KERALA HOLIDAY PACKAGES
Duration
: 06 Days
Places Covered : Chennai - Covelong - Pondicherry
- Tanjore - Trichy - Maduri - Periyar
Day 01: Abroad -
Chennai - Covelong Arrive 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: Covelong Fullday 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 - Tanjore After 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 - Madurai
After 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 -
Periyar Morning 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.
