Day 01 Arrive Bangalore
Upon arrival in Bangalore you are met and transferred to your pre booked Hotel.
Afternoon city tour of Bangalore city The city is full of well laid out gardens. Wide tree lined avenues, imposing buildings and lively bazaars. Visit the Bull Temple, situated on a hill is one of Bangalore’s oldest attractions.
Day 02 Bangalore – Mysore (by surface)
After breakfast leave by surface for Mysore. U pon arrival in Mysore check in at your pre booked Hotel.
Day 03 Mysore
After we drive for a morning sightseeing of the city of Mysore. Mysore a city of 17 Palaces - the Maharaja’s City Palace being one of the largest in the country. Today’s city tour include the zoological gardens, the Chamundi Temple, handicraft Centre and 22 kms away - the Brindavan Gardens, which are a sight by day and night.
Also visit Srirangapatnam – Tipu Sultans summer Palace
Day 04 Mysore – Hassan (by surface )
After breakfast we leave by surface for Hassan.
Afternoon visiting Halebid, Belur, Sravanabelagola, Halebid is the sister temple of Belur, Built in the 12th Century from soft soapstone and depicts the entire Hindu Pantheon, Sravanabalagola is the shine to the jain Saint Gaomateswara, carved in 983 AD out of solid rock , 500 rock hewn steps lead up to it. Religious rituals involve bathing the statue in milk and rose petals.
Day 05 Hassan – Ooty (by surface )
After breakfast we leave by surface for Ooty, Ootacamund most popularly known as Ooty. It is mostly referred to as the Queen of the Southern Hills stations.It drives its name from the Niligiri or the Blue Mountains – the name to the Hills by the inhabitants for more than 850 years because of the blue haze of clouds which envelope the hill slopes.
Day 06 Ooty
Morning we drive around Ooty to visit the Botanical Gardens , Lake Doddabetta , Mukurti Peak , the Pykara Dam and the sprawling Tea Plantation.
Day 07 Ooty - Cochin (by surface)
After breakfast we leave by surface for Cochin. Upon arrival checkin at your prebooked hotel
Day 08 Cochin
Morning city tour of Cochin visiting Jewish synanogue – the oldest synanogue in the entire commonwealth, St. Francis Chruch, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Cochin Harbour, Terminus, Chinese Fishing Nets, Mattancherry Dutch Palace built by the Portuguese is known for its murals depicting scenes from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata and dresses and palanquins used by Cochin’s erstwhile rulers
Evening Kathakali Dance Show
Day 09 Cochin – Periyar (Thekkady by surface)
After breakfast We leave by surface for Periyar (Thekkady), the dri ve up to this hilltop Wildlife sanctuary is one of the most beautiful . Starting with Cocount groves at the lower lever you then see rubber, tea and the spice plantation as you gain height. Upon arrival check into your pre booked hotel
Day 10 Periyar
In the Morning take a Jeep ride to a nearby Spice Plantation. Late afternoon take a boat ride on lake periyar to look for wild animals drinking or taking a dip in this lake.
Day 11 Peiyar – Madurai (by surface)
After breakfast we leave by surface for Madurai. Upon arrival checkin at your pre booked Hotel
Afternoon we visit Madurai whose history goes back to six centuries before Christ. The Pandyan rulers made this their capital until the 14th Century and the city flowered with the genius of its writers, builders, poets and academics. Then the Nayaks ruled Madurai from the middle of the 16th Century to 1743. The ten tall Gopurams of the Meenakshi Temple were raised during their dynasty. This is a huge compled of Temples. A thousand – pillared hall and a tank. A full day tour visiting the Meenakashi Temple, Palace of King Triumalay, the great tank, Gandhi Museum and Temple at Alaghat Koli enroute visiting Elephant Rock.
Day 12 Madurai – Kovalam (by surface)
After breakfast we leave by surface for Kovalam. Upon arrival checkin at your prebooked Hotel
Day 13 Kovalam –
 Day at leisure
Day 14 Kovalam –
Day at leisure
Day 15 Kovalam – Trivandrum (by surface)
Transfer to Trivandrum airport to board flight for onward journey
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