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  • Kerala Travel Guide
  • Grand Tour Of South India
     
    Duration : 22 Nights / 23 Days
    Destinations Covered : Chennai, Mahabalipuram, Pondicherry, Tanjore, Trichy, Madurai, Periyar Cochin,Ooty, Mysore, Banglore, Hassan, Hospet (Hampi), Babami, Goa, Mumbai.

    Day 01: Arrival Chennai

    On arrival meet and assist at the airport and transfer to hotel, overnight at hotel.

    Day 02 : Chennai – Kanchipuram – Mahabalipuram
    After breakfast, sightseeing of Chennai including of Fort museum, Marina Beach, San Thome Cathedral. Afternoon, leave for Mahabalipuram. Ennroute visit Kanchipuram – Ancient Capital of the Pallavas, famous as a city of 1000 temple that still has 124 shrines. On arrival in Mahabalipuram check into at your prebooked hotel.

    Day 03 : Mahabalipuram
    After breakfast enjoy the sightseeing of Panch Rath’s, Arjun’s Penance, Shore Temple, evening enjoy the famous beach and overnight at resort.

    Day 04: Mahabalipuram – Pondicherry
    After breakfast, leave for Pondicherry. On arrival check in at hotel. Afternoon, sightseeing of Pondicherry, Sight seeing including Shri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry Museum and overnight stay at Pondicherry

    Day 05: Pondicherry – Tanjore
    After breakfast, leave for Tanjore. On arrival check in hotel. Afternoon, visit Tanjore (Thanjavur) that was the ancient capital of Cholla Kings. Visit the Brihadishwara temple,Thanjavur Palace and overnight stay at hotel.

    Day 06 : Tanjore – Trichy – Sri Rangam – Madurai
    After breakfast, leave for Madurai. Enroute visit the Rock Fort Temple in Trichy (Trichiraplli) and the Sri Ranganathswamy Temple at Sriangam. After noon arrival at Madurai and overnight at hotel.

    Day 07 : Madurai
    After breakfast, visit Madurai – one of the oldest cities in South India and has been a center of learning & pilgrimage for centuries. Visit Madurai’s main attraction – Sri Meenakshi temple that attracts thousands of pilgrims from all over the India and overnight stay at Madurai.

    Day 08 : Madurai – Periyar
    After breakfast, leave for Periyar (Thekkady). On arrival in Periyar check in at your prebooked hotel. Afternoon,game Viewing at the wild life park.

    Day 09 : Periyar – Kottayam – Alleppey – Cochin
    After breakfast,leave for Cochin. Enroute disembark from the vehicle at Kottayam to do a very pleasant stretch up to Alleppey in boats on the backwater of Kerala. At Alleppey board our car/coach, which awaits you to drive you to Cochin. On arrival in Cochin check in at your prebooked hotel.

    Day 10 : Cochin
    After breakfast, visit Cochin-the city of lagoons. Visit the St. Francis Church, Chinese Fishing Nets, Mattancherry Palace or The Dutch Palace,Afternoon, free for individual activities. In the evening, witness Kathkali Dance

    Day 11 : Cochin – Ooty
    After breakfast, leave for Ooty a beautiful Hill Station India, afternoon reaching to hotel, full day leisure for personal activites and boating at Lake overnight at hotel.

    Day 12 : Ooty – Mysore
    After breakfast drive to Mysore. Afternoon, visit the magnificent city on the foothills of Mount Chammundi. Visit the Mysore Palace, Chamundi Hill, Brindavan Gardens and overnight at hotel.

    Day 13 : Mysore- Bangalore
    After breakfast, leave for Bangalore, Afternoon, city tour of Bangalore – “city of gardens”. Visit, the Vidhan Sabha –It house the State’s Legislature and Secretariat, Nandi Temple – One of the oldest temple, popularly known as the Bull temple and overnight at hotel.

    Day 14 : Bangalore – Hassan
    After breakfast, leave for Hassan, enroute visiting Sravanabelagola, one of the oldest and most important Jain pilgrimage centers in India. Arrive Hassan & check in at hotel. Afternoon, excursion to Hoysala Temples of Helbid & Belur (16 kms).

    Day 15: Hassan – Hopset (Hampi)
    After breakfast, leave for Hospet, arrive at Hospet and check into hotel and overnight at hotel.

    Day 16: Hospet
    After breakfast, excursion to Hampi the once beautiful capital city of Vijaynagar Empire. Some of the interesting ruins remaining are the Virupaksha, Vittala and Hazara Rama Temples, huge Genesha & Narasimha images, the elephant stables, the queen’s bath, and
    Carvings on the Ramachandra Temple & Lotus Mahal overnight at Hospet.

    Day 17: Hospet – Badami
    After breakfast, leave for Badami only 150 kms from Hampi. Enroute we stope at Aihole, which was the Chalukyan regional capital between the 4th & 6th centuries.Enroute stop at Pattadakal, the second capital of Badami Chalukyan, The most
    Important monument here is the Lokeshwara or Virupaksha temple that narrates episodes from the Hindu epics, the Ramayana and Mahabharata. After the visit continue drive to Badami. Arrive Badami and check in at hotel.

    Day 18: Badami
    After breakfast, visit Badami which was once the capital city of the Chalukyan empire which ruled much of the Central Deccan between the 4th and 8th centuries A.D. Badami is best know for its cave temples, cut into the cliff face of the red sandstone hill and are
    Dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu, & Lord Buddha. There’s one temple that will definitely take your breath away for the serenity of its location, it is the Bhutana temple on the tank’s east bank. Afternoon is leisure & overnight stay at hotel.

    Day 19: Badami- Goa
    After breakfast, leave for Goa. Arrive Goa and check in at hotel.

    Day 20: Goa
    After breakfast, full day tour of North & South Goa & overnight at hotel.

    Day 21: Goa
    Day free for individual activities & overnight at hotel.

    Day 22: Goa to your further destination
    After breakfast tranfer to Airport / Railway station for your further destination

     
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