Kerala Holiday Package
Duration: 05 Nights / 06 Days
Places Covered:
Chennai - Covelong - Pondicherry - Tanjore - Trichy - Madurai - Periyar
Day 01: Abroad - Chennai - CovelongArrive
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 02: CovelongFullday sightseeing tour of Kanchipuram
and Mahabalipuram.
Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day 03: 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 04: 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 05: Tanjore - Trichy - MaduraiAfter
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 06: 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.
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