Day 01: Bombay (Mumbai):- Welcome to the finest way to enjoy the South India tour.
After reaching at the Mumbai, the commercial capital of India, you will be met by our volunteer. He will address you about the location and then shift you to hotel by our own cab. Check in to the hotel. You will have rest of the day free for leisure. Overnight stay will be at the hotel.

Day 02: Bombay: - One of the ‘Mega-cities’ of India.
Key features:-
• Elephanta caves, Prince of Wales Museum, Flora Fountain, St. Thomas Cathedral, fashion street, Chor Bazaar (Thieves' market), Marine Drive, juhu chaupati, Malabar Hills, India’s largest essel world, fish market, Hanging Gardens

Detailed Itinerary: - Capital of the state of Maharashtra and perhaps the most important commercial and trade centre of India, Mumbai is one of the mega cities of the INDIA with huge amount of population. Urban agglomeration is the highest in this city. As the world's largest textile market, a major industrial center, the seat of Indian film industry (said to be the Bollywood) and country's busiest port handling over 40 percent of India maritime trade. Mumbai is said to be the city of dreams and fortunes.

Breakfast follows a Half day trip to Elephanta Cave Island to explore beautiful ancient sculptures.
Later during the day visit notable attractions of the city which includes Dhobi Ghat, Crawford market, Marine drive and old mansions of Colaba area.

Mumbai has no recorded ancient past. Gateway of India is the main attraction of this city. This is the main point while coming towards the harbour.

Day 03: Mumbai – Kochi: - Venice of the east
On the third day of the south India tour you will fly to Kochi. After some leisure in your hotel proceed for a short sightseeing tour of Cochin.

Key features:-
• Mattancherry palace, Jewish synagogue, Jew town, Old spice markets, St. Francis church, Santa Cruz Basilica, Chinese fishing nets.

Detailed Itinerary: - Cochin - the palm green commercial town of Kerala has one of the finest natural harbours in the world. Cochin has now been renamed as Kochi. Kochi is the second most important port in West India after Mumbai. Ships from foreign countries are found in the berths at Kochi airport. The illuminated port town is a beautiful sight in the night. Gundudwip is the smallest of the islands at Kochi. Roman Catholic Santa Cruz cathedral is another attraction of Kochi. You will surely enjoy the climate and places of visits.

Overnight stay will be at the hotel in Cochin.

Day 04: Kochi - Alleppey - Houseboat
Breakfast follows transfer to Alleppey by road.

Key features:-
• Board your exclusive houseboat, Snake boat race, Krishnapuram palace, Champakulam lake
• Rest of the day to relax at the beach or indulge in Ayurvedic massages.

Detailed Itinerary: - Alleppey- which is an important tourist destination in India. Backwaters of Alleppey is world famous and is the most popular tourist attraction in Kerala. It connects Kumarakom and Cochin towards north and Quilon to the South. You will have the rest of the day free to relax with the option of herbal oil massage or an Ayurvedic massage. Also delight the wonderful Kerala cuisine in ethnic way.

Houseboat: - Thereupon board your exclusive houseboat that will quietly sail through the beautiful Kerala backwater canals all day and night, a tropical sojourn not to be missed!

Staying in a traditional houseboat of Kerala Style is really like a dream come true as it makes your mind auspicious and go on a leisurely backwater cruise along the lake on a thatched houseboat will make u feel like a bird flying over the ocean.
The houseboat with all modern comforts and traditional decoration and designing give you the symbol of INDIAN culture and modernism. While staying in the houseboat, you will get lunch, dinner and breakfast. A ride on the houseboat is really a fabulous way to explore the beauty of the backwaters.
After that, overnight stay on house boat.

Day 05: Kumarakom: - Man-made island in the Vembanad lake
Key features:-
• Kumarakom bird sanctuary, Watch migratory birds, Vembanad lake

Detailed Itinerary: - Alight your houseboat and check in your resort at Kumarakom. Kumarakom is an island with a beautiful bird-sanctuary and extremely serene atmosphere.

