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South India Travel Packages
12
Nights / 13 Days
Day 1. Madras: Full day city tour of Madras including the Snake park and Kaapaleswara temple dedicated to Lord Shiva and the museum.
Day 2. Madras / Mahballipuram: Morning visit the Dravidian style culture temples at Mahaballipuram, the shore temple and the manolithic sculpture of the ancient India. After lunch a visit to the village and later relax on the beach.
Day 3. Mahballipuram / Kanchipuram / Pondichery: Reach Kanchipuram by lunch time and after visiting the famous temples and the silk weaving centre. After lunch leave for Pondichery by road. In ancient India Kanchipuram was referred to as "the golden girdle".
Day 4. Pondichery: Morning visit the Sri Aurobindo's Ashram (a meditation centre) and city tour of the once French colony. Post lunch tour of Auroville (an international city with inhabitants from all over the world) and visit the Mata Mandir meditation centre.
Day 5. Pondichery / Chidambaram: After breakfast leave for Chidambaram, known as the city of "The Cosmic Dancer", Lord Shiva. Full day visit of the religious city of Chidambaram.
Day 6. Chidambaram / Tanjore: After breakfast depart for Tanjore enroute visiting the temple at Gangaikondacholapuram built in 1220 A.D.
Day 7. Tanjore / Thiruchirapalli: Morning visit the Brihadeshwara temple, a typical South Indian architecture from the 11th century, the Saraswati Mahal Library. After lunch depart for Thiruchirapalli. Upon arrival visit the Srirangam Temple and the the Rock Fort.
Day 8. Thiruchirapalli / Madurai:Morning drive to Madurai and reach by noon at Madurai. After lunch visit the world famous Meenakshi Sundareswara Temple, a huge dravidian civilisation temple complex.
Day 9. Madurai / Periyar:Depart in the morning for Periyar Wild Life Sanctuary (135 kms). Afternoon boat cruise on the lake to get a closer look at the wild elephants.
Day 10. Periyar / Cochin: Drive to Cochin via Kumarokom and lunch at the resort. The Malabar cuisine is one of the best in the world for sea food and spices. Visit the Dutch palace and the Chinese fishing nets in the backwaters of Cochin.
Day 11. Cochin / Allepey: One hour drive to reach the small beautiful town of Allepey situated on the backwaters of Kerala.
Day 12. Allepey / Trivandrum: Morning boat cruise on the backwaters of Kerala (three hours on the boat) and then continue by road to Trivandrum for lunch. After lunch visit the Napier museum and the world renouned Padmanabhaswamy temple and later proceed to the beach resort at Kovalam.
Day 13. Trivandrum / Bombay: Morning free at the beach or time for an ancient Indian herbal massage by expert masseurs. After lunch transfer to the airport to connect flight to Bombay.
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