Kerala
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Kerala
Travel Package Duration: 6 Days - 5 Nights
Destinations :Chennai - Covelong - Pondicherry - Tanjore - Trichy -
Maduri - Periyar
Day
1: Abroad - Chennai - Covelong
Arrive Madras International airport.
On
arrival, the guest will be met by our representative and directly proceed to
Covelong (43 kms/1 hr)
Upon arrival at hotel the guests will be
provided with the traditional Indian welcome consisting of aarti-tikka and
garlands with non-alcoholic welcome drink.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 2: CovelongFullday sightseeing tour of
Kanchipuram and Mahabalipuram.
Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day 3: Covelong - Pondicherry After breakfast drive
to Pondicherry (162 kms/4 hrs)
Tour of Pondicherry - visiting
Botanical garden, Eglise De Sacre Coeur De Jesus and Sri Aurobindo Ashram.
Later visit township of Auroville or the city of Dawn. Designed by a French
architect Roger Arger, it is an entirely new concept in education and urban
living. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day 4: Pondicherry -
TanjoreAfter breakfast drive to Tanjore (177 kms/4 ½ hrs)
Upon
arrival at Tanjore - check into hotel.
Afternoon sightseeing tour
of Tanjore.
Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day
5: Tanjore - Trichy - Madurai
After breakfast drive to Madurai (190
kms/5½ hrs) enroute visiting Trichy
City tour of Trichy -
visit the 'Rock Fort Temple' which rises abruptly to a height of 273 ft. A
steep staircase cut into the rock leads upto the Fort. At the first level
are the remnants of a huge hall blasted into ruins in 1772. The next storey
is the Mathrubhuteshwarer Shrine dedicated to Shiva. Finally at the top of
the hill, the 'Uchhi Pillayar Koil' - a Ganesh Temple offering a commanding
view of the city.
Thereafter continue drive to Madurai
Upon
arrival at Madurai - check into hotel.
Evening visit of the
Meenakshi temple - Leave the hotel for the temple by cycle rickshaws. At 9
PM, attend the night ceremony at the temple. This is a ceremony that takes
place every evening when the temple bronze of Lord Shiva is carried to the
bed chamber of Parvati. The procession is accompanied by religious prayer
and temple music.
Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day
6: Madurai - PeriyarMorning city tour of Madurai visit the
Meenakshi temple one of the biggest temple complexes in India.
After
breakfast drive to Periyar (177 kms/5 hrs)
Upon arrival at Periyar
- check into hotel.
