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Spice Tours of South India
Duration: 11 nights / 12
days
Destinations Covered: Mumbai - Cochin - Periyar - Madurai - Chennai
- Mahabalipuram - Bangalore - Mysore - Bangalore - Hassan -
Bangalore-Delhi
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Day
- 01
Welcome on arrival at Mumbai and transfer to hotel.
Day -
02
City tour of Mumbai, visiting Hanging Garden, Marine Drive, Dhobi
Ghat, Vidhan Saudha, Malabar Hill & Prince of Wales Musuem and evening free.
Overnight at hotel.
Day - 03
Early morning transfer to airport for
flight to Cochin. Transfer to hotel followed by city tour and boating in the
backwaters of Cochin.
Cochin means "port" and so it has been since history
began, trading spices, silks, ivory and sandalwood. It is now the spice capital
of India. Overnight at hotel. |
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Day - 04
Morning after breakfast
drive to Periyar (185 kms / 5 hrs). On arrival transfer to hotel. Afternoon view
wildlife. Overnight at hotel.
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Day - 05
Early morning wildlife
viewing and day at leisure.
Periyar is a renowned sanctuary, the home of
elephants and other wildlife.
Game viewing is done by boat around Lake Periyar.
Overnight at hotel.
Day - 06
After breakfast, drive to Madurai
(137 kms / 4 hrs). Afternoon sightseeing tour.
Madurai is the most spectacular
temple town in the whole of India, dominated by the towering gopurams of the
lively Meenakshi Temple. Overnight at hotel.
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Day
- 07
After breakfast transfer to airport to board flight to Chennai. Upon
arrival, transfer to hotel. Afternoon city tour of Chennai.
Founded by the East
India Company's trader Francis Day in 1639, Chennai has the fascinating relics
of the early Raj. Overnight at hotel.
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Day - 08
Excursion to
Mahabalipuram & Kanchipuram. Mahabalipuram, just down the coast, has superb
stone carvings and evocative shore temples.
All testimony to a grand past. On
the other hand Kanchipuram boasts of famous silks and soaring temples of great
religious significance. Overnight at hotel.
Day - 09
Transfer to
airport for flight to Bangalore. On arrival at Bangalore transfer to hotel for
overnight stay.
Day - 10
Morning drive to Mysore (139 kms / 3
hrs) via Sravanabelgola and transfer to hotel. |
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Afternoon sightseeing tour of
Mysore-the legendary city of palaces and perfumes-sandalwood and jasmine.
Overnight at hotel.
Day -
11
Drive to Hassan (115 kms / 4 hrs) visit Halebid and Belur. Both were
capitals of the Medeival Hoysala Kings who built the exquisitely carved temples
in the 12th & 13th centuries. Later drive to Bangalore via Hassan and then
transfer to hotel. Overnight at hotel.
Day - 12
Morning
sightseeing of beautiful city of Bangalore. Later transfer to airport for flight
to Delhi. On arrival, transfer to international airport for flight to onward
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