Taj Mahal With Kerala
Duration: 13 Nights / 14 Days
Destinations: Delhi - Agra - Jaipur - Delhi
- Chennai - Trivandrum - Cochin - Periyar - Madurai - Kanchipuram - Mahabalipuram
- Chennai
Day 01: Arrival at Delhi
Company
representatives will receive you on arrival at the international airport in
Delhi late in the night or midnight. Transfer to your hotel. Relax.
Overnight will be at Delhi.
Day 02: Delhi
Breakfast will be at the hotel.
Start a full-day tour of Old and New Delhi.
Overnight will be at Delhi.
Day 03: Delhi - Agra
Start for Agra early in the morning after breakfast.
En-route you will visit the SIKANDRA. Check in at hotel.
Overnight will be at Agra.
Day 04: Jaipur
Enjoy
your breakfast at the hotel.
Proceed for a morning excursion to Amber Fort. Elephant ride ascent to the fort.
Relax in the evening or visit the markets. Overnight will be at Jaipur.
Day 05: Jaipur - Delhi
After leisurely breakfast proceed for shopping.
Leave for Delhi after lunch. Reach Delhi and you will be transferred to airport
for flight with sweet memories of India after FAREWELL DINNER.
Day 06: Delhi - Chennai
Transfer to hotel Le Meridien (near the airport)
Day 07: Chennai - Trivandrum
Transfer to Somatheeram Ayurvedic Resort
Day 08: Ayurvedic Beach Resort
Relax and enjoy the facilities at the resort including private beach, yoga,
massage, nature walks, classical music and dance programs on open-air stage,
visits to local traditional village.
Day 09: Backwaters of Kerala
From
the resort drive to the pier to board a private rice boat (70 kms/2 hrs drive)
and then cruise through the narrow canals and wide lakes enjoying the scenic
natural beauty -- coconut trees, rice patties, small villages.Meals and overnight
on houseboats.
Day 10: Backwaters - Cochin
Morning relax on houseboat, after lunch drive to Cochin 65 Kms/ 1 1/12 hrs.),
transfer to hotel. Taj Mallabar Hotel, overlooking the harbor, sea facing rooms.
Day 11: Cochin
Full day sighseeing: palaces, museums. Enjoy a Kathakali dance performance at
Cochin Cultural Center, arriving by 5 pm to watch the make-up. Dinner at traditional
Kerala restaurant. Taj Mallabar Hotel
Day 12: Periyar
Periyar Wild life Sanctuary Home to bison, antelopes, sambars, wild boars, monkeys,
langurs, a wide variety of birds, and some 750 elephants. Game viewing by private
motor-boat in the evening, (the best time to see wild life). Hotel Taj Garden
Retreat
Day 13: Periyar - Madurai
Relax
at Periyar in the morning. In afternoon, drive to Madurai (135 kms./ 4hrs. drive),
"The Temple City of India." Evening relaxed overview of the city,
independent strolling. Hotel Taj Garden Retreat in Madurai, cottages.
Day 14: Madurai
Full day sighseeing: Sri Meenakshi Temple, Tirumalai Nayak Palace, Tiruparankundram
(rock-cut)Temple, Alagarkoil Temple Evening fly Madurai-Madras dep 19:40 arr
20:30 arr. OR 20:40 dep.-21:30 arr. Hotel Taj Garden Retreat
Day 15: Madras
Full day sightseeing of Madras: Kapaleeshwarar Temple, San Thome Cathedral,
Sri Parthasarathy Temple, Fort St. George, the Marina. Hotel Taj Coromandel,
superior room
Day 16: Drive to Kanchipuram
Visit temples of Kanchipuram enroute to Mahabalipuram. Kailasanatha Temple,
Vaikunta Perumal Temple, Sri Ekambaranathar Temple, Kamakshi Amman Temple, Devarajaswami
Temple. On arrival in Mahabalipuram transfer to Hotel FishermanÕs Cove.
Day 17: Mahabalipuram
Morning
relax; afternoon sightseeing: Five Rathas, Shore Temple, ArjunaÕs Penance,
Mandapams, Krishna Mandapam.
Day 18: Madras
Relax in the morning. Late afternoon drive back to Madras (80kms./2hrs. drive).
Transfer to international airport for flight home.
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