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 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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