DAY 1

Chennai

Upon landing in Chennai International Airport, you will be met by our delegate and moved to your lodging. Chennai is the Capital of Tamil Nadu State situated on the coromandel coast off the Bay of Bengal. It is one of the greatest social, financial and instructive focuses in South India.

 

Overnight in Chennai

 

DAY 2

Chennai

After breakfast continue for touring visit through Chennai city, visiting Egmore Museum, Marina Beach, the second longest sea shore on the planet. The St. George Fort, underlying 1653, is presently utilized as the express government's secretariat; Santhome Cathedral was worked around the fourteenth fifteenth century and is another pioneer structure worth visiting. Likewise visit the Kapaleeswarar Temple, devoted to Lord Shiva and probably the most seasoned sanctuary in Chennai.

 

Night re-visitation of your lodging.

 

Overnight in Chennai

Breakfast                                          

 

 

DAY 3

Chennai – Kanchipuram (75kms/2hrs) – Mahablipuram (69kms/1.5hrs)

After breakfast, checkout and drive to Kanchipuram – The Silk City of India Kanchipuram is popular for fine silk sarees.

 

Show up Mahablipuram and look into your inn. Afterward, visit seven pagoda-style Shore Temples, lashed by the influxes of the ocean.

 

Arjuna's Penance – is a concentrate from the Mahabharata of how Arjuna performed extreme severities to get Lord Shiva's weapon.

 

Pancha Rathas is a case of solid Indian stone cut architure dating from the late seventh century, it is ascribed to the rule of King Mahendravarman I and his child Narasimhavarman I (630–680 AD; additionally called Mamalla, or "extraordinary champion") of the Pallava Kingdom. The complex is under the support of the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) and is important for the UNESCO World Heritage site

 

Krishna's Butter Ball – This monster rock gives off an impression of being solidified in its move down the slope it sits on and nobody is very certain why ? . Likewise to Hindu folklore when the incredible god Krishna was only a child, he was attached to taking margarine. Following this custom, the enormous orange stone has been connected to a goliath touch of margarine that the god dropped.

 

Discretionary : Visit to Shell Museum - Collection of roughly 40,000 shells and marine fossils from around the globe

 

Re-visitation of your inn.

 

Overnight in Mahabalipuram.

Breakfast                                                                              

 

DAY 4

Mahablipuram – Pondicherry (99kms/3hrs)

After breakfast drive to Pondicherry - the capital of the French provinces in India since the seventeenth century. Evening visit to Aurobindo Ashram and the city of Auroville.

 

Spend the remainder of the day walking around the French quarters and Promenade.

 

Night re-visitation of your inn.

 

Overnight in Pondicherry..

Breakfast                 

                       

DAY 5

Pondicherry – Tanjore (166kms/4hrs)

After breakfast drive to Tanjore. Show up and look into your lodging.

 

Post lunch visit the World Heritage site – The Temple of Brihadeeshwara worked by Raja Chola I. Utilizing similar development strategies utilized by the antiquated Egyptians to build the pyramids, this structural work of art with its bronzes and handiworks make Tanjore one of the features of a visit to South India. The Tower of the sanctuary is assembled with the end goal that the shadow of the Cupola never falls on the ground. Later visit Thanjavur Royal Palace, likewise called the Thanjavur Maratha Palace Complex or essentially Aranmanai, is a rambling legacy site that lies only north of the Brihadeeswarar Temple.

 

Night at recreation on own.

 

Overnight in Tanjore

Breakfast                                         

 

DAY 6

Tanjore – Madurai (189kms/4hrs)

After breakfast drive to Madurai – an antiquated city on the banks of Vaigai River. Show up and look into your lodging.

 

Post lunch visit Meenakshi Devi Temple - Its horizon is overwhelmed by the 14 beautiful gopurams (passage towers) canvassed in brilliant carvings of Hindu divine beings. The Dravidian-style sanctuary is a significant journey site. The energy and dedication of the incalculable pioneers who visit is surprising. Stroll through the bright market around the sanctuary and visit Nayak Palace.

 

Discretionary : at night re-visitation of Meenakshi Devi Temple to observe Aarti Ceremony.

 

Re-visitation of your lodging.

 

Overnight in Madurai.

Breakfast                                         

 

DAY 7

Madurai – Periyar (139kms/3.30hrs)

After breakfast, settle up with the inn and drive to Periyar.

Periyar - Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary, one of India's greatest untamed life safe-havens covering 777 sq. km (300 sq. miles). Its highlight is the man-made Periyar Lake.

This evening go for a stroll through zest manors to see yields of cardamom, cinnamon, pepper, espresso and tea homes.

Night appreciate the KALARIPAYATTU Martial Art Show.

On route back to inn stop at Kumily Spice Market.

Re-visitation of inn.

 

Overnight in Periyar.

Breakfast                                         

 

DAY 8

Periyar – Kumarakom (134kms/3.30hrs)

Early morning take a journey on the lake and as you sail you will have the occasion to see huge crowds of elephants, deer, wild hogs and feathered creatures who go to the lake for water.

 

After boat ride re-visitation of lodging for breakfast. Checkout and drive to Kumarakom

 

Kumarakom – delightful backwaters of Kerala. Appreciate the grand drive through wonderful elastic and tea estates. On landing in Kumarakom, first visit the Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary (popular for transient and neighborhood flying creatures) and afterward registration to your inn.

 

Rest of the day is at relaxation or take Ayurveda/Spa treatment at your inn (need earlier arrangement).

 

Overnight in Kumarakom.

Breakfast

 

DAY 9

Kumarakom – Alleppey (30kms/45mins)

After breakfast, drive to Alleppey . Board your Houseboat and journey through the serene backwaters with their palm bordered thin channels, rich paddy fields and the flawless minuscule villages arranged along either side of the waterways. Lunch ready. Early night houseboat will be moored at close by town.

 

Rest of the night is at recreation. Supper is ready.

 

Overnight on Houseboat.

Breakfast

 

DAY 10

Alleppey – Kochi (54kms/2hrs)

In the wake of morning breakfast land houseboat and drive to Cochin – Queen of the Arabian Sea and is a bunch of islands slender promontories worked off the terrain. Show up and look into your lodging.

Post lunch Visit the Dutch Palace (shut on Fridays/Saturdays – Visit timings 9:45am – 1pm and 2pm – 4:45pm ) with its brilliant paintings portraying the whole story of the Ramayana on its dividers. Stop at the St. Francis Church, the first European church worked in Quite a while and afterward stroll around Fort Kochi, stop to tap the notable Chinese fishing nets which are colossal cantilevered fishing nets accepted to have brought to Kochi by Chinese merchants. At that point visit the Jewish place of worship (shut on Fridays/Saturdays/Sundays and every Jewish occasions – Visit itimings 5am – 1pm and 5pm – 7pm) with its excellent Belgian glass ceiling fixtures , cleared hand painted tiles from China.

 

Night witness Kathakali Dance Show at a nearby Airconditioned Theater.

 

Re-visitation of your inn.

 

Overnight in Kochi

Breakfast

 

DAY 11

Kochi Departure

Early today after breakfast you will be moved so as to Kochi International air terminal to load up trip back home.

Breakfast

On Request

On Request