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Highlights

South India It is a land with beautiful temples reflecting how strongly its religion has been interwoven into the life of its people.


Enjoy this Indian dreamscape surrounded with coconut palm trees, beaches, mesmerizing backwaters, and colourful traditions to make you live an unforgettable destination.


Visited cities: Cochin, Alleppey, Thekkady, Munnar, Madurai, Thanjour, Pondicherry, Mahabalipuram & Mumbai

Itinerary

Cochin - Called as the Queen of the Arabian Sea

  • Kochi (Cochin)

    5 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    You will be picked up from Cochin Airport with a signed board under your name, as per your flight details. Early arrivals have the possibility to explore Cochin, depending on your preferences. Some places would be visited according to your time and personal interests.
  • Accommodations
    Hotel Options Available: Affordable: Old Courtyard Semi Luxury: Trident Luxury: Grand Hayat
Cochin - Bustling commercial port city with a trading history that dates back to at least 600 years.

  • Fort Kochi

    3 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    A charming seaside area, Fort Kochi is known for its Dutch, Portuguese, and British colonial architecture, and elaborate bamboo fishing nets at Fort Kochi Beach.

  • Church of Saint Francis

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Included
    Saint Francis Church, in Fort Kochi, Kochi, originally built in 1503, is one of the oldest European churches in India and has great historical significance as a mute witness to the European colonial struggle in the subcontinent.

  • Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Included
    The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica at Fort Kochi, Kochi is one of the nine Basilicas in Kerala. Counted as one of the heritage edifices of Kerala, this church is one of the finest and most impressive churches in India and visited by tourists the whole year round.

  • Kochi (Cochin)

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    Stroll around its picturesque beaches fill with peculiar fish nets and the fish market
  • Accommodations
    Hotel Options Available: Affordable: Old Courtyard Semi Luxury: Trident Luxury: Grand Hayat
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
Alleppey - From houseboat stays in to lazing around on pristine beaches, enjoy the wide range of memorable experiences.

  • Alappuzha

    5 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    Enjoy a Boat Ride at Vembananad Lake, which offers a fascinating insight into the life of Keralan Backwater. On the narrow strip of land you could appreciate the fishing fishermen, children swimming, and women doing their daily chores. Experience any place you find on the way, loose yourself and unravel the magic of the place.
  • Accommodations
    Hotel Options Available: Houseboat in the Backwaters of Kerala
    Food And Drinks
    Lunch
    Breakfast
    Dinner
Thekkady - Experience the sight of majestic elephants, spice plantations, and beautiful hills.

  • Periyar

    4 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    Boating on the Lake Periyar and witness the fascinating Wildlife and unique animal sanctuaries in India. Visit the fragrant spice plantations of cardamom, cinnamon, pepper, and coffee. Enjoy the Tea States as well. Shop in the local market for natural seasonings to take home.
  • Accommodations
    Hotel Options Available: Affordable: Tree Top Semi Luxury:Elephant Court Luxury: Naramaya Retreats
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
Thekkady

  • Green Land Spice Garden

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Included
    Enjoy it´s vibrant smells and colors

  • Periyar Lake

    3 hoursAdmission Ticket Included
    Enjoy a boat ride in the Periyar Lake to observe Wildlife
  • Accommodations
    Hotel Options Available: Affordable: Tree Top Semi Luxury:Elephant Court Luxury: Naramaya Retreats
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
Munnar - Popular hill-station perched at an altitude of 1600m in the Western Ghats, known as the Kashmir of South India.

  • Munnar

    5 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    One of the highest Tea growing lands in the world. Visit Eravikulam National Park, home of the endangered Nilgiri Thar (Ibex). Experience Mattupetty Dam, the Indo Swiss Dairy farm and the Kundala Lake.
  • Accommodations
    Hotel Options Available: Affordable: Cooper Castle Semi Luxury: Tea County Resort Luxury: Panaromic Gateway
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
Munnar

  • Munnar

    6 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    Enjoy the natural beauty of Tea States
  • Accommodations
    Hotel Options Available: Affordable: Cooper Castle Semi Luxury: Tea County Resort Luxury: Panaromic Gateway
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
Madurai - The holy city famous for its towering Hindu shrines and the most iconic pilgrimage destinations in India.

  • Madurai

    5 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    Visit and witness one of the architectural dreams of all times created, the famous Meenakshi Amman Temple (The Goddess of Wealth). Experience a walking tour through the flower market in the city’s Mattuthavani district. Enjoy how raw fragrance is being made at Raja Palaniswamy’s facility.
  • Accommodations
    Hotel Options Available: Affordable: Madurai Residency Semi Luxury: Fortune Pandiyan Luxury: Heritage Madurai
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
Madurai

  • Thirumalai Nayakar Mahal

    3 hoursAdmission Ticket Included
    Thirumalai Nayak Palace is a 17th-century palace erected in 1636 AD by King Tirumala Nayaka. This Palace is a classic fusion of Dravidian and Rajput styles.

  • Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Included
    Temple is dedicated to goddess Meenakshi, the consort of lord Shiva. It has long been the focus of both Indian and international tourist attraction as well as one of the most important places of Hindu pilgrimage.
  • Accommodations
    Hotel Options Available: Affordable: Madurai Residency Semi Luxury: Fortune Pandiyan Luxury: Heritage Madurai
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
Thanjavur

  • Thanjavur

    5 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    Visit the celebrated temple Brihadeshra built by the Chola King during the 11th century. Experience the Saraswati Mahal library, containing a rare collection of books and manuscripts on paper and palm leaves.

