correctly'.

The entire episode has left a bad taste in the mouth with our first encounter with what is undoubtedly a beautiful land.

  Mr Yai is best tour organiser. I personally feel that visit to Manipur is incomplete without knowing its history & mr Yai fills that gap. It’s amazing experience to see... read more Imphal with mr Yai’s eye.