South India Cultural Tour Package

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  Bangalore-Hassan–Belur–Halebid-Hassan-Mysore-Ooty–Coonor-Ooty-Cochin-Munnar-Periyar-Alleppey–Kerala-Kovalam-Kanyakumari-Kovalam-Trivendrum-Bangalore

  
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DESTINATIONS: Bangaluru – Hassan – Belur – Halebid – Hassan – Mysore – Ooty – Coonoor – Ooty -Kochi – Munnar – Periyar – Alleppey – Kerala – Kovalam – Kanyakumari – Kovalam – Trivendrum – Bangaluru

01 Arrive Bangaluru

Upon arrival, assistance transfer to Hotel by our representative. ( welcome in a traditional Indian style with Aarti Tika and Garlands). Also he will brief you about your tour , do’s and don’ts etc .Check in at the Hotel.

Bangalore is called the “Garden City of India” and the “Pensioner’s Paradise”. The official language is kannad  . Bangalore is the major centre of India’s IT industry, popularly known as the Silicon Valley of India.

Stay overnight at your booked hotel.

02 Bangalore-Hassan (180 Kms /Approx 04  Hrs Drive)

Wake up in the morning and breakfast is ready for you in a hotel restaurant . After having a breakfast check out and our driver will meet you in a hotel to start a half  day city tour of  Bangalore  Visit – Lalbagh Botanical Garden, Tipu’s Palace, Outside view of Vidhana Soudha.

Later on direct drive to  Hassan .Upon arrival check in at the Hotel .Hassan is known in worldwide for its Hoysala architecture .

Stay overnight at your booked hotel.

03 Hassan – Belur – Halebid-Hassan

Wake up in the morning and breakfast is ready for you in a hotel restaurant . After having a breakfast Visit belur Halebid.

Belur is earlier the capital of  Hoysala  and located at river Yagchi.  It’s a home of  Hoysala complex  . Vist Chennakeshava Temple (one of the finest examples of Hoysala architecture) & Veeranarayana Temple (which has exquisite carvings of various Hindu Gods)Halebid- which was previously called Dorasamudra or Dwarasamudra .Visit Hoysaleswara temple and Kedareswara temple.

Stay overnight at your booked hotel.

04  Hassan Mysore (120 Kms/ Approx 02.50 Hrs Drive)

Wake up in the morning and breakfast is ready for you in a hotel restaurant . After having a breakfast checkout and drive towards Mysore.

Upon arrival check in at the Hotel. Mysore is  cultural capital of Karnataka and  called as city of Palaces . It was named after the Mystical Mahisuru,Where the goddess chamundi slew the demon Mahishasura.

Stay overnight at your booked hotel.

05  Mysore

Wake up in the morning and breakfast is ready for you in a hotel restaurant . After having a breakfast our driver will meet you in a hotel to start a City tour of the City of Palaces -Mysore Visit – Mysore Palace – a official residence of the royal family of mysore and there durban Officers),Brindavan Garden ,Mysore Sand Sculpture Museum – India first sand museum and  Lalitha Mahal  Palace or a Heritage Hotel.

Stay overnight at your booked hotel.

06 Mysore-Ooty (125 Kms/Approx 03 Hrs Drive)

Wake up in the morning and breakfast is ready for you in a hotel restaurant . After having a breakfast check out and drive towards  Ooty. Check in at the Hotel. Ooty or Udhagamandalam is a popular hill station located in the deep  of   Nilgiri Hill (Blue Mountains” )and its known as Queen of hill stations .

The name Udhagamandalam is copied from the TODA word “othakal-mund” which means “house in mountains” Lofty mountains, great lakes, dense forests, sprawling grasslands, miles of tea gardens ,trees greet the visitors in route to Ooty.  It used to be popular summer and weekend getaway for the British during the colonial days.

Stay overnight at your booked hotel.

