Duration : 05 Nights / 06 Days
Places Covered : Chennai - Covelong - Pondicherry - Tanjore - Trichy - Maduri
- Periyar
Day 1: 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)
Overnight at hotel.
Day 2: Covelong
Fullday sightseeing tour of Kanchipuram and Mahabalipuram.
Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day 3: 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 4: 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 5: 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.
Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day 6: 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.