Our Trips - Cultural Tours - Southern Highlights

Season : September to April
Best : November to March
Duration : 08 Days

An enchanting land of sandalwood and coffee, abandoning in scenic gracious cities, splendid temples, grand historic sites, alluring wildlife sanctuaries are some of the facts of this dynamic state of Karnataka. Bangalore the State’ Capital captivates with its pulsating liveliness – sprawling greenery, jet set discotheques, drolling resto-bars and fashionable shopping malls are a few of the facts that attract visitors to this Western coastal state which prides in her Hoysala heritage of the ancient capitals of Belur, Halebid, Hassan to the more modern state of the art Wadeyar rulers of Mysore.

Day 01
Arrive Bangalore and transfer to hotel. A gracious jet set city India’s major software centre. Sprawling gardens , neo Dravidian architecture, aromatic centre the city has a wide storage of surprises for every visitor.

Day 02
Breakfast. Visit Cubbon Park with a periphery of 120 hectare, houses the High court, Museum, Industrial & Technoligical museum, Vidhana Sooudha ( Secretariat and Legislature Assemble), Lal Bagh an 18th century legacy left by the former rulers Hyder Ali and his son Tipu Sultan.

Day 03
Breakfast. Drive to Hassan enroute tour of ancient Hoysala town of Belur and Halebid.
Halebid – founded in 11th AD by King Bishnu Vardhana and formerly known as Dwarasamdhara, the Hoyareswara and Shanteleswara Temples are dedicated to Lord Shiva.
Belur is noted for its superb temple architecture Chennakesa one of earliest star shaped Hoysala temple was constructed in 1146 AD by King Vishnu Vandhana, with a profusion of carving which rise one above the other horizontally, built on squat high platform, other shrines are Veeranarayana Temple , Kappa Chennigaraya and Soumayanayaki Temples. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 04
Breakfast. Drive to Mysore enroute visit Shravanabelgola and Srirangapatnam.
Sharavanabelgola ( meaning naked ascetic amidst white pond) is one of the most sacred Jainism’s pilgrimage and the greatest of all Jain monuments, a 57 feet tall monolith statue of Saint Gomateswara situated a top the Indrahiri Hills, it is visible from a distance of 25 km ahead.
Srirangapatnam – an island fortress ruin of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan, the summer palace Daria Daulat has beautiful wall paintings. Transfer to hotel. Evening visit the Brindavan Gardens in illumination.

Day 05
Breakfast. Visit Chamarajendra Art Gallery at Jagan Mohan Palace dating back to 1875, Mysore Zoo , St. Philomena’s Church, Maharaja’s Palace built in 1911 in Indo Saracenic Style, Temple of Goddess Chamundeshwari on Chamundi Hill.

Day 06
Breakfast. Drive to Ooty. Tyransfer to hotel. A picturesque hill station in the Nilgiri mountains of the resort ghats in neighbouring Tamil Nadu state, the hill resort is spread out over a large area amongst rolling hills, vales, water falls. Visit Ooty Lake with facility for boating, Botanical garden, rose Garden with 1900 varieties of roses planted on 10 acres of land.

Day 07
Breakfast. Drive down to Mettupalayam and take a ride on the narrow gauge single track Nilgiri Mountain railway and amazing engineering feat which runs between Mettupalayam and Ooty town punctuated by long eerie tunnels piercing through the mountains, numerous bridges over deep ravines and gushing streams, perilous gorges and precipitous cliffs. On return visit Doddabetta peak the highest point in Ooty for a picturesque view, Wenlock Downs. Drive to Mysore. Transfer to hotel.

Day 08
Breakfast. Drive to Bangalore to connect onward flight

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