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North to South India 

16D 15N

Delhi / Agra / Jaipur / Mumbai / Bangalore / Mysore 

Trichy / Tanjore / Pondicherry / Chennai 

Day 01                      Arrival Delhi                                                                                                                                                   (-)


Upon arrival at New Delhi Airport,our representative will meet and assist you to the vehicle. Since, hotel check in is at 2.00pm standard time, proceed for city tour starting at India Gate an arch of Victory.  


President House or Rashtrapati Bhawan of Delhi, formerly the Viceregal Lodge. Connaught Place, built in 1931, Parliament House, the Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House of India) is the highest federal legislative body of India. Dinner and Overnight in Delhi. 


DAY 02                    Delhi/Agra                                                          (B) 


After breakfast, check-out and transfer to Chhatarpur Temple, dedicated to Goddess, Katyayani

Have lunch, and drive to Agra. Check-in, refresh and relax an hour at hotel, walk down to Yamuna River Bank to view the Night View of Backyard of Taj Mahal. After dinner, transfer to hotel. Overnight in Agra.

DAY 03                     Agra/Jaipur                                                                                                                                            (B)

 

Early morning 6.30am, visit Taj Mahal,built between 1631 and 1648 by emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife, one of the masterpieces of the world's heritage. Drive back to hotel for breakfast before 10.30am. (Inform the front desk requesting for 10.30am breakfast after visiting the Taj Mahal).

After breakfast, check-out and drive to Jaipur. Arrive in Jaipur, check-in, refresh and leisure an hour. Visit Rajasthani Village Culture at Chokhi Dhani, an eating cum entertainment venue, with the various entertainment shows like live folk music, puppet show etc. Transfer to hotel. Overnight in Jaipur.


DAY 04           Jaipur Local Sightseeing                                                                                                                   (B) 


After breakfast, proceed for Jaipur City tour, visit Amer Fort known for its artistic Hindu style elements with its large ramparts and series of gates and cobbled paths, it overlooks Maota Lake). 

Hawa Mahal the Palace of the Wind, a high screen wall built for women of the royal household to observe street festivals while unseen  from the outside.The Pink City and the palace of Jaipur, includes the Chandra Mahal and Mubarak Mahal palaces and other buildings, called palace complex in Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan.


Jal Mahal is palace with a lake around it, renovated and enlarged in the 18th century by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Amber. When it comes to shopping, Jaipur is the place where traditional crafts and design get remade in unexpected and stylish ways and gives us the ultimate shopping itinerary. Transfer to hotel.Overnight in Jaipur. 

DAY 05           Jaipur/Mumbai (Domestic flight)                                                                                                                         (B) 

   

After breakfast, check-out and transfer to airport heading to Mumbai. Upon arrival at Mumbai airport, our representative will receive you and transfer to hotel, check in, refresh and relax.

Later, proceed for Lunch and stroll around the city and local shopping, transfer to hotel. Overnight in Mumbai.


DAY 06                   Mumbai Local Sightseeing                                                                                                                                (B) 


After breakfast, proceed for full day city tour like Gateway of India, erected to commemorate the landing of King George V and Queen Mary at Apollo Bunder on their visit to India. 


The Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, formerly known as Victoria Terminus Station, an outstanding example of Victorian Gothic Revival architecture in India.  


View of Marine Drive from Hanging Garden, also known as Pherozeshah Mehta Gardens, located in Malabar Hill, opposite the Kamala Nehru Park, known for the huge shoe built within the garden and are very popular with children. Mani Bhavan a mansion where Gandhi lived and conducted political activities while visiting Mumbai.


Explore Dhobi Ghat, considered the world's largest open-air laundromat, where age-old techniques of hand washing have been passed down from generation to generation. Have dinner and transfer return to hotel.  Overnight in Mumbai.


DAY 07                  Mumbai/Bangalore  (Domestic Flight)                                                                                   (B) 


After breakfast, check out and transfer to airport heading to Bangalore. Upon arrival at Bengaluru airport, our representative will assist you from the airport. Transfer to hotel, check in, refresh and relax.  

Later, proceed for lunch. After lunch visit the Vidhana Soudha, the largest Legislative building of India, which houses the State Legislature and the Secretariat of Karnataka the boasts of Dravidian architecture.


