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The Unexplored Central & Southern India

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All about the The Unexplored Central & Southern India.

In this exquisite tour, we will visit the vibrant and colourful city of Ahmedabad, The Home of Asiatic Lions – Gir, the city which is divided in two lakes Bhopal, The City off Char Minar – Hyderabad among various interesting and fascinating places which will stay with your memory forever.

The tour inclusions at a glance
What is included in this tour?Items that are included in the cost of tour price.
  • ACCOMMODATION ON DOUBLE/ SINGLE ROOM IN EACH HOTEL.
  • SIGHTSEEING TOURS AS MENTIONED IN THE TRAVEL PLAN.
  • TRANSPORT IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED VEHICLE
  • 02 JEEP SAFARIS IN GIR NATIONAL PARK
  • JEEP SAFARIS TO NEARBY VILLAGES AT POSHINA
  • 02 JEEP SAFARIS IN KANHA NATIONAL PARK
  • ENGLISH SPEAKING GUIDE FOR ALL SIGHTSEEING’S AND SAFARIS.
  • ENTRANCE FEES TO ALL SITES DETAILED AND THE RELEVANT TAXES.
  • ALL PREVAILING TAXES LIKE LUXURY TAX IN ALL HOTELS AND EXPENDITURE TAX WHEREVER APPLICABLE.
  1. Day 1 Arrive Ahmedabad

    Upon your arrival in Ahmedabad airport, we will shift you to hotel and As per your time of arrival, you can either choose to relax yourself in the hotel or after a brief break, in the evening you can go to the Vishala Restaurant to enjoy a delicious Gujarati dinner or maybe visit the interesting utensil museum which is located in the same campus
    Overnight in Ahmedabad.

  2. Day 2 Ahmedabad

    After completing your breakfast we will visit Gandhi Ashram, Hathisingh Jain Temple, City Museum, Sardar Patel Museum, and many historical and cultural places. Later in the evening proceed we will visit Mata Bhavani’s Vav.

  3. Day 3 Ahmedabad – Poshina

    After an early breakfast we will travel to the village of Poshina, which is known for its Garasia & Bhils tribes. In the afternoon we will visit Parshvanath & Neminath temples as well as the royal cenotaphs. In the evening, we will visit the Village market of the tribes known for their skills in terracotta making, arrow making and also for their silver ornaments,

  4. Day 4 Poshina – Siddhpur – Patan – Modhera - Dasada

    In the morning we will travel to Dasada, and on the way, we will visit the interesting little town of Siddhpur known for its fabulous ’HAVELI’ style buildings built by the Muslim community.
    Later we will proceed to Patan, which is known for Queen’s Stepwell which is one of the best stepwells in India which excavated in the 1980s. Later we will proceed to famous Patola saree weavers of Patan, whose fabric is woven with a combination silk & cotton.
    In the afternoon we will proceed to the impressive temple complex of Sun Temple of Modhera which is a world heritage site, and for its massive ’Kund’ style step well & amazing sculptures it is a fantastic monument which stands beyond the rust & dust of time since 11th century.
    We will then proceed to Dasada, and stay in The Rann Riders,

  5. Day 5 Dasada – Bhuj (275 Kms, 5 – 6 hrs)

    After a relaxed breakfast we will travel travel to Bhuj, which was once completely devastated by the 2001 earthquake that claimed the lives of many thousands of people, You will find this city relatively ’new’ comparing to the other cities in Gujarat because of the relentless effort to reconstruct this region.

    In the afternoon, we will visit The Prag Mahal Palace, the ruins of Aina Mahal Palace, The Kutch Museum & among many places and in the evening we will take a walk around the colorful vegetable market and the majestic Hamirsar Lake.

  6. Day 6 Bhuj –Gondal (280 Kms. 5 Hrs)

    After breakfast we will travel to Gondal, which was a princely state ruled by the Jadeja Rajputs and on the way we will visit the Watson Museum in the city of Rajkot which has a notable collection of textiles, paintings and artifacts.
    In the afternoon we will proceed to visit Navlakha Palace which is a palace turned museum and has a large collection of toy cars, brassware, books & silver crafts which was used by the royal family.

  7. Day 7 Gondal –Junagadh -Sasan Gir (130 kms, 3 hrs)

    After a relaxed breakfast we will travel to Gir National Park, and on the way we will pay our visit to the charming town of Junagadh which is known for its number of monuments, buildings, mosques & cave temples.
    After visiting Junagadh, we will continue our travel to Sasan Gir.

  8. Day 8 Gir National Park

    In the morning and afternoon we will have Jeep Safaris which will go deep into the dry Jungle of Gir known for its Asiatic Lion population. Apart from the lions you can also find a large number of spotted deer, nilgai, leopards, jackal and a huge number of bird species.

  9. Day 9 Sasan Gir – Somnath – Palitana (180 Kms, 4 Hrs)

    After completing your breakfast we will travel to Palitana and on the way we will visit the massive temple of Somnath; one of the most important pilgrimage centers for the Hindus.
    Next we will travel to the picturesque town of Talaja, which known as the birthplace of the poet Narsinh Mehta, Also, this place holds the importance to Buddhists as there are around 30 ancient Buddhist caves cut into rocks, with fine carving of Bodhisattva.
    After visiting the area we will continue our journey to Palitana, which is associated with Jain legends and history and is the world’s only mountain that has more than 900 temples.