07 Ooty – Coonor – Ooty (Toy Train )

Wake up in the morning and breakfast is ready for you in a hotel restaurant . After having a breakfast enjoy a  city tour of  Ooty  and coonoor .First start a drive towards ooty railway station to take a toy train ride with a sincere view of mountain .Train  depart at 0915  arrival coonoor at  1015 Hrs .

Later on driver will pic you at railway station enjoy at Plantation in Coonoor and drive to Ooty  .In  Ooty  Visit Rose  and botanical Garden and Tribal Museum Etc.

Stay overnight at your booked hotel.

08 Ooty – Cochin  (300 Kms / Approx 07  Hrs Drive)

Wake up in the morning and breakfast is ready for you in a hotel restaurant . After having a breakfast check out and drive direct to Cochin. Upon arrival check in at the Hotel.

Cochin or Kochin  traditionally known as the ‘Queen of the Arabian Sea’. It’s is famous for their history  and incredible marks of British , Chinese, Dutch and Arabs.

Evening witness Kathakali dance show – a famous classical stylized dance drama of Kerala-with attractive makeup, gesture and posture .  This is a drama and live creation of the Lord Krishna.

Stay overnight at your booked hotel.

09 Cochin-Munnar (125 Kms/ Approx 03 Hrs Drive)

Wake up in the morning and breakfast is ready for you in a hotel restaurant . After breakfast our driver will meet you in a hotel  to start a city tour of Cochin  – discover the old part – Fort Cochin and St Francis church, the oldest European church in India and The Dutch Palace .

Later  drive towards Munnar. upon arrival check in at the Hotel. Munnar is a sound of  music in India backdrop of rolling mountain scenery craggy peaks, manicured tea estates and crisp mountain air.It’s a famous and greenest hill station of the Kerala situated on the kannan Devan hill Village and a heaven of harmony in Gods own Country .

This  famous tea plantation town started by the British. Eravikulam National park is the main attraction of Munnar.

Stay overnight at your booked hotel.

10  Munnar

Wake up in the morning and breakfast is ready for you in a hotel restaurant . After breakfast our driver will meet you in a hotel  to start a visit Eravikulam National park you will find gaot ,Gaur , Langur, Lion-tailed macaque, and Elephants depending on the season and time of travel.

Stay overnight at your booked hotel.

11 Munnar –  Periyar Wildlife sanctuary (130 Kms/ Approx 03 Hrs drive)

Wake up in the morning and breakfast is ready for you in a Hotel . After breakfast Check out and our driver will meet in hotel to drive towards Periyar .

Periyar is also known  in the name of  Thekkady . It’s a Elephant or Tiger Reserve located in the cardamom Hills and Pandalam Hills .Periyar wildlife sanctuary has a eye catching lake at the heart of the sanctuary- the lake provide the permanent source of water to local wildlife.

Stay overnight at your booked hotel.

12 Periyar Wildlife sanctuary

Wake up in the morning and breakfast is ready for you in a hotel restaurant . After breakfast our driver will meet you in a hotel  to start a tour of Periyar .Enjoy Boat Ride – It’s a best option to see the wildlife and a excellent spot for the tourist.

Spice plantation walk for 02 Hrs.- Periyar is a land of spice enjoy a real spice tour in a real spice city. In Periyar you will enjoy plantation of world famous spices such as cardamom, pepper,vanilla,nutmeg,clove,etc .There is many garden around the  area  .

Stay overnight at your booked hotel.

13 Periyar Wildlife sanctuary- Alleppey – Kerala famous Backwater (145 Kms/ Approx 03.30 Hrs drive)

Wake up in the morning and breakfast is ready for you in a hotel . After breakfast checkout and our driver will meet you in a hotel  to start a drive towards Alleppey Kerala famous backwater. Check in at the Houseboat.

Alleppey is also known in the name of Allappuzha. Its a oldest planned town in a south region. Allappuzha name is derived for the  meaning of the destination means the land between the sea and set of connections of rivers flow into it. Enjoy a world famous Kerala famous backwater. watch the bird are flying in the sky and ducks swimming around the banks. Backwater interconnected with the canals , lakes and rivers.