Cubbon Park, an historic park, officially known as Sri.Chamarajendra Park located in the heart of city which provides sylvan surroundings to the State Legislature building.

Visit the Government Aquarium the second largest aquarium in India, located at the entrance of Cubbon Park


The Attara Kacheri and a number of other organizations located along the periphery and within the park which constitute the Central Administrative Area. Evening, shop at local commercial street in Alsoor. After strolling around the commercial street, have dinner. Transfer to hotel. Overnight in Bangalore.   

DAY 08                     Bangalore                                                                                                                                                                (B) 


Breakfast at hotel, proceed for local sightseeing. Visit the government museums at the same environment, mainly the Vishweshwaraiah Industrial and Technological Museum, among the eye-catchers here such as Nehru Planetarium, Sheshadri Iyer Memorial Hall, Venkatappa Art Gallery.

The Planetarium contains the Science Park and the Science Centre with the Sky Theatre. Special workshops are also conducted for physically challenged students.


Bangalore Palace  was  constructed  by the ​Woodeyar Dynasty. It’s beautiful  Wooden carvings built in the Tudor-style architecture which resembles the medieval castles of Normandy and England.


Bull Temple or Nandi Temple is calm, peaceful and oldest places in Bangalore dedicated to nandi bull, the vahana of Lord shiva. Have dinner, transfer to hotel. Overnight in Bangalore. 


DAY 09                     Bangalore/Mysore                                                                                                                                             (B) 


After breakfast, check-out and drive to Mysore for city tour,  en-route to Srirangapatna, the Daria Daulat Bagh also known as Tipu's Summer Palace construction in 1778 and his son Tippu Sultan completed it in 1784 AD. The palace is surrounded by a large garden on the southern bank of the river.


Have lunch and visit the Mysore Palace, a historical palace and an official residence and seat of the Wodeyars and rulers of Mysore, royal family of Mysore who ruled the princely state from 1399 to 1950.


Visit  the  Brindavan Garden, the creation of this garden in the Krishnaraja Sagar Dam site. Have dinner and transfer to hotel. Overnight in Mysore.


DAY 10                    Mysore/Trichy                                                                                                                                                   (B) 


After breakfast, visit the Chamundeswari Temple in Chamundi Hills, It’s a temple of great antiquity with over 1,000 years of background and the Goddess is believed to be an incarnation of Parvati.


Visit the Krishna Raja Sagara Dam or popularly known as KRS, is the name of both a lake and the dam  that creates it. It is located  close to the settlement of  Krishnarajasagara in the Indian State of Karnataka.

Drive to Trichy, stopover for lunch in between the journey. Transfer to hotel. Check in, refresh, have dinner. Overnight in Trichy.

DAY 11 Trichy                                                                                                                                                                 (B) 


After breakfast, proceed for half day temple tour. Visit the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple located on an island in Cauvery river, the largest religious complexes in the world which follows the  Thenkalai tradition of worship.

Samayapuram Mariyamman Temple is made of sand and clay and hence unlike many other Hindu deities there are no abhishekams

conducted to the main deity, but instead the "abishekam" is done to the small stone statue in front of it. ​


Rockfort Temple is a historic fort and temple complex built on a 273-foot high ancient rock may date to over one billion years in Tiruchirapalli. The Rockfort, the Uchchi Pillaiyar Koil, a 7th-century Hindu temple and The Siva Temple. The Thayumanavar Temple is was constructed by the Pallava king Mahendravarman I in the 6th century AD. Afternoon, shop at Rockfort city. Have dinner, transfer to hotel. Overnight in Trichy.

DAY 12 Trichy/Tanjore                                                                                                                                  (B) 


After breakfast, check-out, proceed to the Upper Anaicut also known  as  Mukkombu Dam, built on the Kaveri River where River Kollidam branches out from the main river, Cauvery. It is a lovely picnic spot with a well-manicured park, built in the 19th century.

The Kallanai Dam (Grand Anicut) was built during the second century AD by Karikalan, a king of southern India's old Chola Dynasty”, one of the oldest irrigation systems in the world that is still in use” to divert the waters of Kaveri across the fertile Thanjavur delta region for rrigation via canals.