  10. Day 10 Palitana – Vadodara

    Early in the morning we will climb the 3500 steps of Shatrunjaya Mountain which is the Mecca for the Jain people.
    After visiting the Temples we will travel to Vadodara, on the way visit the archeological site of Lothal. After visiting continue to Vadodara which has a rich historical background and can be traced back to over 2000 years and more.

  11. Day 11 Vadodara

    After completing your breakfast we will visit Kirti Mandir, Laxami Vilas Palace, Maharaja Fateh Singh Museum, Sayaji Bagh and EME temple.

  12. Day 12 Vadodara – Champaner - Indore (345 Kms, 7-8 Hrs)

    After you have completed your breakfast we will travel to Indore, which is situated on the Malwa, on the banks of the small streams- the Khan and the Saraswati . We will stop for a short visit of Champaner after which we will; continue our journey to Indore.

  13. Day 13 Indore

    After you have completed your breakfast we will proceed for sightseeing tour of Indore by visiting the landmark the 200 year old Rajwada palace, mirror temple known for its beautiful interiors of multicolored glass mosaic and many other famous tourist spots.

  14. Day 14 Indore – Omkareshwar – Maheshwar – Mandu (94 Kms, 3 Hrs)

    After you have completed your breakfast, we will drive to Mandu and on the way we will visit the famous temple towns of Maheshwar which is referred in the ancient Indian epics Ramayana and Mahabharata and Omkareshwar – the sacred island, shaped like the holiest of all Hindu symbols.
    After your visit, we will continue to Mandu which is adorned with spell-binding Afghan architecture surrounded by baobab trees, native to Africa.reach and check into hotel.

  15. Day 15 Mandu Sightseeing

    After you have completed your breakfast we will proceed for sightseeing. At first we will visit The Tomb of Hoshang Shah which is the first marble monument of India. Next we will visit The Ashrafi Mahal famous as The Palace of Gold Coins which was built by Mahmud Shah Khilji as a school of Islamic study.

  16. Day 16 Mandu – Ujjain – Bhopal (235 Kms, 5 Hrs)

    After breakfast at the hotel we will travel to Bhopal, and on the way we will visit Ujjain. which is among the great ancient cities of India and is a a site for the triennial Kumbh Mela, where countless devotee Hindus get together to offer prayers during the auspicious time.
    We will continue our journey to Bhopal which split by a pair of lakes, and is home to Van Vihar National Park, where you can see tigers, lions and leopards. The State Museum there has fossils, paintings and rare Jain sculptures.

  17. Day 17 Bhopal – Sanchi – Bhopal

    After completing your breakfast we will proceed for full day excursion tour to the famous Buddhist pilgrimage site of Sanchi which is one of the most ancient and popular Buddhist monument in the country. and it’s construction has been considered by many as an engineering marvel.
    After we have completed our visit, we will drive back to Bhopal.

  18. Day 18 Bhopal - Bhimbetka - Bhojpur – Bhopal

    After completing your breakfast we will proceed for full day excursion tours to Bhojpur, famous for its exquisite stone carvings, and Bhimbetka home to the ancient caves of prehistoric times. After we have completed our visit, we will head back to Bhopal.

  19. Day 19 Bhopal – Pachmarhi (195 Kms, 5 Hrs)

    After completing your breakfast we will travel to Pachmarhi also known as ’Satpura ki Rani’ which sits beautifully, embellished by nature and history, amidst the Satpura range. Pachmarhi will make you feel calm, the way you felt when you put your bare feet on the garden grass for the first time, as a child.

  20. Day 20 Pachmarhi Sightseeing

    After completing your breakfast we will proceed to the 10,000 years old rock paintings in the caves of Mahadeo Hills which was the mythical home of the exiled Pandavas princes during the Mahabharata era.

  21. Day 21 Pachmarhi - Kanha National Park (335 Kms, 6-7 Hrs)

    After completing your breakfast , we will travel to Kanha, which is one of the best wildlife parks of Asia and is the surroundings for the famous novel of Rudyard Kipling “The Jungle Book”.

  22. Day 22 Kanha National Park

    You will have a full day game viewing inside the jungle (two safaris – morning and evening).

  23. Day 23 Kanha – Nagpur (255 Kms, 5 Hrs)

    After completing your breakfast we will shift to Nagpur.

  24. Day 24 Nagpur – Sevagram - Adilabad (200 Kms 4-5 Hrs)

    After completing your breakfast we will travel to Adilabad, where on the way, we will visit Sevagram and visit Mahatma Gandhi Ashram.
    After visiting there we will continue to Adilabad, which derives its name from the erstwhile ruler of Bijapur, Mohammed Adil Shah.

  25. Day 25 Adilabad – Hyderabad

    After completing your breakfast we will proceed to visit Nirmal Paintings which are a popular form of paintings done in Nirmal in Adilabad district, Telangana, India. Then we will visit Gnana Saraswati Temple which is located on the banks of Godavari River at Basar, which is one of the two famous Saraswati temples in India.
    Later we will travel to Hyderabad.