It is a gorgeous backwater destination situated on the banks of Vembanad Lake.
Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary (also known as Vembanad Bird Sanctuary) is situated at Kumarakom in Kottayam district in the Indian state of Kerala, on the banks of Vembanad Lake. Set in the Kerala Backwaters the bird sanctuary is an ornithologist's paradise and a favourite haunt of migratory birds. Siberian crane, Parrot, teal, lark, flycatcher and other birds are seen here during their respective migratory seasons. Some of the migratory birds come from the Himalayas, and a few from far away Siberia.

Dawn is the ideal time for bird watching when the birds prepare to leave their forest homes and fly over the lake. An early morning trek, well before sunrise, is recommended for avid bird watchers.
Overnight stay at the resort.

Day 06: Kumarakom - Periyar
Early Morning: Drive to Periyar (100 kms/03 hrs) and on arrival, check in at hotel.

Key features:-
• Periyar lake, Periyar wildlife sanctuary
• Different kinds of species of mammals, birds, snake etc.

Detailed Itinerary: - Drive uphill through beautiful spice plantations and finally reach Periyar National Park, one of the beautiful wildlife sanctuaries in India to see wild elephants. You will have rest of the day free to explore on own. Overnight stay will be at the hotel.

Day 07: Periyar
Key features:-
• Watch different kinds of species of mammals, birds, snakes etc. in Periyar wildlife sanctuary.

Detailed Itinerary: - Periyar – Spread-eagled over an area of 777 sq. km, this wildlife sanctuary has about 35 tigers and leopards. This wildlife sanctuary is situated in the hills of the Western Ghats in the state of Kerala. The park encompasses a 26 sq. km artificial lake and is the home of sambars, wild boars, elephants and antelopes which can be occasionally seen on the banks of the river during a boat cruise.

Artificial lake is the main attraction. Periyar, otherwise, blessed by nature has huge amount of tea, coffee, pepper and cardamom plantations and has luxuriant greenery.

Go for a morning cruise along the Periyar River and check out wild elephants enjoying themselves in the cool water. They become too wild when they are in need of food or somebody disturbs them without any work. Then, return back to the resort for your overnight stay.

Day 08: Periyar – Madurai: - ‘Athens of India’.
In morning: Drive out of Kerala hills and reach Tamilnadu plains, the Dravidian heartland.

Key features
• Meenakshi Amman temple, Tiruparankundram temple, Tirumalai nayak mahal, Mariamman teppakulam holy pond

Detailed Itinerary: - Madurai also called ‘city of celebrations’. Meenakshi Amman temple is the second largest temple in India. Different episodes of demons, animals also found expressions in the temple. They are still intact. Madurai is basically renowned for its temples.

Nayak mahal bears the Rajasthani and Indo-serasenic architectural style. There you can watch attractive sound and light show narrating the glorious days of the Nayak kings. Visit the Mariamman teppakulam holy pond. It is very famous for its holy water. You can walk up and down the temple, take to visit the temple.
Overnight at hotel.

Day 09: Madurai –Thanjavur: - Famous as a cultural center
After having breakfast, drive to the fertile rice growing plains of River Cauvery, via Tiruchirapally.

Key features:-
• Sree Brihadeshwar or Big temple, Royal museum, Art gallery, Saraswati mahal, Sangeet mahal, Srirangam temple

Detailed Itinerary: - Tanjore of the British day is called Thanjavur. Tanjore district town in the midst of the Cauveri valley has become a cultural center. This valley is made by the Cauveri River which originated in the neighboring Karnataka state. Even now the mornings and evenings of Tanjore lanes and by-lanes become alive with the sound of classical music and rhymes of classical dances (Bharatnatyam). There, you will visit the Srirangam temple and then continue to the Chola citadel of Tanjore. Visit the World heritage Brihadishvara temple.
Overnight stay will be at Thanjavur/Tanjore.

Day 10: Thanjavur- Pondicherry: - ‘the land of beautiful boulevards, gothic structures and Quiet beaches’.
After breakfast you will be driven to the erstwhile French colony of Pondicherry.

Key features:-
• Aurobindo Ashram, Auroville, Vile Blanche, Manak Vinayak temple

Detailed Itinerary: - Pondicherry, the symbol of liberty, equality, and fraternity-is globally renowned for the Sree Aurobindo Ashram. Ashram is situated in the white town. Auroville –the ‘City of Dawn’ is the realized dream of the disciples of Sree Aurobindo. Its founder was the Sree Aurobindo Society. It is the famous center for spiritual learning and meditation.
The South is the land of temples and Pondicherry is no exception – there are more than 350 temples around the place. 75 out these are of Vinayak/Kartikeya’s temples. Visit all the above mentioned places and enjoy the boat house of Pondicherry.
Overnight stay will be at the hotel.

