The tour begins with your arrival in Bangalore, one of South India’s most lively city, and at the same time, is rich in cultural heritage, historic monuments, cultural centres, traditional art and craft.

From Bangalore, you will travel to Mysore, a city of Palaces. While in Mysore, you will visit a plethora of palaces, beginning with the Mysore Palace, which is cult in Indo-Saracenic style with domes, arches, colonnades, etc. It was once known as the Ambe Vilas Palace, which was designed by Henry Irwin, a British consultant architect of the state of Madras.

If you are an art lover, Mysore will give you hundreds of reasons to love the place. The city is filled with some really old architecture to enjoy. There are various interesting Heritage places like the Gomateshwara Bahubali Temple Sravanabegola, the Chamunda Hills, the Ranganthittu bird sanctuary are some of the other attractions around Mysore.

The tour then leads through the picturesque drive to the British era Queen of the hill stations – Udhagamandalam, more popularly known as Ooty. Located at 2240 mts over sea, it is one of the beautiful hills stations in South India. The Nilgiri railway is one of the oldest heritages of the British legacy in Ooty. It was the summer capital of the British Raj in Chennai.

Ooty, termed as the Switzerland of India, was the “romantic filming destination” for many films in Bollywood. In Ooty, you will visit the Centenary Rose Park, Doddabetta on Nilgiri hills and then to the top of the mountain to watch stars in the sky through the telescopes.

From Ooty, you will travel to Nagarhole, (or Snake River in local Kannada language), which derives its name from the winding River. The national park at Nagarhole is also called Rajiv Gandhi national park and is the home for the Asiatic elephants, tigers and Indian bison in these regions. Explore the environs of the national park following the Brahmagiri Mountains and the foot hills of the Western ghats, surrounding the Kabini reservoir.

Thereon, you will proceed to Hassan the home of the Hoysalas and the Hoysaleshwara temple. The main attraction in Belur is the Chennakesava temple complex which contains the Chennakesava Temple (dedicated to Chennakeshava, meaning handsome Vishnu) as the centre piece, surrounded by the Kappe Chennigraya temple built by Shantaladevi, queen of king Vishnuvardhana.

You will conclude the tour by returning back to Bangalore.

PRICES / TERMS & CONDITIONS

Offer Starting from : £ 1595 per person *  (Spacing required here)

Supplements may apply peak periods, city sold out dates, and high seasons.

Supplement for superior hotels apply.

PACKAGE COST INCLUDES:

• Economy class flights UK to India.
• Accommodation at above mentioned or similar hotels as per the chosen Option
• Daily buffet breakfast at all hotels except stay in Nagarhole will be on full board basis(Breakfast,Lunch & Dinner)as mentioned in the itinerary
• All transfers / visits / excursion as per the program by air-conditioned vehicle
• Services of English speaking local guide for sightseeing in Bangalore, Mysore, Ooty, & Hassan as per itinerary.
• 02 Game drive at Nagarhole national park with English speaking naturalist
• Entrances at the Monuments (01 visit).
• All road taxes, parking fee, fuel charges & interstate taxes
• Escorted arrival/departure transfers at airport as per itinerary in Bangalore only.
• Government service Tax  (Subject to change)

PACKAGE COST DOES NOT INCLUDE

• Expenses of personal nature like tipping, laundry, telephone/fax calls, alcoholic beverages camera/video fee at monuments, medical expenses, porterage, airport departure tax etc
• Meals other than those specified above
• Transport during days at leisure

MONUMENT CLOSURE DAYS

• Mysore Palace – Open on all days except Dusshera Holidays

SPECIAL REMARKS:

• Please be advised in South India the clients will visit the temples from outside as Non Hindus are not allowed to enter in Temple premises.