  • Swami Malai Temple

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Included
    Swamimalai Swaminathaswamy Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to god Murugan.

  • Airavatesvara Temple

    4 hoursAdmission Ticket Included
    UNESCO World Heritage Site The Airavatesvarar temple is one among a cluster of eighteen medieval era large Hindu temples in the Kumbakonam area. The temple is dedicated to Shiva. It also reverentially displays Vaishnavism and Shaktism traditions of Hinduism,
  • Accommodations
    Hotel Options Available: Affordable: Hotel Parisutham Semi Luxury: Hotel Sangam Luxury: Hotel Mantra Koodam
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
Pondicherry - The perfect amalgamation of the traditional Indian sensibilities and French architecture

  • Pondicherry

    7 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    Enjoy the serene aura and cuisine of this Union territory of India. Visit the Navagraha Temple where all the nine planets are worshipped and known for their influence in our lives. Experience Auroville city known as the City of Dawn, is where people from different nationalities, beliefs and traditions live together in harmony.
  • Accommodations
    Hotel Options Available: Affordable: La Chateau Semi Luxury: Hotel De L’Orient Luxury: La Villa
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
Pondicherry - A dreamy escape that offers the best of both worlds. A fairytale charmed city.

  • White Town

    4 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    Charming White Town is known for the French colonial-era villas lining its leafy streets. Eateries from quirky cafes to upscale courtyard restaurants serve French, Indian, and Franco-Tamil cuisine, while small crafts shops dot cobbled lanes. The beachfront promenade is popular for evening strolls.

  • Auroville

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    Auroville is a universal city in the making in south-India dedicated to the ideal of human unity based on the vision of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother.
  • Accommodations
    Hotel Options Available: Affordable: La Chateau Semi Luxury: Hotel De L’Orient Luxury: La Villa
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
Mahabalipuram - Famous for its intricately carved temples and rock-cut caves

  • Mahabalipuram

    5 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    Visit the second pagodas, a wonderful monolithic monuments and stone sculptures to be seen. Experience the Pallava architecture expressed at Five Rathas, the bas-relief on a huge rock popularly known as Arjuna’s penance; Mahisasura Madapam and the Shore Temple overlooking the sea, surrounded by gardens and ruined courts
  • Accommodations
    Hotel Options Available: Affordable: Mammala Heritage Semi Luxury: Ideal Beach Resort Luxury: GRT Radisson Temple Bay
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
Mahabalipuram

  • Shore Temple

    4 hoursAdmission Ticket Included
    As one of the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram, it has been classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984.[2] It is one of the oldest structural (versus rock-cut) stone temples of South India

  • Pancha Rathas

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Included
    Pancha Rathas is a monument complex at Mahabalipuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. Pancha Rathas is an example of monolithic Indian rock-cut architecture.
  • Accommodations
    Hotel Options Available: Affordable: Mammala Heritage Semi Luxury: Ideal Beach Resort Luxury: GRT Radisson Temple Bay
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
Mumbai

  • Elephanta Caves

    5 hoursAdmission Ticket Included
    Elephanta Caves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a collection of cave temples predominantly dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. They are on Elephanta Island, or Gharapuri, in Mumbai.

  • Gateway of India

    50 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    The Gateway of India is an arch-monument built in the early twentieth century in the city of Mumbai. It was erected to commemorate the landing in December 1911 at Apollo Bunder, Mumbai of King-Emperor George V and Queen-Empress Mary, the first British monarch to visit India.

  • Dharavi

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    Dharavi is Mumbai’s largest slum (and the third-largest in the world) made famous by the film Slumdog Millionaire.

  • Dhobi Ghat

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Included
    Dhobi Ghat is an open air laundromat. The washers, known as dhobis, work in the open to clean clothes and linens from Mumbai's hotels and hospitals.

  • Colaba Market

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    The everyday carnival of the Colaba Causeway market is a shopping experience like no other in Mumbai. That infamous Indian saying of "sab kuch milega" (everything is possible) certainly applies at this market.
  • Accommodations
    Hotel Options Available: Affordable: Fort Residency Semi Luxury: Suba Palace Luxury: Taj Mahal Tower
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
Mumbai

  • Mumbai

    6 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    Feel the energy of this impressive city and live the Elephanta Caves. Experience as well Dharavi, the area where Bollywood movie and Oscar Winner, “Slumdog Millionaire” has been shot.
  • Accommodations
    Hotel Options Available: Affordable: Fort Residency Semi Luxury: Suba Palace Luxury: Taj Mahal Tower
    Food And Drinks
    Breakfast
Mumbai - Departure

  • Mumbai

    3 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    Relaxed and ready for travelling back home, your driver will take you to the airport as per your flight schedule.
  • Food And Drinks
    Breakfast

What's included

INCLUDED

Private transportation
Boat trip excursion at Periyar Wildlife centaury
House Boat Cruise Backwaters – All meals are included in the cruise only
Native English-Speaking Local Driver and Private Guide
Flight Ticket from Chennai to Mumbai
Lunch
Dinner
Air-conditioned vehicle
Breakfast (16)
Government 5%GST tax, all state taxes, tolls, parkings are included
Flight Ticket from Mumbai To Cochin
Bottled Water in the car
Drivers food and lodging is included in the cost
All Fees and Taxes
WiFi on board
Live Performance of Kathakali Dance in Thekkady
Thekkady – visit of spice gardens of Kerala
Selected 16 night accommodation based on single/double occupancy in mentioned hotels

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