Day
01: Chennai: On arrival you will be received by our
representative and transferred straight to your hotel. Rest
of the free for leisure.
Day
02: Chennai: Morning sightseeing tour of Chennai visiting
fort St. George – Old East India Company now the house
for state legislative assembly, Kapaleeswara temple & Chennai
Museum.
Day
03: Chennai-Kanchipuram-Mahabalipuram 140kms: After
breakfast drive 70kms to Kanchipuram – one of the seven
sacred cities in India, visit Ekambeshwara Temple, Kailasanatha
Temple and Vaikunda Perumal Temple and visit the silk weaving
centre option for shopping as Kanchipuram is Famous for silk
sarees later drive 70kms to Mahabalipuram check into Hotel.
Rest of the time completely on your desecration.
Day
04: Mahabalipuram: Mahabalipuram – An ancient
Pallava port is today the sight of several antique sculptural
marvels shrines and huge sculptures cut-out of rocks more than
1200 years back during the reign of Pallava Kings in the region
can be seen. Visit the 7th Century shore temple which remains
here is the spectacular two - spired shrine, unique because
it houses both Lord Shiva and the Lord Vishnu in its sanctum-sanctorum,
Arjuna's Penance - biggest bas relief depicting mythological
episodes - of demons, Gods and animals in battle and others
- are truly poems in stone afternoon free.
Day
05: Mahabalipuram – Pondicherry 90kms: After
breakfast drive to Pondicherry check into your hotel. Relax
for a while. In the after noon visit Sri Aurobindo Ashram -
The ashram, the spiritual tenets of which combine yoga and modern
science is quite popular within India and abroad and visit working
units, such as the Handmade paper factory, Cottage industries
Incense making section.
Day
06: Pondicherry – Tanjore 200kms: After breakfast
drive to Pondicherry enroute visit Chidambaram – the famous
Natarajar Temple, Gangaikondacholapuram and Darasuram temples
– listed in World Heritage Centre announced recently by
UNESCO on arrival in Tanjore check into Hotel. Rest of the time
at leisure.
Day
07: Tanjore: Morning visit Brahadeeswara temple witness
the huge Nandi weighing 25 tons made of single granite and visit
Sareswathi Mahal library evening visit Swamimalai Bronze casting
unit.
Day
08: Tanjore- Trichy 65kms: After breakfast drive to
Trichy check into your hotel. Further visit magnificent Ranganatha
Vishnu Temple – dedicated to Lord Vishnu, a superb temple
complex, tallest temple complex in Asia and visit Rock Fort
Temple perched 85m high on a massive rocky out crop, you will
have to climb to the top up the 437 stone cut steps at sunset
for panoramic views over the Cauvery River delta and Srirangam
Island.
Day
09: Trichy – Madurai 135kms: After breakfast
drive to Madurai in your exclusive vehicle. Later visit Sri
Meenakshi Temple the enormous temple complex is dedicated to
Shiva, known here as Sundareshvara and his consort Meenakshi
and visit Nayak Palace This Palace was built in 1636 by King
Thirumalai Nayak with the help of an Italian Architect. The
building we see today was the main Palace where the King lived.
Day
10: Madurai – Kanyakumari 240kms: After breakfast
drive to Kanyakumari – the southern tip of India where
Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. On arrival check
in to your hotel. In the after noon visit Vivekananda Memorial
and Tiruvalluvar Statue and visit Kumari Amman Temple evening
witness the sunset over the Arabian Sea.
Day
11: Kanyakumari-Kovalam: After breakfast drive 85kms
to Kovalam enroute visit Padmanabhapuram teak palace. On arrival
take a half day sight seeing of Trivandrum visiting Sri Padmanabhaswamy
temple, Sri Chitra art gallery and Napier Museum.
Day
12: Kovalam-Alleppey 200kms: After breakfast drive
to Alleppey – known as Venice of the East board the houseboat
at 12.00noon cruise into the canals of Vembanad Lake to witness
the traditional Keralan village life remind unchanged for many
years here your crew will prepare you delicious Keralan meal
on board overnight in Houseboat.
Day
13: Alleppey – Cochin 65kms: Disembark from the
houseboat at 10.00am your exclusive vehicle will pick you and
drive to Cochin check into your hotel . In the after noon visit
historic Fort Cochin visiting Synagogue – the oldest Synagogue
in the common wealth, the Dutch Palace – houses lots of
fresco paintings, and the St. Francis Church - the oldest European
Church in India where Vasco De Gama was originally buried. A
leisurely walk through the Fort Cochin area which gives you
a close look at the operation of the huge cantilevered Chinese
fishing nets introduced by Chinese traders which is still used
in Kerala backwaters as a traditional way of fishing, evening
watch the performance of Kathakali Dancing.
Day
14: Cochin – Periyar180kms: In the morning drive
to Periyar in your exclusive vehicle. Later take a two hours
boat ride on the lake of Periyar to watch the wild life and
Spice Plantation Tour you will actually see the spices in the
natural habitat.
Day
15: Periyar: Morning nature walk in the jungle with
trained forest guides and after noon visit the tribal village
and museum.
Day
16: Periyar – Munnar 110kms: After breakfast
drive to Munnar through the scenic cardamom, pepper and tea
plantations. On arrival check into your hotel. In the evening
walk around the plantations and evening barbeque, dinner with
bonfire.
Day
17: Munnar: Morning visit the Eravikulam national park
where endangered Nilgiri Tahr flocks, visit Mattupatti Dam and
explore the tea plantations.
Day
18: Munnar – Ooty 260kms: After breakfast drive
to Ooty enroute take a toy train journey from Coonoor at 4.30pm
enjoy the scenic beauty of Nilgiri hills you will arrive Ooty
at 6.00pm vehicle will pick you and transfer to your hotel.
Rest of the time free for leisure.
Day
19: Ooty: Full day sightseeing of Ooty - known as Queen
of Hill stations. Take full day Sight seeing of Ooty including
Botanical Garden. There is a fossil tree trunk 20 million years
old in the midst of the garden and visit Totabetta - It is the
highest peak (2623 meters) in the Nilgiris, offers beautiful
vistas of the Nilgiri Hills ranges and boating on the lake.
Day
20: Ooty – Mysore 160kms: In the morning drive
to Mysore in your exclusive vehicle. On arrival check in to
your hotel. Later visit Maharaja’s Palace - built in Indo-Saracenic
style with domes turrets, arches and colonnades, the palace
is a treasure house of exquisite carvings and works of art from
all over the world and visit Chamundi hill where a big Nandi
overlooks the city The summit offers a panoramic view of Mysore's
lakes, parks and palaces and visit Devraja Fruit and Flower
Market.
Day
21: Mysore – Hassan 135kms: Drive to Hassan visit
Shravanabelagola 17-m high Statue of Gomateshwara, world’s
tallest monolithic statue proceed to Hassan. On arrival check
in to your hotel. Further visit Belur & Halebid Hoysala
temples.
Day
22: Hassan – Bangalore – Chennai: After
breakfast drive 200kms to Bangalore railway station board train
2008 departing Bangalore 4.25pm travel by 1st class AC chair
car you will arrive Chennai 9.25pm car will pick you and transfer
to your hotel and rest of the time for leisure.
Day
23: Chennai: Full day free for shopping and walk around.
Rest of the day free for leisure.
Day
24: Departure: On appropriate time you will be transferred
to the Chennai airport board the flight back to home. The tour
ends.
