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Day 01
- Bangalore. |
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Arrive Bangalore Airport. You will be met and transferred to the city Hotel for the night.
Bangalore is known as city of Gardens. Evening enjoy a visit to Lalbagh Gardens, a 240 acre Botanical garden, Cubbon Park and Vidhan Soudha - The house of Karnataka legislature, which is built in solid granite in Neo Dravidian Style. |
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Day 02
- Bangalore / Mysore. |
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After breakfast drive to Mysore. Check into the hotel for 2 nights.
Afternoon enjoy the city tour of Mysore. It includes visit to Maharaja's palace built in 1911, the Chamarajendra Art Gallery and Chamundi Hills. |
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Overnight stay in the Hotel. |
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Day 03
- Mysore. |
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Morning, drive to Srirangapattanam to see the ruins of the capital, the summer palace and Mausoleum of Tippu Sultan. Later drive to Ranganathittu Bird sanctuary.
The sanctuary is situated on one of the three islands in the cauvery river. It is spread over an area of 675 hectares. The migratory birds like Darter, Egret, Spoonbill, White Ibis, Open Bill Stork, Night Heron, Pond Heron etc
can be seen over here.
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Overnight stay in the Hotel. |
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Day 04
- Mysore / Bandipur. |
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Drive to Bandipur. The Bandipur Wild life sanctuary is a part of the large National Park which also includes neibouring wildlife sanctuaries of Mudumalai and Muthanga. It is pread over an area of 875 sq kms and is famous for elephant, Bison, Spotted deer,sambur, tiger and leopard. |
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Check into the Jungle resort for 2 nights. |
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Day 05
- Bandipur. |
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Morning,Visit to the sanctuary to see the animals. Rest of the day is free to relax in the resort.
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Day 06
- Bandipur / Conoor. |
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In the morning drive to Conoor. You will be checking into one of the best home stays in India - The Tryst.
Evening visit to Sim's park established in 1874.
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Overnight stay in the house
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Day 07
- Conoor / Ooty / Conoor. |
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In the morning take the mountain train up to Ooty. This mountain railway run on a single track through a rugged and densely wooded mountain terrain. Visit the Botanical gardens in Ooty. It is a 50 acre garden which have a variety of orchids, ornamental plants, trees, medicinal plants and rock plants. Drive back to
Conoor.
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Overnight stay in the House. |
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Day 08
- Conoor / Cochin. |
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After an early breakfast drive to Cochin. Cochin is known as the Queen of the Arabian sea. Check into the hotel for 2 nights.
Evening enjoy a sunset cruise around Cochin Harbour.
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Overnight stay in the Hotel.
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Day 09
- Cochin. |
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Morning visit the older part Cochin. This includes the Dutch Palace, Jewish Synagogue, St Francis church and Chinese fishing nets.
Evening drive to the theatre to witness the Kathakali dance, the tradition dance form of
Kerala. |
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Overnight stay in the Hotel. |
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Day 10
- Cochin / Alleppey. |
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Check out of the hotel late morning and drive to Alleppey, famed for its backwaters. Alleppey is also called as The Venice of the West with its infinite number of canals. Check into the Houseboat for the night.
Houseboats are former Cargo boats, now restructured and fitted with all amenities. The boat is built with bamboo splits, coir ropes.There will be a cook and 2 oarsmen to assist you in the boat.
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All food are cooked and served inside the boat. It has a bedroom with a toilet, a living area where you can relax and have food and a kitchen. The boat will cruise through the backwaters in the daytime and will anchor itself at a convenient location at the night.
Overnight stay in the Houseboat
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Day 11
- Alleppey. |
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After breakfast disembark from the houseboat at the resort. Check in for the night.
Rest of the day is to relax.
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Overnight in the Hotel.
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Day 12
- Alleppey / Kovalam. |
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Drive to Varkala, a beautiful seaside resort. Check into the resort for 2 nights.
Varkala is known for its mineral water springs and beaches.
Rest of the day is free at the beach.
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Day 13
- Kovalam. |
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Morning, visit the Janardhana swami temple which is believed to be 2000years old. The Samadhi (burial) of the great Hindu reformist is worth a visit.
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Day 14
- Kovalam / Trivandrum. |
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Check out of the hotel and drive to Trivandrum Airport to connect your departing flight. |
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Hotels Used:
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| St Mark’s/ Bangalore |
Lake
Palace Resort/ Alleppey |
Indigenous Tours/ Houseboat |
| Tusker Trails/ Bandipur |
Lalit
Mahal Palace/ Mysore |
Isola Di Cocco/ Kovalam |
| Le Meridian/ Cochin |
Glyngarth Villa/ Ooty |
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