Day 11: Pondicherry
Key features:-
• Karaikal, Sea beach, Watch dolphins

Detailed Itinerary: - In the morning you will head for a boat trip to see dolphins. The calm, quiet and colorful sea beach of the Bay of Bengal runs along the eastern side of the city which is mainly like by the nature lovers. Overnight stay will be at the hotel in Pondicherry.

Day 12: Pondicherry – Mahabalipuram - Classified by UNESCO as world Heritage side.
Driving through fertile Coromondal coastline, you will reach Mahabalipuram.

Key Features
• Thirukadalmallai, Descent of the Ganges, Arjuna's Penance, The Shore Temple, Pancha Rathas (Five Chariots)

Detailed Itinerary: - Mahabalipuram was a 7th century port city of the South Indian dynasty of the Pallavas around 60 km south from the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu.

The monuments are mostly rock-cut and monolithic, and constitute the early stages of Dravidian architecture wherein Buddhist elements of design are prominently visible. Visit these attractive places and get the real life peace.
Overnight stay would be at the hotel.

Day 13: Mahabalipuram – Chennai
In the morning you can go for a walk over the seashore and explore the temples on own. Later, you will be driven towards Chennai.

You will have rest of the day free to move around in Chennai for shopping etc. Also visit one of the many famous auditoriums for live performance of Indian classical dances. Overnight stay will be at Chennai.

Day 14: Chennai - Metropolitan city
Breakfast follows a sightseeing trip of the city.

Key features:-
• Kapaleeswarar Temple, Ashtalakshmi Temple, Thousand Lights Mosque, Theosophical Society, Kamaraj Memorial House, Birla Planetarium, National Art Gallery

Detailed Itinerary: - Chennai city is fully loaded with some interesting and amusing places. The metropolitan city houses all sorts of attractions, be it famous South Indian Temples, museums, monuments, parks, beaches or picnic spots. There is no dearth of attractions as such.

The accredited mega city does not give any chance for a complaint to a globe trotter. And to add some spice, as is south known for, the place has a number of industrial and commercial hubs.

The popular places of interest in Chennai are the much crafted temples. These famous South Indian temples witness a great number of visitors every year. Next in line are the monuments, most of them built during the British occupancy. The monuments withhold the beauty of the past and some rich memories associated with them. The diverse wildlife of Chennai is featured by several parks and breeding centers. Beaches, likewise, pour in some more life in the city.

Golden beach fronts and enthusiastic beach activities makes up a nice curry to the tourists. The upcoming industrial zones are fast catching the attraction of the international crowd, the crowd of corporate big wigs. Laced with state-of -the-art technology, the city is one Techno-Utopian land in the South India.
Overnight stay would be at Chennai.

Day 15: Bangalore: - Garden city of India
In the morning you will board the Shatabdi Express train to Bangalore and reach there by noon.

Key features:-
• Cuban park, Lalbagh, Summer palace of Tipu, Bull temple, Nandi hill

Detailed Itinerary: - Bangalore is one of the most cosmopolitan and modern cities of the country. This is an industrial town as well as least pollution among all the metropolis cities of the country. The climate of Bangalore is not only beautiful but almost a matter of envy to all. Wide roads, parks, trees beside the roads, bunglow type houses have added to the beauty of the city. It is also famous as the electronic city as it is the second largest exporter of computer software in the world. Many big industries have founded here. Visit the above mentioned places and gather the knowledge of the city.
Overnight stay will be at the hotel in Bangalore.

Day 16: Bangalore - Overnight Onboard the Train
Breakfast follows an excursion to Nrityagram, a center for learning of Indian classical dances set up by noted Odissi dancer Protima Bedi.

Rest of day you will be free to move around the M.G.Road area. In the evening you will board the overnight Hampi Express.

Day 17: Hampi: - city of victory
You will reach Hospet railway Station in the morning. Thereafter you will visit Hampi that has extraordinary remnants of once great city Vijayanagara.