  26. Day 26 Hyderabad

    After completing your breakfast there would be a full day Hyderabad city tour, morning visit the majestic Golconda Fort and the royal Tombs of the Qutb Shahi Kings, Salarjung Museum, Charminar & the second biggest Mosque of India.
    In the afternoon we will proceed to City Museum.

  27. Day 27 Hyderabad – Kolanupaka – Palampet - Warangal (380 Kms, 6 Hrs)

    After completing your breakfast we will shift to Warangal, which is one among the 12 heritage cities in the country chosen for Scheme HRIDAY – Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana by Government of India.and on the way, we will visit Carpet weaving center, Pembarthi Village for its Brass making & Kolanupaka.

  28. Day 28 Warangal - Ramappa temple - Vijayawada (260 Kms, 5 Hrs)

    After completing your breakfast we will visit to 1000 Pillar Temple at Warangal .
    In the afternoon we will travel to Vijaywada, which means ”City of Victory’. The best thing about this place is that travellers who visit the Buddhist centre of Amaravathi start their journey from this place.

  29. Day 29 Vijayawada

    After completing your breakfast we will leave for city sightseeing tour where we will visit the renowned Kanaka Durga Temple, Akana and Mandana Caves, and we will also be visiting the Malleswara Swamy Temple.
    In the evening we will visit Amravati to view the ruins of Buddhist Stupas, which was believed to be the largest stupa in the country.

  30. Day 30 Vijayawada – Amaravati - Nagarjuna Sagar (250 Kms, 5 Hrs)

    After completing your breakfast we will travel to Nagarjuna Sagar, and on the way visit Maha Stupa & Buddhist Museum at Amaravati.
    In the afternoon we will visit to the Nagarjunakonda, Anupu – the Amphitheatre and other Buddhist remains.

  31. Day 31 Nagarjuna Sagar - Srisailam (180 Kms, 4 Hrs)

    After completing your breakfast we will travel to Srisailam where we will visit the Mallikarjuna Temple, one of the only twelve Jyotirlinga temples of India.

  32. Day 32 Srisailam – Tirupati (400 Kms, 7-8 Hrs)

    After completing your breakfast we will shift to Tirupati, which is the most frequented pilgrimage destinations in the country and is dedicated to Lord Venkateswara (Balaji).

  33. Day 33 Tirupati

    Early in the morning we will visit Sree Venkateswara Temple who is one the richest god in the world and later we will visit Chandragiri which is famous for the historical fort, built in the 11th century.

  34. Day 34 Tirupati – Kalahasti–Mahabalipuram

    After completing your breakfast we will shift to Mahabalipuram, and on the way we will visit the Srikalahasti temple which was originally built during Pallava period.

  35. Day 35 Mahabalipuram – Kanchipuram - Mahabalipuram

    After completing your breakfast we will proceed for an excursion tour to Kanchipuram. which was an ancient capital of the Pallavas and is famous as a city of 1000 Temples.
    In the evening we have an optional visit to Mahabalipuram Temples.

  36. Day 36 Mahabalipuram - Chennai Depart

    After completing your breakfast we will shift to Chennai International airport to board flight for onward destinations with sweet memories of India. Please allow a minimum of 2 ½ hours for flight check-in formalities at the airport.

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Hotels Will Be Used
CITY HOTELS
AHMEDABAD THE HOUSE OF MG (DELUXE ROOM)
POSHINA DARBARGADH PALACE (SIMI DELUXE)
DASADA RANN RIDERS SAFARI RESORT (DELUXE ROOM)
BHUJ CITY THE VILLAGE RESORT (MUD COTTAGE)
GONDAL GONDAL PALACE (DELUXE ROOM)
GIR ASIATIC LION LODGE (DELUXE ROOM)
PALITANA VIJAY VILAS PALACE (DELUXE ROOM)
VADODARA JAMBUGHODA PALACE (DELUXE ROOM)
INDORE CRESCENT RESORT AND SPA (CLUB ROOM)
MANDU HOTEL RUPMATI, (AC STANDARD)
BHOPAL JEHAN NUMA RETREAT (DELUXE ROOM)
PACHMARHI SATPURA RETREAT (DELUXE ROOM)
KANHA TULI TIGER RESORT (DELUXE ROOM)
NAGPUR OLIVE ACQUA RESORT (DELUXE ROOM)
ADILABAD VISHNU RESIDENCY
HYDERABAD SOLITAIRE GRAND, (DELUXE ROOM)
WARANGAL GRAND GAYATHRI, (DELUXE ROOM)
VIJAYWADA BHAVANI ISLAND (DELUXE ROOM)
NAGARJUNA SAGAR VIJAY HARITHA VIHAR, (STANDARD ROOM)
SRISAILAM  HOTEL HARITHA VIHAR (STANDARD ROOM)
TIRUPATI PRIDE INN RESORT (PRIVATE COTTAGE)
MAHABALIPURAM INDECO HOTEL (DELUXE ROOM)