Stay overnight at your booked houseboat.

14  Alleppey – Kerala famous Backwater-Kovalam (160 Kms/ Approx 04.10 Hrs drive

Wake up in the morning and breakfast is ready for you in a houseboat . After breakfast checkout and our driver will meet you in a chetty point to drive towards Kovalam.

Check in at the Hotel. Kovalam means the grove of coconut tree .Its 13 Kms from a capital of Kerala -Trivandrum . Its famous beach destination in India. Coconut tree lined along with the beach make more beautiful and greenest and enjoy a walk in the evening to view the waves movement.

Kovalam is a also famous for luxury Ayurveda resort and there treatment (a perfect holiday destination) . Tourist spend a long time on relax and ayurveda.

Stay overnight at your booked hotel.

15 Kovalam-Kanyakumari-Kovalam

Wake up in the morning and breakfast is ready for you in a hotel restaurant . After breakfast our driver will meet you in a hotel to start a excursion of kanyakumari .

Kanniyakumari (or Kanyakumari) is also known as known as Cape Comorin during the British raj. Upon arrival visit kanyakumari temple, Vivekananda Rock Memorial, and sun set point.

Stay overnight at your booked hotel.

16  Kovalam-Trivendrum

Wake up in the morning and breakfast is ready for you in a hotel restaurant . After breakfast check out and transfer to Trivandrum airport to board the flight for onwards Journey.

*** End of South India Culture Tour ***

• Cost (based on 02 persons)

  • Rates are valid from 1st June till 30^th September 2019
    

    02 Pax Traveling Together	3 STAR hotels	4 STAR hotels	5 STAR hotels
    Twin/double sharing basis	USD 1626 PP	USD 2022 PP	USD 2328 PP

• Inclusions

  • 15 nights accommodation in standard room on room plus breakfast on twin sharing basis.
  • Houseboat accommodation in Alleppey would be on full board basis.
  • All transfers & sightseeing tours by air-conditioned medium car as per itinerary.
  • Service of an English speaking local guide as per itinerary.
  • Toy train ride from Coonoor to Ooty.
  • Entrance fees at the monuments as per itinerary.
  • All current applicable taxes (GST)

• Exclusions

  • Any expenses of personal nature such as telephone calls, table drinks, laundry, tipping to drivers and guides,  use of payable items in room mini bar, any kind of alcoholic non-alcoholic beverages (unless specified).
  • Any Airfares.
  • Any optional activity.
  • Camera / Video fee at monuments or any other expenses not mentioned above.
  • Cost incurred in obtaining visa, insurance etc.
  • Any additional expenses due to natural calamities or unforeseen circumstances such as political closure, natural hazard, technical failure, flight delay / cancellation, sickness etc.
  • Travel insurance or any kind of personal expenses.
  • Anything which is not mentioned above.
  • Any hike in the prices due to substantial revision in government tax structure, fuel price or air/ train fare.

• Hotel Envisaged

  Cities	3*** hotels	4**** hotels	5***** hotels
  Bangalore (1 night)	Southern Star	JP Fortune Cosmos	Vivanta by Taj
  Hassan (2 nights)	Southern Star	Hoysala Resort	Hoysala resort
  Mysore (2 nights)	Southern Star	Sandesh the Prince	Radisson Blu
  Ooty (2 nights)	Vinayaga Inn	Gem Park	Fortune Resort Sullivan Court
  Kochi (1 night)	Killians	Fragrant Nature	Crowne Plaza
  Munnar (2 nights)	The Leaf	Fragrant Nature	Winderemere
  Thekkady (2 nights)	Coffee Routes	Greenwoods	Spice Village
  Alleppey (1 night)	Deluxe Houseboat	Premium Houseboat	Luxury Houseboat
  Kovalam (2 nights)	Sagara Beach Resort	Travancore Heritage	Leela Kovalam