Have lunch and drive to Tanjore Big Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, also called Brihadeeswarar Temple. It is also known as RajaRajeswara Temple, Rajarajeswaram and Peruvudayar Temple, a part of the UNESCO World Heritage site known as the "Great Living Chola Temples” with a second largest Nandhi carved out of a single stone in India and architectural feat is the Vimana/Shikhara, the spire atop the temple. Transfer to Sivaganga Park, a recreational park which adjoins the Brihadeeswarar Temple.  Have dinner, transfer to hotel. Overnight in Tanjore.

DAY 13     Tanjore/Pondicherry                                                                                                                                     (B)


After breakfast, check-out and proceed to Pondicherry (or Puducherry), a French colonial settlement in India until 1954. Its French legacy is preserved in its French Quarter, with tree-lined streets, mustard-colored colonial villas and chic boutiques. 

A seaside promenade runs along the Bay of Bengal and passes several statues, including a 4m-high Gandhi Memorial. French Colony of India,  preserving the French legacysince 1954. Beautiful beaches, tattered bridge, scooty rides, French cuisines and fancy old style buildings is what recalls the city. Sri Aurobindo Ashram, founded in 1926 by Sri Aurobindo and a French-born woman, 'the Mother', is famous spiritual community has about 2000 members in its many departments.


The Auroville and the Beach near Auroville, the focal point of the Amphitheatre. In 1966 UNESCO passed a unanimous resolution commending it as a project of importance to the future of humanity. Therefore, it is wise to visit and enjoy the beach. Have dinner and transfer to hotel, check in. Overnight in Pondicherry

DAY 14     Pondicherry/Mahabalipuram/Chennai                                                                                                     (B) 


After breakfast, check-out from the hotel, proceed to Mahabalipuram a historic beach city overlooks the shore of the Bay of Bengal, monuments built with blocks of granite was sculpted by the Pallava kings during the 7th and 8th century A.D, an UNESCO World Heritage site.


The twin-temple dedicated both to Vishnu and Siva, built by Narasimhavarman II (circa 690-715). The Five Rathas, sculpted in granite, created by Narasimhavarman I, known as Mamalla (A.D. 630-668), the great wrestler, it is after whom that Mamallapuram is named.


Drive to Chennai, visit Vandalur, Arignar Anna Zoological Park, the  biggest zoo of South-East Asia in Kanchipuram District, set up in 1855 the first public zoo established in India. Elephant joy rides, children's park and an education centre are amongst the other special features of the park. We advise you not to risk taking any elephant ride as animals are unpredictable ! Evening laze around at Marina Beach. Have dinner and transfer to hotel. Overnight in Chennai. 

DAY 15     Chennai/Muttukadu                                                                                                                                    (B) 


After breakfast, check out and drive to Muttukadu, is a water sport facility on the East Coast Road at Muttukadu, Chennai, offering rowing, wind surfing, water skiing, and speedboat riding.


Next, visit DakshinaChitra, a living-history museum dedicated to South Indian heritage and culture, located 25km to the south of Chennai, inaugurated in 1996, an atmosphere that reflects a mirror of one of the ancient cultures of the world.

Enjoy the cultural shows by local musicians, artists in the evening. Have dinner and transfer to hotel. Overnight in Chennai.

DAY 16     Chennai/Local Sightseeing                                                                                                                        (B)

 

After breakfast, check out from hotel and proceed for Chennai city tour. Visit Valluvar Kottam a dedicated to the classical Tamil poet, philosopher and saint, Thiruvalluvar, best known for Tirukkuṛaḷ, a collection of couplets on ethics, political and economic matters and love.


Bharathiyar Illam, the house where Bharathiyar, the greatest Tamil poets, Subramanya Bharathi (also spelt as Bharti) lived, was born in  Ettayapuram  (around 600km from Chennai),  in  1882. He was skilled enough to write verse even at the early age of seven. 


Government Museum or Madras Museum is a museum of human history and culture located in Egmore in Chennai, started in 1851, it is the second oldest museum in India after the Indian Museum in Kolkata.

Proceed for local shopping till evening. Transfer to nearby hotel for refreshments, check out and transfer to Chennai International Airport for departure to board the 11.45pm flight.

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