Key features:-
• Pattavirama temple, Chariot of Hampi, Pampapati temple

Detailed Itinerary: - Hampi or Vijayanagar is the city of victory, the greatest Hindu empire in Indian history. Ruins of the empire are still found in Hampi. Sheer size and majestic appearance of this historical site is amazing! The empire extended up to the southern part Krishna and Tungabhadra and from Bay of Bengal in the east to the Arabian Sea in the west. Vijayanagar was full of pomp and grandeur.

Persian ambassador Abdul Razak commented: - Nobody has seen a city like this, even nobody has heard about a city like this. Rose was their favourite flower, precious stones used to be sold at any shop in the city. You will have rest of the day free to explore around the great monuments that dot the whole area. Overnight stay will be at hotel in Hampi.
Visit Pattavirama temple which still stands in the ruins of the old city. Image of Lord Virupaksha in Pampapati Temple is extraordinary.
Overnight stay would be at the Hotel.

Day 18: Hampi
In the morning you will take a walking tour of the Hampi bazaar and temples.

Key features:-
• Kotalinga complex, Queen’s palace, Lotus mahal, Tungabhadra dam

Detailed Itinerary: - Enjoy the historical temples which have long history behind those. Kotalinga complex is composed of 108 Shiva lingas, which is arranged in such a manner that anybody attracts towards this different complex.

Queen’s palace was crafted in front of the Royal palace surrounded by water. Lotus mahal is exhibit of Hindu-Muslim architectural design. Earlier it was called Chitrangini Mahal for its pictorial decoration.

You will also cross the picturesque Tungabhadra dam on Tungabhadra River on a primitively designed coracle- a very different experience!
Overnight stay will be at Hampi hotel.

Day 19: Hampi – Goa
It is time now to move towards the next destination of South India. After breakfast you will drive towards India's western coastline and reach Goa, the exotic tropical beach destination. You will have rest of the day free to walk around the Goa beaches. Overnight stay will be at hotel.

Day 20: Goa: - Pearl of the ancient
Breakfast follows a sightseeing tour.

Key features:-
• Beaches of Goa, Visit churches and cathedrals, Board on Cruise for getting experience of beautiful Mandovi River

Detailed features:- Goa is the 25th member of the Union of India. Area wise it is 28th, and population wise 25th but in attraction it is perhaps the prettiest. It is stretched 104 km from north to south and 59th km from east to west. Arabian Sea is on the west, hard and rough Sahyadri mountain region of granite and basalt on the east, Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra on the north and Karoar district of Karnataka is on the south.

This Semi-circular beautiful state is the motherland of Konkonis (Aryans). Goa is evergreen with its eternal perennial produce of cashew and coconut, jack-fruit and juicy mango. Mandovi and Juari are the two main rivers.

St.Cathedrals is Asia’s biggest church built on a mosque. It is a token of Portugal and Gothic architecture- its exterior being in Tashkent style and interior built in Corinthian style. The ornamental art works are a symbol of Hindu-Muslim sculptural mix. It has a hypnotic charm.

Later, you will go on a cruise on Mandovi River. Beaches are the main attraction of Goa. You can take sun bath and get massages from the expert masseurs.
Overnight stay will be at hotel.

Day 21: Goa
Have your breakfast and spend time on your own discretion in the tropical paradise known as Goa. Go for shopping in the state’s valuable market.
Overnight stay will be at hotel in Goa.

Day 22: Goa - Mumbai
Fly back to Mumbai. After checking in, you can relax a bit and then go for some shopping.

Key features:-
• Enjoy the pulsating nightlife of Mumbai, Enjoy at Juhu beach, Marine drive

Detailed Itinerary: - You can go for shopping at Fashion street, World trade center, Zaveri bazaar, Bhuleshwar market, Apollo bhandar etc. At night enjoy the climate around the beaches like Juhu beach, Marine drive (the famous one).

Overnight stay will be at hotel in Mumbai.

Day 23: Mumbai Departure
At last, you will have rest of the day free till the time of departure. Our representative will transfer you to airport to catch the flight back home. You might enjoy the tour as it will give you heartiest experience that you will definitely remember in your whole life.