The Diamonds of the South India
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11 Nights and 12 Days
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| Lots of travelers think that the north part of India, which is the most visited part of India, is whole India. But the southern India is also very beautiful and very much different than the north India. This tour will show you the best on south India especially with TAMILNADU, KERALA, KARNATAKA and MAHARASHTRA. |
In this tour you will explore CHENNAI the fourth largest city of India, The temples of MAHABALIPURAM, KANCHIPURAM, French colony of PONDICHERRY,GANGIKONDACHOLAPURAM, DARASURAM, TANJORE,
TRICHI MADURAI in TAMILNADU and A boat ride at PERIYAR LAKE, BACKWATER, COCHIN in KERALA and then the palace of MYSORE, the temples of SOMNATHPUR, BELUR, HALBID and SRI SRAVANBELGOLA in KARNATAKA.
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| Day 1 Chennai |
Arrival in CHENNAI, The Capital of TAMILNADU and the fourth largest city of India where you will be greeted with a traditional Indian welcome on arrival and escorted to the hotel. |
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| Overnight at Chennai. |
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| Day 2 Chennai – Mahabalipuram |
| Breakfast |
The visit of CHENNAI. At first you visit THE ST.THOMAS CHURCH, THE KAPALESHWAR TEMPLE, THE BRONZE MUSEUM and THE FORT CHENNAI nearby MARINA BEACH. Then you will move towards MAHABALIPURAM. Arrival and check in at hotel and then in the evening the visit of MAHABALIPURAM where you visit THE SHORE TEMPLES OF MAHABALIPURAM,ARJUNA’S PENANCE AND THE FIVE RATHAS, rest of the evening is free to explore the local market on your own. |
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| Overnight at Mahabalipuram. |
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| Day 3 Mahabalipuram – Kanchipuram – Mahabalipuram |
| Breakfast and Lunch |
All day excursion. After breakfast drive towards KANCHIPURAM, one of the seven sacred cities of India where we had near about 1000 temples but currently around 190 left. Here you will see THE KAILASHNATH TEMPLE, SRI EKAMBARANATH TEMPLE, KAMAKSHI AMMAM TEMPLE and DEVRAJSWAMI TEMPLE. Come back to Mahabalipuram. |
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| Overnight in Mahabalipuram. |
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| Day 4 Mahabalipuram – Pondicherry - Gangaikondacholapuram –Darasuram - Tanjore |
| Breakfast and Lunch |
Check out and drive towards TANJORE. On the way you cross the city called PONDICHERRY, One French colony in India. Then the first stop will be at GANGAIKONDACHOLAPURAM where we visit THE BRIHADISHWARA TEMPLE. Continue towards Tanjore. On the way again one stop to visit THE AIRATESVARA TEMPLE in DARASURAM. Continue towards Tanjore Arrival and check in at hotel. |
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| Over night at Tanjore. |
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| Day 5 Tanjore-Trichi-Madurai |
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This day in the morning at first you will visit THE BRIHADISHWARA TEMPLE in TANJORE one of the world heritage site of India and then drive towards TRICHI where you will visit THE ROCK FORT TEMPLE and SRI RANGANATHSWAMY TEMPLE and then continue towards MADURAI. Arrival and check in at hotel. |
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| Overnight in Madurai. |
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| Day 6 Madurai-Thekkady (Periyar Lake) |
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In MADURAI you will visit THE TIRUMALAI NAYAK PALACE and SRI MEENAKSHI TEMPLE.And after that move towards THEKKADY, situated in the Nilgiri Hills in KERALA, full of plantations with spices nearby PERIYAR LAKE. |
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| Overnight in Thekkady. |
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| Day 7 Thekkady-Kumarakom (Backwaters) |
| Breakfast and Dinner |
Before breakfast early in the morning boat ride in PERIYAR LAKE (This Boat Ride is subject to availability), One of the national parks of India full of animal life and lots of flora and fauna and then after breakfast check out and move towards KUMARAKOM the region of BACKWATERS, a vast network of lagoons, lakes, rivers and canals. Travelling the backwaters is one of the highlights of a visit to Kerala. |
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| Overnight in Kumarakom. |
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| Day 8 Kumarakom (Backwaters) |
| Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner |
Day for relax in the hotel. Then sometime in the day a boat ride of the BACKWATERS which is the most romantic way of seeing one of the most beautiful areas of Kerala, relax and watch the world go by and experience the local village life on the Backwaters |
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| Overnight in Kumarakom. |
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| Day 9 Kumarakom (Backwaters)-Cochin |
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After breakfast drive towards COCHIN, arrival and check in at hotel. Then leave the hotel to explore the fascinating cantilevered CHINESE FISHING NETS, JEWISH SYNAGOGUE, MATTANCHERRY PALACE and ST. FRANCIS CHURCH. |
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| Overnight in Cochin. |
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| Day 10 Cochin – Bangaluru - Mysore |
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After Breakfast drive towards airport to catch the flight for BANGALURU The capital of KARNATAKA state. Then drive towards MYSORE. Arrival and check in in the hotel and then in the evening the visit of MYSURU PALACE,ST.FILOMENA CHURCH and then climb up to CHAMUNDA HILLS to visit the SRI CHAMUNDESHWARI TEMPLE. |
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| Overnight at Mysore. |
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| Day 11 Mysore – Somnathpur - Bellur – Hallebid - Hassan |
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Leave Mysore after breakfast and move towards HASSAN. On the way the visit of THE KESHAV TEMPLE at SOMNATHPUR. And then continue towards Hassan arrival and check in at the hotel and in the evening you will see THE CHANNEKESHAVA TEMPLE in BELLUR and the visit of HALEBID where you will see THE HOYASALESWARA TEMPLE. |
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| Overnight in Hassan. |
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| Day 12 Hassan – Bangaluru – Your Country |
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Drive towards BANGALURU on the way visit of the most important and oldest Jain pilgrimage centre in India at SRAVANBELGOLA the statue of BAHUBALI (GOMATESHVARA). Then continue towards Bangaluru. |
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| Arrival and transferred towards International Airport to catch onwards flight. |
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| THE TOUR FINESHES HERE |
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