18 Days Tamilnadu & Kerala Tour
18 Days Tour
Chennai Airport Arrival & Mamallapuram & Kanchipuram / Pondicherry / Tanjore - en route covers Chidambaram, Gangai - Konda-Cholapuram & Darasuram) / Trichy & Chettinad / Madurai / Thekkady / Munnar / Cochin, Alleppey backwater, Varkala beach, Kovalam and Trivandrum airport departure (Kerala)
- Day 01: Chennai Airport to Mamallapuram
Arrival at the Airport and drive to Mamallapuram, after your refresh and relax for the long travel. Visits Mamallapuram Sea shore, Five Radhas, Arjuna Penance, Krishna Mandapam, Ganesha Radha, Krishna butter ball and Old light house. Overnight stay
- Day 02 : Kanchipuram excursion from Mamallapuram (70kms/2hrs drive on way):
Proceed to Kanchipuram and visits Kailasanathar temple, Ekambareshwarar Temple, Kanchi Kamatchi amman temple and Varatharaja Perumal Temple. After lunch, drive to Mamallapuram. Overnight stay
- Day 03 : Mamallapuram to Pondicherry (100kms/2hrs drive):
Drive to Pondicherry, en route stop at Salt land where you can see, how the people make the salt in the field, later visit Evening walk in the Colonial French Street and Seaside Promenade (Rock beach) Overnight stay.
- Day 04 : Pondicherry full day.
Today visit Auroville (Matri Mandir), ManagulaVinayagar temple,The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Paradise white sand beach by boat to reach this beach. Overnight stay.
- Day 05 : Pondicherry to Tanjore (220kms/5hrs drive)
Today morning you will have breakfast at your hotel and start around 08:00AM to covers Chidambaram (Dancing Siva Temple)as it will be closed between 12:00PM to 04:00PM), Gangaikondacholapuram, Darasuram, Tanjore Palace and Museum and Tanjore stay.
- Day 06 : Tanjore to Chettinad via Trichy (150kms/3hrs drive):
Morning visit Big temple at Tanjore (more than 1000 years old world heritage temple) and drive to Chettinad via Trichy, visits Sri Renganathaswamy temple, Srirangam and Amma mandapam. Later drive to Chettinad on the way visitThirumayam Fort and upon arrival check in at your hotel. Evening walk in the Heritage and 100 years Old Village. Overnight stay.
- Day 07 : Chettinad to Madurai (170kms/4hrs drive):
After breakfast and check out, visit Chettinad Palace, Athankudi palace and Tile factory, before check in at hotel, visits Flower market, Gandhi Museum at Madurai. In the evening goes to famous Shree Meenakshi amman temple. Overnight stay.
- Day 08 : Madurai full day
Village tour (Specially organized for our guests only) can do climb in the rock mountain, walk in the rice field, village people house and their routine lifestyle, lotos bond and trek in the herbal tree forest at Alagar hill. Upon arrival check in at your hotel. Overnight stay
- Day 09 : Madurai to Thekkady (Periyar) 150kms/4hrs drive):
Post breakfast drive to Munnar, before visit KeezhaQuilKudi village (Village Guard Temple with lotus bond) at Madurai, Thekkady is a wildlife sanctuary where the River Periyar dam is located, it is also called “Kumuli” town. Here are activities available to do Boat ride in the Periyar lake up to the Dam (You have to book in advance), Elephant ride, Jeep safari, Spice plantation visits, Ayurveda Massage (Kerala’s oil massage), you can also watch Martial arts Kalaripayattu. Overnight stay.
- Day 10 : Thekkady to Munnar (130kms/4hrs drive):
Start from Thekkady and drive to Munnar en route can stop for Valley view, tea planation field and photo point. Upon arrival check in at your hotel, evening walk in the Munnar town. Overnight stay.
- Day 11 : Munnar full day visits
Rajamalai forest (Eravikulam national park for Nilgiris Dhar (wild Goat), Top station, Echo point where you can watch the wild elephant sometimes on the cow farm grass field, Mattuppatty dam, Tea Museum and walk in the Munnar town. Overnight stay
- Day 12 : Munnar to Cochin (150kms/5hrs drive):
Morning get start to Cochin en route visit Hill Museum and upon arrival check in at your hotel, later visit Laundry unit (Manually washing clothes), Mattancherry palace (Dutch palace), Jewish synagogue, Chinese fishing net, Vasco-da-Cama squire, St. Franchise church, Indo- Portuguese Museum, evening watch Kerala’s cultural show Kathakali dance (You can buy the ticket directly at the ticket counter). Overnight stay Note: Every Friday & Saturday Jewish synagogue will be closed and Every Friday Mattancherry palace will be closed.
- Day 13 : Cochin to Alleppey backwater (150kms/5hrs drive):
Alleppey is the backwater destination and famous for its houseboat journey. The houseboat check in time is at 12:30PM, all your meals will be prepared in your houseboat. Overnight stay at your houseboat (You have to book the houseboat in advance).
- Day 14 : Alleppey to Varkala beach (120kms/30minutes drive):
Breakfast at your houseboat and disembark at 09:00AM drive to one of the best beaches o Varkala beach best beaches of Kerala, it is also called Varkala cliff, you can take sun bath and sea bath at the beach. Relax at the Beach. Overnight stay.
- Day 15 : Varkala beach stay
Relax and stay at the beach. Overnight stay
- Day 16 : Varkala to Kovalam (Trivandrum) (50kms/1h30minutes drive):
Kovalam is located 15kms away from the Trivandrum city, Kovalam has also the beautiful place to get relax and get massage. Overnight stay
- Day 17 : Trivandrum visit and stay at Kovalam beach:
Morning you can visit Padmanabhaswamy temple and goes for Poovar Island where you can get a boat ride around the mangrove forest. It will be reached to the seashore (White sand beach). Back to Kovalam, visit Vizhinjam fishermen port. Stay at hotel and relax on the beach.
- Day 18 : Departure to Trivandrum International Airport
